June 11, 2007
… to all the readers who are buying the hardcover edition of Wish You Were Here. I know hardbacks are a real indulgence… the only thing I can say (beyond I hope you love the story!) is that it is a gorgeous cover and very ‘touchable.’
Wish You Were Here came about from two main ideas; firstly I was desperate to write a romance where the two main characters already knew each other well at the start of the story. Jack and Beth are very young and very much in love. All seems to be set for a fairy-tale ending until disaster strikes. When they meet years later, there is so much baggage on both sides, it seems impossible that they can ever get together.
Secondly, I wanted to set a novel in Corsica which is one of the most sensuous places I’ve ever visited. The colours of sea and sand, the scents of the herbs, the heat, the Mistral wind, the mountains, the ancient stone villages and towns… with this kind of sensuality, I had to set the book there. I wrote quite a chunk of it on the beach at Santa Giulia. I’ve been to the Caribbean this year but (whisper) I still rate the beaches in southern Corsica as even more beautiful.
Then there is Bonifacio, the town that literally teeters on the edge of a cliff, just like Jack and Beth’s feelings for each other…
There is still time to enter the competition to win a signed hard cover copy of WYWH and a signed copy of Rosy’s funny, romantic and touching novel, More Than Love Letters. You still have until publication day on June 14 so please drop me a line with the answer to the question and have a go!
P x
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