First off, I should have posted this ages ago, but here it is now. My critique partner, Emma Barry, and I have been discussing religion in romance novels over at her blog. You should head over and check it out! (And we have more coming soon.) Now for today’s topic. When I was five, the … Read more
I’m currently at work on a novella that ties in with the novel I just finished, and as I write it, I’m realizing how much the hero in it is inspired by my very first romance hero: Almanzo Wilder from the Little House on the Prairie series. Of course, Almanzo isn’t really a romance hero–he’s … Read more
To continue the story of my history with romance novels, I’ll regale you today with the tale of how I rediscovered romance in high school. In middle school, after my Harlequin binge petered out, I stopped reading romance. This was before the days of young adult romance, and times were tighter for my family then, … Read more
As I wrote about in a previous post, my first romance read was a Harlequin, picked up from the grocery store when I was nine. Romance wise, I read only Harlequins until I was probably in middle school, when I stopped reading romance entirely. This was before the market for YA romances opened up, and … Read more
I think all avid romance readers remember the first romance they ever read, that one special book that started her (or his) love affair with love stories. I certainly remember my first time . . . Growing up, my mother never censored my reading material. She loves to tell the story of how I first … Read more