Last month I blogged about the love triangle romance trope. This month I’m going to talk about the reunion romance trope. In a reunion romance, the hero and heroine have a history, and most likely the history has some heartache involved. Why didn’t they wind up together in the first place? Can they mend a […]
Love sees with the heart
In reader groups, I’ve seen many readers complain that there are very few romances with less-than-model-perfect heroes and heroines. I’ve written a romance with a plus-sized heroine (Teapots & Tiaras), a highly unconventional heroine with a stuffy upper-class hero (Least Expected), an eighty-something heroine (Innamorata), and a couple of stories where the heroine needs a […]
New Release: WHISPER TO MY HEART (with giveaway!)
Release time is always exciting for an author, and any day (quite literally), I’m releasing Whisper to My Heart. This will be my 20th book since my debut novel released in late 2010, and it’s been quite the ride! I love book covers that entice a reader to get to know the characters and their […]
The Wonder of Quiet Love
Hello all! I grew up in a family of huggers. How many of you know what I mean? My parents never let us go to bed or leave the house without hugs. Even if we were only going to be gone an hour, our parents would not let us out the door without hugs. Tight, […]
Happily ever after? Plus a book giveaway!
“And they lived happily ever after.” The ending of all good fairy tales. The ending of all good romance novels. But is being in love enough to live happily ever after? I loved reading Elizabeth’s post last week about how she and her husband fell in love. The wonderful stories in the comments made me […]
True Love
I know some people aren’t Valentine’s Day fans. Too many hearts and pink and gag. But not me. I’ve always been a romantic so even when single, was a SUPER big fan of a holiday that celebrated LOVE. My hubby is always good to give me some chocolates and flowers,a nd we always go out […]
Is it Inspirational or is it Romance?
My first book will be coming out in February (yes, I’m thrilled!), and I’m in the midst of cover design, edits, setting up marketing (okay, trying to understand marketing), etc. As writers, we hear over and over – know your audience, know your genre, know your story. So while Shattered Image definitely falls in the […]
My Marriage Proposal
I’m thrilled to introduce my good friend Margaret Daley! Margaret is an award-winning multi-published author of 92 books (at last count!) whose awards include the American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year, the Inspirational Readers’ Choice Award as well as many more. She is the former president of American Christian Fiction Writers and currently writes inspirational […]
Good Friday
Inspy Romance is closed. We invite you to reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus today. Is there any greater love?
Our Chemical Romance
Call it falling in love, call it the fairy tale romance. We romance readers love it, that special feeling when we read a book and sigh over the budding love between the hero and heroine. But it’s a lot easier to get swept up in romantic love than to nurture the real thing. “Falling in […]