LaVyrle Spencer

I Cut My Romance Teeth on LaVyrle Spencer, You?

by Keira 10.26.2011

Today I’m guest blogging over at Heroes and Heartbreakers discussing one of my all time favorite romance authors, LaVyrle Spencer. Have you read her? If not, I’m telling you why you should! Join me at: Family Ties: LaVyrle Spencer’s Enduring Appeal, Part 1 In this post, I will be highlighting The Gamble, Hummingbird, and Endearment. [...]

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What Was Your First Romance?

by Keira 04.21.2011

Jane at Dear Author asked readers what is an Appropriate Age for Allowing Girls to Read Romances? What do you think? I don’t know about you, but my first romance was in my early teens. I’m fairly certain it was Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer as it’s the earliest I can remember reading. My first romance [...]

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Review: Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer

by Keira 01.23.2011

Morning Glory is easily one of the top five romances LaVyrle Spencer wrote. It spans two years from 1941-1943. Small town America is still recovering from the Great Depression. America is holding neutrality while helping the Allies in the Second World War by supplying them material aid. It’s about five or six months before Pearl [...]

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Review: The Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer

by Keira 11.22.2010

One of the first romance novels that I ever read was the Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer. I snuck it out of my mother’s collection because I was curious about all the fuss. I am glad I did, because it rates as one of my dearest favorites, set during the Temperance movement. Scott Gandy dresses smartly, [...]

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Review: Years by LaVyrle Spencer

by Keira 10.01.2010

I recently was able to reacquaint myself with an old friend… Years by LaVyrle Spencer. I find Spencer’s writing to be so thoroughly engrossing that even after finishing a novel, the story of the leads cling to you. In this particular novel, set near the end of WWI in the middle of American farmland, the [...]

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Romance Novels Will Improve Your Vocabulary

by Keira 09.24.2010

Non-romance readers are probably thinking, that’s a pretty bold statement to make. Additionally they’re probably snorting derisively and thinking about all the euphemisms used across much of genre for sexual congress and body parts. Well they’re not wrong about the wide variety of clever (and not so clever) terminology we’ve developed for ourselves, but they [...]

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Review: Natural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

by Marcia 05.15.2010

By: Marcia, guest reviewer Dean Robillard, quarterback of the Chicago Stars, is trying to get his head straight after recovering from a serious game injury. Driving into a small Colorado town in his Aston Martin Vanquish wearing his Dolce Gabbana boots and his gorgeous killer smile, he spots a woman inhabited beaver suit with a [...]

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Heart and Soul- Evolution of African American Romance

by Keira 02.02.2010

Black romance is a blooming section of romance industry and is still growing. Officially having its start in 1980 with Entwined Destines written by Rosalind Welles, black romance has expanded and taken shape over the years. While it’s true that the genre could benefit from more authors and more books, black romance is a force [...]