I have received recommendations from my teacher to read Northanger Abbey and other Jane Austin Novels in my research into the romance genre, but since the romance in my story has a darker tone I decided to research some darker romantic novelists such as Laurell K. Hamilton. I have taken out her book called Burnt Offerings and have learned many things form it. The romance in her stories are very sexual but also very intimate and purposeful.
There is one relationship in this book that intrigued me, and it is the one between the main character, Anita, her love interest, Jean-Claude, and his former lover Asher. It is made clear in this book that Asher and Jean-Claude still love each other, but horrible circumstances cause tension that keeps them from loving each other fully. They both also love Anita, which adds even more tension, and leaves the reader with the sense that no matter whom each of them decides to love, it will all end on a very bittersweet note. That is the sense i want to capture in my writing: the deep love and sensuality drenched with a bittersweet sense of inevitable tragedy.
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