In my writing,
themes such as the importance of family and friends and the modern family unit
often emerge. I’m a hopeless romantic; I believe in true love, and that it’s
worth fighting for. I also adore Christmas and hope to spend it in
New York one year. I went out to Manhattan in late October 2009 and my husband
proposed to me in Times Square, so New York has a special place in my heart.
A Very Merry Manhattan Christmas is about two friends, Lucie and Dale,
who’ve always been there for each other. This year, Lucie has been asked to be
a bridesmaid at her friend Petra’s Christmas wedding in New York. She asks Dale
to go with her because they do everything together and because she can’t
imagine going without him.
I wrote the story
in the summer, as often happens with Christmas books. My family find the whole
process quite amusing, as while the sun is shining outside the window (on those
days when we get sunshine, of course) and others are jetting off on exotic
holidays, I’m hidden away in my study humming along to Christmas tunes and
yearning for a mince pie.
My inspiration for the story started as a seed
of an idea that bloomed into a novel. I love festive stories, especially A Christmas Carol, and one day I started
thinking about a character who might, in some ways, be a modern female version
of Ebenezer Scrooge - but not as miserable or miserly. I thought, what if there
were a few ghosts of Christmas past haunting her; a few events that she
couldn’t quite get over? Then I added a very positive spirit of Christmas
present - to help her learn to love the festive season - in the hunky form of
Dale.
But will he be the spirit of Christmas future?
You’ll have to read A Very Merry Manhattan Christmas to find out!
Here’s the Blurb:
Warm your heart with this perfectly festive romance…
Lucie
Quigley hates Christmas. It’s the time of year when everything goes wrong in
her life. So this year, when she’s asked to be a bridesmaid at her friend
Petra’s Manhattan wedding, she jumps at the invitation to escape the
festivities.
Dale
Treharne has been best friends with Lucie for as long as he can remember. He’s
used to looking out for his oldest friend and when she asks him to be her plus
one, he can’t seem to find a reason to refuse. Instead, he sees it as a way to
help Lucie get through what is, for her, the most miserable time of the year.
In New
York, as the snow starts to fall, Lucie and Dale start to realise that their
feelings run deeper than just friendship. But can they overcome their pasts,
and make it a very merry Manhattan Christmas?
DARCIE
BOLEYN - Author bio
Darcie
Boleyn has a huge heart and is a real softy. She never fails to cry at books
and movies, whether the ending is happy or not. Darcie is in possession of an
overactive imagination that often keeps her awake at night. Her childhood dream
was to become a Jedi but she hasn’t yet found suitable transport to take her to
a galaxy far, far away. She also has reservations about how she’d look in a
gold bikini, as she rather enjoys red wine, cheese and loves anything with
ginger or cherries in it – especially chocolate. Darcie fell in love in New
York, got married in the snow, rescues uncoordinated greyhounds and can usually
be found reading or typing away on her laptop.
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