It was my mom who taught me to love reading and books. I remember many nights, when I was growing up sitting by her side while she read to me and my siblings. It was my mom who gave me my first Harlequinn romance to read in the 5th grade. I was hooked!
My children bought me a Nook for Mother's Day in 2011 because of my love for reading and I must confess at the time I thought it was a waste of money, boy was I wrong!!
I started looking for something different to read in October 2011, still romance, just different and I believe that it was divine intervention that I came across Heather Rainier's book "Divine Grace" and bought it, my first erotic romance. It was the theme of her book, "Seize the day and live your life with no regrets," that spoke volumes to my grieving heart and I realized then that life was too short and I was going to live my life so I didn't have any regrets. Heather's book was the catalyst for that life changing moment and a lot of the others that came over the next few years.
So what book has influenced your life?
Lisa, I don't know that there is one book that has influenced me, but my first book that my grandma ( she raised me) was Soldier of Fortune, by Diana Palmer. This was 1985. To this day her book mean the world to me. She reminds me of my grandma, and how my grandma thought things should be. Very old fashioned. As I got older we shared lots and lots of books. All romance. She believed we needed to have romance and make believe (her words) because reality was in the newspaper and on TV everyday. Just before she passed away she came to stay with me and I was reading Desire for Three. She picked it up and loved it. I was having a heartattack! Lol. I know if she were alive today she would love Heather and Morgan. You talk about divine intervention, I got Divine Grace by accident. I was going to add it to my wish list on Amazon. I hit buy now instead. Best mistake ever!! ��
ReplyDeleteJessica, I LOVE Diane Palmer's books! My mom and I would trade them all the time and then we would send them to my sister to read.
DeleteIf I were to name one book that had a "wow, I have to just sit and let that sink in" kind of impact on me, it would be...The Story of O. I can recall that after I read it...and I read it in a single sitting...I was completely overwhelmed. Now, I did read it before I was published, and before I ever wrote any erotic romance, so who's to say that it didn't move me that way. Of course, the book, if you've ever read it was so far away from anything I would ever write...but I think the impact on me was that I had no idea that such a book could be written.
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