I thought I was too intellectual to read something like 'Sweet Savage Love.'

I was in law school at the University of Kentucky and realized I didn't really like law school, so I took a creative writing course for something different.

I didn't know how to be a writer. But I thought, 'I can do this.'

You look beautiful sitting there spitting at me like a she-cat. All I have to do is look at you, and I lust. I'm going to take you back to the hotel and take off that delectable dress and make love to you until you don't have the energy to be mad at me anymore." Ian Connelly, Marquis of Derne

I love this book. I'm a mother myself. I have three boys, and I really sympathize with Sarah, who had this little girl stolen from her.

I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.