Female lead is a Christian who is "disconnected" from the dating scene due to past hurts. Male lead is non-Christian, shallow, in "dead" 10 year live-in relationship of convience and struggling with a troubled mid-teen son from prior marriage.
Circumstances bring them together. Their interaction changes his views about what he wants to be as a father and as a man. Then he decides that he wants her to be his woman (of course, after an appropriate brake off of the prior 10 year live-in situation). This means the he has to somehow break down her 'walls'. He does this by using the same techniques that he learned from her in the begining of the book. In the end, they reach a point where she agrees to date him. Not exactly an explicit Happily Ever After, but a major break through for her.
The book isn't overly "girly." I have a male reader right now that actually likes it (there's a good bit of macho maleness in it AND its tackling a couple things that I think men find intriguing)
There is a strong Christianity thread through it. Not sermans, just in the character and some issues are discussed. She sticks to Biblical Christian principles even though they push the boundaries often.
I would like for men to at least consider picking this book up.
I would also like for non-Christians to consider the book.
So... I had been calling it a simple Romance for right now, sometimes a Christian romance... (I know, neither really meets goals above) but given that the HEA isn't really there, what would you call it?
I kind of need to "lock down" the genre so I can write to that market, but I'm at a loss because it seems to straddle. Any thoughts or recommendatons would be appreciated.
Circumstances bring them together. Their interaction changes his views about what he wants to be as a father and as a man. Then he decides that he wants her to be his woman (of course, after an appropriate brake off of the prior 10 year live-in situation). This means the he has to somehow break down her 'walls'. He does this by using the same techniques that he learned from her in the begining of the book. In the end, they reach a point where she agrees to date him. Not exactly an explicit Happily Ever After, but a major break through for her.
The book isn't overly "girly." I have a male reader right now that actually likes it (there's a good bit of macho maleness in it AND its tackling a couple things that I think men find intriguing)
There is a strong Christianity thread through it. Not sermans, just in the character and some issues are discussed. She sticks to Biblical Christian principles even though they push the boundaries often.
I would like for men to at least consider picking this book up.
I would also like for non-Christians to consider the book.
So... I had been calling it a simple Romance for right now, sometimes a Christian romance... (I know, neither really meets goals above) but given that the HEA isn't really there, what would you call it?
I kind of need to "lock down" the genre so I can write to that market, but I'm at a loss because it seems to straddle. Any thoughts or recommendatons would be appreciated.
