It was so different from any sexual scenario I’ve written before that I really enjoyed the challenge. I actually had a great time with the early clinical sex. Were some scenes harder than others to write? I love the way the sex builds in this book, from awkward and clinical to deeply sensual and romantic. Many reviews have said that they couldn’t get past it, which I completely understand. Seriously, I remember watching The Ten Commandments when I was about thirteen and thinking that Pharaoh was much hotter than Moses! With Ander, I wanted some physical sign of his emotional scars-and I didn’t want to use a literal scar-so the baldness became that sign.Īnder’s baldness has definitely been a negative for a lot of readers, though. And I’ve always found bald men crazy-sexy. I’m not sure why, but the particular kind of tortured soul I like in my heroes nearly always comes from parenting issues of some kind. The haunted hero with daddy issues has always been my favorite. Tell me a little bit about how this hero was conceived and how readers (including you!) feel about him. The hero, Ander, has been bald since he was a teenager and wrestles with significant daddy issues. I really did throw it up on Amazon on a whim, since I always loved the story but could never do anything with it. I’m absolutely shocked that the book has been received so well. That’s very encouraging to me, since the way I develop characters and relationships is also the reason I’ve never been the right “fit” with a publisher. I have no idea! I think maybe it’s the premise that has gotten people to give it a try, but most of the positive reviews say they like the way the relationship developed. You’re getting quite a bit of buzz with Escorted-seems like maybe you’ve touched a nerve with readers! What do you think it is?

(Contest now closed for free copies of Escorted.) She also writes romance novels under the pen name Noelle Adams–the “One Night” series, among others. She has a PhD in British literature and, when she’s not writing, she teaches English at the university level. The book is delightfully Wonktastical-a bald hero with serious daddy issues, and loads of early, awkward, clinical sex-and it’s one of those deep, interior, emotional reads (a la Charlotte Stein!) that you just can’t put down.Ĭlaire has been writing romance novels since she was twelve years old.

The self-published book has won many converts (to the tune of more than a thousand ratings on Goodreads).

Claire Kent is the author of Escorted, in which a twenty-six-year-old virgin, Lori, hires a male escort, Ander, to rid her of her unwanted innocence. I’m pleased to host Claire Kent this morning on Wonkomance.

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