- What inspired you to write this book?
Aside from needing to eat, my current series is modernizing classic Jane Austen novels but not repeating the plots or characters. It’s more embracing the themes and running with it. I kept thinking how much fun it would be to write a male hero who’s obsessed with romance, who wants a woman to sweep off her feet. To have him face the reality that it’s not always love at first sight happily ever after, and learn to realize what’s been in front of him the whole time.
That was fun and gave me a lot to sink my teeth into.
- What can we expect from you in the future?
I’m currently working on a five alarm chili paranormal reverse harem series. Take one nursing student who learns on her birthday that she’s a witch. Add in an incubus that’s bound to her soul and refuses to leave her side or put pants on. Every book will add more to the group couple as the series goes on. Ink arrives this October.
- Do you have any “side stories” about the characters?
Not sure if I should give too much away. My publisher would only let me write about one of the two couples from Sense & Sensibility, so while the male version of Elinor is around and with someone, their relationship is pushed to the side. In my head I have all the beats of Eldon and Elena relationship, but it’s gotta stay there. I want to write their story as well, but first I need to find the time to do it.
- Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in Rash & Rationality?
Marty Dashwood (he hates being called Martin) is a hopeless romantic. Creative, energetic, and charming, he can’t wait to meet his one true love and whisk her off her feet. He works at a bookstore with Brandy, the two often playing around, getting together for movie nights, and being food friends. But she’s off limits as far as Marty’s concerned. It’s not a best friend he wants but his angel. Too bad life and romance don’t always go according to plan.
- What did you enjoy most about writing this book?
I can’t remember exactly when I decided Marty would be this almost hyperactive puppy—adorable and energetic as all get out, but I love writing him. He’d come up with these elaborate dates or games that would make characters either love or hate him. Luckily, the right character kept adoring him it.
One example, is that at the store
Marty and Brandy would have book duels. They’d each pick a random book, then
call out a number. The other person would read the first sentence on that page
and they’d build an erratic story from that.
- Tell us about your main characters- what makes them tick?
Brandy’s an interesting one. She grew up fast, not because of any trauma in her past, but love. Getting married at twenty and opening her own bakery would do that. But tragedy cut her epic love story short. Widowed at twenty-five, Brandy’s struggling to pick up the pieces and maybe rediscover that young adult life she missed out on.
- What is your favorite part of this book and why?
At one point, Marty agrees to help repaint Brandy’s living room from a god-awful yellow. There’s a lot of banter and some serious hijinks when Marty covers his shirt in green paint and he chases Brandy around her apartment for a hug.
- Convince us why you feel your book is a must read.
Do you want something different than the typical friends to lovers? A story that’s both so sweet you fear your heart may explode and also so steamy you need a cold shower? How about an adorable Latino hero who’s only five-foot-eight and loves working at a bookstore? Or a heroine who’s struggling to overcome feelings of guilt and rebuild her life with a man that makes her feel whole?
If so, then try Rash & Rationality.
- If your book had a candle, what scent would it be?
Aged paper, sunshine streaming through the dust in a shop on old main street, vanilla bourbon, and a hint of gunpowder from the exploding fireworks.
Ellen Mint adores the adorkable heroes who charm with their shy smiles and heroines that pack a punch. She has a needy black lab named after Granny Weatherwax from Discworld. Sadly, her dog is more of a Magrat.
When she's not writing imposing incubi or saucy aliens, she does silly things like make a tiny library full of her books. Her background is in genetics and she married a food scientist so the two of them nerd out over things like gut bacteria. She also loves gaming, particularly some of the bigger RPG titles. If you want to get her talking for hours, just bring up Dragon Age.
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