So, I knew going in I'd write Emma's,
Abigail's and Sasha's stories. Now, I had no idea what they'd turn
out to be, but I knew I wanted to see them all get their happily ever
afters. I also knew I wanted to play with fairy tales. For Emma
Cinderella was a no-brainer to choose. She was sweet and kind and she
took care of others.
Abigail was harder to pin down. No
fairy tale came to mind, but around the same time Adele's 21 had hit
and I was listening to that sucker on repeat. In Double Dare there's
a mention of an ex—the one that got away. And every time Someone
Like You would play I just felt like that was the perfect song. Yet,
every time I tried to imagine Abigail with Greg and how that romance
would play out it just didn't feel right. Greg was a great guy. He
was sweet, kind and all the things you'd want in a man. But...you
gotta know Abigail to know that kind of man wouldn't make her fall
and fall hard forever. She'd love him and he'd might be able to
soften her sharp edges in time.
That's nice, but not the right amount
of crunch. Abigail has a strong personality. She's a serial
monogamist. She's a heartbreaker. She knows where she stands because
she's standing their goddammit. Abigail needed a club to the head.
She needed someone who would see behind her bluster and brave face.
He needed to see the Abigail her friends knew and loved. She needed
Drew Carter. Not the ex, but the ex's cousin. The guy who stood on
the sidelines and watched everything that happened and knew exactly
what Abigail needed. That alone couldn't be the reason why she'd keep
him at arm's length. No. I made him a charmer, a man who loved women
of all shapes and kinds. I made him someone on the surface you
wouldn't trust to hold your pack of gum. And wouldn't it be
interesting if the day she met Greg, she met Drew?
Come on, I was playing with the idea of
fate and destiny. What would it mean to choose the guy who seemed
perfect? Who, on paper, should be the guy you marry and ride off into
the sunset with. What would it mean to choose the wrong One?
And that's when it all clicked.
Abigail's story was Beauty and the Beast. The theme running up and
down that story is about looking past the appearance and finding the
person who accepts you just the way you are. Prickly attitude and
all. (Abigail is so prickly.) (And Drew totally got his reputation in
a hard-earned way.)
So...the book opens up at a wedding.
(Thanks to Someone Like You influence.) The story is really
questioning the whole idea of knowing, just knowing the One. There's
also plenty of dirty jokes. Mirror sex. (This was based on Beauty and
the Beast and I couldn't figure out how to put a mirror in...) Jargon
about advertising. Emma, Sasha and Abigail chattering.
Of course, it's also a romance that
ends happily ever after.
Ok. That's it for now. Maybe later I'll
finally explain the trouble with Double Trouble.
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