Patricia Spencer

I write love stories with soul. I am interested in the human experience, especially as it unfolds in the realms of the heart, spirit, relationships, and identity. I love the romance genre, and write novels that are 'chewy' versus breezy. This is not to say they are heavy -- but rather that they feature strong characters immersed in challenging situations that require them to grow.

That growth process is the core of the story. Readers discover my characters from the inside out -- What are they thinking? Feeling? How are they responding internally to their situations? They explore emotion (and hopefully make you feel it!). My novels feature strong female leads, women who love women. They feature strong character arcs. The love interest is not the same person at the end of the story that she was at the beginning. To attain love, she has had to stretch.

While my stories may place women in contexts affected by difficult issues of our times, and I may thus REFER to such topics, I avoid immersion in anything violent or nasty.* My villains stay off-stage as much as possible.

*The exception to this is my upcoming trilogy, I'll Get You Home, a near-past historical romance that takes place in a war zone and therefore features intense scenes.