My second guest on day six is Ellora's Cave, Samhain and Carina Press author Shelley Munro, who writes about hot shapeshifters and werewolves, and also futuristic, contemporary and historical romance. I first met up with Shelley online a few years ago, and she was very nice about my stalkerish habits!!! We finally met at the New Zealand conference last year and she is even lovelier in real-life! So here's Shelley with her forbidden love movie!
Princess Cruises
Forbidden Love
Hi everyone, and thanks to Christina for inviting me to her Forbidden party. When Christina invited us to her release party she said we should talk about a forbidden love we or one of our characters had experienced, a movie featuring forbidden love, or we should talk about Romans and Druids.
I have to admit it took me a while to decide on my topic.
Forbidden love? Me? Nope, I’m too much of a goody two shoes.
A movie? Hmm, maybe but which one?
Romans – Christina said we weren’t allowed to venture anywhere near Clive Owen, and she sounded so fierce, I backed away immediately, conceding defeat. Right, Clive Owen was out. I thought and I thought and I thought. Yep, that weird smell. It was me thinking.
Finally, at the very last minute, it came to me. One of my favorite movies actually features Forbidden Love.
The Mummy.
For me The Mummy has all the ingredients of a good movie. There’s the Egyptian setting, the historical element, the feisty heroine and the dashing hero. Brendan Fraser was HOT in this movie and there’s the forbidden love element.
Then there’s the adventure as they race across the desert to find the ancient city of Hamunaptra and the Book of the Living. There are camels and tombs and scarab beetles that like to eat people. Oh, and a creepy mummy.
The mummy is the high priest Imhotep who has a forbidden relationship with Anck Su Namun, the Pharaoh’s mistress. They love each other madly, but they’re going behind the pharaoh’s back, and it’s only a matter of time before their treachery is exposed. When their forbidden love is discovered, Anck commits suicide. Imhotep is cursed and buried alive. A very horrid death to be sure.
Fast forward to 1923 and our hero and heroine attempt to find the ancient city. Competitors are also searching for Hamunaptra and between the two groups they manage to release the cursed Imhotep mummy from his tomb.
Imhotep loves Anck Su so much he’s determined to resurrect her—his forbidden love—by using Evie, our heroine’s body. Evie and Rick are equally resolute this won’t happen. It’s a struggle to see who will emerge the victor. Forbidden love or the indomitable lovers Evie and Rick.
The Mummy stars Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Arnold Vosloo. It’s a rollicking good adventure that I highly recommend. There are two Mummy sequels—The Mummy Returns and Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
CONTEST: Have you seen this movie? Did you like it or is there another movie featuring Forbidden Love that you like better? Answer these questions or ask Shelley a question and go into a draw to win a download from her Ellora’s Cave backlist. (If you like The Mummy might I suggest Lynx to the Pharaoh, a historical paranormal set in Egypt?)
Shelley Munro lives in New Zealand and writes contemporary, paranormal and historical romance for Ellora’s Cave, Samhain Publishing and Carina Press. Her next release is The Spurned Viscountess, a gothic historical, due out from Carina Press on 20 September. There’s no forbidden love in The Spurned Viscountess, but Viscount Hastings is always forbidding his Viscountess to do things. You’ll have to read it to learn how often Rosalind listens to her husband. You can visit Shelley and learn about her books at http://www.shelleymunro.com
Oh I love The Mummy! And I always felt so sorry for Imhotep because seriously, Anck Su Namun didn't deserve his eternal love! If it wasn't for the whole flesh sucking, wanting-to-use-Evie's body thing, Imhotep was great hero material!!! (Does this make me warped?)
So to be in with a chance of winning one of Shelley's fabulous backlist titles from Ellora's Cave, have you seen this movie? Did you like it or is there another movie featuring Forbidden Love that you like better?
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