Between the Cover Trope Talk: Only One Bed
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Trope Talk Time! As always, find a book that matches the trope, read it, be ready to give a 3-minute recap that leaves us all wanting to know what happens next.
November's TT is the one and only Only One Bed.
Please, oh please, please sign up so that we may have a vague idea of how many seats to set at the table. If you don't, you may end up with only one chair ;)
Ways to sign up? The website, www.foxdenbooks.com phone, 715-425-6180 email, [email protected], carrier pigeon, or just stop in and let us know.
The "Only One Bed" trope is such a popular storytelling device in romance, that authors will often tuck in a single bed scene as a treat for their knowing audience.
The idea is that the two characters are forced by circumstances to share a single sleeping space, creating immediate forced proximity, heightening emotional vulnerability, and, of course, physical tension.
This idea is probably as old as time, but gained momentum and wit with the early romantic comedy movies and tv shows where it was not allowed to show a man and a woman in a bedroom together, much less a bed. The masterclass of this, in my humble opinion, is the 1934 Frank Capra film, It Happened One Night, staring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. The blanket forming the Wall of Jericho scene is absolutely classic. **Geek footnote by Heather** This movie was the first of only three films to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The OOB scenario may include a bad hotel booking, or an emergency shelter. There might be a divide of pillow or an attempt to cling to opposite sides of the mattress, only to wake up spooning. There could even be the necessity of sharing body heat. Imagine that. I mean, just imagine. I can't wait to hear what kinds of bed scenarios your characters find themselves in.
If you are needing options, check out the titles below.
Happy Reading!
Heather
The Worst Best Man
All The Feels
Happy Place
And Now, Back To You
The Unhoneymooners
Powerless
Everything For you
Paradise Problem
Left of Forever
Till Summer Do Us Part
Fall for Me
Wreck the Halls
The Seven Year Slip
and if you are looking for Only One Tent - The Falcon and the Foe
November's TT is the one and only Only One Bed.
Please, oh please, please sign up so that we may have a vague idea of how many seats to set at the table. If you don't, you may end up with only one chair ;)
Ways to sign up? The website, www.foxdenbooks.com phone, 715-425-6180 email, [email protected], carrier pigeon, or just stop in and let us know.
The "Only One Bed" trope is such a popular storytelling device in romance, that authors will often tuck in a single bed scene as a treat for their knowing audience.
The idea is that the two characters are forced by circumstances to share a single sleeping space, creating immediate forced proximity, heightening emotional vulnerability, and, of course, physical tension.
This idea is probably as old as time, but gained momentum and wit with the early romantic comedy movies and tv shows where it was not allowed to show a man and a woman in a bedroom together, much less a bed. The masterclass of this, in my humble opinion, is the 1934 Frank Capra film, It Happened One Night, staring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. The blanket forming the Wall of Jericho scene is absolutely classic. **Geek footnote by Heather** This movie was the first of only three films to win the "Big Five" Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The OOB scenario may include a bad hotel booking, or an emergency shelter. There might be a divide of pillow or an attempt to cling to opposite sides of the mattress, only to wake up spooning. There could even be the necessity of sharing body heat. Imagine that. I mean, just imagine. I can't wait to hear what kinds of bed scenarios your characters find themselves in.
If you are needing options, check out the titles below.
Happy Reading!
Heather
The Worst Best Man
All The Feels
Happy Place
And Now, Back To You
The Unhoneymooners
Powerless
Everything For you
Paradise Problem
Left of Forever
Till Summer Do Us Part
Fall for Me
Wreck the Halls
The Seven Year Slip
and if you are looking for Only One Tent - The Falcon and the Foe
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