"Thou art to me a delicious torment." Ralph Waldo Emerson

This quote resonates in my mind and heart. It is what romance is all about, and romance fiction especially. In real life, there is occasionally a happy occurrence where boy meets girl, they fall in love and are happy ever after without the twists and turns that usually plague any passionate relationship. In romance fiction, never.

Love burns. Its fire purifies the heart and threatens its safety.

Love aches. Pain's release comes after much suffering, but it is euphoric.

Love torments. It pulls people down to their lowest lows and then thrusts them skyward in an instant. It drives them crazy. It spins them around from sorrow to ecstasy until they are weary of it.

And then, at last, you come out at the end in the warm glow of happily ever after. Most of the time.

It is this torment, this see-saw conflict that drives my romance and erotic fiction. Combined with magic, fantasy, and paranormal elements, people (and other beings) find love and passion. My tales span the range from sweet romance to blazing hot erotica.

No matter what your mood, there is a fantasy to be found.