Emma Chase: “Authors who paved the way for me to write romance:
Emily Bronte: Every angsty, turmoil filled romance can trace its roots back to Bronte’s classic, Wuthering Heights. While other events and themes swirl around, the passion, drama, and pain of star-crossed love remains at the heart of the story. Heathcliff and Cathy paved the way for the unlikeable hero and heroine—whose happy ending the reader can’t help but still hope for.
Johanna Lindsey: For me, the Malory Series paved the way for witty banter. They were the first romance novels I’d read where verbal sparring between the hero and the heroine was quick and smart—and every bit as intoxicating as a love scene. As opposed to more heart-wrenching romances where characters wounded each other and had to make amends, the clever dialogue push and pull in Lindsey’s novels made the love story feel fun, sexy, and highly entertaining. They are still my favorite kind of romance novels to read, and write, today.”
Emma Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes contemporary romantic comedies filled with heat, heart and laugh-out-loud humor. Her stories are known for their clever banter, sexy, swoon-worthy moments, and hilariously authentic male POV’s. Emma’s novels have been translated in over twenty languages around the world.