Author, Jo Lambert, celebrates music in her regular blog feature Life Playlists. Music is an inspiration for Jo, and during the writing process music helps Jo to tease out the emotions in her romance novels. I imagine a vintage jukebox playing in the corner of her writing room. Which songs did Jo enter into her writer’s jukebox to evoke the emotions and inspire the tension in A Cornish Affair, her debut novel with Ruby Fiction?
At its heart A Cornish Affair is romantic fiction but it’s also wrapped around a modern day saga. Alongside the ‘will they-won’t they’ going on between Cat and Luke there’s a host of other things – murder and a cantankerous great aunt to mention just two. But this book could never have been written without the music. Like Jessie music has always been a huge part of my life and it’s played an important role in all my writing. With two exceptions, all my books have had their titles taken from songs. And to help the writing process, I create a playlist of tracks; a musical backdrop to writing different scenes.
So this is in Jessie’s words a ‘Books in my Handbag Jukebox’ post. A taster of the music I used for this particular novel.
TITLE TRACK
ROMANTIC TRACKS
Stay with Me Till Dawn – Judy Tzuke
CAT AND LUKE’S BREAK UP
Johnny Hates Jazz – Shattered Dreams
Jo’s playlist offers a clear insight into the narrative and the emotion. I wanted to discover more about this author.
Jo Lambert lives on the eastern edge of the city of Bath. In 2008 she published her first novel When Tomorrow Comes. This was the first of five books which became known as the Little Court series, following the lives and loves of four girls growing up in the 1960/70s in the West Country. In 2015 she published Summer Moved On, a contemporary romance set in South Devon. A sequel, Watercolours in the Rain followed in 2017.
In June 2018 Jo signed to Choc Lit. Her debut A Cornish Affair, set on the North Cornish coast, was published in June under their Ruby imprint. She is currently working on her next coastal romance.
When Jo isn’t writing she reads and reviews. She also has an active blog – A Writer’s Journey. She loves travel, red wine and rock music and takes the odd photograph or two. Jo is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and the Society of Authors
More about A Cornish Affair.
In the close-knit community of Carrenporth in Cornwall everyone knows everyone else’s business. Luke Carrack is only too aware of this. He’s been away for two years but nothing has changed – from the town gossips who can’t see past the scandal of his childhood, to the cold way he is treated by some of his so-called family.
The only person who seems to understand is local hotelier’s daughter Cat Trevelyan, although even Luke’s new friendship with her could set tongues wagging.
But Carrenporth is about to experience far bigger scandals than the return of Luke Carrack – and the secrets unearthed in the process will shake the sleepy seaside town to its core …
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Thank you so much for hosting me Jessie,.Very difficult to choose from the many tracks I’d incorporated onto the playlist for A Cornish Affair but those were some of my favourites.
You are most welcome on my blog. I adore your playlist as it gives a clear picture of the emotion in the narrative. I intend to listen to songs to add layers to some of my scenes – great idea.