Tag: Romance (paranormal)

Author Spotlight: Nora Roberts

Erin Penn

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Nora Roberts shook my world when I first read her. This happy Harlequin/Solitude style writer helped define Paranormal Romance – a genre which one can arguably say birthed Urban Fantasy. HER romances had witches and psychic powers, sharing shelf space with the typical millionaire romances.

Her books took up a shelf by the time I went off to college. I’ve since gone more into Urban Fantasy, as that genre has grown, and she has concentrated on her bread-and-butter market of traditional romance.

But every now-and-again, she brushes off her magic and reminds people that romance happens in all circumstances. If you haven’t looked her up in a while, you might want to read her Apocalypse series starting with Year One: Chronicles of The One.

Author Spotlight: Jeanne Adams

Erin Penn

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If you get to a convention with Jeanne Adams and she has a special lecture, GO TO IT. They are always amazing, informative, … and deadly. Not what you expect from an author whose sparkling eyes and blonde hair go with writing landing on the romantic side of the genre street (with fantasy and/or science fiction mixed in). Her one fundamental belief: #LoveAlwaysWins.

I’ve got to attend her Fighting seminar and her How to Dispose of a Body lecture. Just the things writers and editors need to know.

Her Romantic Paranormal series Haven Harbor follows a town run by witches. I personally love her science fiction novellas from Outcast Station she writes with Nancy Northcott, with Ms. Adams writing about the medical staff on the space station while Ms. Northcott writes about the police force planet side. And her science-fiction / fantasy romance mashup series of the Slip Traveler provides the perfect story of what happens when a wizard has to hunt aliens, and a time-traveling spy needs to deal with monsters out of myth.

In other words, if you have been looking for some romance which isn’t straight romance but might have a mix of police procedural, fantasy, medical, or science fiction – Ms. Adams is an author to add to your reading list.