Coming Home
by Priscilla
Glenn
An Adult
Contemporary Romance
Release
Date: January 21, 2014
Synopsis:
Leah Marino hasn’t been on a date in two years. After discovering the man
she loved had manipulated and deceived her, she refuses to even entertain the
idea of a relationship. Instead, she focuses her attention on taking care of
her family, a role she’s assumed since the death of her mother and the one
place she knows her kindness won’t be taken advantage of again.
When a nostalgic trip back to her childhood home results in a chance
encounter with Danny DeLuca, a smart-mouthed mechanic who’s as attractive as he
is mysterious, Leah’s carefully cultivated walls begin to crumble. She finds
herself unexpectedly drawn to Danny, despite his unreliable behavior and mixed
signals.
But Danny has a secret…
One that could shake Leah’s already precarious foundation and bring her
world crashing down around her. Suddenly, she’s faced with an incredibly
difficult decision–is she willing to risk everything for the chance at finding
the love she’s always wanted? Or are some obstacles just too big for the heart
to overcome?
About the Author
Priscilla Glenn lives in New York with her husband and three children. She
has been teaching English at the middle and high school levels for the past twelve
years while moonlighting as a writer, mom, coach, student, and professional
laundry-doer.
If you catch her when she’s feeling sophisticated, she’ll tell you her
favorite things are great books and good wine. In the moments in between,
she’ll admit her love for anything Ben and Jerry’s, UFC fights, and Robert
Pattinson.
Glenn is the author of the contemporary romance novels Back to You,
Emancipating Andie, and Coming Home.
Guest Post
Creating Chemistry
By Priscilla Glenn
To be honest, I’ve never given much thought to creating chemistry;
it’s usually something that develops naturally as my characters begin to reveal
themselves. But this question got me thinking, and looking back on Back to You, Emancipating Andie, and Coming
Home, there does seem to be a common thread in the chemistry I created
between Michael and Lauren, Chase and Andie, and now Danny and Leah. So I'm
going to try and break it down and hope I don't make it sound too clinical ;)
Most people associate chemistry with sexual tension, and that's
part of it, but not all - at least not for me. If you have sexual tension in
isolation, that's lust, not chemistry. Of course you want your characters to be
attracted to each other. Of course you want them to flirt - to make each other
squirm, in the good way. And the author can simply base that tension off of
physical attraction, but in my opinion, the best kind of sexual tension has an
emotional component too - which brings me to the next piece of the puzzle.
Part of having chemistry is being emotionally invested in someone
else. I think the characters have to connect on a level beyond physical
attraction - either they share a common flaw or hurt like Leah and Danny, or
they learn and grow because of each other like Andie and Chase, or they offer
each other support and security, like Lauren and Michael. For me, to truly have
chemistry, there needs to be something that transcends sexuality - the
characters have to connect on a deeper level so you can feel and believe their
relationship.
And then there's the cherry on top - humor and wit. Nothing stirs
the pot and gets your blood flowing like a little sarcasm and snark, especially
when it comes from someone you're already attracted to. In all of the
relationships I create, there's a healthy dose of humor. It adds playfulness
and fun, which can balance out the intensity of the emotional connection. Plus,
a sense of humor is inherently attractive to most people, which then leads us
right back to sexual tension.
So there you have it. If I had to break down how to create
chemistry, I’d say it goes a little something like this:
sexual
tension + emotional connection + humor/wit = great chemistry
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