Why write romance? Because love stories have always been a major part of the books I've loved. Father Ralph and Meggie Cleary. (I did name my daughter Megan after reading The Thorn Birds! Do you see a trend here?) The aforementioned Brandon Birmingham and Heather Simmons. Wolf Mackenzie and Mary Potter.

Even more so, it's because I love writing romance heroes. The men who sweep both heroines and readers off their feet - not to mention their authors, too!

My first hero, in fact, was the cliched, over-the-top alpha male so prevalent when I first begin writing. Fortunately, this illustrious male, named Cable Kincaid *g*, has never seen print. Cable, however, was followed by the very damaged and self-deprecating Logan Burke of PLAYING LOVE'S ODDS.

And my love affair with my own romance heroes was born.