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Romance at Heart is an online magazine where the writer within can emerge and where avid romance readers can join like minded individuals for fun and leisure. This wonderful online publication offers reviews, author interviews, and give readers an opportunity to exchange their ideas and opinions via interactive chats with other readers and authors alike. Overall, this site strives to be of assistance to its members and offer authors the opportunity to showcase their skills and acquire new ones to aid them in their writing endeavours.

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Congratulations Laurie and enjoy!!!

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Your purchase and download guarantees you an entry in a drawing for a FREE weekend visit (hotel and airline) as my guest on March 27th at the Colors of Coffee Book Club discussion of IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN. The more purchases you make, the more chances you have to win!

Winners will be announced on Saturday, March 20, 2010 right here at my blog.

Here is what Anna shared with me about reading romance . . . .

Why did you decide to read romance novels?
I love romance! I especially love African American romance and the “happy ending” between strong male and female characters.

What are the elements of a great romance for you as a reader?
The depth of love that is part of the story

What is the hardest part of reading a romance/the easiest for you?
Sometimes you can’t connect with one of the main characters and you have to keep reading.

What is the most rewarding thing about being a romance reader?
Knowing that I will be smiling at the end of the story!

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Here is what Renee Williams, aka, “Ms. All The Buzz Reviews” shared with me about reading romance . . . .

Why did you decide to read romance novels?
I’ve been reading romance since junior high.
My mother had a stash of Harlequin novels and while she was at work, I would sneak (or so I thought LOL) and read them. I’ve been hooked ever since.

What are the elements of a great romance for you as a reader?
For me, it has to be the actual romantic aspects. I’m a die-hard, sappy romantic and proud of it. LOL I like the “courting” aspect. That speaks to me on a very deep level and what really brings the novel together for me.

What is the hardest part of reading a romance/the easiest for you?
The hardest part would be reading about characters who don’t seem “real”. I like being able to relate to a character. I hate reading stories that are pretentious. The easiest part is enjoying watching the couple fall in love and falling in love right along with them.

What is the most rewarding thing about being a romance reader?
I guess I would have to say that even though “happily ever after” doesn’t always happen in real life, reading a romance always gives me hope.

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I’m a “Fresh New Author” to Watch

I’ve released a “Fresh Book” for March

FreshFiction.com provides book lovers easy, accessible, and informative data on current authors and their books. They specialize in genre fiction: romance, mystery, suspense, thrillers, horror, science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, graphic and action novels. The entire site consists of author pages, book pages, reviews, columns, blog, book reviews, news, and contests.

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Here is what Marie Simmons, aka Romance Fan in Baton Rouge, shared with me about reading romance . . . .

Why did you decide to read romance novels?
For my sanity! I’m a native New Orleanian but I’ve been in Baton Rouge since graduating from college in ‘88. We had a house full of hurricane Katrina evacuees that took over the television. A male co-worker gave me a romance anthology, Living Large, to help me escape the chaos we were living thru. I’ve been hooked ever since.

What are the elements of a great romance for you as a reader?
I enjoy strong leading characters that display great passion for not only each other but for their entire life. The romance between the leading characters needs to be part of the story and not the only thing that’s happening.

What is the hardest part of reading a romance/the easiest for you?
I enjoy continuity series and waiting on the next release is excruciating. I’ll go as far as waiting for all of the books to be released before reading any of the books.

What is the most rewarding thing about being a romance reader?
Regardless of what I’m reading, I enjoy the adventure of being transported to a different location. But what’s great about romance is the guaranteed happily ever after. I like the larger than life heroes and heroines. I live in the real word, I read for the fantasy.

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Why?

Well, banner ads can be an effective way to market products and services on the Internet. But more importantly, I’m learning that where those ads appear online makes all the difference in this process. The ideal location for my e-book banner ad is for it to be displayed on a website or online community that has great traffic (of course) and has products and services that compliment what I’m promoting as well. So, I’m advertising my new release at Romance Reader at Heart in a variety of areas suitable to my book’s plot and format:

Contemporary /Suspense Romances
Electronic/Online
African American

Romance Reader at Heart is a romance novel resource from A to Z! What do I mean? Well, this site is not only dedicated to providing romance lovers book synopses and the authors you love along with their back lists (all broken down by subgenre). But they also provide timelines and information about the fashions, and a glossary of terms and some trivia for those eras and places readers love to envision in their reading. You’ll find links to some of the best sources on the web to locate additional information on cultures and history which make romance reading enjoyable for those who love the genre.

Am I seeing results?

You bet! Since I’ve added banner advertising to all my other promotion efforts, I’ve seen a steady rise in the number of “views per day” to my site (not to mention that I’m steadily climbing Red Rose Publishing’s Bestsellers list). So stop by to see my beautiful animated banner ad at RomanceReaderatHeart.com today!