Heyer’ romances became the books I came to rely on when I desperately needed to read something that truly cheered me. It was a chat with a friend of mine that led me to this discovery and I have never looked back since.

Georgette Heyer that I would find an end to my search for an the who truly could write romance. It wasn’t until I came across the brilliance of Ms. Austen that I came to love Romance and hence was influenced to find even a fraction of what I did when I read Lizzie & Darcy’ journey when I read other novelists and their romances, the characters, I would find sometimes mere caricatures and the stories so ridiculous I could not help but be utterly disappointed. Darcy that one has to overcome Pride, if one ever wishes to find happiness and a love that is worth so much more than a stab at your ego and Elizabeth comes to find Prejudice may be so blinding sometimes you cannot see what has been in front of you all along and if not remedied, the consequences can be too dastardly.

Yes I had discovered Romance as I become one of those innumerable fans who discovered along with Mr.

It was as a preteen, that I came around and discovered a new genre when I read my first classic – Pride & Prejudice by the incomparable Ms. My love of reading began as a little girl when I discovered magic with The Arabian Nights, mysteries with Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys, adventures with Tintin along with the numerous fairy tales I read.

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