• Character Interviews,  Contemporary

    Character Interview: “Left at the Altar Series” Brides @JanaRichards_ #RLFblog

    Always A Bridesmaid 
    Jana Richards, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. We’re excited
    to interview your heroines from the Left at the Altar series, Sarah Stevens, from
    Her Best Man, Olivia Taylor from There Goes The Groom, and Dani Dipietro from Always
    A Bridesmaid.
    Genre: Contemporary humorous romance
    Cover artist: Judith B Glad
    Length: Each book is between 50,000 and 60,000 words
    Heat rating (based on movie
    ratings): R
    Her Best Man When Sarah gets dumped at the altar she discovers
    the best man for her really is the best man.
    There Goes The Groom Tony is given a second chance when fate
    throws him back together with Olivia, the woman he left at the altar eight years
    ago.
    Always A Bridesmaid A heart guarded too closely can’t be broken,
    but neither can it find love.
    Always A Bridesmaid, releasing
    today!
    Dani Dipietro has always considered herself an ugly duckling in a family
    of swans. She’s the bridesmaid her friends count on, but never the woman any man
    wants for his bride. So she plays the funny girl and guards her emotions, and her
    secrets, closely.
    When Zach Morrison was dumped at his wedding, Dani was there to help him
    through the humiliation. A year later they meet again and once more Zach needs her
    help. To fend off the unwanted attentions of his former fiancé Chantal, he asks
    Dani to pretend to be his girlfriend. They play their roles a little too well, and
    make believe turns into reality. But their relationship comes crashing down around
    them when Zach’s trust issues cause him to accuse Dani of cheating. Telling the
    truth means that Dani will betray a friend, something she will never do. But keeping
    her secrets means she may be destined to remain a bridesmaid forever.

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    Publisher: Uncial Press http://www.uncialpress.com
    There Goes The Groom https://www.uncialpress.com/There-Goes-the-Groom.html
    Always A Bridesmaid http://www.uncialpress.com/Always-a-Bridesmaid.html
    For more buy links, please check my website at http://www.janarichards.com
    What are your main characters’ names, ages, and occupations?
    Sarah is a kindergarten teacher, Olivia works in promotions for
    the National Museum of Canada, and Dani is a lawyer specializing in wills and estates.
    They’re all about the same age at 29.

    Interview with Sarah Stevens, Olivia Taylor, and Dani Dipietro from the ‘Left
    at the Altar’ series by Jana Richards.

    Jana:              Tell us about yourselves. Why don’t
    you go first Sarah?
    Sarah:            Okay, sure. Well, I’ve been a teacher
    for about seven years and I’ve been married to my husband Will for almost two years.
    Olivia:             (laughs) Why don’t you tell the folks
    how you met your husband, Sarah?
    Sarah:            Funny story. He was the best man at my
    wedding. His brother was my fiancé, the one who dumped me at the altar. Fortunately,
    we can laugh about it now.
    Dani:              As I recall, you weren’t laughing then.
    Sarah:            No, not so much. It was the most humiliating
    experience of my life and practically everyone I knew was there to witness my groom
    become incoherent with fear at the thought of marrying me. Good times!
    Olivia:             Unfortunately, I know exactly what you
    went through, Sarah. At our first wedding, when Tony stopped the ceremony to tell
    me he couldn’t marry me, I was mortified. But in a strange way I was also relieved.
    I was barely twenty and I wasn’t ready for marriage, even though I loved Tony desperately.
    I never stopped loving him during the eight years we were apart.
    Dani:              If you never stopped loving Tony, who
    happens to be my brother, why did you become engaged to someone else?
    Olivia:             (shrugs) It seemed like a good idea
    at the time. By the time I turned 28, I wanted a family, kids. Stuart was solid
    and dependable, or so I thought. It turns out, we were both kidding ourselves.
    Sarah:            Liv, do you realize that Dani is the
    only one of us who hasn’t been dumped at the altar?
    Dani:              (snorts) That’s because you can only
    get dumped at the altar if you actually get engaged. I haven’t even had a date in
    six months.
    Olivia:             I’ve got a feeling that’s going to change
    for you very soon.
    Dani:              So are you psychic now?
    Olivia:             No, I just have a good feeling.
    Dani:              You’re delusion.
    Sarah:            You really need to get laid. You’re getting
    grumpy.
    Jana:              Okay, play nice, ladies. Here’s another
    question for you. What do you wish was different about your life?
    Sarah:            I don’t know if I’d want to change anything.
    My life is pretty terrific right now. Will is a wonderful, loving man, and he has
    a fantastic body. Handsome face, buns of steel, six-pack abs. He’s the whole package.
    And what a package he’s got.
    Dani:              Sarah! There could be children reading
    this!
    Olivia:             No, there’s not. Geez Dani, I didn’t
    know you were such a prude.
    Sarah:            Told you she needs to get laid.
    Dani:              Is this gang up on Dani day or something?
    Olivia:             Of course not. Okay Jana, to answer
    your question, I think the only thing I’d want to change about my life is that I’d
    like to have a family. Maybe not seven kids like Tony and Dani’s family, but a few.
    Having a baby with Tony would be so wonderful. We’re working on it. And I really
    hope we keep working on it for a long, long time. My husband is amazing in bed.
    Last night he–
    Dani:              (sticks fingers in ears) La, la, la.
    I can’t hear you. For cripes sake, Liv, this is my brother you’re talking about.
    Olivia:             Well, he is amazing. In a lot of ways.
    (winks)
    Dani:              Ever since you two got married, all
    you think about is sex.
    Sarah:            Yeah, pretty much.
    Olivia:             Sounds about right.
    Sarah:            Dani, someday when you find the right
    guy, you’ll understand where we’re coming from.
    Dani:              The right guy. Sure.
    Olivia:             You haven’t answered Jana’s question,
    Dani. What do you wish was different about your life?
    Dani:              Thanks, but I’m good. I don’t need
    to change anything.
    Olivia:             Do you mean it, or are you just saying
    that because Sarah and I didn’t want to change anything about our lives?
    Dani:              Okay, maybe there’s a couple of things
    about my life I’d want to change. I could always stand to lose a few pounds. Or
    twenty.
    Sarah:            The question was what do you wish was
    different about your life, not your body. You’re always so hard on yourself, sweetie.
    Dani:              Maybe. I guess if I could wave a magic
    wand, I’d want someone in my life who would love me just the way I am, warts, love
    handles and all.
    Olivia:             It’s going to happen for you, Dani.
    I know it will.
    Dani0:            (grins) Are you having a feeling again?
    Olivia:             Absolutely!

    About the Author

    When Jana Richards read her first romance novel, she immediately
    knew two things: she had to commit the stories running through her head to paper,
    and they had to end with a happily ever after. She also knew she’d found what she
    was meant to do. Since then she’s never met a romance genre she didn’t like. She
    writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and historical romance set in World
    War Two, in lengths ranging from short story to full length novel. Just for fun,
    she throws in generous helpings of humor, and the occasional dash of the paranormal.
    Her paranormal romantic suspense “Seeing Things” was a 2008 EPPIE finalist.
    In her life away from writing, Jana is an accountant/admin assistant,
    a mother to two grown daughters, and a wife to her husband Warren. She enjoys golf,
    yoga, movies, concerts, travel and reading, not necessarily in that order. She and
    her husband live in Winnipeg
    with their Pug/Terrier cross Lou and several unnamed goldfish. She loves to hear
    from readers and can be reached through her website at www.janarichards.com

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