Anglophile by Amelia Fayer
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I have a confession. I am a hopeless Anglophile. I’ve always loved British authors (all of them, from Austen to Swift, Tolkien to Stevenson and back to Bronte), the BBC has all my favorite shows (our cable company is *finally* carrying BBC America), and I even like the food (I think that British food is unfairly maligned, steak and ale pie is awesome).
Until a few years ago, though, I had never really though of Brits being ‘sexy’ per se, having been reared on the sort of in-your-face sexuality that is popular in America. And then I lived with a bunch.
One summer in college, I was working in a mountain hostelry. We took care of the basic maintenance of the place and cooked big dinners for hungry hikers. We also had an arrangement that if you did trail work for a day you would get free room and board and so a bunch of Brits came to take advantage of this deal.
My co-workers and I looked forward to this for weeks. There may have even been a countdown that we posted on the fridge. Most of our guests would pass through pretty quickly, but the Brits would be staying with us for two weeks, plenty of time to soak up the ‘exotic’ accents and grill them about being British. We were very excited.
I’m not sure what we were expecting exactly, but sexy was not it. Which, of course, made us all the more susceptible to it.
There was one guy, whose name shall remain unwritten, whose pants I wanted in badly. He was a few years older than I was and sexy in a way I had not encountered before in American men. He was quietly sexy, entirely comfortable in his skin and kind enough to take pity on the twittering, silly American girls. One morning it was raining so hard that trail work was cancelled so he came into the kitchen to help me make bread (*swoon*) and when the rain let up he went out to chop wood. I took a break and secretly watched him for half and hour. And his accent….I love British accents.
The guys were not the only sexy ones. I had expected the women of the group to be more quiet and proper, sort of like Jane Bennett but wearing jeans. I don’t know why I thought this but I was wrong again. I know sexy when I see it. And they were fun. One night we didn’t have any guests aside from them and they suggested a dance party and were the first one on the tables. They drank us under the table and then made us breakfast in the morning.
And there is nothing sexier than being served breakfast. The whole crew was really disappointed to see them go (although to my knowledge there was no hanky panky)
Anyone else have across the pond crushes, romances, or hook-ups?
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Sara is having a love affair with books. But, since books can’t make love to you, it means she’s in the middle of a very long dry spell. Until a sexy Brit shows up. Suddenly she’s learning just how stimulating a library can be up against a bookcase, behind the card catalog, on the circulation desk…
Meanwhile: Veronica is incredibly frustrated. While Sara and her new man are using the library as their personal adult playground, she’s stuck with only her thesis and her sexual fantasies. But Andrew, her crush, isn’t above using his assets to get Veronica right where he wants her: alone, in a darkened corner of the stacks. Who knew reading could be this pleasurable?
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Amelia Fayer lives in New England with her husband within close range of an inspirational library. When she is not writing, she likes to read, hike, garden and knit (not necessarily in that order).
Website: http://www.ameliafayer.com/
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I love reading all the books by English authors. I love watched the movies on TV too. I am looking forward to reading your book.
Thank you for hosting me today at Erotica for All!
Other than crushes on some UK actors, I’ve never had a true-life crush on someone across the pond!
Question for you today totally off topic: What characters are the hardest/easiest for you to write: The alpha hero, the alpha heroine, the villain (or villainess), the secondary male & female characters? What are the most fun to write?
I would say that the villain is the most most fun and the easiest. They are total ‘id’ characters, they do what they want and, because they are villains, they can be totally unapologetic about it. I love villains, I think they are incredibly interesting to write. I think the alpha heroine also (mostly bc I think I am one in my own private romance)
I think alpha heroes can be really hard though. You don’t want them to be total jerks, but they have to be a little bit, you know? It’s a really fine line to walk that I have a hard time with. Some writer’s do a GREAT job with this though (Sarah Maclean comes to mind)
PS – actors totally count. I love love love David Tennant.
I did an exchange program to Cornwall when I was 14, matched with a fellow my same year in school. I’ve always had a thing for shy guys, but the British do shy so well! I think that’s what I like best about William in Lust in the Library. Just the right amount of shy with all the right amount of delicious!
We had some exchange students in school and university and of course more than a few crushes. The Australians and French were the most popular ones 🙂
No– but I wish!! I am such a sucker for an accent 😉
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What is with accents that make a guy that much more enticing? Any accent and I will be putty. Or another language for that matter. I once dated a guy who would whisper German endearments when we were making out and I don’t usually like the sound of German that much, but when it’s whispered across your ear? ::chills::
I do love British accents…and you’re right, I don’t usually think of Brits as sexy (even though the accent is). Hugh Grant is a cutie, and maybe a little bit sexy, but he might be an exception. I do think of Brits as being partiers, though. I can see that they would be the first ones dancing on the table! NOW, I do LOVE an Aussie accent too and I think Aussie men are very sexy. I think I get that from The Thorn Birds. There’s something about being rugged in the outback. YUM!
I agree that accents are sexy. Thanks for the giveaway..
I worked with a very nice brother and sister from England.
My British crush is Toby Stephens,from PBS Jane Eyre 2008.
I also love accents. Deb P
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I am seriously not sharing. You can sometimes feel a British accent all the way down to your toes.
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Well my British crush is still Mr Darcy 😉
Now that just made me want to watch Pride and Prejudice again….