I have really enjoyed writing this series (and I thought I wouldn't like it at all). Book 7 has been hard to finish because it is the end and I want to make sure I leave nothing out. I will probably say too much. -
But I'm sure people will tell me.I started this series because a Literary Agent posted that she wanted a book with a Hero that she Loved to Hate and Hated that she Loved. Stephen came to embodied that for me.
He boils my blood with every awful action he makes. He makes my skin crawl when he accepts seedy women into his life. He makes me want him when becomes vulnerable and pleads for Kelsey to love him... He is a draw that turns your stomach to ick, but can also melt your heart.
In real life I am a sappy, wait for marriage then have sex, never ever cheat, fall in love with one person and never look back kind of person. So, I have never really written a story of cheaters, liars, and constant deceptions but when I saw Stephen in my mind, I thought -
Why wouldn't he cheat? What in the world would make him meet the woman of his dreams and on that very day, fall at her feet and never look at another woman again? He has nearly absolute power and you will get to see the extent of that power in book 7.
He is a man used to having everyone give him his way and he has had any woman that he wanted all of his life. What makes him stop and smell the roses? What brings about real change for him?
Is it a woman that has magical sexual proneness and amazing beauty. Is it that she measures up to some inane standard that he holds deftly in his mind?
Answer: It is Kelsey, but can she hold on for this last ride (I know you're asking yourself, should she?) and in Book 7 you will see why and get the answer to that question... Come on, I can't give it all away, but you wanted a happy ending and you wanted Kelsey to be strong. You wanted the truth and you wanted Stephen to play nice (well, he is Stephen after all).
Stephen knows that he will never be a King on a throne, but it doesn't stop him from acting like it. No excuses for him though...
Book 7 is an end to it all. We've discovered who is behind Stephen and a lot about who he truly is and why. Now uncover who Kelsey is and what started this train wreck. Stephen wants out and Kelsey wants revenge (But, against who? And how will she get it? And at what cost?).
Man, Kelsey had to wake up at some point and you get to see just what she's been up to.
Everything is so hard to believe... It is hard to trust anyone, but when you are dealing with Money, Power, and Matters of the Heart it'll prove that the impossible just might make the fairy tale possible. This concludes it ALL!
Due June 2015. I don't have a firm date because it is long and I can't read in one sitting. I don't know how yawl do it! But I am amazed and grateful for you all.
In the END I promise a FAIRYTALE ENDING.
My heart soared writing the ending. This series a change from the norm in that I needed to tell an in-depth story of Love that has no boundaries and is explosive.
I tried :) I love Stephen and I am sad to see this all end, but is satisfying for me and I hope that it will be just as satisfying for you.
Back to work and YES I WILL LET YOU KNOW!
Kari Nelson