by Tracy March
You get to go on a fantasy date! Imagine… Where would you go? What would you do? Who would you be with? Go ahead! Let your mind run wild. Well, maybe not too wild! 😉
Does your fantasy date include a beach? Seems to be a popular and swoony place for romance. Hmm… A tropical breeze, turquoise water, waves gently rolling onto shore, bare feet in the warm sand. Maybe there’s champagne and chocolate, and a kaleidoscope sunset for you and your sweetheart—or at least a pretty pair of frozen drinks with tiny umbrellas!
While beaches are certainly beautiful, my fantasy date happens to be kind of opposite. I’d take a sunny, blue-sky day in the Rocky Mountains, a hike to a beautiful view, a yummy picnic among the wildflowers (with country ham and brie sandwiches and Diet Coke!), and my superhero husband making me laugh and holding my hand. Sounds like paradise to me.
But this is about you! Now that you’ve got your fantasy date in mind, imagine that you can only go if you agree to have it recorded on camera. Yep, like The Bachelor, only it’s you this time! Your date is going to be on national television, or used as part of an advertising campaign and shown over and over and over again. Eeep!
In my latest sweet romance, The Marriage Match, that’s exactly the situation I put my hero in. He’s a sexy business tycoon who’s sincerely looking for a wife, and a way to advertise his family’s chain of resorts. His CEO grandmother hatches a plan a la The Bachelor to accomplish both at once! Fantasy dates with girls she approves, on camera, surrounded by a production crew. What could possibly be more awkward for him? How about falling for a girl who’s not one of the bachelorettes? Now that’s a twist we haven’t seen on the show—yet!
Let’s get back to your fantasy date. Comment and tell me about it. Pretend it’s my treat—all expenses paid. Would you still want to go if it had to be on camera, especially if it was a first date and you were truly looking for love? I can’t wait to read your responses!
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Hot bachelor seeks bride…
Resort tycoon Trent Hawthorne is looking for a wife. His all-business, no-nonsense grandmother (and the matriarch of the small town of Maple Creek) has selected three potential brides―all beautiful and approved. Each “fantasy date” will take place in a lush Caribbean setting, filmed like a reality show to promote the Hawthorne family’s chain of resorts. All of Trent’s hopes for love combined with a clever marketing gimmick…what could possibly go wrong?
As it turns out, all it takes is a kiss. A sizzling, sweet-as-sin kiss. But Cynthia Sawyer isn’t one of the bachelorettes, and she’s definitely not supposed to be making out with her boss’s sexy grandson. Not to mention it’s strictly against company policy. But Cynthia has her own reasons for hooking Trent up with a bride who isn’t her as soon as possible. And losing her heart is a price that she’s willing to pay…
About the Author:
Award-winning author Tracy March writes romantic thrillers influenced by her career in the pharmaceutical field, and her interest in science and politics. She also writes lighthearted romances inspired by her real-life happily ever after. You can follow Tracy on Twitter or like her on Facebook.
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My fantasy date would be to jet off to NYC for a day and eat my way through the city – oh and the calories wouldn’t count of course.
Sounds delicious, Robin! Also spontaneous, romantic, and fun! Thanks for stopping by and commenting. 🙂
I know it sounds sappy, but if I’m looking for love, and the guy is great, my fantasy date is anywhere that we’re together. I definitely WOULD NOT want it on camera! Alone time is alone time. How could I focus on him when I was worrying about a camera?
Aw Krystal, that’s not sappy at all. I think it’s sweet! Thanks for popping in and commenting. 🙂
I don’t know if I would be comfortable being anywhere on a first date while on camera. First dates are always so awkward as it is, I wouldn’t want to remember all that.
I’m with you, Nicole. First dates are incredibly awkward. I wouldn’t want mine to be on camera either! Nice to see you here, and thanks for commenting! 🙂
I wouldn’t want any part of my life on camera! Especially a date. That would be a bit too much for me!
I agree, Jeanine! Thanks for stopping by and commenting. 🙂
Congratulations on your latest release, Tracy! I loved Cole in The Practice Proposal, and Trent is just as yummy. Thanks for the 99cent island vacation getaway–can’t beat that!!
Oh…about that date…depends on who it’s with. I’d totally be on camera. 😉 But no sexy stuff…just fun.
You go, Nancy! All the cameras are on you! Thanks for stopping by, and for your kind words about Cole from The Practice Proposal. I <3 him more than a little bit myself! 😉
My fantasy date is somewhere that my hubby and I would be “awed”. Like, seeing the Aurora Borealis, or Niagra Falls or something like that. And no, never on camera. LOL I am a “Bachelor” watcher, and I can’t imagine everything being on camera LOL
Hi, Kristen. I’m with you. I love hiking up to an amazing view with my husband, or doing something adventurous like ziplining. Just that extra bit of adrenaline and awe makes things even more romantic. I enjoy watching The Bachelor too. It always makes me laugh, although I’m not sure that’s their intent! 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting.
I like the idea of a fantasy date but not on camera – that’s being done, it’s called the Bachelorette. I despise that show mainly because I hate to see people lower themselves they way they are forced to do by virtue of the show.
Hi, Maureen. Nice to see you here! I like the idea of a fantasy date, too. Hoping to plan one soon for my husband and I. Thanks for stopping in and commenting!
I’m such a simple girl. My fantasy date would be to go out to dinner without a wait and be able to order as much food and drink without having to worry about my waist line.
