“AFTER
THE KISS is a
knock-your-stilettos-off, total page-turning treat that had me fangirling up within the first chapter. I absolutely loved this
read!”—USA
Today bestselling
author Mira Lyn Kelly
AFTER
THE KISS: Sex,
Love & Stiletto
Series by Lauren Layne
A
Loveswept Contemporary Romance
On
sale August 26, 2013
ISBN:
978-0-345-54725-5
Book Blurb:
In
the first book of a delightful new series from Lauren Layne, the star
columnist of Stiletto
magazine will do anything for a story. Anything . . . except fall in
love.
Julie
Greene loves flings. Loves steamy first dates, sizzling first kisses,
and every now and then, that first sexy romp between the sheets.
Comfy pants, sleepy Sundays, movie nights on the couch? Shudder. But
when Julie gets assigned the hardest story of her career—a
first-person account of that magical shift between dating and “I
do”—she’ll need a man brave enough to give a total
commitment-phobe a chance at more.
Normally,
Mitchell Forbes would be exactly that man. A devastatingly hot
workaholic who tends to stay in relationships for far too long, he
should be the perfect subject for Julie’s “research.” But what
Julie doesn't know is that Mitchell is looking to cut loose for
once in his life. And the leggy journalist notorious for avoiding
love is exactly the type of no-strings fling he’s looking for. In
other words, Mitchell is the polar opposite of what Julie needs right
now. And, at the same time, he’s exactly what she wants.
Today’s guest
is Lauren Layne. Lauren graduated from
Santa Clara University with B.S. in Political Science that she has
yet to put to good use. After dabbling in an e-commerce career,
she decided to quit talking about writing and actually do
it.
Today’s
guest is Lauren Layne. Lauren graduated
from Santa Clara University with B.S. in Political Science that she
has yet to put to good use. After dabbling in an e-commerce
career, she decided to quit talking about writing and actually do
it.
A Seattle-native, Lauren's also tried on the Bay Area, Orange County and Manhattan for size. She's currently writing from the Pacific Northwest, but is always looking for the next place to call home. Texas? The South? New England? Suggestions welcome.
A Seattle-native, Lauren's also tried on the Bay Area, Orange County and Manhattan for size. She's currently writing from the Pacific Northwest, but is always looking for the next place to call home. Texas? The South? New England? Suggestions welcome.
Lauren
Layne Guest Post: Which concept came first? Stiletto
Magazine or the character of
Julie Greene?
The
idea to write about columnists at a women's magazine came to be
before the actual columnists themselves did. I knew that I
wanted to write about women who considered themselves experts on men,
only to have everything turned upside down on them when they
met their men!
The
decision to make my setting a magazine was two-fold. The first part
was practical: I didn't want to get too close to
Sex and the City by making it a
newspaper column! And the second motivation was more whimsical -- as
many reviewers have noted, Stiletto
is based loosely on the actual Cosmopolitan
magazine. Or my glamorized vision of what it must be like to work for
such a sexy, fun magazine :)
And
so Stiletto
was born.
(However,
it should be noted that it took forever to come up with the name of
the magazine! I have pages and pages of brainstormed titles, but I
knew Stiletto
was "it" as soon as I wrote it down. Stiletto precisely
captured the vibe I was going for: sleek, modern and fun.)
The
three main columnists came to me pretty quickly after coming up with
the initial premise.. I knew I wanted the flirty one (Julie), the
classy one (Grace), and the sexy one (Riley). A fourth lady wiggled
her way into the mix eventually, although you won't meet Emma until
book two.
As
for why I started with Julie? Easy. She was simply telling her story
the loudest when I sat down to write!
And here's a
little trivia for you. I'm pretty sure my subconscious gave Julie the
last name Greene after Rachel Green from Friends.
I definitely had Jennifer Aniston's California-girl look in mind for
Julie, right down to to that famous hair. And being a long-time
Friends
addict, I suspect a few of Rachel's mannerisms snuck into Julie as
well. She's flirty, fun, and knows how to get what she wants!
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