After a long, hard winter here in the Midwest, the arrival of spring has been eagerly anticipated. The sense of new beginnings is upon us!
The snow and ice are finally gone, the grass is starting to turn green, the crocuses and tulips add a cheery, colorful note. And Easter is just a few days away.
In thinking about the glorious re-awakening in
nature every spring, I found myself thinking about the elements of romance that draw me back, again and again.
I love to read about characters who must struggle through hard times, great challenges--and also overcome emotional damage from the past that has kept them from enjoying a full and abundant life of love.
New beginnings--a re-awakening to the joy of life, when finding that one perfect person--is a story that never grows old for me.
What about you--what are the elements that you love most?
Do you have an all-time favorite novel on your keeper shelf, that you go back to re-read?
Roxanne Rustand is the author of thirty traditionally published novels with Harlequin, for the Superromance, Everlasting, Heartwarming, Love Inspired and Love Inspired Suspense lines, and now has two indie-published sweet romances available--Comeback Cowboy and Summer at Briar Lake. www.roxannerustand.com