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03/14/2007 Archived Entry: "Carla Kelly's Beau Crusoe"

Mely (Coffee and Ink on LJ) reminded me that I read Carla Kelly's latest Regency novel, Beau Crusoe, last week. Carla Kelly is one of my keeper authors, very entertaining! (I've blogged about her before.) I'm glad that Harlequin Historical did get around to publishing this novel after all. I think I mostly agree with Rachel's review -- there's more sex than I would have expected and the story gets a bit unbalanced, but it's very worth buying and reading. Look, a new interview with Carla Kelly!

Q. How did you think of writing this particular book? Did it start as a character, a setting, or some other element?
A. It started as a setting, and then the "what if" took over. Several years ago, I read Tony Horwitz's marvelous book, Blue Latitudes: (subtitled – I think – 'Going boldly where Captain Cook has gone before.') Horwitz followed Capt. James Cook's first voyage in the Endeavor, as he went to Tahiti to observe the Transit of Venus. I was fascinated. Years earlier, I had seen an equally excellent mini-series of Cook and his voyages. And Thor Heyedahl's Kon-Tiki was the first book I read all night, under the covers with a flashlight. And then there is the towering figure of Sir Joseph Banks, a scientist. There's a theme here.

(tags: RegencyRomance, CarlaKelly, CoffeeAndInk)