“The most important lesson I’ve learned is keep going. Don’t think all advice is the advice for you, but still listen and think about it; and every book is a new beginning – enjoy the ride.”

Caught in a deadly scheme for revenge, librarian Marissa Reynolds life spirals into a nightmare.

On Sunday, I participated in the Sydney leg of the Australian Romance Readers Association's (ARRA) Romantic Rendezvous 2019. It was a wonderful day catching up with old friends and meeting new readers. 

The report co-authors and owners of The Ripped Bodice, Leah and Bea Koch, said they were motivated to conduct the study ‘because they often found themselves short of options when customers come in looking for traditionally published books by authors of color’.