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There is a reason romance readers can’t get enough of the forced proximity trope. Whether it’s a snowed-in cottage, a week-long country estate visit, or a ship bound for the horizon, being “stuck” with the one person you are desperately trying to avoid is the ultimate recipe for romantic tension. Because there is no escape…

There is a specific kind of magic in a romance where the hero is the first to fall, and falls the hardest. In the world of contemporary romance, they call this being “down bad,” and it is one of my absolute favorite tropes to write and read. I’m still trying to find a good historically…

There is something undeniably cozy about a group of misfits deciding that they are a family. In my upcoming release, When Jack Fell, this trope takes to the high seas aboard the Hermes. While you often read about how superstition sailors can be about women aboard in maritime romance, and this is likely historically accurate….

As we look more critically at our history, it calls into question why we choose to enter worlds like Regency or Victorian England and what they mean to us. I look to current popular authors in the field who focus on female pleasure, the female gaze, and navigating a world where women had very little…