Note from Frolic: We are so excited to have author Lisa Barr guest post on the site today. Take it away, Lisa!]
As an author/journalist/blogger, writing about “passion” has become my day job. I write it, read it … and yes, I live it. As a Mom of three daughters (aka: Drama Central), I am embedded in the cataclysmic world of teen relationships: He likes me/He’s being an a-hole/ He’s so hot/He’s so NOT/I love him/I hate him. Pick a day, any day – and there is a boy drama with an attached emotion in Casa Barr. Secretly, I KNOW, my girls get the dramatic gene from their Mama. I have lived for adventure, traveled the world, seen the most wondrous art, experienced romance, love and loss — always following my passion wherever it leads me, whether it is in “real life” or in a book. My characters, like their creator, tend to go to great lengths to follow and fulfill their deepest desires.
As the author of what is being touted a “steamy beach read”, my new novel, The Unbreakables, features a protagonist who is a hot mess turned badass. After her “perfect” marriage falls apart, Sophie Bloom flees to the South of France to put the broken pieces of herself back together while rediscovering her own joie de vivre—a lust for life, art, and sensuality. Sophie is sexy, lovable, creative, flawed, funny, and spirited — and I kinda fell in love with her and her journey to reinvent herself.
Let me let you in on a little trade secret: I’ve done my homework. Whenever I need to write a strong sex scene, I draw on my “Passion 101” Collection – classics that have helped me ignite the senses and create all the “feels.”