How to Write a Successful Rom-Com a lá Annika Martin

✅ Create a heroine who is sassy, witty, hilarious, and a knock out

✅ Incorporate a hero who is worth billions, make him look like a jerk, but then give him a heart of gold

✅ Build the most delicious chemistry between the main H and h, set it up as hate and make them fall in love

✅ Give the h supportive friends who help set up the funny of the story and walk with her when she struggles

✅ Put a bunch of funny dialogue in the h’s mouth and sit back, listening for the LOLs of the readers

Yes. All of these components are found in Breaking the Billionaire’s Rules. I highly recommend this read if you’re feeling sad, you’re feeling happy, or you just need a good laugh and a bit of a cry.

First and foremost, it’s been awhile since I’ve fallen in love with the male hero before the heroine in a book. Typically, I read rom-coms with women who impress me, even those who might be a bit “ditzy.” But in this book, I was a fan of Max Hilton. Not the image Max Hilton, the real Max. Why? He illustrates the reality of living in our 21st multi-media world. From the outset, after reading his book, we’re supposed to hate him. He’s a misogynist. He sees women as objects. His rules are demeaning. However, that image is one that is manufactured as a mask, much like the masks we create on our social media. The real Max is sensitive, really sensitive. His past is fraught with trauma and pain, yet he hides it behind a cool, confident exterior. It isn’t until Mia re-enters Max’s life that we finally meet the “real” Max. When that happens, there are fireworks and chemistry and all of the perfect “happily-ever-afters.” When Mia finally recognizes the true Max, this book becomes gold; Max becomes gold as a hero.

Mia is all of us: confident until someone makes her feel less. She is a theater actress. In that world, she struggles with finding success; however, she works a job that provides for her, even though it might be demeaning. In her day-to-day life, we can trust that Mia knows herself, and she’s happy with her life. When Max enters the picture, Mia sees her self as “not enough.” This insecurity fuels many of the funny moments in this story, but it also reminds us of the stress of relationships, about our simple want for love and acceptance. While her character exists to bring Max to his knees, we commiserate with her lack of confidence in taking on this task. And I empathized with her through the first part of this book.

Overall, this story has a little bit of everything: humor, heartbreak (the part where Max finds the chart broke my heart), and love. There were moments when I was laughing out loud (the cheese puff scene when Mia eats Max’s cheese puffs and shows the evidence on her body), tearing up, and feeling happiness for the beauty of their eventual HEA. Annika Martin’s Breaking the Billionaire’s Rules is the rom-com you need to read. It clearly checks all the boxes.

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

In love and romance,

Professor A

 

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A Standalone Contemporary Romance Novel

NY Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Penelope Ward

RELEASE DATE: February 25, 2019

EXCERPT:

Noah stood up and walked off the porch to put his cigar out on the cement. When he returned, he remained standing across from me. I was reminded of just how tall he was as he towered over me. A breeze blew his scent—a mix of cigar and cologne—in my direction. The same smell saturated the shirt I was wearing. I could’ve breathed it in all night. His nearness was doing things to my body I hadn’t ever felt.

Noah looked around. “You mentioned some stuff around here needs to be repaired. What specifically?”

I blew out a breath. Even thinking about it was exhausting. “So much. I’d have to make a list.”

“Why don’t you do that? Make a list. I’m pretty good with my hands. I’ll see if there’s anything I can help with while I’m here.”

He’d lost me at pretty good with my hands. My imagination was running wild. Shit. I imagined those hands doing a lot of things—mostly to me.

“I can’t let you do that.”

“You’d be stupid not to take me up on it. I came for a change of pace, but the truth is, too much quiet isn’t good. I like to keep busy.”

Biting my bottom lip, I shook my head. “I don’t know…”

“Make the list,” he insisted.

Noah was right. It would be dumb not to take him up on his offer. It wasn’t like there was anyone else knocking down our door to help.

I tilted my head. “What would be in it for you?”

His expression turned dark. “People don’t always have to have ulterior motives.”

Suddenly feeling bold, I said, “I thought maybe you would want me to go out with you in exchange.”

Did you hear that? It was a record screeching.

I admit, that was ballsy, but being around him brought out my flirtatious side. Maybe his cologne and cigar smoke were going to my head.

“You’re joking, right?”

Okay. I shouldn’t have asked.

“Actually, I—”

“I’m practically old enough to be your father.”

