"The queen of contemporary New York City romance." —Booklist
A few of my favorite tropes!
Grumpy SUnshine
Friends to Lovers
Grumpy SUnshine
Friends to Lovers
Grumpy SUnshine
Friends to Lovers
Grumpy SUnshine
Friends to Lovers
NYC Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Grumpy SUnshine
Friends to Lovers
Grumpy SUnshine
Friends to Lovers
Grumpy SUnshine
Friends to Lovers
Small Town
Fake Relationship
Trope
Friends to Lovers
Okay, is there anybody who doesn't like this trope?! I have yet to meet them. There's just something about the idea of falling in love with the one who makes you laugh that I love to read and write!
"romantic comedy at its finest."
Trope
Enemies to Lovers
I probably write this trope more than any other, mostly because I love to write barbed banter, and there's something delicious about putting two people on the page who send sparks in all the wrong directions. I love that moment when they realize the reason the other person gets under their skin might not be hate so much as that pesky other thing...
"exemplary contemporary romance."
Trope
Fake Relationship
Now here's a trope that I could write over and over again! Two people that have to "fake" being in a romantic relationship for some reason that would probably not happen in real life. Pretend kisses? Confusion as to why their stomach is fluttering? Anxiously wondering if the other person feels the same way? Yes, please!
Trope
Grumpy Sunshine
Confession: I've been reading romance for 25+ years, writing it for 10+ years, and I just recently learned that "grumpy sunshine" was a term for my all-time favorite books to write: what I think of as "The Mr. Darcy Books." Those books were the hero is cold and disapproving. Or so the heroine thinks. My very first book was Grumpy-Sunshine, and I didn't even know it. So was my second! So is my favorite of my books. And my other favorite!
"romantic comedy at its finest."
Trope
Small Town
Okay, this isn't a trope so much, but since so many readers except NYC glamour from me, I like to call out the books where I take a little "vacation" from stories featuring men in suits, women in heels, with a Manhattan backdrop.
Full-disclosure: Some on this list are not small-town so much as not my usual "big city vibes."
