The Book Vixen is pleased to welcome Contemporary Romance Author Casey Crow to the blog today.
Mary and Myles sittin’ in a tree. K.I.S.S.I.N.G. First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes Mary with a baby carriage. Remember that? My seven-year-old daughter thought she was hot stuff singing it the other day, until I popped her bubble when I said I too used to sing it. Never fear. She got me back saying, “It’s THAT old?!?!” Uh…yeah, but that’s beside the point. The song got me thinking though about first crushes, first kisses, and first…you know. Mostly, I started remembering regrets, and what would happen if given a second chance.
We all have things we wish we could change. Some folks say they’d change nothing because their pasts made them who they are today – stronger, wiser, but are they happier? That’s the million dollar question. Still, it’s a nice dream to imagine what might have been. And, on those rare occasions the impossible happens. You are given a second chance. It may be something as simple as apologizing to right a wrong or something bigger like falling in love all over again.
In Carly Phillips’ Lucky Charm, Derek thought he could outsmart the Corwin family curse by breaking up with his first love, but of course true love wins out over superstitions. In Daisy’s Back in Town by Rachel Gibson, the heroine returns to her hometown to find the bad boy she left behind is still sexy as ever. Isn’t it great some things never change? Authors use second chance premises all the time and why? To give us hope that maybe someday we too may have an opportunity to circle back and walk down a new path.
I’m a firm believer in if it’s meant to be it will be, so I wholeheartedly believe in second chances. What about you? Do you have a story? Even if it didn’t end happily ever after, I’d still love to hear about it. Hopefully though, most of you are now stronger, wiser, and definitely happier!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A graduate of the University of Alabama (ROLL TIDE!), Casey Crow writes spicy contemporary romances with the tagline "Sexy, Sassy & Southern." Visit her at Casey Crow on Facebook, caseyecrow on Twitter, and www.caseycrow.com to find out more about her projects.
Where to find Casey Crow online
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Hi, Casey,
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for second chances, too. Two of my three books are second chance romances (although one of them is sixth or seventh chance as it's a reincarnation story).
What I like about second chance romances is the couple already know too much about each other and often times it's hard for them to see how the other one has changed during the separation.
Thanks for stopping by Keena! It's funny because I was talking about second chances to my hair dressertoday and how that history may always make you long to continue or try again, but sometimes you've got to realize you grew in different directions. That's when memories may be your best friend.
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ReplyDeleteCasey your such an amazing write and teacher. I even still remember of my Dance you taught me over 8 years ago. I can't wait to see you book in book stores. I have been thinking of writing a murder mystery and have it started but I don't have more then a couple of chapters done.
ReplyDeleteYou Awesome and such an inspiration.
Talk to you Soon Casey!
Amanda
First of all I love this website, absolutely my favorite colors!
ReplyDeleteCasey, I love your website, your comments are so great because they always make bring back lots of memories-good and bad! Who would have thought about the K-I-S-S-I-N-G song! Laughed and Loved it!Anyway, I think everyone has things they would definitely go back and change. And, of course, everyone wants a Cinderella story happily-ever-after so I think by curiousity we are kinda wondering what the future may hold. Question is, do we change our current path thinking the grass is greener or do we settle? Our destiny is what we make of it and we have to be responsible for our actions. What would I change if I could go back and do differently...probably alot...would I go back and change...absolutely...what do I hope to do differently in the future...everything!! Love you Casey!!
Mandie, I applaud to desire to write, but don't be afraid to make a go of it (I'm happy to help!). You don't want to be look back years from now and say, "I wish I would have given that writing thing a shot." Where would be if Nora Roberts did that?
ReplyDeleteCandy, we can't settle! Obviously, there have been times in my life where I have and it didn't bring happiness. I still don't know if the grass is greener but heading toward it to find out is a whole lot better than walking around on prickly, brown dying grass!
Hi Casey!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post! My first crush (at age 10) turned out to be the guy I loosely based the bad guy on in my first novel. Hmmmm...he was really a nice guy, so I'm not sure why he got written into the book as the villian. :) Perhaps he'll be the hero in my next one. :)
Cheers,
Kelly
That's funny Kelly. I have this bad habit of using the names of people I know. Hopefully, my family and friends will be understanding, but it's the "villians" in and out of the books that might come back to haunt me!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to say thanks for stopping by today. It was such an honor to be on The Book Vixen's awesome blog! Thank you for having me!
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