The good romances are as good as anything.

I haven't always felt it was okay to read romance novels. When I was younger, it embarrassed me to be seen with my books, but I've come out of the closet.

My parents did not encourage romances.

When I was in law school, there was a used book store nearby. I picked up a Harlequin romance and read it. It was stress relieving.

I am a bike enthusiast; there's a certain amount of romance to bikes. They're both beautiful and utilitarian.

Of course I love being in love - but it is marriage that really fulfills me. But not in every case.

Reading 'Ghost Waltz' and 'Nine and a Half Weeks' side by side, Day's vulnerabilities come shimmering into view. Both books examine the consequences of relationships marked by withholding - be it her lover's effortless domineering humiliation or her parents' shutting the door on discussing Herr Seiler's deep-seated Nazi ties.

I can't wait for everyone to read 'Don't Look Back.' It's something very different for me, my first romantic suspense novel, so I'm very excited to be sharing the book, finally.