![]() And sometimes that's exactly what you need." "I realized that romance is the perfect genre to read when you're going through something hard, because you know that no matter what happens in the book, there's going to be a happy ending. Guillory started reading a lot of romance while going through a particularly difficult time in her own life. It wasn't even a romance novel at that point, she says it was young adult. The first book that I wrote, no one has ever seen," she reveals. ![]() "At that point, it was not any of the books that anyone has read. "And then I realized that I really loved writing," she says. ![]() She practiced law, and began writing as a creative outlet after work, just to see if she liked it. Read the back of the book and decide which characters you want to jump in with." How did Jasmine Guillory get into writing? "But I also think that the first six books are books that you can sort of jump in wherever, and then go back and see what calls to you. I have always been that kind of person, so I get it," she says. "I definitely know people who like to read everything in order. Since it's a brand-new universe, Drunk On Love would be an ideal place to start if you've never read any of Guillory's books! As for her others, she acknowledges that some people want to start at the beginning, with The Wedding Date. Let's put it that way." Do you have to read Jasmine Guillory's books in order? When asked whether she sees the potential for more novels in the Drunk On Love universe, similarly to how the Wedding Date books are connected, she says: " I'm not sure yet, but I think so. "There are things that I know, just from being a person who goes to wineries sometimes, but it was really helpful to talk to people who had background in the wine business, who worked at wineries for a long time, or who work in hospitality and could tell me how things really work from the other side of it," she says. And I never write out of order, but I had to get some stuff down."Īs far as research goes, Guillory spent time in wine country, and talked to people involved in the business. They're not exactly the same in the finished book, Guillory notes, because "I tend to do draft after draft when I'm writing," but a lot of "the key essence is still in those scenes. That these were a few scenes that I just had to start." And so in this book, there were probably four of them, and to a certain extent, I was working to get from one to the other to the other." With Drunk On Love, Guillory reveals, "this was really the first time that I had to write it down, even when I wasn't ready to write the book yet. "A lot of times, when I'm thinking through the beginnings of books, there are anywhere from three to five or six scenes that pop up in my mind, throughout the story. And so I hope people really love this book." What is Jasmine Guillory's writing process like? And exploring kind of a different universe, a different place that was not a big city, that was a different kind of workplace and different people. "I had so much fun living with Margot and Luke, in wine country, and kind of figuring out who they were, what made them tick. And as soon as I thought that, I just had a vision of exactly what the beginning of the book would be." ![]() And then, all of a sudden, I was like, I want to set a book in wine country. But as for what would come after? "I really had no idea, because this was the first time in a while that I was starting something brand new. I knew that By the Book, which is my most recent book, was going to come next," Guillory says. "When I finished While We Were Dating, I knew that that was kind of the end of the Wedding Date universe. And so it's them figuring that out while they have definite tension between the two of them and all sorts of emotions." What is the inspiration behind Drunk On Love? Margot definitely does not want her brother to know that she slept with their newest employee. So they have to work together having this hanging over their heads. "And then she gets to work the next day and discovers that her newest employee at her winery, who her brother hired while she was out of town, is Luke. "She ends up going home with him afterwards, they have a very fun one-night stand - or so Margot thinks," Guillory shares. The book begins with Margot, just back from a business trip, sitting at her best friend's bar and chatting with Luke, the man who sat down beside her. Set in Napa Valley's wine country, Drunk On Lovecenters around a small, family-owned winery owned by Margot Noble and her brother, Elliot. $9 at Amazon What is Jasmine Guillory's new 2022 book, Drunk On Love about? ![]()
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