I was reading with interest Sybil’s (redwyne.com) very funny account of attending Lisa Kleypas’ book signing at a B&N in San Antonio. She met a reader there named Andrea who remarks about Avon refusing to let Kleypas have Cam as a gypsy hero for Daisy in Scandal in Spring:
Lisa said she tried like 3 outlines with Cam and her editor kept saying it wouldn’t work. So Dasiy[sic] got her long suffering love instead. Straight from Lisa’s lips! pinky promise!!
I remember Kleypas’ previous account of why she didn’t pair Cam up with Daisy to be slightly different so I looked it up. Here is what Kleypas wrote on Squawk Radio on March 6, 2006:
Originally I had intended to pair Daisy with a very different kind of hero, a minor character from Devil In Winter named Cam Rohan. Cam is an exotic half-gypsy croupier, and after he and Daisy have a brief encounter in DIW, I thought they would be a great couple. However, as I started Scandal, I realized Cam and Daisy were too much alike, and I’ve always found the best chemistry to come from a pairing of opposites. So Cam is temporarily on hold while I come up just the right heroine and plot for him.
Eh. I dont know what to think. Did Kleypas realize that Cam wasn’t for Daisy on her own? Did 
Avon tell Kleypas that she cant have a gypsy hero as Andrea implied? Considering that Kleypas wrote that the best chemistry comes from the pairing of opposites, Daisy & Matthew didnt really exhibit that great a chemistry.
ETA: I saw this cover at Risky Regencies and thought it topical. Obviously, Avon must have thought Gypsy heroes are too fifty years ago 
Hi Seton!
Totally enjoying your blog. To comment on LK’s not pairing of Daisy and Cam – I personally liked the pairing of Matthew and Daisy. For me, I understand a bit of what LK mentioned (at least I think I do) when she talks about not enough opposition in their natures to offer some tension at least for the beginning. Daisy is a dreamer and romantic at heart, so is Cam . . . they both I believe would be the first ones to throw caution (and everything else that would serve as an obstacle) to the wind to go after what their hearts dictated . . . which based off the scene in DIW – would probably be at least done by the first 2 chapters. Then, what would serve as the conflict or resolution that is, for the rest of the plot. The surprise was that Matthew, aside from the cold logical nature he obviously displays to everyone else, is actually a romantic at heart (hence the button, etc) and answers that in Daisy. The problem I had with SIS – - was the last third of the book/relationship — things just seemed “rushed” a bit to me. Or is it that Daisy had too quick a change of heart about Matthew (I’m reading one time she hates the guys guts then before you know it she’s locking him in his room and stripping for him, wow!) – but what do I know. All I do know is I cannot wait for Cam’s story in Mine Till Midnite and so thrilled at the excerpt and who he’s being paired with. Whoohoo!!!
Hey Seton – great blog!
I, for one, hated the Matthew pairing with Daisy and didn’t enjoy SIS. I thought that it was way too much Marcus and Lillian, and I wished that Daisy had been paired with Cam especially after that kiss in DIW.
Humph.
And SIS was her last book for Avon. Think there is any connection, Seton?
I also found SIS a disappointment, but LK remains one of my favorites regardless. And I love Sugar Daddy!
Midwestgal, I cannot wait for Mine Till Midnight either
Ely, there was a lot of promise to the fans in that kiss in DIW. Promise in a Kiss. Kleypas should have stolen that from Stephanie Laurens and used it
Janga, Kleypas did leave Avon after a very long tenure — 18/19 years. Maybe something drastic did cause it. (I hope not)
oh oh oh I know I know…
Hey if you get a min can you email me please and thank you *g*.
Oh I liked SiS. LOVED DiW. Really enjoyed Autumn and Summer but hated lilian for most of SiS. Summer I was very underwhelmed with until I reread it around the time SiS came out. And found myself much more wowed with it.
Go figure.