Second-chance is one of my favorite romance tropes–I love the awkwardness and emotion that come from reuniting two people who have a past. There are some great second-chance romance novels, novellas, and short stories out there, too. Here’s a quick reading list if you’d like to explore this trope more. As I mentioned last month, … [Read more…]
This is a guest post by the lovely Jen Heart, whose Austen knowledge totally trumps mine, and, more importantly, who has read all the books that have come out so far in The Austen Project, an effort to publish contemporary re-tellings of Jane Austen’s six complete novels. Here is Jen to tell us what’s working (and what … [Read more…]
It’s Romance Trope Tuesday, and this week I’m looking at our trope of the month, Enemies-to-Lovers, in action in a film. There are many movies that use this trope, but I decided to use the 2003 Nancy Meyers film Something’s Gotta Give, since it’s one of the few romances with older main characters. Something’s Gotta Give works by forcing two opposites, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Jane Carter Barrett. Who are you? My name is Jane Carter Barrett and I attended Duke University and the University of Texas School of Law. Although I was born in Maryland and raised in New York, I currently live in Austin, Texas with my family. I … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with the lovely Emma Barry. Welcome, Emma! Who are you? I’m Emma. I have a couple of graduate degrees in humanities field; I wrote a dissertation on nineteenth-century popular literature and business history. By day, I teach college composition. By night I read mass quantities of genre … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with historical romance author Anna Bradley. Who are you? My name is Anna Bradley and I’m a historical romance writer. My debut novel, A Wicked Way to Win an Earl, was just released by Berkley on Nov. 3. It’s the first in a four-book series called Sutherland … [Read more…]