Writing as part of a team to create a fantasy country and a potential heir to a throne, was certainly something different…

The problems were self-evident. How to create the alpha male readers love when I already knew he would not be the successful candidate?

Give him another career- another life, and then add a challenging heroine to the mix. In this way I saw Nico Fierezza rise above the rest.

His *fair* hair – suggested in the ‘bible’ we received to keep all the writers of this series in the same ‘world’ became ’sun-bleached, and cut aggressively short’ – and that was the least of the changes

Nico was no effete royal, but a hard man; a self-made man; a troublesome alpha for my determined heroine to go head to head with.

And now it’s back to work- ‘The summer holidays are over’, as one of my editors tactfully told me at our meeting in London!

Okay, I get the message! So, it’s off to Monte Carlo and then places ultra-exotic with my heroine, Mia, and my hero…

Holidays might be over, but now the real pleasure begins as I soak myself in fantasy and overdose on romance.

Have a great start to your week too, wishing many good things coming your way.

Love to all,

Susanxx (just read an article on how wonderful The River Cafe is in London- Believe me, it is! Do try to visit and enjoy the totally fabulous food if you get a chance!