This post is supposed to be about how books can influence our daily lives. First thing I thought of is a DYI book (yes, building that fabulous mobile coffee station would make my daily life better!) or a religious text, but I’d 
like to speak for a moment on how romance novels make our lives better.
1. We all know how a romance book will end. Happily, right? So they help release endorphins—they make us feel happier. If they are humorous, all the better. What other activities release endorphins? Drinking wine, eating chocolate, having sex, laughing. I rest my case.
2. Speaking of having sex, I’ve actually been told by readers that they read my books with their significant others in bed. Who knows? I might be partially responsible for a population explosion. But at least those kids are born to parents loaded with endorphins!
3. Our lives are sometimes filled with stress. Romance books, regardless of the sub-genre, take us away from worries for a while as we read about a flower girl and an earl, a couple escaping a war-torn country, a kick-ass
heroine and her FBI man, or a staid teacher and his stripper girlfriend. There’s no demand for heavy thinking or bracing for a tragic ending. Love is going to win in the end, the mystery will be solved, the villain will be vanquished. Contrary to being insipid escapism for unhappy housewives, romance novels give our minds a chance to recharge and our souls a necessary boost.
Romance novels make us believe in love, know that happily ever after does exist, and that a true kiss from our soul mate can change even the most awful world into a place we want to be. Of course, we all know that romances are novels, fiction. But if a little enjoyment for a few hours a day makes us happier and better able to face scraped knees, broken down cars, coffee spilled on the last clean blouse in the closet, I’d say they greatly influence how we go about our daily lives.
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A coffee station would be amazing! I agree with romance being an influence in our daily lives. Life would be dull without romance
I love reading romance, but I will admit it took me a while before I admitted it without a touch of disquiet. Finally I thought, what the heck, I should read what I want and be proud. So now I am. 😉
Thanks for reading and for commenting, Cathy!
I’ve read books that disturbed my sleep and thoughts for weeks. Unpleasant. Yet, those are the ones that stick in my mind for years afterward.
Hi, Holly. Your comments are also so nice to see.
That’s a real compliment for the writer. Well, maybe not that the book disturbs you exactly, but that it stays with you.
LOL….my editor once told me her husband benefited while she was editing my books!
Great post:)
What fun!! And what a compliment. 😉 Thanks for reading and for commenting.
Amen! Between personal heartache and all the hatred and angst churning in the world around us, I need my fiction to serve up a guaranteed happy ending. Romance fiction is very therapeutic in this troubled times.
Sadira, I couldn’t agree more! Thanks for reading and for commenting!!