The Care and Feeding of an Alpha Male by Jessica Clare

You know, like normal people! So I had to think of ways to move around the 'will they/won't they' and it became more of a 'is he going to (mess) up this good thing? Is she?' and it became more character-conflict based. I wanted to write a book where the characters actually dated. Most of my books take place over a very short window of time - like a week or so - so there's often a very quick and intense movement toward the happy-ever-after. Care and Feeding started out because I wanted to see if I could write a 'date' book. Can I write a decent virgin hero? Can I write a believable virgin heroine? Can I write a revenge story and not want to clobber the characters over the head? Things like that. Every book presents a new sort of goal for me, so I try to give myself small hurdles to jump. Jessica: I like a challenge! A lot of my 'Why did you go in this direction?' sorts of answers are because I wanted to challenge myself. What made you take that approach when writing the book? There's very little 'will they/won't they' tension. And when she propositions him for a one night stand, he knows he should turn it down.Justine: What's interesting about the book is that Colt and Beth Ann are attracted to each other right from the start of the story. Just the two of them, alone, in muddy, wet clothing that needs to come off…īut Beth Ann isn’t the spoiled princess he thought. He’ll just have to teach the sexy blonde a lesson-a weekend of roughing it out in the wild. He’s even more annoyed when Beth Ann isn’t grateful for the rescue. She can’t even find her way out of the woods without the help of a handsome, but scowling, Marine.Ī die-hard survivalist, Colt Waggoner’s none too pleased when he’s sent to find the town’s pampered princess. Of course, even the best laid plans go awry when she’s stranded in the woods in the middle of a downpour. That means opening her own salon and not taking the help that her ex-fiancé seems determined to offer. Now Beth Ann is determined to show the small town of Bluebonnet, Texas, that she can take care of herself. The problem? No one in town seems to believe her when she says it’s really over.

Beth Ann Williamson has finally had it with her on-and-off fiancé of nine years.

The Care and Feeding of an Alpha Male by Jessica Clare