Book blogger supremo Marie Lavender highlights the multiracial romance angle in my new release historical adventure New Zealand: A Novel in her popular I Love Romance Blog at https://iloveromanceblog.wordpress.com/
Incorporating a somewhat lusty multicultural angle in my novel was always going to be a challenge – and not because I’d never faced that challenge before. I had, several times, in previously published historical adventures. I usually co-author books (fiction and non-fiction) with my son James. Together, we’ve co-written some 35 published books, including at least eight novels that feature multicultural romance.
However, New Zealand: A Novel was my first solo-authored novel, and therein lay the challenge. Tackling the task of delivering to readers a poignant and credible romantic liaison between a 17-year-old teenage boy and a middle-aged Tahitian beauty was always going to be a challenge for this writer!
The teenager in this case is one Nicholas Young, a tall, handsome, English lad who was recruited as Surgeon’s Boy aboard Captain James Cook’s bark the Endeavour on a voyage of discovery to the South Pacific. The Tahitian beauty is Tahitian Queen Obadia who believes the blue-eyed, blond-haired Nicholas has been sent to her by the island’s gods to give her the child she has never had.
Tahiti, incidentally, was a scheduled stopover for the men aboard the Endeavour because Cook was tasked with recording the infamous Transit of Venus. For Nicholas, the lengthy stopover was a glorious introduction to manhood – thanks to the sensual Queen Obadia.
I’m pleased to see one Amazon reviewer (Kotuku) was impressed by my handling of the novel’s romantic subplots. He writes, “The sex scenes were tastefully done as well!!”
Marie Lavender’s highlighting of the novel’s romance themes in her exquisite I Love Romance Blog will appeal to lovers of historical romance… and to lovers full stop! Check it out at:
Readers & Bookworms can visit Marie’s other websites at:
marielavender.com/
and
writinginthemodernage.weebly.com/
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Morcan Books & Films 
Still can’t get over how amazing the book is, from front cover to words, story and everything. A truly well-written and epic story!
Jeremiah’s Journey is a historical romance adventure that follows a young man named Jeremiah as he navigates significant life changes beyond his control. In his quest for answers and the love of his life, Jeremiah becomes part of a new family and establishes himself in a welcoming community amidst the unrest of a burgeoning nation…
That’s an intriguing storyline, Eileen. Thanks for the update.