Happy to be Stuck with Him by @BonnieEdwards #RomanceGems

Our March theme is lucky in love and some of us have really great “meet” stories or have found true love the second time around. Me? I started early and am one of the rare people who married their high school sweetie and had it work through all the adventures and mistakes we’ve made. But we’ve made all our decisions (good and bad) together and sometimes now, we marvel at it all. 

Did I say rare people? Maybe I’m wrong because we know more than a handful of couples who met when we did and are still together. It isn’t true that marrying young always spells disaster. Sometimes, it’s the glue that holds us. Those old friends and memories help bond us. The more I think on this, the more couples come to mind. One of them met in Junior High. 

So, while life has had its ups and downs (for all these couples) there’s one thing we have in common: As Huey Lewis claims we’re happy to be stuck with them. 

Even with all this evidence of young love maturing into a lifelong relationship, I have never written about one. Romance novels are about the journey two people make around obstacles and conflict that would drive others apart. Meeting a great person when you're young and still mostly unformed is vastly different from the trials I put my characters through. 

Sometimes, I write about women who've failed at life only to find love where they least expect it.  I write about women who find themselves as they’re finding love with a totally “wrong” man. I also write about women who have made some big, bold mistakes in life before finding the path that leads them to love. 

And sometimes I write about women who find themselves in the totally wrong place with the wrong man and have to learn fake it till they make it. 

Imagination is a great thing! Even though I've lived with my high school sweetheart for all these years, I can imagine the emotions around these women, their families and their choices. 

Which brings me to reviews! I've had some that point out how "right" I got things. One of those came in the other day. A woman who'd been a single parent and found love with a single dad said "This book was great! Ms. Edwards got the story right about single parents meeting, the challenges of dating & possibly merging 2 families. The situations were well depicted!" D.A.B. 

And the same book garnered this: "I truly loved this story, especially the dog (lol). It reminded me of my life long ago." (Romantic at Heart) I guess I got it right for this reader too. A single mom found a single dad and built their lives together. 

Unfortunately, in another book a blogger/reviewer decided: "And trust me these scenes were so in detail you know she had one of those nights." ( NEVER happened. And I never wanted it to happen - but I have a good imagination.) S.B.R. 

Reviewing a book is as simple as stating how it made you feel when it ended. If you sighed, if you chuckled, if you felt warmed...writers want to hear it. We need to because sometimes we need to know we got it right: for YOU. 

I thank every single person who's taken the time to write a few words about a book. Authors try hard to get it right and it's nice to know that sometimes we succeed. 

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