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Today I have author Jane Toombs, a member of Kiss of Death, talking about what genre could be more perfect than romantic suspense.Thank you Jane, for taking the time to sit down and share your thoughts with us.
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What Could Be More Perfect Than Romantic Suspense?
Take romance. What is it? There is more than one meaning, but to writers and readers, it means a story where two people are going to fall in love. For my stories they are always m/f, but for others readers they also can be m/m and f/f or combinations thereof.
I feel I can address my preference only, so my remarks will be about male/female, however I believe they apply to anyone who falls in love.
Romantic love is an emotion every human wants to feel, which makes it popular with readers. Many of us also want a bit of danger mixed in, hence suspense.
The suspense can be light or darkly menacing. I favor the latter. and my stories often contain it. Suspense can come from one or both of the characters’ emotions or backgrounds or from outside sources and from paranormal forces.
So what is the writer combining here? She or he is mixing the human drive to love and be loved with fear--another human universal emotion. So we have two basic human emotions in a romantic suspense works to pique the interest of readers. What could be more perfect?
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By JANE TOOMBS
ASIN: B006TRX5XM
Published by: CHAMPAGNE BOOKS
Genre: FICTION, ROMANCE, MYSTERY
Format: EBOOK
Length: 168 KB
Release Date: JANUARY 2, 2012
Author Website: http://www.janetoombs.com/
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