RVD: Hey Karina! Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer some questions about your newest EPIC release (guys I devoured this book in one sitting and it's a long book so that's saying a lot, I stayed up until 4am and I've been sick, oh the sacrifices we make for the written word!).
RVD: What inspired you to write about a younger man and older woman, I adore this trope and it's something that I dont think people write enough of. My first experience was with The Idea of You and yours is my second, you nailed it by the way!
KH: I think I was inspired because I had personally never read that trope before and the ones I'd heard about don't have an HEA. So, I wanted to change that. Why can't an older woman have an HEA? Also, I'm a fan of age-gap romance and have done a lot of them before with the man being much older, so I thought it was a good change for me!
RVD: Were you worried about people not liking the fact that the hero was 23?
KH: Of course! But that just means I had to work harder in spelling out exactly why Alejo is still meant for Thalia, despite his age. He's a very mature 23 year old, considering his career and the trauma in his past which made him grow up fast. And really, he's just the most amazing man, regardless of his age. Anyway, it's always a risk when you step outside the box a little but hopefully there's a big payoff.
RVD: This book isn't just ridiculously steamy, it's downright hot, do you feel that your writing style changed a bit when writing the love scenes? Or did those scenes feel any different with the age gap?
KH: I think they feel a little more freeing because Thalia has desperately needed to feel desired and wanted and Alejo gives her that. It's about her opening up, sexually and emotionally, and letting someone else in, someone else who she has tried so hard to stay away from, someone she needs to feel free. I don't think my style changed per se, but I really let Thalia feel the decadence and sensuality in those scenes, as a woman who is worshipped.
RVD: What's your favorite part of the book?
KH: Oh jeez haha. I love the yoga scene under the moonlight, where Alejo opens up and what follows after that. I love it when Alejo comes to her apartment with sangria, and how Thalia opens up after that. I love the El Clasico game (which is actually on December 17th IRL), and the joy of Alejo being back in the game. Plus the epilogue. Honestly I think I love it all! Except for the scenes with Helen haha but hey, we all know someone like that (and the complexity of female friendships isn't explored enough in book, IMO_.
RVD: What would you say to someone who doesn't necessarily like this trope but is curious?
KH: This book will be the book to change your mind. It's not about age at all and in some ways, it's not even the issue in the book. Instead, it's about the meeting of souls and the opening of hearts and how the right person may be the one you least expect.
RVD: Again, guys, this book was everything I didn't know I needed in my life! Check it out here:
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