Q&A with Jennifer Probst discussion

Thanks so much for joining the conversation with me. Introduce yourself and get your questions ready. I will visit the discussion threads from September 1st-September 31st.

I have to ask you must be a met fan correct !! Lol

Thanks for the invite, Jen! Your series sounds hot and you already know I'm lovin' that! tsss! I wish you all the best with the release of each book and may they skyrocket to the top! Muah!

I'll be BACK!

Hi Jennifer! I loved reading the Marriage Bargain and am so ready for the next book! Thanks for the invite! Can't wait for the Q&A to begin.

Hi Jennifer!!! thanks for the invite, i loved the Marriage Bargain, it´s one of my fave love stories, too bad here in Portugal we don´t have it in my language but it´s ok i read english very well!!! I wish you could do a sequel, because it would be awsome to read Alex and Nick again, knowing how they are adapting to there life with a baby on the way ands of course lot´s of drama in there!!! Lol!!!!

Hi everyone! So happy to see you here for our chat. I'd happy to answer any of your questions along the way, and am happy to say you will see plenty of Nick and Alexa in the next two books. As for baseball, Nicole you are so correct - I am the Mets fan and my own wonderful husband is the Yankees fan. We agreed early after many fights that we just don't discuss baseball and it's been working quite well lol! Looking forward to hanging out and chatting about the series!

Thanks for the invite!!! You know I will be lighting up the the threads with questions and comments!! Can't wait to hear more about Nick and Alexa and the baby and what you have in store for Maggie and The Count!!! COME.ON.OCTOBER!!!!!

Jennifer thank you so much for including me. The Marriage Bargain was a great book and I think it may have been my second romance novel that wasn't paranormal/fantasy (Twilight series) and Fifty Shades series. I didn't consider myself much of a romance reader b/c I had spent to much time reading books for college, which those books were uneventful. When I was reading the Marriage Bargain, it was like watching a film in head, which says a lot for you as an author. So I would like to say thank you for opening my mind up to the language of romance. It has been great and I have read some great books.

Jennifer wrote: "Hi everyone! So happy to see you here for our chat. I'd happy to answer any of your questions along the way, and am happy to say you will see plenty of Nick and Alexa in the next two books. As for..."

I'm absolutely ecstatic that you're sticking to the Nick and Alexa storyline, so eager to read more about theme! Just a few weeks away, I can't wait!

Hi Maya! That is the highest form of a complement an author can hear, and I'm so happy you felt that way about the book! And I know what you mean about college - I remember getting my degree and all I read were textbooks!

Yes, Malia, though Maggie and Michael hold center stage, you will def see Nick and Alexa. Same holds true for The Marriage Mistake, where I keep them and Maggie and Michael involved for my readers. So glad you are here!

I am so excited for the next 2 books. how did you come.up with this idea of the marriage bargain?

HI Sarah! I adore marriage of convenience stories and always looked for them in contemporary romance. I loved the idea of doing a modern type with two opposite characters who knew each other as kids. And I adore sketching out tortured heroes! After Bargain was written, Maggie jumped off the page and demanded her own story, and I thought how much fun it would be to make a series with a type of marriage of convenience in it as the main thread! I thought I"d make each book a little different but still keep interweaving the same characters throughout the new books so readers never leave them behind! I adored writing this series and have one character left without her happy ever after ending. I think I may need to write it!

I am so so glad to be a part of your month-long Q &A!

When writing a great story it is important for the readers to relate to the characters and feel a connection to them. How did you go about creating the characters in this book?

Love that question Jaime! I find their faults and weaknesses and fears and insecurities. Just like us. Flat, cardboard characters drive me crazy. I don't just want a super hot, rich sexy hero. I want him damaged and a mess and fighting for happiness. So I get to know their past hurts and relationships from friends, families and exlovers. Then I begin to build the layers. I also love a sense of humor or sarcastic wit - that goes a long way toward making them real. I start with the guts and build outward. Specifically in this book I wanted to mirror opposites so Alexa can slowly bring Nick around to her world and make him see he is worth love. Messing with poor Nick's head was so much fun! In the Marriage Trap, Maggie is the character who is a mess. She has a damaged past and hides it all under a snarky manner. Michael begins to see past the surface and that journey was very satisfying to write also. Thanks for the great question!