The
singular most important emotion a human spirit craves is to be loved. It seeks
it out. It needs it. It craves it. Walk into any book store and check out the
romance section, it dominates. There is a reason for that which isn't just about
sensual romance. It goes back to that basic need that we long to be loved.
There are many romances that play down the aspects of sexuality, take that of a
story about a boy and his armadillo, a generational family saga, even a story
about war, all play the emotional gambit yet somewhere in each, you will find
love, be it for a pet, a child, or your country.
The
further we are from love, of feeling loved, of being loved, the more isolated
we become, cynical sometimes, and at its worse a life without being loved can
poison the body. The closer any emotion comes to love, the more that emotion
vitalizes and nourishes the body. Negative emotions seep into our spirit and
spread emotional distress that could actually make us ill. Therefore, it is
empathically accurate to say that love can cultivate well-being, and in
well-being there is joy.
The human
spirit constantly searches for that connection, that cannot be found in a new
electronic toy, although, one wouldn't mind having that, or a cruise, or a
piece of pecan pie. Ok, maybe, the latter is true love. Seriously, no material
or emotional love in this world can touch us, encourage us, protect us, fulfill
us, strength us, bless us, provide for us, care for us, feed us, house us,
clothe us, or heal us like love that comes from inside us, love that we wish to
share.
As
authors, we choose to share our love with the world though our writing. In our early books from Champagne Books, starting with KILLER DOLLS, the love is more
mature, more dynamic, more intense, that snap that comes with instant
attraction all centered around the possibility of loss and death. Whereas, in
SNAKE DANCE, the love is fresh, new, just as instantaneous but with a
connection born from something mystical. CHASING GRAVITAS cuts into the ache and
desires of the heart, a yearning that might not be realized, a mysterious truth
that might destroy. Yet, in each of these stories there is one truth, the
characters have a basic to love. It isn't just the sexual attraction, or the
culmination of that passion, but about the real reasons one loves, about see
the soul and knowing that soul melds perfectly, that the yin of one cannot
exist without the yang of the other.
Some say
the romance genre is just a disguise for soft porn. We strenuously disagree,
reading romance is partnering with love, championing it, recognizing the fact
that love will win out, every time. Maybe, that isn't always the truth of
reality, but dang, isn't it wonderful that there is a place where we can play
and know for certainly happily-ever-after does exist?
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Angelica Hart and Zi ~ Vixen Bright and Zachary Zane
www.champagnebooks.com - www.carnalpassions.com - angelicahartandzi.com
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