Really? That’s how he saw me? I knew he was older than me…but he didn’t seem that old. No way. I’d pegged him as early thirties, though I truly had no idea how old he was.

I shook my head. “No, you’re not. That’s a lie. An older brother, maybe. How old are you?”

Instead of answering, he took two steps forward. “Let me make something clear.”

“Okay…”

“I was not insinuating anything by offering to help. And I will not be asking you out, propositioning you, or going anywhere near you, for that matter. We clear on that?”

Okay, then.

I swallowed. Disappointment washed over me as I cleared my throat. “Yes.”

“Good.” He made his way toward the door, turning around one last time. “You’d better go. It was nice chatting. Get me the list tomorrow.”

He disappeared into the house, leaving me on the porch to wallow in his lingering smell and feeling like a complete and utter idiot.

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What do you do when a sexy, older man moves into your family’s summer rental?

Well, apparently, you make a fool of yourself—over and over. Things didn’t exactly get off on the right foot with Noah Cavallari. Our first encounter was embarrassing, to say the least.

But despite that, I found myself waking up every day with a newfound energy. Nothing exciting ever happened on the lake—not until Noah moved into the small boathouse on our property. He’d booked it for the entire summer…and I was still trying to figure out why.

When my mother became ill, I inherited the responsibility of making sure our guests were well taken care of. I should have been in college. Instead, I was living my best life…as a maid.

Dark, handsome, and mysterious, everything about Noah screamed forbidden.

I knew he was just passing through town for the summer.

I knew he was probably too old for me.

Yet, I was drawn to him.

Not to mention, he tried to save my life when he mistakenly thought I was drowning.

I wanted him and made no secret of it.

His own attempts to warn me away soon gave way to late-night moonlight chats by the lake. We were slowly easing into a friendship that was gearing up to explode into something I might not recover from.

Because he’s leaving at the end of the summer.

And I have no idea what I’ll do when August ends.

 

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She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor.

Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

With over one-point-five million books sold, she is a twenty-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels.

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Sweet Fate (Dirty Sweet #2) by Laurelin Paige
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Genre: Contemporary Romance

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Blurb:
Dylan Locke knows that pining over the young ingenue Audrey Lind is pointless. He can’t offer her what she wants. He definitely can’t give her what she needs. Thank goodness she’s half a world away, and he doesn’t have to deal with his attraction head on.

But fate has other plans for him, and when Audrey once again lands in his path, it’s only too easy to fall back into their easy rhythm. And then their easy banter. And of course, each other’s arms.

He tells himself nothing has changed. She still wants forever, and he still thinks tomorrow is long enough. But watching her search isn’t as easy as he thought it would be, and now Dylan must figure out if he’s really the love Scrooge he professes to be or if he’s been Fate’s willing victim all along.

About the Author:
With over 2.4 million books sold worldwide, Laurelin Paige is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author. Her international success started with her very first series, the Fixed Trilogy, which, alone, has sold over 1 million copies, and earned her the coveted #1 spot on Amazon’s bestseller list in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia, simultaneously. This title also was named in People magazine as one of the top 10 most downloaded books of 2014. She’s also been #1 over all books at the Apple Book Store with more than one title in more than one country. She’s published both independently and with MacMillan’s St. Martin’s Press and Griffin imprints as well as many other publishers around the world including Harper Collins in Germany and Hachette/Little Brown in the U.K. With her edgy, trope-flipped stories of smart women and strong men, she’s managed to secure herself among today’s romance royalty.

Paige has a Bachelor’s degree in Musical Theater and a Masters of Business Administration with a Marketing emphasis, and she credits her writing success to what she learned from both programs, though she’s also an avid learner, constantly trying to challenge her mind with new and exciting ideas and concepts. While she loves psychological thrillers and witty philosophical books and entertainment, she is a sucker for a good romance and gets giddy anytime there’s kissing, much to the embarrassment of her three daughters. Her husband doesn’t seem to complain, however. When she isn’t reading or writing sexy stories, she’s probably singing, watching Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead, or dreaming of Michael Fassbender. She’s also a proud member of Mensa International though she doesn’t do anything with the organization except use it as material for her bio. She is represented by Rebecca Friedman.

 

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Breaking a Billionaire’s Rules, a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Annika Martin is live!

This standalone romcom is set in the same world as The Billionaire’s Wake-up-call Girl and Most Eligible Billionaire.

