Tag: romance
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Have You Ever Read the Last Page First? Let’s Talk About It.
I’m about to ask a very personal question. Please answer honestly. Have you ever… peeked at the last page of a book before you finished it? No judgement. This is a safe space. Because if you’ve just quietly whispered, “Maybe…” I’d like you to know you’re in excellent company. Readers seem to fall into two…
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The Unwritten Rules Every Romance Reader Somehow Knows
Nobody teaches you how to be a romance reader. There isn’t a handbook. Nobody sits you down and says, “Welcome. Here are the rules.” And yet… after reading enough romance novels, we all start behaving in exactly the same way. It’s almost like joining a very cosy secret society where the membership fee is one…
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Why We Fall in Love With People Who Make Us Laugh
There are attractive people. Then there are people who make you laugh so hard you accidentally snort your coffee. If you’ve ever experienced both, you’ll know something funny (pun absolutely intended): the second person usually wins. It’s one of the strangest things about attraction. Someone can walk into a room looking like they stepped off…
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Grayson Wolfe?!? Who?!
If Grayson Wolfe walked into a room, you would notice him immediately. Not because he’s loud. Quite the opposite…. Grayson is the kind of man who speaks softly enough that everyone else instinctively lowers their voice too. Billionaire energy, but specifically the dangerous kind. The kind that comes from control instead of performance. He wears…
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Why Plus-Size Romance Still Matters
There’s something deeply strange about the way society talks about women’s bodies. Women are expected to love themselves, but not too loudly. Be confident, but not visible. Be desirable, but only within very specific rules created by industries that profit from insecurity. And romance books? For a very long time, they reflected that. The heroine…
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What Writing Romance Taught Me About Grief
People assume romance authors spend their days thinking about kisses in the rain, witty banter, and shirtless fictional men leaning against expensive cars for absolutely no reason besides “vibes.” And technically… yes. But if you write romance long enough, especially emotional romance, you eventually realize you are not actually writing about love. You’re writing about…
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Come back to Rowan Grove. Things are getting dangerous.
Some books arrive quietly. This one kicked the door open, scattered herbs across the floor, and set the candles crooked. Witch, Undone is finally here. If you’ve ever held yourself together so tightly that you forgot what freedom felt like, this story was written for you. A tragic little niche, apparently populated by half the…
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Night Shift
The hospital canteen was empty at 3 a.m. except for the two of them. She was a junior doctor finishing a sixteen-hour shift. He was an orderly who made the best terrible coffee in the building and took no credit for it. “You look done,” he said. “I am extremely done.” She sat down with…
Sonia M. Rompoti, MSc, Bsc 