Eight years ago, Faye Benedict discovered she was pregnant with Enrico Lavini’s baby. Knowing Enrico didn’t love her, she turned to his brother for a marriage of convenience. Now an accident has taken her husband and stolen her memory. Slowly, as her memory returns, she is forced to confront the past and the deception that helped tear a family apart.
As head of an Italian banking dynasty, Enrico considers it his duty and responsibility to protect his estranged brother’s widow and child. The feelings he once had for Faye are safely buried beneath the weight of the past. But as long-hidden secrets are exposed, his role as protector transmutes into that of avenger, and Faye is forced to suffer the consequences as he exacts his own particular brand of revenge—marriage.
Yet underneath the hurt lies a soul-deep love that will not be denied. Love that only the truth can heal.
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About Tricia Jones
The romantic in me likes to think I was born with my head in a book, then someone stuck a pen in my hand and I haven’t stopped writing since.
I write contemporary romance with strong, sexy heroes who like their own way and heroines who give as good as they get. The settings for my stories are real places - although names have been changed to protect the innocent -and I like nothing better than checking out those places first hand, especially if they happen to be in France or Italy. If I'm inspired to check out some potential hero types amongst those Mediterranean males while I'm there ... well, a girl's only human.
Backlist:
His Convenient Affair (Samhain Publishing)
The Diamond Virgin (Wings ePress)
An Interview with Tricia Jones
By Katie Raines, Assistant for The Romance StudioKR: Tricia, thank you for joining us at TRS. Please tell us about your featured
book, Satin Lies. TJ: Thank you for having me here, Katie. Satin Lies is a contemporary romance
set in Tuscany and deals with both deception and revenge. It's a story
about a woman who tries to protect the man she loves and ends up alienating
him. Pregnant, she enters into a marriage of convenience with his brother.
But when, years later, an accident claims her husband and leaves her with
temporary amnesia, she is forced to confront the past and suffer the
consequences of her deception as her former lover takes his revenge.
KR: Two people separated by the choice made by one. Brought together to sort
through the deception. Where did you get the idea for this amazing story? TJ: It was during a conversation with a work colleague who mentioned how the
past always comes back to haunt us. I thought about what type of past
experience would be the most problematic to confront and what circumstances
might bring this experience to the forefront again. For some reason I kept
coming back to the secret baby theme.
KR: What did you enjoy most about crafting this emotional story? What challenges
did you face? TJ: I really enjoyed delving into the heart of someone who is prepared to
sacrifice her own happiness for the sake of the man she loves, even though
she realizes he will grow to hate her for it. It was also good to plot
through a whole catalogue of events that would build one lie on top of
another, until there was no place for Faye, the heroine, to turn.
The hero, Enrico, was the biggest challenge. He's passionate, volatile and
deliciously arrogant, which meant he often surprised me with his reaction to
Faye's revelations and I had to go back to the drawing board.
KR: What did you like best about Faye? TJ: Her integrity. Even when she has the chance to liberate herself from the
past and secure her future happiness, she keeps the promises made to her
dead husband. I feel for the way she ties herself in knots trying to please
the people she loves and putting them first, something I'm sure most women
will identify with.
KR: What else do you have in store for readers? TJ: His Convenient Affair, published in e-format by Samhain Publishing last
August, will be available in print on 24 June. Plus A Temporary Arrangement
will be released by The Wild Rose Press in September.
I'm working on a further two contemporaries right now, one of which is
morphing into a romantic suspense while the other keeps wanting to go
paranormal. My muse loves to challenge me!
KR: How did you get your start as a writer? TJ: While I've always made up stories in my head, the day job in adult education
took up most of my writing energy. Then in 2000 I had one of those milestone
birthdays and thought I had to get serious if I ever wanted to achieve my
dream of being published in romantic fiction. I finaled in The Molly and
The Jasmine contests with my first attempts and that really gave me the
confidence to keep pushing forward, although by then I was so hooked on
writing romance there was no way I was ever going to stop.
KR: How have things changed since then? TJ: E-publishing was in its early stages and I hadn't really considered it as an
option for me. I didn't think they would be interested in writers from the
UK. But then a friend got taken and encouraged me to have a go and I have to
say it's been the best experience.
KR: What do you enjoy most about being a writer? TJ: It's fabulous being able to slip out of reality and just slide into the
realms of the imagination. When I gaze into thin air everyone just leaves me
be, thinking I'm maybe working out a plot point.
KR: How has your career enhanced the rest of your life? TJ: Every experience becomes fodder for stories. In fact, it's a joke amongst
my friends and colleagues who, when telling me about their latest exploits,
often joke that I'm likely taking mental notes and they'll end up in one of
my stories.
Plus, I love to travel and now I often try and convince hubby that we really
need to go visit a place because I need some raw research for my next story.
Surprisingly, it sometimes works!
KR: What would you like to tell readers out there? TJ: I would like to thank them for reading this interview and for reading my
books. If they want to send me feedback, I'm always happy to receive it!
Thanks, Katie.
KR: Thank you!
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