Guest Blogger Shelli Stevens - The Love/Hate Trope

So here it is. The popular, or unpopular, love/hate trope in romance novels. You know the one. Where the characters alternate between despising each other and wanting to hump like bunnies? It can just be so hot and so fun, both to write and to read.

I really tend to enjoy them. That is if I believe the conflict between the two is believable and not just some trite issue making them fight. What started my love for love/hate tropes? My guess is when I saw The Cutting Edge back in Middle School. That movie, I don’t care what reviews say, rocked my world. “There's only two things I do really well, sweetheart, and skating's the other one!” (You’ll get that line if you adored the movie like I did)

Anyway, I love it. I love that Damn, I hate you so much, but wanna jump your bones so hard right now chemistry between a hero and heroine in books. I don’t write it often, but when I do it’s a complete blast.

Which is why I’m excited for today’s release, Kilty Pleasure. It definitely plays with that blurred line of lust and hate. I’ve got a deputy sheriff hero and a kick butt nurse as a heroine. Leave a comment on your favorite love/hate movie or book and one winner will receive a copy of Kilty Pleasure!

Shelli :)

www.shellistevens.com

The line between lust and hate is often blurred…

The McLaughlins, Book 2

After being ditched at the altar over a year ago, Deputy Colin McLaughlin is fine with being single. Despite the fact that nearly every eligible female on the island wants him, he isn’t looking for love.

But something stirs his blood when Hailey starts showing up more on the island. And it’s not just the conviction that the apple doesn’t fall far from her troublemaking, drugged-out family tree. His frustration mounts that even after she ruined his twin brother’s life, the desire he’s felt for her since high school still simmers.

Hailey Alexander knows her past is littered with mistakes. She’s done her best to make amends and move on, but a certain Scottish-born deputy doesn’t seem in any hurry to forgive or forget.

More than just fighting the attraction that’s compromising their hearts, they face a new threat from Hailey’s past that may threaten her life.

Warning: Contains sexy Scottish men living in America. The occasional kilt. A hero deputy who can’t forgive or forget, and a nurse immune to bullshit. Angry kisses. Scalding sex. And a drugged-out stalker ex to keep these two on their toes

Available at Amazon and all e-book retailers!