Romantic Novelists' Association

Joining us on the line now is Emmy Hart.

That's actually the pseudonym for RNA nominee and winner of the Eharmonie Trapeze Books Write Your Own Love Story competition, Suzanne Hewitt.

Her debut novel, One Month of You, was published in 2021 and was nominated by the RNA for the Katie Ford Debut Romantic Novel of the Year award.

She's with us on The Book Show to talk about her latest novel, The Best Ex of My Life.

It's described as a funny, swoony, cringy, in the very best way, take on the undying classic friends-to-lovers trope.

I made loads of friends.

I learned about a very good writing organization called the Romantic Novelists Association.

And I realized my starring The Bride wouldn't do as a material I was going to work on, which had been my initial premise.

And I started another book and I ended up with 12,000 words of it.

I know.

So I am part of the Romantic Novelists Association.

[laughs]

So I also write fiction as well.

Yeah

... to delve into or fictional worlds.

And I've recently written an article for the Romantic Novelists Association magazine.

So Sophie Kinsella passed away-

These, you say spicy, but like, yeah, tell me what a typical romance book is that's really trending right now.

Well, so there's a Romance Novelist Association and they actually have a definition of a romance.

Okay.

A traditional romance... has love driving the plot and a, and a happily ever after.

So I think one of the things that surprises us on the daily is like, who's reading? And the answer is everyone.

Like everyone's reading romance.

The Romance Novelist Association came out with a stat that like said 30% of romance readers are men, which we don't actually see in the store.

Right.