The Love “Square” By: Marie Force

The Love “Square”
By: Marie Force

My editor at Sourcebooks, Deb Werksman, likes to say that I do love triangles like nobody’s business. It’s nice to be “known” for something, even though I didn’t set out to be the triangle girl. However, after two books with Deb, both featuring a triangle, I

have to confess that she’s identified a trend. I went back through my inventory of unpublished books and yes there are a few others triangles waiting to find an audience.

In my debut novel Line of Scrimmage, the hero, Ryan Sanderson, is desperate to win back his soon-to-be ex-wife, who is now engaged to her high school boyfriend. Y

ep, that’s a triangle! In Love at First Flight, out this week, I took it a step further by adding a fourth side to my triangle. When my hero and heroine, Michael and Juliana, first meet, they are both heavily inv

olved in other relationships. He is engaged to Paige, and Juliana has been with her boyfriend Jeremy for ten years. Thus, the love “square.”

Michael and Juliana meet in the airport on a Friday night when they are on their way to visit Paige and Jeremy in Florida. Both are lamenting the difficulties of their long-distance relationships and have good reason to worry about how the weekend ahead will unfold. They find a kindred spirit in each other, and a new friendship is born. When they discover they’re on the same flight home on Sunday night, they agree to meet up again to compare notes on how it all went. To say their weekends are disastrous would be putting it mildly, and wha

t begins as friendship for Michael and Juliana later evolves into love.

Ahh, but what about Paige and Jeremy, you ask? Well, they don’t go quietly. What fun would that be? Paige was an interesting and complex character to write. Most of the time I wanted to smack her for the way she treated my lovely Michael. That’s why you’ll see some of their back story included. I wanted to reader to know how and why he had fallen so hard for a woman who seems so wrong for him. I had fun writing a glimpse of who they were before she began to take him for granted and walk all over him. Michael, being Michael, lets her get away with it longer than he should because underneath all the craziness, he truly loves her.

And poor Jeremy . . . With the same woman since he was seventeen years old, can you blame the guy for wondering if maybe, just maybe, he’s missing out on something? Once he puts that idea into Juliana’s head, he quickly realizes he’s made a gigantic mistake and has undermined the foundation of their entire relationship. His heartfelt letters to Juliana during their separation paint a picture of how their love evolved over the years and grew into something neither of them ever imagined being without.

Paige and Jeremy live to regret the events of the fateful weekend that allows the door to open to Michael and Juliana’s new love. Have you ever had to make the awful choice between two people, both of whom loved you the best way they knew how? How did you decide?

If you wish to discuss all the rules I broke in Love at First Flight, join me Monday, July 20, at 7 p.m. EDT on my blog for a book club discussion. Warning, there will be spoilers, so make sure you read the book before the party! I’ll be giving away some great prizes to participants.

Leave a comment to be entered into a drawing for copies of Line of Scrimmage and Love at First Flight. If you’ve already read Line of Scrimmage, just let me know. Have a great day!

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