by hollandrae | Oct 28, 2019 | Characters, Feminism, Harlequin, Heroines, Industry, Paranormal, Reading, Regency, Series
I am a cowboy girl. I read cowboy novels, with sunsets and sweet, passionate kisses, and the kind of lovemaking that happens mostly behind closed doors and thick, rough ranchers hands and southern drawls. Obviously I’m a cowboy girl. What else would I be? If I could...
by hollandrae | Sep 4, 2017 | Characters, Heroines, Industry, Inspiration, Musings, Reading, Research, Reviews, Series, Statistics, Women, Women's Rights, Writing
First things first, my only affiliation with the new romance novel streaming site, Passionflix.com, is that of an avid fan and early supporter, which includes a discounted two-year subscription and other perks, as the company unfolds. That was an option open to the...
by hollandrae | Sep 18, 2016 | Women's Rights
The first part of this article was a very small glance at the experiences women face everyday, and how romance novels are way to escape those realities. Part II will delve more into the damaging effects of monitoring, not simply what women do or don’t do, but what...
by hollandrae | Sep 6, 2016 | Heroines, Women's Rights
There are two articles, specifically, that brought this (these) posts to the fore. One for good reasons and bad comments, and the other for not so good reasons. Ultimately, they teach us the same lesson. We cannot comment upon or dictate the actions of others, when we...