As you all know we at Romance Book Haven love romance and HEA! So we invited Australian author Annie West to tell us about her unique latest release which has a blind and scarred hero! The classic Beauty and the Beast story!
Thank you for inviting me to share a little about my latest story, UNDONE BY HIS TOUCH. This book is a change for me as well as being a return to home ground. After writing books set all around the world, including most recently in a fictitious middle eastern kingdom, this story is set in my home territory, Australia.
Part of the book takes place in central Sydney, in a plush harbourside apartment with a mouthwatering view of the harbour. The rest is centred around the Blue Mountains west of the city - a gorgeous wilderness area with stunning scenery as well as gorgeous mountain hamlets and exclusive retreats. If you're interested in the area, check out my website.
On the other hand this book is a real change from the other stories I've written because it follows the Beauty and the Beast theme, for the first time. I've read lots of other romances that feature wounded 'beast' heroes, and I've definitely written books where the poor hero is emotionally wounded. This is the first time my hero is wounded both physically and mentally and it gives him a whole new outlook. It makes him a very brooding and intense hero. He was scarred and blinded in an accident on the mountains but instead of escaping the area, he stays there, where so many things remind him of the accident and the brother he lost in it. Fortunately Chloe is a heroine who's determined and strong enough to vanquish the shadows that tie him to the past.
Back Blurb
Revealed in the darkness… Cast into a world of black, Declan Carstairs is a man in torment. Consumed by guilt, he sees no way out of the darkness his life has become. Only one thing drives him: finding the woman who caused his brother’s death and the accident that took his sight. Housekeeper Chloe Daniels refuses to pity her devastatingly gorgeous boss, but treating him as the strong, capable man he is soon proves dangerous. As Chloe falls deeper under Declan’s spell, awakened by his touch, she forgets all about the secret she keeps that may destroy them both…
So what about you? Do you like wounded heroes? Are you put off by the idea of a physically scarred hero, or does that add to his intrigue? Do you have any favourite reclusive heroes?
