Romance sequels. Love ‘em or hate ‘em? Many readers love sequels because they’re already invested in a world and its characters and want to see more and more. This is great for an author. Your readers are waiting with bated breath for your next book and new readers are likely to want to buy the previous books in the series. IFyou don’t disappoint them! I’ll bet you can think of several big name authors whose series finally just ran out of steam. They keep writing but more and more readers jump ship as they are expected to pay top prices for boring, badly written books. That’s why many publishers don’t want more than three books in a series.
This month, I’m introducing the third book in my Genetic Attraction series. It’s called Deceptive Attraction and it follows (chronologically) The Scientist and the Supermodeland Genetic Attraction. (You don’t have to have read those other books to enjoy it and know what’s happening.) Funny, I didn’t start out to write a series. I wrote Genetic Attraction as a stand-alone book. But I was lucky enough to create some very compelling characters in that first book. Even I wanted to know why and how Jake and Roan, my young scientist and supermodel, met and fell in love before they became a threesome with Dr. Emmaline Silvay. So the prequel, The Scientist and the Supermodel, was born. In that book, up pops an amazing character — Jake’s younger brother, Caleb. Cal has some great scenes in The Scientist and the Supermodel and suddenly he was crying out for his own book. Cal is the star of Deceptive Attraction, also a M/M/F ménage, but very different from Genetic Attraction. My original trio appears importantly in this book, but Cal and his two lovers, a pretty boy and a tomboy, are the central characters.
Two things seem true to me about series. First, compulsion. Writing that next book should feel compelling and important. There need to be characters crying out to be heard and stories longing to be told. If the sequels are written just because it might sell more books, readers are going to know and start to bail out. 
Second, new central characters are a pretty good idea. Trying to carry a series with one central character again and again is really tough because the readers have no one else’s point-of-view in which to become involved. Eventually, you know that lead character so well it can get boring. I wrote the Scientist and the Supermodel from Jake’s POV. Readers have begged to see the story through Roan’s eyes, but I can’t do that. The love story has been told. Their story is complete. They have their HEA and I won’t mess with it. I don’t like sequels in which complications are introduced to tear apart two lovers that you’ve already enjoyed getting together. I think it cheats the readers. Roan appears in Deceptive Attraction and there is a chance he will appear in yet another book, but he will still be madly in love with his two scientists.
Yes, it’s true. There could be another book in the Genetic Attraction series. There is a character who is calling my name. Want to guess who it is? He’s a minor figure in at least one of the books. I’ll let you know if my publisher says yes! In addition, i’m just completing the sequel to my summer romance, Volley Balls. This book will be called Fire Balls and stars a minor character from the last book. Want to guess that one?Yep, sequels seem to have become an important part of my life. Hope you enjoy them.  
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