The Romantic Chase - Sandy Blair

While reading a contemporary suspense recently in which the hero and heroine were immediately attracted to each other and making love by the end of the first chapter, I couldn’t help but think, “But where’s the romance in that?”

Color me silly but I want the hero to have to chase the heroine to ground, or see the heroine long for a man she can’t/or shouldn’t have for whatever reason and then watch as they struggle and find their way to a happily-ever-after ending.

I want to be there when heroines and heroes come to the realization that their lives will be poorer should they give in to their fears--or external forces--and give up the chase, allow this love to slip through their fingers.

Perhaps this is why a “chase” is at the heart of my stories no matter their length.

In my upcoming novella MacDuff’s Secret, MacDuff is immediately attracted to Sarah and vise-versa, but with each having private agendas, neither understands or trusts the other. It’s the struggle--the development of mutual respect that boosts the physical attraction, which grows into love--that makes the difficult decisions I put before them feel all the harder and thus makes their happily-ever-ending all the sweeter.

Am I being greedy wanting a compelling plot and the romantic chase? What are you hoping to find/experience when you open a Romance?

I’ll be giving away an autographed copy of A Highlander For Christmas to someone who comments.

Sandy

http://www.sandyblair.net/