Tag: romance
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Trailer Reveal for RACE THE DARKNESS
Race the Darkness by Abbie Roads Series: Fatal Dreams #1 Genre: Romantic Suspense Publication Date: October 4, 2016 PRE-ORDER NOW Amazon Cursed with a terrible gift… Criminal investigator Xander Stone doesn’t have to question you—he can hear your thoughts. Scarred by lightning, burdened with a power that gives him no peace, Xander struggles to maintain…
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Paranormal Romance Tropes
I did mention last week I was a tad obsessed with romance tropes lately, right? Well, it got me thinking that while romance has some larger tropes, specific sub-genres of romance, like paranormal romance, can make use of the traditional tropes, and also have some unique ones of their own. So just in case you’re…
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First Love and the First Pages
Since I write romance, guess it’s not much surprise that I have love on the brain. But I was thinking today, especially as I look back at an older work, about the flush of first love we feel in the early pages of a new book. I’m in love with my new story. Probably partially…
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Tropes: Love them, Loathe them
Every genre has their tropes, and the sub-genres, too. I must confess that I wasn’t familiar with the term until recently, but I knew what it meant. Google and Wikipedia define it as: A literary trope is the use of figurative language. For example, the sitting United States administration might be referred to as “Washington”.…
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Werewolves: Victims of Bad Press
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