Max Hilton is my high school nemesis turned billionaire. And tomorrow I deliver his lunch order. In a cat costume.

You know he’s going to love it. He’ll smile that smirky smile, sitting there all superior in his gleaming tower, the wealthiest and most notorious playboy in all of New York, the king of everything.

Turns out it wasn’t curiosity that killed the cat—it was mortification.

I’m almost ready to quit my lunch delivery job, but then my roommate tosses me a copy of The Max Hilton Playbook: Ten Golden Rules for Picking up the Hottest Girl in the Room.

It’s the book that catapulted him to stardom. And it’s my new bible.

I’m going to use his own techniques against him. I’ll wrap him around my little finger, bring him to his knees, and crush his steely heart. Call it payback for all the single girls who had to endure legions of losers wielding his legendary tactics.

But seeing Max every day, I’m discovering a side of him
I didn’t even know existed–he’s not the jerky guy I thought he was. He has
this smile he shows only to me, and it melts my heart. His touch sends shivers
down my spine. And those forbidden kisses are driving me wild.

Falling for him was not in my plan.

Am I breaking his rules or will his rules break me first?

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Annika Martin loves fun, dirty stories, hot heroes, and wild, dramatic everything. She enjoys hanging out in Minneapolis coffee shops with her writer husband, and also likes birdwatching at her bird feeder alongside her two stunningly photogenic cats, especially when she should be writing. She’s heavy into running, music, saving the planet, taking long baths, and consuming chocolate suckers. She’s worked a surprisingly large number of waitressing jobs, and has also worked in a plastics factory and the advertising trenches; her garden is total bee-friendly madness and her most un-favorite word is nosh or possibly fob. A New York Times bestselling author, she has also written as RITA award-winning author Carolyn Crane.

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If you’ve read Skye Warren, then you know about Tanglewood, the fictional city of the Warren Universe. Now, this book is not necessarily set there. However, the h of this book, Samantha, will find herself there. Why does this matter, you might ask? Because Tanglewood has become synonymous with tortured heroes. It doesn’t matter which Skye Warren book you read, the hero is a tortured soul who is seemingly emotionally unavailable to anyone, instead choosing a solitary, alpha existence devoid of personal connection.

This is true of Skye Warren’s latest book, Overture. Now, firstly, you should know that this book ends on a cliffhanger. There is another book coming, Concerto. I, for one, am anxiously awaiting the second book, given the end of Overture.

This story follows Liam and Samantha. Liam is Samantha’s guardian, although he is not related to her. Liam takes on her guardianship after the death of her father as a way to protect her. You see, Samantha is a violin prodigy. There are many ways that she could be exploited, and Liam brings structure and protection to her life given her talent.

However, over time, Samantha has developed an attraction to Liam. She wants him as something more than a guardian. As she is turning eighteen in this book and beginning a tour post-graduation, she wants Liam. Similarly, Liam has very strong feelings about Samantha, but he struggles with not acting upon them because he knows he must let her go, and he is not emotionally available to her due to his past. These two are tortured from the outset of this book, and it is deliciously painful to read.

Now, I imagine there are people who would struggle with this relationship. Yes, they are attracted to each other, but there is no action between them until Samantha turns eighteen. Even more, Samantha is an old soul because, when her father was alive, he did very little to adequately care for her. She had to grow up fast. Her character seems so mature in this book that it never feels horribly forbidden for them to investigate their feelings for each other.

Unfortunately, Skye Warren’s heroes must struggle to claim their heroines. The torture of Liam and Samantha is palpable in this book. I know as I was reading it that my stomach was clenched in knots. It wasn’t from the forbidden aspect of the book; it was mostly related to Samantha’s need for an emotional connection with Liam and his unwillingness to give it to her. I think one of the most heart-wrenching truths of this story is Samantha’s relationship with Liam as her guardian. For the years that she lives under Liam’s guardianship, she lives a life of stoic obedience to Liam’s rules out of fear of losing her safety. Her life with him, for her, feels contingent upon blind obedience. This truth felt heavy for me. It was the one aspect of the book that sat with me the most. I cannot imagine living with the fear of disownment that one feels it necessary to live beyond expectations. My heart felt heavy for Samantha throughout the story.

