Submitted by MaryJoPutney on Thu, 2009-07-02 12:25.
Guilty Secrets: Mary Jo Putney
For anyone who has been reading me for years, it will probably come as no great surprise when I confess that I adore that hoary old plot device, amnesia. That's as both reader and writer, which isn't surprising, since what we love to read is probably what we'll want to write. (I also love stories about identical twins, but that’s a confession for another day.)
So why amnesia? It’s the question of identity, really. Part of the fun of historical romance is the over the top plotting. Stable boys who are dukes. Actresses who are the daughters of French nobles. People thought dead returning alive and well. I love them all! I get enough reality from my daily newspaper, even though it's been shrinking steadily.
Hence, my new release, Loving A Lost Lord first of my Lost Lords series. And the hero is indeed lost, and very likely dead. Except this is romance, so maybe less dead than presumed.
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