Talking
with author Christy English!
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How did you get the idea for this
particular novel?
HIGHLANDER
is the third in a series, so I always knew that Mary Elizabeth was going to
fall in love with a duke, but I did not know what Harry was like until I
started this novel. I had no idea that he loved astronomy, sailing, hunting and
horse breeding. I had no idea he was lonely, just as Mary Elizabeth was,
surrounded by splendor as she was surrounded by family. They found each other,
and let their loneliness go.
What is your favorite scene in your
new release?
My
favorite scene is when Harry and Mary Elizabeth escape the ball being thrown in
his honor. She wants to escape the English and he wants to escape marriageable
young ladies and their duke-mad mamas. They end up talking on the roof, far
from anyone’s reach, drinking whisky and looking at the stars. Harry can’t hold
his liquor, and when he tries to kiss her they both start to slide off. Mary
Elizabeth saves them with some quick thinking and the judicious use of knives
and part of her gown, and as Harry watches, he falls even more in love with
her.
What are you working on now and when
can we expect it to be available?
My
current love is affectionately titled Pirates and Petticoats, in which hot
Highlanders meet pirates on the high seas. In the first novel, the pirate is a
woman. I’m not sure when this will come to light, because I haven’t written
much yet. I can’t wait to see how it all turns out. Of course, with romantic comedy,
you know that love triumphs after a few laughs.
What do you like to do when you are
not writing?
I
love to read, watch movies, walk outside when it’s warm enough. I love to
cuddle with my sweetie and talk about a lot of nothing. I love going to dinner
and lunch with my friends, and talking books with my book clubs. I like
bowling, though I’m really bad at it. I love yoga, though I am only now
beginning my practice again after years of not doing it at all. But that is the
good thing about a practice: you can begin again wherever you are, and go from
there.
What is one interesting fact about you
that readers don’t know?
I
love to roller skate. Some folks might know it, but they may not.
Top 3 things on your bucket list?
Go
back to Paris with the man I love, see the ruins of Pompeii, and spend a week
on St. Thomas, drinking in sun and rum.
Do you have a genre that you can see
yourself writing in the future?
I
have done a little dabbling in paranormal romance, and I enjoy it, but romantic
comedy has my heart. I really love my Highlanders.
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How to Train Your
Highlander
Broadswords and
Ballrooms, #3
Author: Christy English
Pub Date: December 6, 2016
ISBN: 9781492612933
She’s the Hellion of Hyde Park…
A
foolproof plan to avoid marriage:
1.
Always carry at least three blades.
2.
Ride circles around any man.
3.
Never get caught in a handsome duke’s arms.
Wild Highlander Mary
Elizabeth Waters is living on borrowed time. She’s managed to dodge the
marriage banns up to now, but even Englishmen can only be put off for so
long…and there’s one in particular who has her in his sights.
Harold Percy, Duke of Northumberland, is enchanted by the
beautiful hellion who outrides every man on his estate and dances Scottish
reels while the ton looks on in horror. The more he sees Mary, the more
he knows he has to have her, tradition and good sense be damned. But what’s a
powerful man to do when the Highland spitfire of his dreams has no desire to be
tamed...
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Ever since Christy English picked
up a fake sword in stage combat class at the age of fourteen, she has lived
vicariously through the sword-wielding women of her imagination. A banker by
day and a writer by night, she loves to eat chocolate, drink too many soft
drinks, and walk the mountain trails of her home in North Carolina.
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