There is something always deep within a Skye Warren book, a truth about the darkness of human nature. It’s one of the reasons I love to read her novels. I know I will have to work for the “happily ever after” at the end, and, even then, there will be sadness mixed into the H/h’s relationship. I am fairly certain this will be the case with Liam and Samantha, if they find a HEA for themselves. However, I believe, much like the other characters in Warren’s Tanglewood, these two will torture themselves and their readers before the end comes.

P.S. I loved this book, even more so than her last series.

Overall:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In love and romance,

Professor A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louise Bay has this way about her male heroes. They seem very much in control of their lives…until they aren’t. And this control typically becomes lost…in the hands of an unassuming heroine. It doesn’t matter if you’re reading British royalty or billionaire businessmen or men who’ve just sold their security business for millions of dollars. With the right woman, these men simply change and become better: “She thought I’d been the one to change things for her, but she’d changed me completely. And she’d never know.”

This is very true of her most recent offering, The Wrong Gentleman.

I was very excited to get my hands on an early copy of this book as I love to see an alpha man brought to his knees. This new book does not disappoint with that.

Landon, Bay’s H, is handsome, capable, focused, incredibly skilled at spying and bedding women, and he’s emotionally unavailable. He does not engage in relationships, so his permanency with women is non-existent. He likes them for one thing and one thing only. You can guess what that is: “I hated the idea of a part-time girlfriend or wife. I didn’t do things by halves.” His life is his work, and there is nothing that he allows to interfere. Obviously, being closed to relationships with women leaves an opportunity for a woman to enter his life and change him. C’mon. This is a Louise Bay novel, so it is destined to happen.

Enter Skylar. Now, similar to Landon, Skylar is also not interested in relationships with men. However, unlike Landon’s work, her past informs her present and future: “I wouldn’t end up like my mother. I didn’t want her life or her death.” Skylar is strong, beautiful, talented with her job as the head steward on a yacht, and dedicated to her friends. However, like Landon, there are parts of her that are emotionally stunted.

Herein lies the deliciousness of a Louise Bay novel. These two will meet, they will feel an instantaneous attraction, and they will eventually realize that they cannot live without each other. However, to get to that moment, they will struggle. In The Wrong Gentleman, I found myself wanting to reach into the book and smack Skylar upside her head. Her past is horrible, but I thought she was too stubborn for too long. Her emotional walls are solidly in place, and it takes most of the book for Landon to tear them down (along with his own walls). Even when her emotional walls are destroyed/lowered, Landon’s choices and secrets destroy her and cause those walls to grow even stronger than before. Though I struggled with her earlier in the book, this moment in the book tore my heart out. This is Bay’s genius. Her characters are written in such a way that you cannot help but feel their pain and their eventual happiness. And this is very true of The Wrong Gentleman.

By the end of this book, you will love Landon and Skylar. Through their challenges and their love and their separation and their eventual HEA, you will fall in love with them. They show us all that our past does not need to make decisions for our present and future.

Landon: “I couldn’t imagine a time when I wouldn’t feel the same way. It was as if she were a part of me, and without her, there would be some element missing. I wanted to stay connected with her—physically, mentally, emotionally—forever.”

Skylar: “Landon Wolf was the last man I’d ever expected to end up with, but he was the only man I would ever love. The only man who’d showed me he could be trusted. I knew as long as I was with him, I’d be safe, loved, and protected, and that’s all I’d ever wanted in life.”

Overall:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

In love and romance,

Professor A

THE WRONG GENTLEMAN by Louise Bay
Release Date: February 19th

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Blurb:
I’m an all-or-nothing man—100 percent focused on whatever has my attention.

First, it was serving my country in the Special Forces. Then it was building my business. Right now it’s the hot blonde at the bar who’s about to become another notch on my bedpost.

But women never keep my attention for more than a night.

Until I peel off Skylar Anderson’s clothes and her mask starts to crumble, showing me glimpses of the girl she’s hiding. She’s funny, sexy and vulnerable and throws me out of bed before I can catch my breath and suggest breakfast.

When I start my last undercover job on a yacht, turns out, she’s one of the crew. I try, but I can’t look away.

Her high ponytail shows off her kissable neck that tastes like summer.

Her short uniform reveals the killer legs that were wrapped around me last night.

And her provocative smile? I know what that mouth is capable of.

I want to explore her body, discover her secrets and sail off into the sunset with her.

I might want to go all in for Skylar, but she should stay away from me. I’ve got secrets of my own and they can only bring her trouble.

