Category: Stranger

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures… Even in Romance (As In the Dark Romance Series)

(This article was originally published on Heroes & Heartbreakers.)

The lengths we want a character to go for love knows no bounds. When someone they love is threatened, we want to see them do whatever they can to protect them.

In real life, we may have the urge to do violence when a loved one is hurt. Or protect someone from harm in a way that is impossible for us. It’s not civil to go beat up a bully. It’s illegal to seek justice on someone the law doesn’t catch. But in a romance fictional world, all characters good and evil get their due.  Continue reading Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures… Even in Romance (As In the Dark Romance Series)

Is it Hate? Or is it Love? – The closeness of fear and desire, as in the dark romance series

(This article was originally published on Heroes & Heartbreakers.)

That enemies to lovers trope that so many of us love…

Why does that work so well?

They say opposite personalities attract, but I say opposite emotions attract too. The passion that comes out of a relationship that begins with mutual dislike can turn explosive.

The “I hate you. This changes nothing,” declared during a love scene creates the ultimate experience of the forbidden, which gets a lot of us going and turning pages like mad. I can’t get enough of the high stakes game wondering, when will this shouting match turn into a hot-and-heavy?

But why? From intense hatred comes life changing love? It doesn’t make sense—at first sight (pun intended). Continue reading Is it Hate? Or is it Love? – The closeness of fear and desire, as in the dark romance series

Villain or Anti-Hero?

If he’s a stalker, then he’s the villain, right?

That’s what he wants you to believe.

But, as hard as he tries to deny it, there’s far more to him than bad intentions. To call him a mere villain would be limiting.

True, Logan has no intention of saving someone, of loving or being loved by anyone. So he’s no hero. Forget about romance, intimacy, let alone sex. He’s not out to woo – he’s out to destroy. Continue reading Villain or Anti-Hero?

Stranger: Writing A Stalker Romance

I didn’t intend to write a book about a stalker. It just kind of came out that way, and my editor took it and ran with it.

I’d like to make a loud proud disclaimer: Stalkers in real life are dangerous. No one should ever have to endure that. If you or someone you know is being stalked, please tell someone and notify the appropriate authorities.

That said . . . fiction is a whole other story. What is scary and disturbing in real life can be exciting to explore among the safe pages of a romance novel. Continue reading Stranger: Writing A Stalker Romance