Interview with Stephanie Brother, Author of Four Always

What’s the story behind the story? What impressed you to put in writing Four Always?

Four Always began with an concept for a humorous meet-cute: a younger lady who was sheltered in her upbringing is making a bakery supply to Club Red, a brand new male revue membership that’s opened in her small touristy island city. The membership seems to be owned by 4 brothers who additionally dance and strip, and once they open the field she brings, she finds out it’s crammed with small penis-shaped cookies meant for a bachelorette celebration. She’s dazzled by the lads’s appears to be like, but in addition supremely uncomfortable being surrounded by them whereas they make anatomy jokes.

If you needed to decide theme songs for the principle characters of Four Always, what would they be?

A foolish reply is “Like a Virgin” by Madonna. My most important character, Jade, isn’t a virgin, however she’s by no means skilled something like she does after she meets the Stanton brothers. More significantly, I’d say “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera, as a result of because the story progresses, Jade, a plus-size lady, turns into conscious of all of the damaging ideas about herself which have all the time crammed her head (don’t all of us have these?) and he or she learns to interrupt them as she realizes how stunning and robust she is.

What’s your favourite style to learn? Is it the identical as your favourite style to put in writing?

I’ve all the time been an enormous softie, which is why romance is, and all the time has been, my favourite style to learn and to put in writing. Give me quirky characters in tough conditions and I’m hooked. Romance is each extremely thrilling and a terrific consolation, and that’s a strong mixture.

What books are in your TBR pile proper now?

Unless I’m on trip, it’s exhausting to search out time to learn. I’ve actually gotten into audiobooks as a result of they permit me to get pleasure from books whereas I’m doing issues like driving, exercising, and cleansing.

In honor of October, I simply completed listening to Cackle by Rachel Harrison. I’m within the center of The Queen and the Cure by Amy Harmon, and Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood is subsequent up.

What scene in your guide was your favourite to put in writing?

My shy heroine by no means thought she’d set foot in a strip membership (her household extremely disapproves!) so I liked writing about her not solely going to Club Red, however being unexpectedly pulled up on stage by the Stanton brothers for a not-so-private lap dance. To soothe her nerves, she finally ends up getting drunk on the present, and that was quite a bit of enjoyable to put in writing.

Do you might have any quirky writing habits? (fortunate mugs, cats on laps, and so forth.)

In the summer time, I like to put in writing outside. I take my laptop computer to attention-grabbing locations and get quite a bit of inspiration from individuals watching. In the winter, I’ve a thermos of chamomile tea that I carry on my desk, and a blanket with arms to maintain me heat.

Do you might have a motto, quote, or philosophy you reside by?

Make the world a happier place.

If you possibly can select one factor for readers to recollect after studying your guide, what wouldn’t it be?

A message that threads by way of all of my books is that love is highly effective and love prevails. In Four Always particularly, and in lots of of my novels, I additionally hope readers get the message that they’re worthy of love, and of discovering a person (or 4 males!) who deal with them the way in which they should be handled.