This is a stand-alone novel.

Excerpt:
“Did I tell you how beautiful you look tonight?”

For some reason, Landon’s compliment didn’t make me wince the way some men’s comments did. Everything about him was different and it had thrown me off kilter. His warm breath on my neck shouldn’t have made me shiver. He shouldn’t ease the ever-present knot in my stomach or have me wanting to slide my hand into his as we walked. He shouldn’t make me feel safe. “You didn’t.”

“Well, you do. Not that it’s any surprise.”

“Because you’re a gentleman who prefers blondes,” I said, nudging him gently with my elbow, trying to lighten the mood.

He pulled in a breath and scraped his hand through his hair. “I’m beginning to think I’m a man who just prefers you.”

I focused on the cobbled street in front of us. “Me?” Had I been mistaken about the ex-girlfriend in town or the girl on Tinder? I tried to hold my breath to ensure I heard his reply.

“Yeah, you. I like you. More and more.”

My stomach swooped, and I tried to think of a response. My head was telling me to run. Far away. I didn’t want to fall for anyone. I’d worked hard to stay single all these years—to keep away from temptation. But now, temptation right in front of me, I found myself rooted to the spot, wanting to know what was next. “Okay.”

“Okay?” he asked.

I nodded, unsure of what to say. Unsure of how I felt. I knew I found Landon attractive.

I knew I liked him too. But I also knew that I’d been single all these years for a reason.

He wrapped his large hand around my upper arm to steady me when I stumbled over a loose cobblestone. We stopped, and I looked up at him as he swept his thumb across my cheekbone. “I’m only going to ask you this once, and you don’t have to decide now, but stay with me tonight?”

“Landon . . .” Somehow, I couldn’t say no to him, even though I knew I shouldn’t say yes.

“Think about it.”

About the Author:
USA Today bestselling author, Louise Bay writes sexy, contemporary romance novels – the kind she likes to read. Her books include the novels Faithful (not currently on sale as undergoing maintenance!), Hopeful, The Empire State Series, The Royals Series and The Nights Series (both series of standalones books each following different characters).

Ruined by romantic mini-series of the eighties, Louise loves all things romantic. There’s not enough of it in real life so she disappears into the fictional worlds in books and films. Louise loves the rain, The West Wing, London, days when she doesn’t have to wear make-up, being on her own, being with friends, elephants, and champagne. She loves to hear from readers so get in touch!

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Breaking a Billionaire’s Rules, a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Annika Martin is live!

This standalone romcom is set in the same world as The Billionaire’s Wake-up-call Girl and Most Eligible Billionaire.

Max Hilton is my high school nemesis turned billionaire. And tomorrow I deliver his lunch order. In a cat costume.

You know he’s going to love it. He’ll smile that smirky smile, sitting there all superior in his gleaming tower, the wealthiest and most notorious playboy in all of New York, the king of everything.

Turns out it wasn’t curiosity that killed the cat—it was mortification.

I’m almost ready to quit my lunch delivery job, but then my roommate tosses me a copy of The Max Hilton Playbook: Ten Golden Rules for Picking up the Hottest Girl in the Room.

It’s the book that catapulted him to stardom. And it’s my new bible.

I’m going to use his own techniques against him. I’ll wrap him around my little finger, bring him to his knees, and crush his steely heart. Call it payback for all the single girls who had to endure legions of losers wielding his legendary tactics.

But seeing Max every day, I’m discovering a side of him
I didn’t even know existed–he’s not the jerky guy I thought he was. He has
this smile he shows only to me, and it melts my heart. His touch sends shivers
down my spine. And those forbidden kisses are driving me wild.

Falling for him was not in my plan.

Am I breaking his rules or will his rules break me first?

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Annika Martin loves fun, dirty stories, hot heroes, and wild, dramatic everything. She enjoys hanging out in Minneapolis coffee shops with her writer husband, and also likes birdwatching at her bird feeder alongside her two stunningly photogenic cats, especially when she should be writing. She’s heavy into running, music, saving the planet, taking long baths, and consuming chocolate suckers. She’s worked a surprisingly large number of waitressing jobs, and has also worked in a plastics factory and the advertising trenches; her garden is total bee-friendly madness and her most un-favorite word is nosh or possibly fob. A New York Times bestselling author, she has also written as RITA award-winning author Carolyn Crane.

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