Friday, May 30, 2025

Unexpected Dinner Date

by Mina Beckett from the May 19, 2025 issue

Tagline: When Ellie's handsome neighbor Noah shows up at her door, the last thing she expects to find is simmering chemistry.

Observations: I feel like I haven't seen a good old-fashioned man to the rescue story in a long time. I mean, granted, he caused the problem that the heroine needs rescuing from, but that's unimportant in the long run with true love at stake. LOL

What I like about this story is the banter. To me, it shows that the couple have chemistry right off the bat. It's important with these stories to demonstrate that the couple has a decent chance at finding love. It's also good to create likeable characters. In this story, Noah is the star. He's charming, funny, not afraid to take responsibility for his mistakes and he cooks--in other words, he's boyfriend material. It's never a bad idea to make the reader fall for him too.

Photo by rick via Flickr CC License

2 comments:

Sandy Smith said...

I agree with you, Kate, about the banter. It was really good. That is where I struggle with writing a WW story.

Tamara Shaffer said...

You're right, Kate. Way back when, WW editor Jimmy Meiss (she would talk to writers on the phone) told me that women who read the stories want the male character to be someone they'd like for themselves.