Marcia McClure, our official Romance Novelist Expert
This is the "Author's Note" from Marcia Lynn McClure's romance novel, The Whispered Kiss.
Yes, truly, one of my favorite fairy tales has always been "Beauty and the Beast." To me, the tale of Beauty's beast whispers of so many aspects I love about romance, as well as life in general. The idea that patience and love see beyond the battered and broken, that the power of love brings change, compassion, sympathy, courage and triumph. It's a wonderful lesson, a beautiful romance, and I always wanted to write my own version of it.
And then, there's the fact that, to my way of thinking, "Beauty and the Beast" represents the ultimate example of the ‘bad boy' syndrome so many of we girls secretly long for and utterly understand . . .
Read Marcia's entire article Beauty and the Beast and the Bad Boy Syndrome
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