Marie Force is one of our favorites in the contemporary romance genre. Her classic romantic style has us picking up books off bookshelves and appeasing our one-click addiction. Marie's newest release, I Want to Hold Your Hand, is book two in the romantic Green Mountain Series. So, If you are looking for a romantic, quick summer read, check out this fabulous series.
We recently had the opportunity to ask Marie a few questions and were pleased to learn her influences, her favorite series and her writing process. Check it out!
We recently had the opportunity to ask Marie a few questions and were pleased to learn her influences, her favorite series and her writing process. Check it out!
Meet Marie Force
With more than 2.5 million books sold, Marie Force is the New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling, award-winning author of more than 30 contemporary romances. Her New York Times bestselling self-published McCarthys of Gansett Island Series has sold more than 1 million e-books since Maid for Love was released in 2011. She is also the author of the New York Times bestselling Fatal Series from Harlequin’s Carina Press, as well as the Treading Water Series and numerous stand-alone books. All You Need is Love, book 1 in her new Green Mountain Series from Berkley Sensation, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller in February. The second book, I Want to Hold Your Hand, will be out in June, and the third book, I Saw Her Standing There, is coming in November. In 2014, Marie will have eight mass-market print releases—the first five Fatal Series books from Harlequin and the first three Green Mountain Series books from Berkley. While her husband was in the Navy, Marie lived in Spain, Maryland and Florida, and she is now settled in her home state of Rhode Island. She is the mother of two teenagers and two feisty dogs, Brandy and Louie.
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Join Marie's mailing list at http://marieforce.com/ for news about new books and other possible appearances in your area. Follow her on Twitter @marieforce and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MarieForceAuthor/. Join one of Marie's many reader groups by viewing the complete listing at http://marieforce.com/connect/. Contact Marie at marie@marieforce.com.
Marie Force Interview
Hi Marie, Thank you for taking the time to speak with us.
Thanks so much for having me!
Are experiences in your novels based on someone you know, or events in your own life?
For the most part no… I don’t base characters on real people, but some of the situations in the books come from real life. I make up most of it. My friends say that my imagination is a scary place to be!
What books/authors have most influenced your life most?
When I was a teenager, I LOVED Danielle Steel’s early books and have a couple of them on my keeper shelf. A Perfect Stranger was a particular favorite and one I’ve re-read a hundred times. Later I gravitated to Nora Roberts and devoured her books. Nora and her books made me want to be a romance author. I’m still a huge fan, and I get to sign with her at her bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland on November 1. Talk about a dream come true!
You have written several series; which is your favorite and why?
I love all the series for different reasons. With the Green Mountain Series, I love writing about the big family and all the sibling dynamics—as well as the scheming father and grandfather who are determined to see all their “kids” happily in love. With the Gansett Island Series, I love writing about the island and the isolation and all the challenges that go along with island life. In the Fatal Series, I love writing about Sam and Nick and their romance as it unfolds and develops in every book. I’ll also be writing the new Quantum Series for Berkley about several Hollywood heavy-hitters who are determined to stay single… until one-by-one they are laid low by love.
What do you do to prepare to write? Do you have a process?
Coffee…. There’s always coffee before I write. That’s about the extent of the prep work, other than routine research needed ahead of each new book. Otherwise, I have an idea in mind of where the story is going, and I let it take me where it will. I don’t plot or plan too much in advance beyond the basic premise of the story. The fun part for me is figuring it out as I go along.
What do we have to look forward to from the amazing Marie Force?
Book 3 in the Green Mountain Series, I Saw Her Standing There, will be out on November 4. This is a really fun book about Colton Abbott and Lucy Mulvaney, who were so FUNNY to write. I enjoyed their story very much, and I hope readers will, too. I’m hoping to get another McCarthy book out in 2014, and I’ve also got Fatal Scandal, Fatal Series book 8, out on Jan. 12. Right now I’m writing And I Love Her, Book 4 in the Green Mountain Series, featuring oldest Abbott sibling Hunter. And then there’s that Quantum Series calling my name… Busy busy!
