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THE

SANTINA CROWN

Behind the Scandal:

An exclusive interview with

PENNY JORDAN!

AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PENNY JORDAN

Who is more scandalous – the Jacksons or the Santinas?

Definitely the Jacksons.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the sexiest hero of them all?

My hero Ash of course, so brooding and damaged—so sexy when he reverts to his original potential as a true Mills & Boon hero.

What secret would make the most shocking tabloid headlines about Ash and Sophia?

That as a girl, for a handful of mad moments, Sophia was so desperately in love with Ash that she contemplated seducing him and getting pregnant so that he would have to marry her. However, her love for him even at such a young age told her that to do that would mean that Ash would be blamed and she didn’t want that—her love for him was stronger than her desire to have what she wanted.

Where does Ash take Sophia for their one year anniversary?

A private island in the Indian ocean—where they can look after themselves and simply be Sophia and Ash and where he can show her, in all the ways there are, how much he loves her.

We’d love to hear about your writing process, can you talk us through your daily routine?

I’m at my desk at 8-9am reviewing the previous day’s work—checking that it makes sense, reading the notes I’d left for myself telling me where to take the story next, then it is in to the best bit of my day—working alongside my characters to tell their story—break at lunch time for a dip into my fave magazines, including Scandal! And gleaning info from that that will bring my characters even more to life for our readers (although I never, ever use real characters—I prefer creating my own).

What do you think makes a good hero and heroine?

That all-important spark of ‘something’, especially if they are both fighting against it.

Did you have a favourite character in this novel?

My heroine, I just love her.

What is it that you love most about writing your stories?

Helping my characters to find their happy ending.

What projects are you working on at the moment?

I’m about to start work on a trilogy about a trio of brothers.

We know it’s tricky, but what is your favourite book of all time?

I haven’t got one. There are so many books I love, but I do remember how I was swept into my first-ever children’s library edition of Pride and Prejudice as a pre-teenager and how much I wanted to be part of that story.