Floating on Air and Two Week Deal by Syrie James & Author Guest Post

Today on the blog I'm featuring Syrie James' Struck By Love two book series, Floating on Air and Two Week Deal. These novels are set and previously published in the 80s. They have both been revised and retitled so fans today can enjoy them more.

To celebrate this both Floating on Air and Two Week Deal are free on Kindle Unlimited and for a limited time on sale for $3.99 without.

Also Syrie is sharing with my readers why Floating on Air especially is so special to her because it is inspired by her real life whirlwind romance with her late husband Bill. Check out her guest post below!

Enjoy!

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Now enjoy Syrie's guest post and see how Floating on Air was inspired by her very own romance

My contemporary romance novel Floating on Air (Book 1 in my Struck By Love series), about the whirlwind love affair between a radio deejay and a charismatic entrepreneur, is based in many ways on my own romance with my late husband. I hold this book dear to my heart. Here are 7 ways my real-life romance inspired Floating on Air.

1. THE MEET-CUTE

In Floating on Air, Kyle Harrison calls on Desiree Germain’s contest line, and when he shows up at her radio station to claim his prize, they’re entranced by each other. My husband and I may not have met on the air, but it was a Meet-Cute worthy of a romance novel! I was introduced to Bill at a college party (I was there with another guy!) and I was a goner. Bill was charming, smart, and funny, and had the most beautiful blue eyes I’d ever seen.

2. WHIRLWIND COURTSHIP

It must be something in the genes, but many of the most enduring relationships in my family have been whirlwind romances that began as love at first sight—maybe that’s why I feel compelled to write about them. Like Kyle and Desiree in Floating on Air, Bill and I instantly embarked on a dizzying love affair that took over our lives.

3. IT’S SET IN THE AWESOME 80s

There’s something soothing about a story that takes place at a comparatively simpler time, before the internet, personal computers, and cell phones changed the way we do everything. My husband and I got our start in life in the 80s, a decade that was filled with incredible entertainment choices, unique pop culture, iconic fashion, and the start of the fitness craze.

(Read my blog “8 Things I Love About the 80s” here!)

4. LONG-DISTANCE ROMANCE

Desiree knows a relationship with Kyle will be difficult, because she lives in southern California and he’s from Seattle. My romance with Bill faced a similar challenge. From the start, we lived in different cities. And then he moved to San Diego, 500 miles away. There was no texting, Facetime, or Zoom. We could only see each other on weekends if we were lucky. Every time one of us had to drive away or get on a plane it nearly broke my heart. All of the heart-wrenching moments of separation and all the joys of our reunions—I gave them to Desiree and Kyle.

5. ROMANTIC HERO

Kyle is inspired by my husband Bill in a lot of ways. They’re both physically passionate and romantic. Kyle sends Desiree dozens of red roses (Bill’s favorite flower—even when we were living on a super tight budget, he found a way to send or bring me red roses. Aren’t I lucky?) Kyle, like Bill, has a large wonderful family, is color blind (lots of personal details there!) and enjoys giving gifts to the woman he loves, including a very special piece of jewelry.

6. THE LOCALE

Desiree’s house in Floating on Air is based on the house in Garden Grove, California where Bill and I lived during the early years of our marriage. Kyle lives in Seattle because Bill took a lot of business trips there. I got to accompany him a couple of times and I fell in love with that city. (And as for that flight to Catalina Island and all that happened there … did that really happen to me? I’ll never tell!)

7. LOVE CONQUERS ALL

All romance novels have a happy ending and Floating on Air is no exception! Bill and I knew from the moment we met that we’d found our soul mate and other half. We survived the long-distance challenge, got married 9 months later, raised two terrific sons, and shared a wonderful life together.

THE STRUCK BY LOVE SERIES

I hope you enjoy Floating on Air as much as I enjoyed writing it! I just rebranded this very special novel as Book 1 in my Struck By Love series (Floating on Air was formerly titled Songbird) and I’m excited to announce that the newly revised edition is now available on Amazon and free on Kindle Unlimited!

                                             

Don’t miss Book 2 in the Struck By Love series, Two Week Deal, in which a fiercely independent graphic artist gets the opportunity of a lifetime working in wintry South Lake Tahoe with the headstrong owner of an advertising agency. But can business and pleasure mix? And Also available right now on Amazon and free on Kindle Unlimited.

Two Week Deal is also a book that’s full of personal details (more on that in a future blog post)!

About the author:
Syrie: pronounced like the App, but spelled better.
Check out her website

SYRIE JAMES is the author of thirteen critically acclaimed novels of historical fiction, romance, and young adult fiction that have been international, USA Today, and Amazon bestsellers and won numerous awards. Her books are published in more than twenty languages. A research and story structure maven, Syrie is committed to taking her characters on challenging journeys of growth and discovery.

Syrie’s novel The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen sold at auction to HarperCollins in a bidding war between three major publishing houses, became an instant bestseller, and was a Library Journal Editor’s Pick of the Year (starred review). Syrie explores Jane Austen’s real-life romance as a teenager in Jane Austen’s First Love, also a Library Journal Editor’s Pick. The Missing Manuscript of Jane Austen (starred review, Kirkus) offers the ultimate Janeite fantasy: the discovery of a long lost Jane Austen novel.

The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Brontë won the Audiobook Audie Award and was named a Women’s National Book Association Great Group Read. Nocturne was an Amazon bestseller, Barnes and Noble’s Romantic Read of the Week, Best Novel of the Year by Suspense Magazine and Romance Reviews, and Bookbub’s Best Snowbound Romance.

Syrie’s contemporary romances Floating on Air and Two Week Deal, which she recently re-branded as the Struck By Love series, are set in the awesome 80s and are dear to her heart, because they’re inspired by her real-life romance with her late husband.

Syrie’s interest in the paranormal inspired her romantic thriller Dracula, My Love and the young adult series Forbidden which she co-wrote with her son Ryan James. Syrie’s love of all things English led to a Victorian historical romance trilogy including the #1 Amazon bestsellers Duke Darcy’s Castle and Runaway Heiress.

A Writer’s Guild of America member, Syrie has sold scripts to film and television and adapted bestselling books to screen. Syrie’s work as a playwright has been produced off-Broadway in New York City as well as in California and Canada. A member of the Historical Novel Society of North America and the Jane Austen Society of North America, Syrie has addressed dozens of organizations, universities, and literary conferences across North America and in England.

Syrie lives in Los Angeles, where she is currently writing her next book.