Sophie experiences bare bones lust when she first sees Jerry, his muscles outlined by the sweat of his work on a film set one hot summer day. When Jerry realizes just how much this statuesque brunette desires him, their passion can only get hotter. And hotter.
The grandson of famous producers William and Mary Ferguson -- who moved filmmaking from the era of the post war talkies into living color and on into the cultural dominance Hollywood films have in the world today -- Jerry is taking a year off before entering USC's famous film school. Working below-the-line as part of a film crew gives Jerry a satisfaction he needs at this time in his life; an escape from the constant pressure of being part of his famous family.
Telling tales of a business that makes its own rules, Electric Vibes is the first installment in a series about an extended film family whose members reach into all parts of the Hollywood movie making machine.
Reviews for Electric Vibes
"What a refreshing book. It restored my faith in love at first sight and the ability for two people to meet, spend the weekend together, and still face the new week in love with each other. There were no villains in this plot and, though there were other cast members, the main characters were absolutely the story. Even though Jerry was only 19, he was well advanced sensually for his age level. Sophie was beautiful, but she also had brains. I loved this book and cannot wait to read the sequels. This author, though new to me, will not remain a stranger. I highly recommend you read this book. " - 5 Hearts, Brenda Talley, The Romance Studio
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About Erica Leigh Madson
Erica Leigh Madson moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the film business, but stayed for the mountains, the oceans and the desert.
She was a bookworm from a very early age, immersing herself in mysteries, science fiction and action adventures. Her first Playboy when she was 11 came as a surprise--the science fiction stories were pretty good but the magazine certainly had some weird ideas about female anatomy and sex.
Erica is branching out into a writing career after years of working in the Los Angeles film business in many different capacities. Her books are set against the industry she knows so well and the city where she has lived for the last 20 years. She wants to tell good stories that will appeal to women and the occasional intelligent male. Her other interests include skiing, motorcycles, hiking, baseball and, of course, the film business.
Backlist:
The Ferguson Films Fantasy Series -- Electric Vibes, Electric Vibrato, Electric Vamp which was just released.
An Interview with Erica Leigh Madson
By Holly Hewson Marketing Director for The Romance Studio
HH: Erica, welcome to TRS! Please tell us about your featured work, Electric Vibes. ELM: Electric Vibes is the first book in a trilogy about Jerry Ferguson, film electrician and a member of a fictitious family who are involved in a good way in the many aspects of the film industry in Hollywood today. He meets Sophie, a scholarship student from Long Island, one late summer day while he is working on the USC campus. They fall head over heels in love and Jerry's seduction of Sophie is both wonderful and passionate, the best a young man can offer a young woman.
HH: This is part of the critically acclaimed Ferguson Films Fantasy series and a wonderful one at that. Can you tell us where you got the idea for the series itself? ELM: I work in the film business here in Los Angeles.
Often outsiders perceive filmmakers as in the grip of nepotism, hiring relatives into all the good jobs. In truth, if someone grows up watching parents work in this business, one gets to see the opportunities in various areas and, while connections can get you a job, those who succeed are the ones with both talent and commitment. Days are often fourteen hours and more and temperaments and personalities can wear away the sensitive.
Given the foregoing, the film business is a rich source of interesting and challenging people. People who are maybe more aware of their emotions and people for whom the magic of making movies can encourage them to dream and act on their dreams in real life.
So I invented a family - more clearly set out in the second and third books of this series - with a matriarch, Mary, and a series of children and step children and a couple of grandchildren, all working in various capacities in Hollywood. An agent, a writer, an electrician, a special effects man, a director, an actress, a producer and more.
They each have a story to tell of passion, of love lost and regained, against the background of the industry which I love because it is ever-changing, ever-challenging. Because I am a women, I tell these stories from a woman's point of view. And women do see and experience love and lust with different eyes than most men. Here then, are my stories.
HH: How did the idea to open with Electric Vibes comes about? ELM: Having spent three summers on the USC campus, it was that feeling the campus evokes in me at the end of summer which I chose as my jumping off point. The first time that I saw USC was when I moved to Los Angeles to get my masters in film producing and the campus was such a fantasy on many levels, a charming jewel of green set in the surrounding rundown commercial strips and converted houses in near-ghetto grey.
The next element was what to write - as my maiden attempt at this type of story was in the novella length, I chose to keep the story simple. Girl meets boy, boy falls for girl, girl falls for boy and they experience love and lust together, promising more for the future.
HH: What can you tell us about the other two books? ELM: Electric Vibrato continues the story of Jerry and Sophie and expands their world from a personal one into one with friends and relatives. What does Jerry's family think of this girl who is from outside their field of experience? What does Sophie's mother think of Jerry and the relationship which may tug Sophie away from her dreams of education and advancement?
Electric Vamp has the greatest challenges for their relationship and the promise of a deeper one to come. What happens when the honorable man is put in an untenable position, between choosing what he wants (Sophie) and what he feels he ought to do based on his upbringing and personal belief system? With family and friends adding their opinions and creating more mayhem, Sophie and Jerry have to find their own way in the sometimes perilous world of the film industry of Los Angeles.
HH: What have you enjoyed most about writing this series? Will there be more? ELM: Enjoyed most? The growth of the characters themselves. I may design the characters, but there comes a point where they become stronger than me. I may guide them but they make their own choices, often not those I would make. Which lead to some interesting plot changes along the way.
Of course there will be more. The characters themselves are very seductive. And I would really like to get to know Mary, Kathryn, Ian and Nick better, as well as all the other Fergusons. Wouldn't you?
HH: What challenges have you faced? ELM:
To keep the tone consistent, when I often have to steal an hour or two here and there to work within the framework of my film career, I find I need to go back and re-read the stories incessantly. This keeps an even flow but I start to wonder if the stories are as good as I thought at the beginning. So it is always wonderful to be contacted by people like yourself who have enjoyed my writing.
HH: What do you enjoy about fiction writing? ELM: Creating something from nothing. And the fact that it is a truly virgin palette I write against (in more ways than one). Anything goes. Of course, I have to set some parameters, a framework of reality for that book or series, so my readers don't feel I am playing with them by changing the rules every time I feel like it. But the joy I get comes from creating some new world to share with my readers, especially one empowering love and good feeling.
HH: Is your experience in the film industry a help or a hindrance as you branch out into writing books? ELM: Definitely a help. It is a world I am intimately familiar with so I don't need to do much in the way of research. Because it is a familiar venue, I can focus on my writing, on telling the story and draw from my experiences to flesh out the characters and the settings.
HH: What do you enjoy reading? ELM: Science fantasy - Robert Heinlein and Anne McCaffrey - which are fables about our lives today set against a future world where anything goes and we are not restricted by the here and now, and action adventures - Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy where strong, sexy men and women do make a difference in the world or pseudo-world of today.
HH: What would you like for readers to know about you? Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? ELM: I have worked in the film business for over twenty-five years. Wow, I didn't realize it had been that long. Been lots of different places, done lots of different jobs. I always love a challenge.
My newest challenge is this. Writing. And taking the opportunity to show women of all ages role models who are positive and joyful. Who aren't constrained by what other people think, but who have a strong sense, like me, of what is right and appropriate. Who reach out to help others, not with money, but with a helping hand and with divine encouragement.
HH: Thank you!
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