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Valentine Giveaway

February 15, 2024 By Karen Witemeyer

What better time of year to celebrate romance stories that Valentine's Week? Since I adore historical romance, I jumped at the chance to join ten other historical romance authors for this swoon-worthy giveaway. First Place Prize: A copy of each of the books pictured above.Second Place Prize: $50 Amazon gift card. The winners will be selected on Monday, February 19, and I'll be sure to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Book Giveaway, romance

Favorite Romance Heroes in 2023 (so far!)

August 16, 2023 By D'Ann Mateer

I’ve read romance my whole life—along with a lot of other things. But even in my romance reading, I’ve never been the type to have “book boyfriends”. I enjoy the romance as a whole, and I very often feel a connection with the heroine in that. But rarely do I sigh and swoon over a hero after the book is closed. At least not since I was a teenager! (Maybe this is because, as Emma Woodhouse said, “I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Family, Reading Tagged With: heroes, my hero, romance

Book Inspired Movies: Romance Edition

August 11, 2021 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Hope you’re having a wonderful week. I always look forward to spending mine with you. I wanted to share some of my favorite book-inspired movies, and I realized there are so many different genres to choose from so being a romantic suspense author and loving romantic movies, I decided to stick with classics-inspired romances. Upcoming posts will cover contemporary … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: movies, romance

5 Must-Haves For Fan-Favorite Romance Novels

February 19, 2021 By Jody Hedlund

Happy belated Valentine's Day! I just love romance, don't you? My favorite genre as a reader is definitely romance. As a historical romance author, I'd even go as far as saying that I'm more of a romance writer than historical writer. My stories always end up with a romance element. It seems to come out whether I'm writing time crossing or YA or historical. Most of the time readers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Jody Hedlund, romance, Romance Elements

The Reality of Romance

September 10, 2020 By Cara Putman

Romance is hard work. In our novels, we often stop at the point that a couple is discovering and leaning into their new love -- unless it's a marriage of convenience, and then they have to learn to love each other as newly married strangers. They go through struggles to reach that point, real barriers, but then the book closes with an acknowledgment that life won't necessarily be easy, but as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: marriage, romance

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