[Note from Frolic: We’re so excited to welcome author Emma Hart to the site today. She’s talking all things British heroes. Take it away, Emma!]
I have to start this here with the obvious: I am British.
I also have endless conversations with my American best friends about the way we say things. Literally in the middle of a conversation I’ll say something, and they’ll go, “What the hell does that mean?” Some of those conversations are so fun, and since I write romcoms, it’s easy to put those into banter between the hero and heroine and have it be completely realistic. For example, in my new release, HOT MESS, the heroine, Elle, pulls out a zucchini and asks if the hero, Theo, likes it.
Don’t worry. She’s cooking. It is totally in context. 😉
We call a zucchini a courgette in the UK, and writing that scene made for a moment that made me chuckle.
Also, I think we can all agree that the British accent is extremely hot, even if we don’t all speak like the Queen. (Spoiler alert, sorry.) Mostly, I love writing and reading British heroes because it’s comfortable for me. Setting books in America can be jarring because we say such basic things differently, but I can let loose and go wild with a British hero.
Courgettes, boots, sweets abound!
Here are some of my favourites you should pick up if you’re into British heroes, with a little bit of me in there, too!