Thank you Marie. It has been a pleasure.
Thanks so much for having me!
Are experiences in your novels based on someone you know, or events in your own life?
For the most part no… I don’t base characters on real people, but some of the situations in the books come from real life. I make up most of it. My friends say that my imagination is a scary place to be!
What books/authors have most influenced your life most?
When I was a teenager, I LOVED Danielle Steel’s early books and have a couple of them on my keeper shelf. A Perfect Stranger was a particular favorite and one I’ve re-read a hundred times. Later I gravitated to Nora Roberts and devoured her books. Nora and her books made me want to be a romance author. I’m still a huge fan, and I get to sign with her at her bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland on November 1. Talk about a dream come true!
You have written several series; which is your favorite and why?
I love all the series for different reasons. With the Green Mountain Series, I love writing about the big family and all the sibling dynamics—as well as the scheming father and grandfather who are determined to see all their “kids” happily in love. With the Gansett Island Series, I love writing about the island and the isolation and all the challenges that go along with island life. In the Fatal Series, I love writing about Sam and Nick and their romance as it unfolds and develops in every book. I’ll also be writing the new Quantum Series for Berkley about several Hollywood heavy-hitters who are determined to stay single… until one-by-one they are laid low by love.
What do you do to prepare to write? Do you have a process?
Coffee…. There’s always coffee before I write. That’s about the extent of the prep work, other than routine research needed ahead of each new book. Otherwise, I have an idea in mind of where the story is going, and I let it take me where it will. I don’t plot or plan too much in advance beyond the basic premise of the story. The fun part for me is figuring it out as I go along.
What do we have to look forward to from the amazing Marie Force?
Book 3 in the Green Mountain Series, I Saw Her Standing There, will be out on November 4. This is a really fun book about Colton Abbott and Lucy Mulvaney, who were so FUNNY to write. I enjoyed their story very much, and I hope readers will, too. I’m hoping to get another McCarthy book out in 2014, and I’ve also got Fatal Scandal, Fatal Series book 8, out on Jan. 12. Right now I’m writing And I Love Her, Book 4 in the Green Mountain Series, featuring oldest Abbott sibling Hunter. And then there’s that Quantum Series calling my name… Busy busy!
Thank you Marie. It has been a pleasure.
Book Summary & Purchase Button
For the Abbott siblings, the Green Mountain state has always been an idyllic place to call home. But it isn’t until they open themselves up to love that they’ll truly discover how fulfilling life can be…
Almost seven years after losing her husband in Iraq, Hannah Abbott Guthrie isn’t sure she’s ready—or able—to move on, but the attentions of a lifelong friend are making her think about it for the first time. The memory of the sweet kiss she shared with Nolan Roberts hasn’t strayed far from her thoughts, but she also fears that pursuing something with him would mean betraying her husband’s memory.
Nolan has loved Hannah for years, but he’d been giving her the space she needed to heal from her devastating loss. Now, when an opportunity arises to show her how he feels, Nolan can’t resist, but he knows earning her love will take more than a kiss. Somehow he has to prove to Hannah that finding love twice in a lifetime is possible—and well worth risking her heart.
Almost seven years after losing her husband in Iraq, Hannah Abbott Guthrie isn’t sure she’s ready—or able—to move on, but the attentions of a lifelong friend are making her think about it for the first time. The memory of the sweet kiss she shared with Nolan Roberts hasn’t strayed far from her thoughts, but she also fears that pursuing something with him would mean betraying her husband’s memory.
Nolan has loved Hannah for years, but he’d been giving her the space she needed to heal from her devastating loss. Now, when an opportunity arises to show her how he feels, Nolan can’t resist, but he knows earning her love will take more than a kiss. Somehow he has to prove to Hannah that finding love twice in a lifetime is possible—and well worth risking her heart.
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