In that vain, I took a hard look at my first novel. It was originally published through The Writer's Coffee Shop Publishing House as a romantic suspense novel. But as I've gotten to understand the industry more, I've realized it doesn't really fit in that genre.
Most romantic suspense novels focus more on the suspense and the romance is secondary to the plot. That's not what happens in my story. Sure there is plenty of suspense, but there is also lots of romance...more romance than suspense.
So what do to...
The answer was to repackage the story. Based on genre expectations, my novel isn't romantic suspense. It's contemporary office romance with suspenseful elements. Which meant it needed not only a new cover, but a new title and a new blurb.
A phone call from her father
sends Cali back home to Chicago to look after the family business. Being CEO of
Stanton Enterprises is never something she wanted to do, but when her father
tells her she’s the only one he can trust to run the company in his absence she
can’t say no.
Within hours of stepping into
her father’s office she comes face-to-face with her father’s head of security,
Matthew Andersen. The attraction is instantaneous and undeniable.
Unfortunately, Cali can’t act on it. She’s his boss for the next three months
and it wouldn’t be appropriate to cross that line.
Little does she know, fate is
determined to throw them together at every turn. Someone is after her father’s
company and now he’s set his sights on her. Can Matthew and Cali figure out
who’s behind the threats before it’s too late and still keep things strictly
professional?
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