Tell me what you’ve done. I Never Wanted Her to Choose The library doors are closed. Tell me everything. We need to discuss something. You know that moment when you’re reading a love triangle and the story clearly expects you to pick a side? Team Him. Team Other Him. Choose carefully. Someone’s heart is getting…
BUILD YOUR WHY CHOOSE LINEUP Why choose one fictional man when Carmen has irresponsibly provided options? Darling, Carmen has made a mistake. She has gathered six extremely different fictional men in one place and then asked romance readers to behave responsibly. Obviously, that isn’t happening. Your mission is simple: YOU CAN KEEP THREE. Not four….
Tell me who you are. What’s Your Why Choose Love Interest Type? Apparently one fictional man wasn’t enough. Now let’s find out which one you keep choosing first. A Why Choose romance can hand you an entire lineup of fictional men, each with his own personality, particular brand of devotion, and highly specific ability to…
“A story can end and still keep unfolding inside you.” You know the books I mean. You finish the final chapter. Close the cover. Maybe stare into space for a suspicious amount of time. And technically, the story is over. Except… it isn’t. Because days later, you’re still thinking about that one line. That one…
Why cozy romance makes the smallest moments feel like the biggest love story. ROMANCEAHOLIC · VELVET HEARTBEATS Love, in every language. Romance readers have survived a lot. Enemies who refuse to admit they’re in love. Morally gray men making spectacularly questionable decisions. Forbidden relationships, secret identities, betrayals, kidnappings, kingdoms at war and approximately four hundred…
“I was going to be productive. Then somebody had chemistry.” I had plans. A list. Possibly even ambition. Then I opened my book for what was supposed to be a few minutes. Terrible decision. Because suddenly there was banter. Then lingering eye contact. Then one of them stepped just a little too close, said something…
Why the best mafia-romance heroines don’t need to be likable they need to be unforgettable. ROMANCEAHOLIC · VELVET HEARTBEATS Love, in every language. There is a particular moment in mafia romance when you realize the heroine is absolutely not going to behave. Someone threatens her. Someone tells her what to do. Some terrifying man with…
“I didn’t choose the morally gray man. The plot made compelling arguments.” I would like the record to show that I entered this book with perfectly reasonable intentions. Then he appeared. Brooding. Complicated. Questionable decision-making skills. Probably carrying enough emotional baggage to require its own luggage carousel. And naturally, I thought: Absolutely not. Then he…
Why cozy romance reminds us that love doesn’t have to hurt to feel unforgettable. ROMANCEAHOLIC · VELVET HEARTBEATS Love, in every language. Romance readers have been through enough. We have survived betrayals. Secret identities. Enemies with excellent cheekbones. Men with questionable morals and suspiciously expensive black coats. We have waited four hundred pages for two…
“Buying books and having time to read them remain two separate hobbies.” I would like to formally defend the romance reader accused of owning too many unread books. First of all, too many according to whom? Because buying a book and reading a book are clearly two completely different activities. Reading requires time, quiet, emotional…