I have a lot of teenage readers and readers in their early twenties. My writing style appeals to them. And if they look at my picture on the back of the book, they don't see someone who looks like their mother.

I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel.

There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book.

I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school.

In the spring of 1993, I married Beverly and moved to the woods. This is something I could never have imagined myself doing.

Marriage is a sacrament, and the decision of what is a sacrament lies with the Church, not with Parliament.

Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.

I love historical romance, absolutely love it.