Connie Brockway returns to Historical… sort of, maybe?
Written by Sybil - August 22, 2008 at 7:27 am
I don't get it. If you look at Brockway's site she sez:
And, of course, I’ve been writing. My next book will hit the shelves February 2, 2009 and…drumroll… it’s a historical romance!
BUT then goes on to describe it as...
But this idea that has been percolating in my imagination for years, about a would-be witch and a paranormal debunker, kept bubbling to the surface. And each time I examined it, it was sexier, funnier, and more audacious than the last. Well, I can't ignore audacious.So I wrote So Enchanting and here, debuting for the first time, is the cover New American Library created for it. Gorgeous, isn’t it?
correct me if I am wrong but 'would-be witch' and 'paranormal debunker' equals not 'historical romance'...
Le sigh, hasn't it been said over and over if you jump on a trend by the time you publish the trend is over and hell did historical paranormals ever 'hit'?
So sad, I was sooooooo happy when I saw the first part. ::pout::
Is that just me? LOL or did everyone already know this?
No, not necessarily. Wasn't there a huge craze about mediums and psychic stuff in the 19th century? Could definitely be set there. I know I've read at least one historical romance with a "paranormal debunker" hero (might have been by Candace Camp). Plus, that dress on the cover does look pretty historical...
The Victorians were all agog over mystics and mediums. And let's not forget the charlatans who convinced married women that their "hysteria" could be solved if they'd just let them manipulate them into orgasms.
For a funny take on this, there's a movie that came out a while back, I think with Robert Downey, Jr., centered on the Kellogg health spa.
Oooh, love Brockway. There was a whole "medium" and "spiritualist" craze. People spent lots of $$ to try and contact their late relatives. It's really interesting to read about, the elaborate scams they'd come up with. The Fox Sisters and Madame Ouspenska (or something) were really famous.
The only historical paranormal I've had success with is Kathryne Kennedy. Just finished the second and loved it.
Hi you all,
Really. It's a historical romance Devon and Gwen and Rosario have the right of it, set in the late Victorian age when "table rapping" was all the rage. Spiritualists set their clients round tables, dimmed the room to near invisibility and then dropped plaster masks draped in wet netting down from a trap door in the ceiling. The magician Houdini was probably the most famous debunker (though he was 30 years too far in the future for this book) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a great fan of spiritualists.
Believe me, I'm not jumping on a trend, I'm having a bit of fun sending up some of the conventions --much as I did with the sheik/desert romance trend ten years ago when I wrote AS YOU DESIRE.
The book is sexy, unexpected and has some of the best dialogue I've written between the hero and heroine. I'm pretty sure if you like MY DEAREST ENMEY, or AS YOU DESIRE or THE BRIDAL SEASON you'll like SO ENCHANTING.
Thanks for giving me a chance to clarify!!
Best,
Connie Brockway
hmmm sound interesting... no not historical paranormal... cuz I no like those generally
LOL and it is all about me
thanks for stopping in and telling us more about it
I'm doing a happy dance - loved the books Connie mentions, especially AS YOU DESIRE. The premise of this one sounds like so much fun, I know I'll be picking it up in February.
I am very excited for this one. The setting is different, and I lurve Connie's historicals, esp. As You Desire.
I'm into pyschics so historical paranormal is fine by me; I've read some regencies, well actually Victorian era, about pyschics and mediums. I'm excited, too, to read this new historical by Connie, paranormal and all. All of those titles Connie mentioned are alltime favorites, especially As You Desire. Hope you plan on doing more historicals, paranormal or otherwise, Connie.
Definitely putting this one on my to-buy list.