Heroes to Swoon For

Author Michele Shriver

SE: Hi Michele – I have loved working with you on this Box Set! Have you ever been part of a box set before?

MS: No. This is my first boxed set, and I?m thrilled to be a part of it.

SE: You have worked so hard! How did you get involved in this set?

MS: Through Rachelle Ayala?s Romance in a Month class. She proposed to the group that she wanted to put together a boxed set featuring hot heroes, and since I have been wanting to be part of a set, I jumped at the opportunity.

SE: So glad you did.? What did you think of the process – or what was your favorite part of the process?

MS: I?ve learned so much from the process, especially about advertising and promotion. Each of us has brought different ideas and experiences about that, so it?s been interesting to hear about what others do to promote their books and what they have had success with. I?ve also enjoyed just getting to know the other authors in the set better. Although we occasionally had some challenges in getting eleven women to come to a consensus on something?like our cover art?it?s been a great experience and I hope to work with some of you again on a future set.

SE: Tell us about your book that is in our box set:

My book is titled The Art of Love, and it?s a book I wrote for the Romance in a Month class back in May. I had hoped to finish a different book for this set, but after having major surgery in August, there simply wasn?t time so I submitted The Art of Love, which I think turned out to be a good fit for the set. It?s about a jewelry artist named Chelsea who aspires to go on the art fair circuit to sell her jewelry all around the country. Her controlling father has refused to release the inheritance her grandmother left her, so Chelsea works in a campus art gallery to earn some money. Chelsea?s a free spirit, a little rebellious, and cynical about love and relationships because of her parents? divorce. One day a sweet and sexy painter named Hayden comes into the gallery to see about displaying his work there. Sparks fly, and Hayden sets out to break down Chelsea?s walls and get her to believe in love. Is someone else conspiring to keep them apart, though?

Michele Shriver Bio

Michele Shriver writes women?s fiction and contemporary romance. Her books feature flawed-but-likeable characters in real-life settings. She?s not afraid to break the rules, but never stops believing in happily ever after. Michele counts among her favorite things a good glass of wine, a hockey game, and a sweet and sexy book boyfriend, not necessarily in that order.