Part 1 ... @queenfromthe70s ...It is admirable how conscientious you are about Liar and wanting to take the story in the right direction .That is the sign of a good writer that you care that much ..Every romance needs conflict, especially in the beginning to give it fire.. What drew me to your book was the tagline of " I guess I don't need to remember your name .. that sent exciting chills down my spine.. Readers love to see an angry man transformed by love .. To the see the dichotomy between the cold angry man at the beginning and then the exceptionally tender side that begins to emerge , the sweetness that was underneath the entire time ...that is the emotional payoff for the readers .. think of Sound of Music and Bridget Jones Diary ... As the romance progresses, it is still okay to have conflict and fights ... a person can have moments of regression.. but it is important to keep the relationship moving forward, even if it is done slowly ... Constant fighting will eventually be dysfunctional, especially if it borders on nasty and also the reader hearts get bruised by all the conflict..you need to give the readers hope for the relationship and also it is the sweet tender moments that keep the readers invested in a relationship too .. Readers live for the romantic moments, that is what keeps them coming back ... I love sappy moments myself but it is also nice to add a little spice and bickering too .. I hope this makes sense ... I have seen both ends of the spectrum .. A Freddie romance where Freddie is a simpy pathetic lapdog for his love interest and you want to scream at him to get a spine ... and a love story where Freddie is allowed to be too dark and angry and self absorbed for an extended period and that you lost hope for the romance and miss the earlier sweetntess... If the author had mixed in more sweetness with the anger, it would have been better.
