Guest Author & Giveaway: Jennifer Probst featuring The Marriage Trap

Jennifer Probst is not new to romance, but she gained popularity with the first book in her Marriage to a Billionaire series, The Marriage Bargain which was originally released by Entangled Publishing earlier this year as an ebook, but was then picked up by Gallery Books and is now available in both print and e-book.  That book made her a NYT & USA Today bestselling author.

Jennifer is my guest today to share with us a bit about her newest book in her Marriage to a Billionaire series, The Marriage Trap with a special excerpt to tempt you even more :)  Enjoy!

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A big thank you to Seductive Musings for having me here today to celebrate my release week for The Marriage Trap!

As a voracious reader of romance, I never gave thought to a theme in a novel. My main mission is to get swept away in the story, engage with the characters, sigh over the sexual tension, and smile at my happy ending.

But as a writer, I learned that theme in a novel can bring all the pieces together for a more satisfying reader experience. Theme works beneath the structure where a reader may not even realize there is a theme. But a good writer can make it work to pump up the story and solidify all those jagged edges to a smooth circle.

In my newest novel in the Marriage to a Billionaire series, The Marriage Trap, my heroine Maggie Ryan has many jagged edges. She has deep emotional scars and issues revealed slowly throughout the book, and faces off my with my sexy, dominating hero the Count. Their encounters are explosive, and they each believe the other is exactly wrong. Michael wants to settle down with a traditional, sweet,  Italian wife, well versed in all things domestic. Maggie is the snarky, independent male underwear photographer who wants nothing to do with such a lifestyle.

Sounds like they cannot possibly be right for each. Right?

Ah, but there is a theme throughout the story that pulses beneath all that yummy conflict.

Home.

Maggie subconsciously craves a safe place to call home. It pushes all of her actions and defenses throughout the book.

Michael reveres home in all aspects, yet his heart is a wonderer who craves to find a soul-mate that fits him.

The journey these two characters take to be whole is a boulder strewn path and the goal is home.

I introduce my readers to a warm, vivacious, dramatic Italian family in the heart of Bergamo, which reiterate the theme so when the reader reaches the end, pure satisfaction shimmers in the core.

Have you ever thought of theme in a romance novel? What type of themes do you like to read about?

Come share with me and one lucky commenter will win a free copy of my brand new release, The Marriage Trap!

 

 Book 2 of the Marriage to a Billionaire series

The most enticing trap of all…

To satisfy his late father’s wishes, hot and single billionaire Michael Conte must find a bride—someone who will fit into his traditional family back home in Italy—and fast, so his engaged sister will be allowed to wed. With no intention of being tied down, Michael “proposes” to fiery, free-spirited photographer Maggie Ryan: if she will play the part of his fiancée during her trip to Milan for a photo shoot, he will keep away from her married best friend, Alexa, and stop making Maggie nuts with their too-close-for- comfort flirtations.

But once in Italy, sexual tension sparks the hottest no-strings- attached arrangement on any continent. Could marriage be the most enticing trap of all?

Here’s an excerpt to whet your appetite!

Congrats Jennifer & thanks for being my guest today!  *Sigh*, if only handsome billionaires were as common in real life as they are in books these days :)  I could totally handle living in Italy, LOL.

If you'd like to learn more about Jennifer and the books she writes you can find her at her website http://jenniferprobst.com , blog, Twitter, Facebook & Goodreads.

To celebrate the release of he second book in her Marriage to a Billionaire series, The Marriage Trap, Jennifer's publisher Gallery Books, would like to giveaway a print copy of the book to on lucky Musings follower.  Enter to win using the Rafflecopter form below (US only).

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