2024-11-12

Romance Writers Weekly ~ The Importance of Happy Endings ~ #LoveChatWrite


Sooooo...this week, on the Romance Writers Weekly blog hop, we're asked to, "Discuss why happy endings matter in romance fiction." Which, I gotta admit, feels ironic AF, atm. So, I'm gonna start with this quote from The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel:


"Everything will be all right in the end... if it's not all right then it's not yet the end."

Now, to be honest, I'm not sure how much I believe that's true in real life. Especially right now. But when it comes to Romance, the happy ever after--the HEA--is one of the absolute non-negotiables. Even more important than, "don't kill the dog" which is something that I've also done, but that's a story for a different day. 

I also think it's one of the genre's strengths. It's one of the things that make these stories so valuable--comforting, healing, hopeful. I believe the world--and maybe women in particular--need that right now. To borrow a phrase from another movie (Romancing the Stone) I am, as most romance authors are, a hopeful romantic. 

Now, hop on over to Brenda Margriet's page to find out how she feels about HEAs in fiction. And don't forget to check out her book, The Promise of Frost


The Promise of Frost 

 

An adventurous kitten, a curious dog, and a matchmaking eight-year-old guarantee this will be a holiday to remember.

 

Luca Tannon’s new neighbour is a sexy but surly single dad. Which is all for the best since she’s intent on reclaiming her life after a toxic long-term relationship.

 

Caleb Frost won’t let anything distract him from ensuring his son’s first Christmas as the child of divorced parents is perfect. And that includes the irritatingly intriguing woman living next door.

 

Everything is going as planned…until it’s not.







Dream Under the Hill

Oberon, Book 8.0



The Spring Equinox falls in the month that nearly all Native Traditions recognize as being one of Big Winds--big changes.  And big changes have certainly come to Oberon this spring, along with an ancient evil that must finally be laid to rest.

 Cara Matthews is a girl with a troubled past and a very troubling present.  The teenage girlfriend of Oberon's newest guru has always looked for love in all the worst places.  And it doesn't get much worse than the Church of Truth, Light and Vision.

 

 Former cop Liam McKnight could have told her that, but he's infiltrated the cult in hopes of discovering some clue to the whereabouts of his missing family members, and he can't jeopardize his mission--not even for her.

 

 In a month marked by birth, death and marriage, the inhabitants of Oberon must all come to terms with what's really important to each of them--important enough to die for. Only one thing is certain; when the winds of change finally stop blowing nothing, and no one, will be the same.


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