When I think about my love of romance and why I devour romance books, I think it goes back to my childhood. My parents had a contentious divorce filled with bitter hate. I didn’t learn until later that my mother had cheated on my father.
She was unable to stay loyal and later married the man she had the affair with. Even that relationship was surrounded by drama and lying. So it’s safe to say I never saw or felt a good and stable relationship when I was younger.
To make matters even worse, history always seems to repeat itself. My high school sweetheart cheated on me endlessly and wrecked my self-confidence at an early age.
It wasn’t until I met my husband that I truly saw a healthy relationship. My inlaws have been successfully married for over 50 years and to say they are in love would be an understatement. They are the epitomie of a healthy and happy couple.
A healthy relationship was and is my husband’s norm and I committed early on in our relationship to have that same healthy happy long haul relationship with my husband. My father is still floored that I found such a loving and devoted man in my life. I am blessed and grateful for it.
This brings me back to romance. I think I have always been a hopeless romantic. I always hoped and dreamed of the idea of a healthy and happy relationship. I was always hopeful that I would have a happy-ever-after for myself and romance books help us to hope and wish for the same. No matter how stressful and no matter how many twists and turns happen in a book we know and hope for a happy conclusion in the end.
I always enjoy seeing how the author gets us there in the end. I have an obsession with reading dark romance books and I love the angst and the agony but it always ends on a happy note. Even in the midst of life we can still be hopeless romantics and know that there is sometimes a happy conclusion.
I love the bookish community and see it as an absolute honor to be writing in the romance genre, but I also know that I am not alone. I am not alone in my experience with a sad and toxic history with love and relationships. I hope my books help give you the feels with a happy conclusion, and I really hope for a happy and healthy love life for every one of my readers.
