What is love? Its an age old question, and the answer seems to change as we age. Its seems the perfect question to answer for a Valentine’s Day Blog Hop.
About the Hop
The grand prize is an Amazon Echo, available via rafflecopter. My prize is a mystery swag pack (physical package for US, e-swag for international.) To win, just sign up for my newsletter (no spamming, no giving email addresses away). The winner will be chosen by a random generator. Visit the others participants here.
What is Love
Love is…a sense of self.
Love, to me, starts with embracing the person we face in the mirror every morning (even with the new wrinkles) and that little voice chattering away in our heads. While we share our lives in so many rich and complex ways, our dreams and choices are, in the end, our own.
Love is…a fierce and passionate commitment to others.
As we fiercely commit to a partner, a child, a friend, family member, we consciously and unconsciously redesign how we live in and see the world. Our happiness and theirs are now intermeshed and this opens new doors and new perspectives.
Love is…the overlapping communities that sustain us.
Each of us is many things; friend, spouse, partner, colleague, parent, guardian, pet-owner, political advocate, employee, competitor, enemy even…you can fill in your own. Very few people see all those parts of us, so we have families and communities to nurture the pieces, and that creates our wholeness.
Love is… a journey.
Finding balance and pleasure—physical, spiritual and emotional with those you have chosen to spend your life with, and those who end up in it anyway, is a never-ending quest. How we take each step creates or deters the love in our hearts and the kinds of love we welcome into our lives.
I try to write my love stories along these four dimensions. Either the heroine or hero or both needs to find or reinvigorate their love of self before they can fully commit to the other. Once they meet, their journey changes, because love creates a new perspective on their past, present and future. Together, they become a force for good (and that can mean so very many things) and they take on the world.
Here are the other awesome bloggers participating. Each with their own giveaway.
| 1. | A. M. Griffin | 7. | Haley Jordan | 13. | Shari Elder | |
| 2. | Megan Slayer | 8. | Celia Breslin | 14. | Siren Allen | |
| 3. | Dena Garson | 9. | Jocelyn Dex | 15. | Jennifer Lowery | |
| 4. | www.tlreeves.com | 10. | T.M. Cromer | 16. | Louisa Bacio | |
| 5. | Kacey Hammell | 11. | S.J. Maylee | |||
| 6. | Madison Sevier | 12. | Anise Storm |
Here’s my latest release. Race to Redemption (Green Rising Book #1) 
A woman who lost everything.
Intergalactic storm racing champion Elaina Carteret had it all – fame, wealth, men – until a horrific accident took it away. To get it back, she agrees to pose as Lainie Carter, medical transport pilot and corporate spy. Her risk-taking attitude infuriates Dr. Erik Johansen, who runs the outpost with an iron hand, a permanent scowl and the tightest bod on the planet.
A man desperate for redemption.
Unable to forgive himself for a past tragedy, Erik works himself into an early grave. He has no patience for the insubordinate Lainie Carter, who can’t take an order, disrupts routine and flames his body to ash.
A planet at risk.
When the outpost is attached, they’re thrown together in a race across the desert to stop a deadly biogenetic weapon As a fragile trust blossoms between two damaged hearts, their pasts resurface and threaten their growing bond.
Be warned: anal sex, bondage, menage sex, gender neutral characters.
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Shari
That’s beautifully said and I agree with all 4 points about Love. Thanks for hopping with us!
Thanks, Dena. I’m so glad to be part of the hop. Thanks for organizing.
Loved this!! Subscribed to newsletter. Thanks for the chance!
Thanks, Courtney. I loved writing this. Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad you are enjoying the hop and signed up for the newsletter.