Romance Novels: An Escape in Hard Times

Who isn’t looking for a little bit of an escape right now?

According to Trish Silver, the author of When I Remember Love, romance novels offer an emotional comfort food, which is relevant in tough economic times.

“Good romance novels can also be an encouraging force in women’s lives specifically, during economic downturns. They can show strong heroines overcoming barriers in productive ways.”

Trish says she likes to write about the power of true love and to show  that such love is a real possibility in their own lives, even when external circumstances may be more discouraging than usual.

What are your thoughts? In dreary tines, are you  more likely to escape to the world of fantasy – be it novels or soap operas, or some other form of romantic fantasy?

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