Linda Wisdom | What Attracts Us To Romantic Suspense?

The best thing about reading is the variety of genres out there. There’s
something for everyone.
To me, that’s the fun part and my tablet and Kindle are proof that my book
libraries are eclectic. But there’s always the question why we read particular
genres. So what does reading romantic suspense offer a reader?

It can cover more than one genre. You have the mystery, romance, some books also
offer paranormal, you’ll see humor in others, but what I enjoy with romantic
suspense is the intensity that is the frosting on the multi-layered cake for my
reading sweet tooth.

You’ll read about stalkers, serial killers, secret agents, rogue government
agents, add in vampires and other supernatural creatures with urban fantasy
romantic suspense. Don’t you want a book that has you eagerly turning the page
to see what will happen next? Where you’re grumbling you really need to get to
sleep but you have to finish the chapter but then you find you need to read the
next chapter also. You’re addicted to that sense of danger that you might not
have in real life but you enjoy reading about it because it’s fun to delve into
a darker world where danger is around the corner.

Don’t you want to devour a story about a character whose life is at risk, where
the hero or even the heroine steps in to help save the day? Who says even a sexy
hunk might not need a little help from the woman? While you’re reading do you
secretly hate the villain, drool over the hero and sigh along with the heroine
because that sexy man is what we’d all like to lure into our bedrooms? Dreaming
is the best part!

For me, reading romantic suspense pulls me into another world. The characters do
and say things I wouldn’t say in real life. I can’t see a wounded man stumbling
through my front door and say he needs help. Or my life is threatened because I
saw or heard something I shouldn’t have and now I need protection with a
drool-worthy guardian. Darn! Or I’m on the run with just the clothes on my back
(I can’t pack some make up and underwear first?) with a man who’s determined to
keep me alive even if I think he’s a total Neanderthal. It’s a journey of
staying alive, keeping one step ahead of whoever wants to kill me and along the
way I might even find out some new parts of myself. Maybe I’m not a wimp after all.

And who knows? One day I just might open the door and a gorgeous man will gasp
“I need your help”. Until then, I know I can read about it.