I like it, Aimee! Fantasy dates include all you can eat without the calories. Sounds perfect! Thanks for popping in and commenting! 🙂
Well I don’t want a first date do over. I want a magical date with my better half in the city we love most Paris! Would love to be there for winter or fall and after a night at the beautiful opera go out for drinks at cartier latin. From there something toursty like dinner at the Jules Vernes restaurant or the Georges at the Pompideu museum. Night cap with a scrumptious chocolate poured at Angelines accross from the Louvre. Then while the night is still young, dancing the night away. But a more local escapade will do just fine too 🙂
Wow, coolchillmom, you’ve given this some thought! Your date sounds magical–you had me at Paris! I hope you get to go on that date soon. Thanks for stopping by and sharing!
Probably not. I guess it would depend on where we’d be going.
Hi, Heather. Thanks for popping in and commenting. Nice that you’re open minded about the camera thing. I’m a little too introverted, I think!
Having a camera and sound crew following me around would be so weird! I think my fantasy date would be more private!
For sure, Liz. I like the sound of private! 😉 Thanks for stopping by and commenting. 🙂
I would definitely go to a nice seafood restaurant. Hopefully this date would be near the beach, and somewhere warm, so we could walk on the beach.
Sounds tasty and romantic, Pam! Thanks for stopping by and sharing! 🙂
I don’t think I would, quite honestly.
Italy – with all the wine and all the pasta! But, I am not entirely sold on the camera crew; I’d probably try to ditch them at a vineyard!
My fantasy date would be to tour the Guinness factory in Dublin, Ireland followed by a walk on the shores. The night can end at some thatched roof B&B in the country.
I would not want any date to be on camera! My fantasy date with my husband would be in a little cottage in the countryside of Italy or France!
Nope! I am not doing my love life on camera…..especially a first date where it is awkward as it is
I think having it on camera would certainly raise the pressure. It would be nice to not have to worry about expenses though.
I would fly to Paris with my husband to have dinner at L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon! And drink wine…lots and lots of wine!
I would have to say it would be Paris. Maybe on camera but not sure . Lol
I would like to go somewhere to get to know the person.. A quiet setting of sorts. We are you tubers, so being on camera isn’t an issue 🙂
Something fun.. a theme park, a concert, something fun & exciting, I need that in my life.. I’m also alone forever, so the thought of a date, I’ll take whatever kind I can get at this point, lol.
This is kind of nerdy but my fantasy date would be going to the Viennese Ball and dancing the night away to the likes of Frank Sinatra and Micheal Buble. When the ball was over I would want to be whisked away in a limo where we drive to Duluth for an early breakfast (The ball gets done about 3 am). After we eat I would love to take a long walk along the beach of Lake Superior (It’s April, the snow SHOULD be gone by then) where we share a kiss as the sun comes up over the lake.
As for a camera, more power to them, if they want steamy we can give them steamy 😉
I think I wouldn’t mind the cameras. It would be something new and different. Plus if you can a person connects it doesn’t matter if cameras are there or not.
Borax Borax With a hotel room that sits over the ocean with a glass floor so you could look down into the water. Then a 2 person hammock swinging in the warm breeze.
If I get to go on a fantasy date, I would want to fly off to Hawaii and be on a moonlit beach. It is cold here in Pennsylvania right now… no way I want a fantasy date here.
It will be in Mauritius – diving and and snorkeling and enjoying the sun. Thanks!
Well good for you. I love the sun. Like I said…. not much sun in Pennsylvania
My husband love to go to Palm Springs and have dinner and stay over at a nice hotel how fun!
For us it would just be a night away doing something new (concert, laying on a beach, etc.). Hopefully it will happen someday soon!
I’m not sure I want my fantasy date on camera 😉 In all seriousness it sounds like a wonderful idea.
Fantasy date–maybe a carriage ride through Central Park after dining at a first class restaurant? However–no way would I agree to have it on camera!!
Okay. Flowers and an envelope with a plane ticket to Fiji show up at my door. I pack and get on a plane and am met at the airport by someone who shows me to my amazing resort with a room right over the water. In the room is a letter from my date with a time and a place to meet for dinner. Date ON. LOL, no, I would never do it on camera, even for a date in Fiji!
I don’t know if having a first date on camera would be okay. It might be awkward and cause self consciousness.
I would go to Chicago to a spa and then after for dinner with my husband!
Oh My! Just saw this and I now have 26 minutes to spill my heart all over this comment.
I’m a true romantic at heart and I am married to my true love. We waited more than 14 years after we actually met until the time was right. We both had to go through some things to prepare us to be our true loves.
Our fantasy date would have to start out as a destination date. We’d be spending the weekend at my favorite beach on North Carolina’s outer bank. The low tide time would have been checked and the date planned for when the tide was going out. We would have a simple picnic meal of my favorite BBQ from the White Swan, which we picked up in Smithfield, NC on the way to the beach. So, BBQ, coleslaw, potato chips, Coca-Cola for me and beer for my love. Dessert is homemade Snickerdoodles (his favorite cookie) I brought from home.
We will spread a handmade quilt, made by my NC grandmother, on the sandy beach. We’ve also checked the weather and moon phase and the evening it perfect weather with a near full moon. Once we’ve eaten, we’ll lay back and talk about anything from books, cars, movies and politics (we share the same views). We’ll talk of our love and of the 22 years we’ve been married. The ups and downs. Although this is a fantasy date, our lives are real, and the reality has gotten us through all the years. At some point, I’m sure my eyes will overflow with tears knowing how blessed I am to have this man by my side.
As the moon slips lower and the tide leaves a trail of seashells, we will go gather some pretty ones, then find ‘the one’ that will be the souvinear of this special date. Then we’ll walk hand in hand back to our condo to sleep in each other’s arms.
Camera’s allowed until we reach the steps leading up to the condo 🙂