Raise your hand if you’ve already watched a Christmas movie this year?? Raise your hand if you’ve already watched five? Aren’t Christmas movies the best? I’ll be honest, I don’t watch a lot of romance movies during the year. Mostly because if I’m watching something it’s either with my kids or my husband. My […]
What If & #Giveaway
What if? What if you spent your whole life as a Christian, believing in a loving God, trusting the people who worshipped next to you? And then, one day, you didn’t? Oh sure, it might have been building up for a while, but there was something that occurred to make that break happen. That could […]
Sunday Edition
It’s the second Sunday of Advent today. If I have my Advent weeks right (which I feel like I rarely do), this week is Joy. I find myself struck with the reminder Mom used to give me that joy is a very different thing than happiness. Joy is deep in our soul, part of the […]
My Top 10 CCR Reads of 2021 + #Giveaway
Happy December, Friends! This month, I thought I’d share my favorite Christian contemporary romance reads of 2021. I know the year isn’t technically over, but I’ve been reading a lot in other genres and don’t see myself reading any new CCR until the clock strikes 2022. The next time you read a post of mine, […]
What do you think about beautiful characters in Christian romance?
Guest Post by Brynn Stewart This is a serious question. Here at Inspy Romance, the blog is all about Christian romance, so this seems like the perfect place to discuss this topic. I recently read a post online where someone was complaining because the Christian romance they were reading described the heroine as beautiful from […]
Write Me a Letter, Send It By Mail
I love getting mail. Real, honest-to-goodness letters that the postman brings to my house. When I was little, our mailbox was mounted on the outside of the house right next to the kitchen door. We lived in half of a duplex, and the kitchen door to our house was right next to the kitchen door […]
Novel Weddings! And a Freebie!
Happy Holidays, Inspy Romance Readers! I’ve just spent the weekend at a family wedding in Birmingham, Alabama! It was just so beautiful. The ceremony was outdoors on a ranch with horses, and the rehearsal took place in the beautifully refurbished barn. There were some fun things I hadn’t seen before, like a corn hole game […]
Not So Merry & Bright + Giveaway
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…except when stores are full of cranky shoppers. Have a holly, jolly Christmas…until your oven goes on the fritz at 8:32am Christmas morning. Silent night, holy night, all is calm…for brief moments between the last-minute school play costume emergency fixes, late-night teacher gifts assembly lines, and slipping out […]
Long Live Chivalry
I know we here at Inspy Romance are contemporary romance readers and writers. We read and write about strong, contemporary women, many of whom own their own businesses or have powerful positions. They’re independent and can do things for themselves, maybe even change a tire (I’m thankful I’ve never had to attempt this myself!). At […]
Sunday Edition
Happy Sunday! We’re continuing our gratitude theme for November and this week I’ve been grateful for my family. I hope our American readers have enjoyed celebrating Thanksgiving this week and spending time with family and loved ones. Being an Aussie, I’m fascinated by the food you all eat for Thanksgiving dinner. We usually have turkey […]