Mixing business with pleasure never felt so right.īlake Buchanan and Anastasia Delaney were roommates in college and could never see eye to eye about anything. I would love to give away a copy of the first book in my Affairs series, Holiday Affair to a reader who tells me who is their favourite character ever and why?

The cohesion of the small town, and their love and concern, for Ana and Blake is particularly evident in the final chapters of the story. (Both of them get their own stories in Books 2 and 3 of this series too!) Sometimes Ana can lose her confidence and her friends are there to bolster her up. Secondary characters can often paint truer portraits of the main characters than the characters themselves and I used Sienna and Georgie to give more insight into Ana’s character. The elderly folk, including Thelma and Mitzi who became surrogate aunts to Ana after her mother passed, and many other local characters, provide lots of support for her throughout her romance with Blake.

The fictional town of Nebbiton also has a warm chaotic environment. In Tangling with the CEO, Blake’s family, particularly his nephews and nieces provide light-hearted moments of fun and laughter, which helps to relieve the instant tension that is between Blake and Ana when they first meet up again. In all of my books, and across all of the genres that I write, I love using secondary characters to create and balance the tension and conflict that surrounds the main characters. Today we get to enjoy some time with the lovely Annie Seaton as she talks about the importance of secondary characters and then we get to peek at her new book, Tangling with the CEO.

Holiday Affair by Annie Seaton