Paranormal or Contemporary.
DOES MARITAL STATUS INFLUENCE WHAT WE
READ?
Good morning and
thank you for inviting me to make a stop by your site on the blog tour for FOREVER
HERS, book 5 of the FITZGERALD FAMILY series.
The other day I was at a friend’s house for a
girls’ night out when the subject of what readers prefer to read came up.
“Readers are rigid and once they love a
certain genre, they’ll stick with it,” one of my friends insisted.
“That’s true. I only read paranormal
romance,” another one added.
“Why?” I asked.
“I like to escape from my reality. You know,
kids, chores, work, and get lost in someone else’s world. I want to live
vicariously through the heroine and imagine myself being courted and loved by a
shape shifter or a vampire.”
“Oh, I love erotic romance. Nothing keeps my
juices flowing like erotic and guess who gains, me and my husband when I put
the book down,” the next one added with a giggle.
“That’s because you *itches already have a
man and once you finish reading your paranormal and erotic books, you can slide
in his arms and get your groove on,” the only unmarried friend in the group
retorted. “I’m single and searching, so I want to read about a women like me,
women who believe in the possibility of meeting Mr. Right every time we leave
home for work or head to the club. I want to imagine walking into a coffee shop
and bumping into an eligible man, a man who loves the same drink but hates the
pastries I can’t live without. He could be a millionaire, a detective, a
doctor, an artist with lofty goals, a teacher, or an entrepreneur. I want to drool
at the possibility of putting my hands on him, getting carpet burns with him,
breaking several laws of nature in the elevator or in my car, fighting with him
over mundane things like squeezing toothpaste from the top or bottom, sleeping
with socks or not, taking out garbage, licking the cream from the Oreos. I want
to pretend I’m the heroine when he takes time from his busy schedule to stop by
her place of work to bring her the damned pastries he can’t stand because he
loves her.”
By the time she finished, we were all
laughing hard, but listening to them got me thinking. Does marital status
influence what books we read? If you’re a housewife, would you lean towards
paranormal romance and erotic out of boredom or to spice your sex life? If
you’re single and searching, do you lean toward contemporary? Who gets romantic
suspense? Urban fantasy? Women fiction? YA?
Personally, I think readers are versatile and
will try any genre as long as the story is absorbing, a book is by their
favorite author or is recommended by a friend. What do you think?
Forever Hers
Fitzgerald Family Series Book Five
Fitzgerald Family Series Book Five
E. B. Walters
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Firetrail Publishing
ISBN: 0983429758
ASIN: B009QA32SM
Number of pages: 288
Word Count: 101,776
Book Trailer: YouTube
Book Description:
She wants her past hidden...
Amy Kincaid is running from her controlling ex-husband, who will stop at nothing to find her. With a new identity and a new job as a housekeeper, she just wants to be left alone to raise her daughter. Then Eddie Fitzgerald rolls into town and turns her world upside down.
He’s in the business of exposing the truth...
Eddie Fitzgerald, L.A.P.D.'s finest, lives for his job and nothing else, until he decides to take a break at the family summer home and is held at gunpoint by the most annoying, sassiest woman to ever cross his path. But something is off about Amy, and the more he learns about her, the more he’s convinced she’s a fugitive.
When her past catches up to her, Amy has no choice but to trust Eddie. Unfortunately, Eddie has demons of his own, and struggles with the decision to protect her or uphold the law.
The truth takes them down a deadly path, and only love can save them.
Amy Kincaid is running from her controlling ex-husband, who will stop at nothing to find her. With a new identity and a new job as a housekeeper, she just wants to be left alone to raise her daughter. Then Eddie Fitzgerald rolls into town and turns her world upside down.
He’s in the business of exposing the truth...
Eddie Fitzgerald, L.A.P.D.'s finest, lives for his job and nothing else, until he decides to take a break at the family summer home and is held at gunpoint by the most annoying, sassiest woman to ever cross his path. But something is off about Amy, and the more he learns about her, the more he’s convinced she’s a fugitive.
When her past catches up to her, Amy has no choice but to trust Eddie. Unfortunately, Eddie has demons of his own, and struggles with the decision to protect her or uphold the law.
The truth takes them down a deadly path, and only love can save them.
About the Author:
EDNAH WALTERS grew up reading Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and dreaming of one day writing her own stories. She finished her PhD in chemistry, married the love of her life, and decided to be a stay-at-home mother. She now lives in a picturesque valley in Utah with her husband, five children and two American short-hair cats. When she is not writing, you can find her doing things with her family, reading, traveling or online chatting with fans.
Ednah writes adult romance under the pseudonym E. B. Walters. SLOW BURN, the first contemporary romance with suspense was released in April 2011. It is the first book in the Fitzgerald family series. Book 2, MINE UNTIL DAWN, was released in July 2011. KISS ME CRAZY, book 3 in the series followed three months later. Book 4, DANGEROUS LOVE was released end of January 2012. FOREVER HERS was released October 15th. Ednah is presently working on the next book, Lex’s story.
When she is not writing adult romance, Ednah writes YA fantasy books. Her YA fantasy series, The Guardian Legacy, is book about children of the fallen angels, who fight demons and protect mankind. AWAKENED, the prequel was released in September 2010 with rave reviews. BETRAYED, book one in the series was released by her new publisher Spencer Hill Press in June 2012. Book 3, HUNTED, which will be released April 2013. She’s working on book 4, FORGOTTEN.
WEBSITE: www.ebwalters.com
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ednahwalters
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/ednahyaauthor
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1 comment:
I can see where that line of thinking makes sense- married woman want fantasy, unmarried women searching want something they can aspire to.
I think that would probably fit for a majority of the readers of those genres however I do know plenty of people that cross the lines- single women reading paranormal (I mean all the teen girls that made Twilight a success can attest to that) and married women reading contemporaries.
I think in the long run it bouls down to personal taste. I have always loved the paranormal books...from the time I was a kid. But I read a lot of genres- mystery, suspense, urban fantasy, fantasy...but my #1 go to is paranormal romance and erotica and yes I'm married but like I said that's what I've always been attracted to- give me fangs, and powers, and sex appeal with magic...that's what I like
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