Karen Marie Moning
My recent introduction to the writing of Karen Marie Moning was The Immortal Highlander, one of a series filled with Scots and Druid mysticism. I was hooked. Karen Marie Moning…
stories of love
Bad Boys
Romances are not the only tales in which the characters are less than perfect. Indeed, if they were perfect, there would be no story. But the bad boy who falls…
Old and New
Some people limit themselves to up-to-the-minute products, even going as far as to camp out in a store parking lot in hope of being among the very first to buy…
There’s action and then there’s…action
Once upon a time, sex in fiction was rare. Nowadays, most Romance stories, and many others, contain at least a hint of sex, before and/or after the wedding. The quantity…
Emotion
Romance books specifically evoke emotion; that is part of their appeal for many and what repels others. In my experience, men in general and academics in particular often dismiss the…
May-December Romance
While for some time now younger generations have been encouraged by media to consider mature adults to be beyond sexual thoughts and relations, historically it was common for an older…
The mystery of romance
I suppose I write about love and romance because they are a mystery to me. No doubt that sounds paradoxical. But relationships have long bemused me: Why do people react…