In Shopping for a Billionaire,
Shannon Jacoby is a twenty-three year old, new college grad who is a mystery
shopper for a living. She meets billionaire Declan McCormick while shopping one
of his stores. What made you decide to write about a mystery shopper as a
heroine?
I mystery
shopped for about 13 years, on and off, and wrote articles and short books
about it. It’s the neatest side job, actually: you really do get paid to shop.
I’ve had my car’s oil changed, stayed in luxury hotels, eaten $250 dinners
(where I HAD to get drinks, appetizers, steaks and dessert...poor me), and done
the more boring jobs, like credit unions and fast food. We live in a consumer
society and someone has to check in on how clerks treat customers.
I thought
it would be a neat story: what if an average, not-glamorous woman met a
billionaire while mystery shopping? And I took it from there.
Shannon comes from this warm, loving
-- but slightly whacky -- family. Declan’s family is him, two brothers, and a
high-powered, emotionally closed-off father. How on earth do these two relate
to each other?
Shannon’s
drawn to Declan’s composure and he’s drawn to her amazing emotional
intelligence. they really do balance each other out. in this new book, Shopping
for a Billionaire’s Fiancee, we see a big clash between the two styles, though.
In the end, they come to appreciate each other even more (although I think
Shannon and Declan could do without the fistfight their fathers get into!).
One of the major topics in this
series is deadly bee and wasp allergies. Declan’s mom died from one, his
brother is highly allergic, and it turns out Shannon is, too. How does Declan
overcome his fear and love Shannon?
Because
you can’t pick who you fall in love with. Seriously. Declan’s all about being
in control and -- poof! Fate made him fall for a woman who has the same deadly
allergy his mother had. Fate’s a mean little b*&ch.
You wrote Shopping for a
Billionaire’s Fiancee entirely from the man’s point of view. Why?
Not
quite...there’s a surprise at the end. No spoilers, though! But yes -- 99% of
the book is entirely Declan’s point of view. I felt like the Shopping for a
Billionaire book -- which was 670 pages -- was entirely Shannon’s viewpoint. We
needed to get to know the deeply-composed, calm and rational Declan. Turns out
he’s a horndog ;).
Are you writing more Declan and
Shannon?
Oh, yes!
Reader response to these books has been amazing. I’m already working on a book
about Shannon’s best friend, Amanda, and Declan’s CEO brother, Andrew. Those
two have their own fun to figure out as best man and maid of honor in Shannon
and Declan’s wedding! That book is coming sometime in late 2015.
Book & Author Details:
Shopping for a Billionaire’s Fiancee by Julia
Kent
(Shopping for a Billionaire #6)
Publication date: February 26th 2015
Genres: Comedy, New Adult, Romance
(Shopping for a Billionaire #6)
Publication date: February 26th 2015
Genres: Comedy, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
All of our best dates end up in the
emergency room….
I planned the perfect proposal.
Plenty of lobster, caviar, champagne and–her favorite–tiramisu. The perfect
setting. The perfect woman. The perfect everything.
Dad gave me my late mother’s
engagement ring, platinum and diamonds galore. Shannon wouldn’t care if I slid
a giant hard-candy ring on her finger instead of a three-carat diamond designed
to impress. But my future mother-in-law, Marie, will pass out when she sets
eyes on that rock, which will give us two minutes of blessed silence. That
woman talks more than Kim Kardashian flashes her naked backside on the
internet.
I was going to make it perfect, from
the color of the tablecloth to the freshness of the roses. And it was
perfect.
Until Shannon swallowed the ring.
* * *
Shopping for a Billionaire’s Fiancée
gives near-billionaire Declan McCormick the chance to tell his story in this
continuation of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Shopping for a
Billionaire series.
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AUTHOR
BIO:
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Julia Kent
writes romantic comedy with an edge, and new adult books that push
contemporary boundaries. From billionaires to BBWs to rock stars, Julia
finds a sensual, goofy joy in every book she writes, but unlike Trevor
from Random Acts of Crazy, she has never kissed a chicken.
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