Welcome to my new blog hop, Romancing the Blog.   

I’m thrilled to answer the key question posed by this hop.  What do I love about romance and romance books? There are several reasons I love romance and romance books.

Life can be rough–family in all its glory, paying the bills, trying and failing to train two cats that hate each other and are sisters.  Love and romance in real life makes it worth living.

In every day life, I lucked out.  My husband is still my hero. He is always in my corner, except when we disagree, and encouraging me. When I said I wanted to write novels about love, action, and urban fantasy, he said, “Go for it.” John, like most of my heroes, is a man of few words and shows me his love everyday through his support and actions.

Yes, my action adventure/urban fantasy romances give you, the reader, escape from every day life. The romance, I hope, shows the hero and heroine overcoming obstacles, talking out problems, sharing problems, and forgiving one another or themselves.

All my life I’ve been an avid reader. It’s been through books, I’ve been exposed to fresh ideas and experiences–if only in my mind. I read almost every genre, but romance holds a especially place in my heart. My characters, like most people, face hard choices. Yet through it all, the never lose the ability to hope and love.

See below for the grand prize for Romancing the Hop. Be sure to leave a comment with your email address to qualify.

As with other blog hops, I’m offering a ten dollar Amazon gift card to one winner, so even if you don’t want the prize above, be sure to leave a comment with your name and email.