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I had this idea where the hero and heroine are both aspiring actors. they’ve been in love since they attended acting school together or else they fell in love when both trying desperately to make it, trying out for audition after audition.
So when the story opens they are already in love and very close. They both have little money and take on any temp jobs like waitressing to pay the rent.
Then either the hero or the heroine is offered a big part if they sleep with the producer or director.
Because he or she is desperate, he or she agrees. Then their SO finds out, breaks up with them.
The one who cheated feels wounded and feels the other should have understood s/he didn't want to sleep with anyone else, but this is how Hollywood operates and it was a one time thing and s/he will never cheat again.
My questions: will readers be totally turned off by this romance?
I thought it would make for good conflict in their relationship but maybe this isnt the kind of conflict romance readers want to read?
I wanted to add to it by portraying them as childhood sweethearts. They met as infants and always knew how they felt about each other, which makes their break-up especially painful.
A year or two after the cheating, the one who cheated is a big famous star while the other is still an unknown. So the cheater manages to get the other a good role in his next film and then uses the opportunity to try to win the other back.
Then the producer who offered the part for sex is killed and the police have to figure out whodunnit among all the suspects, ie, the other actors etc.
so yes its more romantic mystery than pure romance but still, the romance will be strong too. So can I feature the cheating or will it turn all romance readers off?
Thanks for any feedback.
So when the story opens they are already in love and very close. They both have little money and take on any temp jobs like waitressing to pay the rent.
Then either the hero or the heroine is offered a big part if they sleep with the producer or director.
Because he or she is desperate, he or she agrees. Then their SO finds out, breaks up with them.
The one who cheated feels wounded and feels the other should have understood s/he didn't want to sleep with anyone else, but this is how Hollywood operates and it was a one time thing and s/he will never cheat again.
My questions: will readers be totally turned off by this romance?
I thought it would make for good conflict in their relationship but maybe this isnt the kind of conflict romance readers want to read?
I wanted to add to it by portraying them as childhood sweethearts. They met as infants and always knew how they felt about each other, which makes their break-up especially painful.
A year or two after the cheating, the one who cheated is a big famous star while the other is still an unknown. So the cheater manages to get the other a good role in his next film and then uses the opportunity to try to win the other back.
Then the producer who offered the part for sex is killed and the police have to figure out whodunnit among all the suspects, ie, the other actors etc.
so yes its more romantic mystery than pure romance but still, the romance will be strong too. So can I feature the cheating or will it turn all romance readers off?
Thanks for any feedback.