Summer Q&A with Jenny Holiday
Favorite book set at the beach?
Jenny: Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins. It’s not a resorty-beach area, but a small town on the water in Maine. I adore how the lobster fisherman hero is not just grumpy; he’s almost mute. But Higgins still makes us love him.
Is there a subgenre or trope that you have never written but would like to?
Jenny: Can I say ice-dancing romance? I’ve wanted to write the barely fictionalized Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir romance since the Olympics, but I know nothing about the actual context of the sport (or sports in general!).
What is your all-time favorite summer tune?
Jenny: I am going to date myself here, but REO Speedwagon’s “In My Dreams.” This was the song of the summer of one year in the late 1980s when I was in junior high. My best friend had a pool and we would play the radio on the boombox (still dating myself here!) and that song came on all the time. To this day, when I hear it, I’m back poolside with a stack of books, my best friend, and no cares.
What is your best summer memory?
Jenny: Just that feeling, in that sweet spot when you were old enough to be semi-independent but too young for a summer job, of school being out and the whole summer stretched before you. The liberation of responsibilities being lifted and escaping structure for a few months. My parents were teachers, so they were home, but they weren’t into scheduling us, so we just drifted between yard and library and pool and friends’ houses as our whims directed us. Divine.
If you could choose a vacation destination for the couple in your new book, where would it be and why?
Jenny: Wendy and Noah are actually pretty well-traveled (I can’t say more for fear of spoilers!), so I think I’d make them do a staycation. They’re also both workaholics, so I think staying home and taking it easy would be good for them.
It Takes Two, Book 2 in the Bridesmaids Behaving Badly series, by Jenny Holiday will be on sale June 26, 2018!
Blurb
In this hilarious romantic comedy, USA Today bestselling author Jenny Holiday proves that what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas...
All's fair in love and war
Wendy Liu should be delighted to be her best friend's maid of honor. But after years spent avoiding the bride's brother - aka the boy who once broke her heart - she's now trapped with him during an endless amount of wedding festivities. Luckily she's had time to perfect her poker face, and engaging Noah Denning in a little friendly competition might just prove that she's over him for good...
Noah Denning is determined to make his little sister's wedding memorable. But it seems Wendy is trying to outdo him at every turn. Challenging each other was always something he and Wendy did right, so when she proposes they compete to see who can throw the best bachelor or bachelorette party in Sin City, Noah takes the bait - and ups the stakes. Because this time around, he wants Wendy for keeps. And when you're fighting for love, all bets are off.
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About the Author
Jenny Holiday is a USA Today bestselling author who started writing at age nine when her awesome fourth-grade teacher gave her a notebook and told her to start writing some stories. She lives in London, Ontario, with her family. For more on Jenny and her books, please visit www.jennyholiday.com.
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