A Thin Line
by DL White
Genre: Romance
Angie Blake and Preston Reid are oil and water, fire and ice. Whether it's in the courtroom, where they're
always in opposition, or in their personal lives, they don't mix.
Nearly two decades have passed since they were high school sweethearts and split in an emotional
firestorm, but their best friends are dating, and now engaged so they haven’t had a moment’s peace from
each other. And they won’t get one since the soon to be newlyweds have roped Angie and Preston into
planning their destination wedding. They've been tasked with organizing the most romantic, memorable
event of their lives without tearing apart the lifelong foursome in the process.
Angie and Preston are wise to this game. This clever ploy to push them back together in the hopes that
their long-dead romance will rekindle couldn’t possibly work.
Could it?
There’s a thin line between love and hate.
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DL White is an Atlanta based author of women's fiction and romance, centering Black men and women.
She began seriously pursuing a writing career in 2011.
She has a deep and abiding love for coffee and Sunday Brunch, especially on a patio, but her true
obsession is water— lakes, rivers, oceans, waterfalls.
By day she is an Executive Administrative Assistant for a billion dollar beverage brand. By night, when
not writing books, she devours them and blogs reviews and thoughts on writing at
BooksbyDLWhite.com.
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What
inspired you to write this book?
I
read so many books about a woman who has to do so much work to get a
man to notice her or to “be worthy”. I wanted to write about a
man who had a lot of work to do, who, for reasons only known between
those two characters, had a lot to make up for, who wasn’t afraid
to do that work to get his woman back. I also really like banter and
drama and conflict, and this book just made me happy. Every fight,
every argument, every glare was a reason to make the reconciliation
that much more delicious.
What
can we expect from you in the future?
More
of the same, man! Fun, funny, real Black characters just trying to be
out here falling in love and wringing the most out of this life we’ve
been given.
Do
you have any “side stories” about the characters?
Not
these, no. NONE of these people will be showing up in any future
books.
Can
you tell us a little bit about the characters in A Thin Line?
A
Thin Line is about Angie (Evangeline) Blake and Preston Reid, who
fell in love as kids and teens, broke up over a super petty reason
and then rode that horse for the next two decades. Since they never
really had closure, the tension between them has been tight—and
sine their best friends are now engaged, they are roped into working
together to put on a fun, memorable, romantic event. Without
fighting. Which isn’t going to happen.
How
did you come up with the concept and characters for the book?
Sometimes
I get an idea like “I want to write X THING!” and then I start
planning. Sometimes I just get tired of what I am reading and know
that if I want something different, I have to write it myself. This
book was a collision of the two.
Where
did you come up with the names in the story?
Names
come to me first, but I knew I wanted her to have a nickname that
most everyone called her and a name she hated, and only ever allowed
one person to call her. And I knew that person would grate on her
nerves with that.
What
did you enjoy most about writing this book?
Well,
as I stated I really love drama and conflict. If there’s no
conflict, I’m just not interested. This book had lots of issues to
write through- high emotion.
Who
designed your book covers?
I
design my own covers, with help and advice from author Dianne Frost,
who’s a graphic designer in real life.
If
you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your
latest book?
Nope.
A Thin Line is perfect. It’s exactly the way I wanted it to come
out and if no one else likes it, I love it.
Did
you learn anything during the writing of your recent book?
Don’t
bow to what you think people want. Don’t sell yourself or your
story short. Tell the story that your characters ask you to tell. The
whole story, the way you want to tell it.
If
your book was made into a film, who would you like to play the lead?
Hm.
Good Q. I have no idea, actually. Preston is super preppy and
pretentious at first glance but actually soulful and passionate
underneath. Angie is dogged in her loyality to her job, her friends,
herself. I really didn’t picture actual folks in my mind. I’m
interested in some fancasting ideas!
Anything
specific you want to tell your readers?
Don’t
rush it. Let the story unfold. And if you like this book, pick up my
others. They’re good.
What
is your favorite part of this book and why?
The
engagement party. It’s when we finally see Preston’s motivations
and his metamorphosis into the man Angie needs him to be; We also see
those walls that Angie built up begin to crumble. I think this moment
is beautiful and satisfying.
If
you could spend time with a character from your book whom would it
be? And what would you do during that day?
Actually
probably Jackie and Matt. Matt is a great cook and Jackie just seems
so happy and free. I imagine her kind of like Sinclair from Living
Single. Just a tall happy gorgeous funny woman whose man loves her to
the ends of the earth.
Are
your characters based off real people or did they all come entirely
from your imagination?
These
people are from my brain, but probably inspired by real or fictional
people.
Do
your characters seem to hijack the story or do you feel like you have
the reigns of the story?
I’ve
stopped subscribing to “my characters wanted to do this or that”.
I’m just not that precious about it. It’s all in my brain. If the
story changes, it changes because I wanted to go in a different
direction. I am always in control, but I can turn on a dime.
What
did you edit out of
this book?
I
actually added MORE to this book. The first time I pubbed this I cut
out a lot, specifically after a certain point. But that wasn’t the
story I wanted to tell and readers didn’t understand the point of
the novel. THIS is the story that I wanted to tell.
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