Meet My Book - Wanting Mr Wrong
- Feb 15, 2015
- 2 min read
GUEST POST AT AUSSIE REVIEWS
1. Give us the details – title, publisher, illustrator, release date.
Wanting Mr Wrong by Avril Tremayne; Random House Australia; February 2015 Blurb: Evie Parker has never been one to swoon after celebrities – give her a neuroscientist over an actor any day! So when she develops her first movie-star crush, she’s determined to date her way out of it, starting with the next good-looking doctor she sees. Yet hovering on the fringes of her life is her gay best friend’s determined brother, Jackson J Stevens, a famous actor who comes with trailing paparazzi. The one thing worse than a celebrity in Evie’s eyes is a media circus, so Jack isn’t an option no matter how hard he flirts with her. Evie knows what she doesn’t want; Jack knows what he does. And somewhere in the middle, pheromones are making things go haywire every time they’re together.
2. Why did you write the book?
I got the idea for this book after watching British actor Matthew Macfadyen play Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. He was my first ever movie star crush and I was a little bit shocked at how obsessed I became. My work colleagues at the time were shameless enablers, so a period of YouTube watching and fan site scouring ensued – and it was a very funny and wonderful period in my life, to be honest. I have a habit of using stray events like that and twisting them into story ideas, and this one was irresistible. What would happen if I put a heroine in the same ‘crush’ predicament…? Wanting Mr Wrong is the result.
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I liked reading the post about the book Wanting Mr Wrong and how the author shared the story behind its creation. It was interesting to see how a simple idea and a bit of imagination can turn into a full story. During a hectic MBA semester, I once used MBA assignment help UK to organise my research before a deadline. It made me realise that creativity and clear planning both play an important role in good writing.
Reading about Evie’s unexpected movie‑star crush and the spark behind Wanting Mr Wrong felt oddly familiar. A mate of mine once shaped a similar idea after chatting with a book publisher in Adelaide and never looked back. As writers, these quirky moments truly make stories worth chasing.