It depends on the book I m writing. For the Madaris brothers books, I had to do extensive research on Texas. For One Special Moment , I read of a lot of celebrity magazines for Sterling Hamilton s character. For Fire and Desire , I had to do extensive research on South America and the Marines. I enjoy doing the research.
Multicultural romances are romances where the main characters are races other than Caucasian.
They can be Blacks, Hispanics, Asians . . . Yes, I do think they can play an important role in how African Americans are perceived. When I began reading romance novels there weren t any Black writers, but I didn t mind reading the stories because what I was looking for was a good love story. As I got older and more into reading the stories, I wanted more out of them. I wanted to read about people who looked like me.