Interview with Kate Pearce (2012); english
Kate Pearce is writing steamy historical romances (e.g. „House of Pleasure“-series) that take your breath away with each page you turn over. She also succeeded in turning a hated villain into a hero in one of her books. For that stroke of genius I still admire her. (Photo: Copyright Jax Cassidy@Jaxadora Designs) Thank you for taking the time for this interview. Thank you for having me. 🙂 You’re one of the few authors who succeed in writing sexy scenes with great plots. How did your idea for „House of Pleasure“ start? It was quite odd really. There was a discussion on a Regency loop I belong to about British ships being set upon by Barbary pirates and the women being taken into slavery. I thought about this, and I wondered what if it were two boys who were taken? How would they survive in a Turkish brothel, and what would happen if they were rescued as adults and brought back to England? And then Lord Valentin Sokorvsky turned up in my head, swiftly followed by his friend, Peter Howard, and I started to write the first book, „Simply Sexual“. At the time there wasn’t that much out there in this format, so I had no idea if I would be able to sell such a book which had elements of a former sexual relationship between these two men. It also had one of those men, Peter still in love with the other, which caused all sorts of tension with the plot. I’m actually quite proud that I was one of the first authors to get male/male love scenes into my traditionally published New York books. 🙂 Your characters are very driven but instead of only tortured heroes you also have tortured heroines. Do such topics come lightly to you? […]