LOVE
AT THE TOP, my trendy contemporary romance novel, gives a modern-day twist to a
fairytale setup: Millionaire Marries Working Girl. Nowadays I would use:
BILLIONAIRE Marries Working Girl, but what’s a few extra million in today’s
economy?!
The
characters, Alex and Cassidy had to meet without her knowing his true identity
and that she would soon be working for him. This was an intriguing challenge.
What needed to be in place so that Cassidy wouldn’t recognize Alex when she
first saw her boss Mr. Hayden-Smith? What kind of person did she need to be for
Alex to fall in love with her? All these factors add spice to the story.
I
truly enjoyed writing LOVE AT THE TOP, and imbuing the book with New York
City’s living pulse, along with experiencing the joys and sorrows Cassidy and
Alex face, plus laughing at the antics of the comedic characters. Novel Books,
Inc. soon picked up this frothy tale.
What if a lonely woman's dream man turned out to be
her arrogant, new boss?
LOVE AT THE TOP earned Best-Seller status on several sites including 5 star standing on Amazon.com. My book was also selected as a finalist in the prestigious EPIC Awards (now EPIC eBook Award) for Best Contemporary Romance.
After
the publishing house closed, Awe-Struck Books (Mundania Press) signed LOVE AT
THE TOP, where it is still available for your reading pleasure, also at
Amazon.com and other internet sites.
For
those of you who enjoy reading about tidbits from my life that appear in my
books, I also worked in downtown Manhattan as Cassidy does, and in addition,
one of my jobs there was in a personnel (now Human Resources) department. I
would often wander the streets on my lunch hour, usually eating a pretzel or a
knish.
Walking down Broadway to the park by City Hall,
Cassidy shielded her eyes from the bright sun. She was glad she’d changed her
mind about lunch. Her office's four walls had seemed to close in on her. She
had to escape to the outside, to the sunlight.
Her stomach rumbled, so she stopped at a street
vendor's stand and bought a steaming hot pretzel and a Coke. Not much of a
lunch, but it was better than being stuck in her office.
One
of the wonderful benefits to writing is that I can indulge my imagination and
travel wherever my story takes me. With LOVE AT THE TOP, I traveled back home
to New York and I also got to “visit” Denver!
A
side note: I first conceived LOVE AT THE TOP when the World Trade Center towers
were standing tall, majestically silhouetted against the other Manhattan
skyscrapers. Symbolically, the towers stood for LOVE AT THE TOP, just as Denver
the mile-high city stood for LOVE AT THE TOP. I dedicate my novel to all of us
who have lost loved ones on September 11th, and to future generations who can
never experience the beauty of the towers firsthand.
Artist’s rendering of a possible cover pre-9/11/2001
Now
that you know the inside scoop on LOVE AT THE TOP, I hope you enjoy Cassidy
and Alex’s story.
Happy reading,
Susanne Marie Knight
Read outside the box: award-winning Romance Writing With A Twist! 
