Name: Evonne Wareham

Book: Never Coming Home

Current Home: On the coast of South Wales, in the UK

Job (when you are not writing): Mature Student

Author Icon: There are many authors I admire, but I think my first real inspiration has to be Mary Stewart — independent heroines, enigmatic heroes, mystery and adventure, in romantic settings. 

When did you start writing?

I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t making up stories inside my head, but the road to publication has been a long one. I studied other writers, took classes and experimented to find out what I really wanted to write. And, of course, life and career also intervened, taking me away from writing for stretches of time — but I always came back.

What was the process like from writing to publication? We would be especially interested in finding out what happened after the American Title Contest.

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Anything You Want kicked off Erin Nicholas’ contemporary romance series, Anything & Everything. So what do you get when you mix a pregnant wannabe singer with the town she’s always hated and the one man who refuses to fall for her “little ole me” act? A tale of modern-day love that will thrill fans of Rachel Gibson, Victoria Dahl and Susan Elizabeth Phillips … and the first book that we are devouring for our month of Dishing about e-reads!

Morgan: I know that a romance author’s job is to throw obstacles onto the path to true love, but the perils and pitfalls that Sabrina and Marc face are really quite tremendous.

Whitney: Agreed! Like it’s not enough that heroine Sabrina unexpectedly pregnant and her baby’s father is not in the picture ...

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The word mom is synonymous with “support.” When we were little, she helped by making school lunch, doing laundry back in the day, and remembering to pack snacks. Now we have adult relationships with our moms, which are equally important. There’s nothing quite like knowing your mom, grandma or godmother has your back. These women also play an important role in fiction, particularly romance. From the Fairy Godmother to the matchmaking mother, the nosey grandmother to the opinionated almost mother, these women are familiar types and often-beloved secondary characters. In honor of Mother’s Day, we are sharing a quick look at some of our favorite fictional moms in TV, books and movies and RT staff picks for our top moms in fiction.  A big holiday-inspired “we love you” to all the characters (and women) that help move a story forward, worry about the main characters, matchmake and do such a great job keeping the world running smoothly.

THREE HISTORICAL ROMANCE MOMS

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This month seven medical professionals (and one very lucky heiress) find love in scrubs in the four new titles from Harlequin’s Medical Romance imprint. You'll meet reunited exes, couples that fall in love at first sight, baby drama and, of course, a generous helping of medicine!

In Sue MacKay's The Dangers of Dating Your Boss, New Zealand paramedic Ruby has already loved and lost the sexy Dr. Jack once. She'll fight to keep from falling back in love with her new boss, but Dr. Jack won't make it easy. Meanwhile, in another corner of the world, hero Cade tries to prove that he's the No. 1 Dad in Texas. But can this surgeon who once picked his job over his family prove to Dr. Belle and their son that he's in it to win it? You'll have to read Dianne Drake's latest to find out.

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With over four months of 2012 already under our belts, we’ve been noticing a curious trend — the governesses are missing! A time-honored traditional occupation of historical romance heroines, women employed to watch over other peoples' children are a staple of the genre. Back in 2011, we met eleven historical heroines who found love while taking care of small people did so in books that received RT ratings of four stars or higher. (And of these eleven novels, five of the books included the word “governess” in the title!) So who is taking care of children so far this year? So far, it's been a mix and match bag ...

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