Why I write Romantic Suspense

Romantic suspense is where I feel at home. It’s where emotion collides with danger, and love doesn’t come easy—but it shows up anyway. Not soft and polished, but raw. Earned. Sometimes bruised.

That’s what pulls me in.

Because love means more when it’s not guaranteed

In high-stakes moments, the truth doesn’t have time to hide. When everything’s on the line—your safety, your past, the person you’re trying not to need—what matters shows. You can't fake it. You can't delay it. You either reach for the person beside you, or you don’t.

My characters don’t get easy choices. They’ve seen things, lost people. But they still fight—for justice, for survival, and eventually… for each other.

And when love shows up there? In the middle of all that? It hits different.

Because broken people still deserve something real

I don’t write perfect characters. I write the ones who’ve been through hell. The ones who shut doors, who scan exits, who’ve learned not to trust—because trust got someone hurt. But they still want connection. Even if they won’t admit it.

Romantic suspense lets me explore that—how people begin to open up again when it’s safest not to. How love doesn’t fix them, but it reaches them. And that’s enough to change everything.

Because love isn’t soft. It’s strong.

In my books, love isn’t the quiet after the storm. It’s the reason they push through it. It’s what gets them back on their feet when everything else tells them to walk away.

I write about loyalty that holds fast. About the kind of intimacy that builds in the shadows—when trust is a risk, and someone chooses to offer it anyway.

Because in the end, that’s what I’m chasing. Not just suspense. Not just romance.

But the moment when someone who never expected to be saved, decides they’re worth it.

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Thanks for being here—and for finding the kind of stories that hold on even when the world around them won’t.

– Annie