tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post4431241415039507435..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: What's the Catch?Ally Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-29324657173055302682010-09-16T13:54:34.099+10:002010-09-16T13:54:34.099+10:00Hi Em --
Agree with you on all your points. Redem...Hi Em --<br />Agree with you on all your points. Redemption stories can be lots of fun. And you know I'm with you about angels, demons and other paranormal characters! And I'll take a wild, fiesty heroine over meek any day (-:Anna Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448179667690075629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-36549557820057140862010-09-16T13:52:50.790+10:002010-09-16T13:52:50.790+10:00Hi Mel --
I love a dark, tortured hero as well!! ...Hi Mel --<br />I love a dark, tortured hero as well!! They're a staple in paranormal.Anna Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448179667690075629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-60619565577228808012010-09-15T07:50:05.042+10:002010-09-15T07:50:05.042+10:00Hi Anna, cool post. :)
I love a wrong-side-of-th...Hi Anna, cool post. :)<br /><br />I love a wrong-side-of-the-tracks story (especially where the heroine is the focus of that. But don't get me wrong, I also lerve a bad boy!). And a redemption story, too, floats my boat. :)<br /><br />As far as characters go, I'll always pick up any dark paranormal (angels, mythical beings and demons being current faves), but I do love me a bad boy law enforcer or a wild and feisty female with attitude.<br /><br />For me too, the setting comes last. I think the darkness calls to me--but turn out the lights just about anywhere and voilà! You've got dark. :)<br /><br />Take care, E xEmmeline Lockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398543962808655906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-75516281309066282942010-09-14T08:18:23.756+10:002010-09-14T08:18:23.756+10:00I like dark, tortured hero's and misunderstood...I like dark, tortured hero's and misunderstood heroines and everything inbetween. <br />I love to set my own characters in semi-ficitonal areas of Australia, but with reading I don't mind the setting as long as the author draws me into their wonderful world.Mel Teshcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12945507690555119380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-28123508466997580362010-09-13T20:25:29.071+10:002010-09-13T20:25:29.071+10:00Hi Emily --
I'm completely with you on a bad b...Hi Emily --<br />I'm completely with you on a bad boy hero!! Can't get enough of them and I will always check out a bad boy story.Anna Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448179667690075629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-3397572288224135342010-09-13T20:24:26.872+10:002010-09-13T20:24:26.872+10:00Hey Michelle --
Another vote for reunion. I have ...Hey Michelle --<br />Another vote for reunion. I have to confess I'm not a huge fan...I think I love that first moment a couple meets and I don't like having it messed up with old baggage! That's not to say I haven't enjoyed quite a few reunion stories!<br /><br />Love a fish out of water story though!!Anna Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448179667690075629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-10694242702162233292010-09-13T20:21:47.612+10:002010-09-13T20:21:47.612+10:00Hi Sharon --
I don't mind a sexy doctor either...Hi Sharon --<br />I don't mind a sexy doctor either... Ooh, mistaken identity, that's a great hook!Anna Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448179667690075629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-47747557761860017142010-09-13T20:06:12.596+10:002010-09-13T20:06:12.596+10:00Hi Rachel --
Renuion and MOC are so popular! I...Hi Rachel --<br />Renuion and MOC are so popular! I'm with you on settings -- I love the exotic but quite enjoy a familiar setting as well.Anna Hacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448179667690075629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-4977026472689899852010-09-13T18:07:55.773+10:002010-09-13T18:07:55.773+10:00Yes, I have to second Michelle -- fish out of wate...Yes, I have to second Michelle -- fish out of water is a great one! Also abduction, revenge/betrayal, and opposites attract.<br /><br />With regard to heroes, I do love a bad boy hero -- but I'm also very partial to cop heroes and wrong-side-of-the-tracks heroes. And when it comes to heroines, I really like a plain Jane heroine!<br /><br />Great post Anna!Emily Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16958085922194448672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-81890257897853913702010-09-13T15:13:50.987+10:002010-09-13T15:13:50.987+10:00Putting my hand up -- I too am a sucker for a reun...Putting my hand up -- I too am a sucker for a reunion story. All that unresolved tension and heat. Yum. Love the Australian version of the cowboy with the Outback as a setting too.<br /><br />In fact, I'm not sure there's a hook there that I don't like :-) My all-time fave, though, is the fish out of water story. I just find that too delicious for words.Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-41547130534065124302010-09-13T09:26:19.506+10:002010-09-13T09:26:19.506+10:00Anna, you had me at doctor! And I love that pictu...Anna, you had me at doctor! And I love that picture of the man loosening his tie with the end of the stethoscope dangling near his collar... I guess that's why I write medical romances! ;)<br /><br />I love reunion stories - there's an extra layer with that back history that the characters bring to the story. But then secret baby stories are great, too... and marriages of convenience... and... :)<br /><br />Actually, I thought of another hook and that's mistaken identity. It can be a fun hook at the start of a story but I usually prefer it not to be drawn out for too long.<br /><br />:)<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-79001648814958572432010-09-13T09:08:16.372+10:002010-09-13T09:08:16.372+10:00Me, too, Anna. I love reading my favourite plots a...Me, too, Anna. I love reading my favourite plots and characters over again. Favourites are probably reunions and marriage of convenience.<br /><br />With the settings I'm more easily pleased. I'm happy to go where the story takes me - I get carried away with the characters when it's somewhere different and exotic, but I also like reading about a setting that's familiar to me.Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.com