You Don’t Have to Cry – Kenny Lattimore and Chante’ Moore
Romantic Destinations – by Beverly Jenkins
LAKESIDE LOVE
When my husband Mark and I first hooked up back in 1971, like most young couples we didn’t have a lot of money for extras like romantic getaways. With that in mind, some of our best times were spent walking the beaches of Lake Michigan. We avoided going in the summertime – too crowded, …
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Romantic Essentials – by Maureen Smith
Top Five Romance Essentials
by Maureen Smith
I married my college sweetheart, Lorrent. Fourteen years and two kids later, I’m happy to say that we’re still going strong. Family and friends often ask me the secret to our relationship. I don’t have a magic answer. I’d have to say it’s a …
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The Second Time Around – by Lori Wilde
Love is lovelier the second time around….
Or so the song goes. This concept is the driving theme behind my new, open ended series from Avon Books featuring a small, lakeside community in Texas.
Twilight, Texas (pop. 6,000) is a quaint tourist town on the banks of the Brazos River that feeds in …
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How We Met – by LaConnie Taylor Jones
It was my sophomore year of high school. On the back row of my physics class sat a boy with a killer Afro, wearing wire-rimmed glasses and flashing the shyest smile I’d ever seen. No, he wasn’t the captain of the football team or the boy every girl would give her eye-tooth to be seen with. Yet, the …
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Date Night – Joanne Rock
There are varying definitions of romance for the perfect date night. Chances are, if you’re the parent of small children, the best date night in the world might involve dropping the kids at the sitter’s while you return home with you husband and hit the sheets for… sleep. Parents of older kids …
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Keeping it Spicy – by Jules Bennett
KEEPING IT SPICY ~
After being married for 10 years, spice is sometimes not only hard to come by, we forget we even need it:)
In my opinion, spicy relationships depend on the couple. Some need the whole red pepper and some just need a fleck of pepper. For me, when my hubby says certain things in …
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First Kiss – by Brenda Jackson
When I write a story, the first kiss between my hero and heroine is even more important than the love scenes, because that first kiss is their initial intimate connection. I love writing steamy kissing scenes. The stories I write are character-driven versus plot driven so I feel that know my hero and …
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Romance CD – by A. C. Arthur
“You know the slow jams, deluxe get-the-drawers tape.”
“ ‘The’ slow jams, deluxe get-the-drawers tape?”
“Yeah, the one with Luther, Sade, and the extended remix of Prince’s Adore.”
Dre & Sidney, Brown Sugar – 2002
Come on, we all had one, don’t even try to deny it. …
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Best Kiss – by Celeste O. Norfleet
Trey glanced past her seeing that Mamma Lou had turned to leave. He quickly grabbed Kenya, switched their positions and kissed her, pinning her against the doorframe. To both their surprise she readily melted into his arms. It lasted only seconds, but Kenya was certain he had rattled her brains.
His …
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