What is your history with the Inspirational Market? What were the first books or authors you fell in love with?Ĭaz: The first time I read an Inspirational romance, I didn’t even know it existed as a sub-genre of romance! I had just started book reviewing, and I liked the description at NetGalley, so I picked up Julie Klassen’s The Tutor’s Daughter, which had a Jane Eyre-ish gothic/mystery vibe going on and which I enjoyed. About a third of the books I read are Inspirationals now. I began to expand into more authors and found that the Inspirational market of the last few decades was actually rich with fantastic authors, beautiful stories, and fabulous settings. Deeanne Gist, Cathy Marie Hake and Lynn Austin penned books I completely loved. I’d had some bad experiences with a few Inspy novels before so I wasn’t expecting to enjoy them much. Maggie: When I needed to find a sub-genre I typically didn’t read for a reading challenge back in 2009 I determined to suck it up and read three Inspirational books to complete the challenge. Reviewers Maggie Boyd, Kristen Donnelly, Lynn Spencer and Caz Owens talk about their first experiences reading Inspirationals–often called Inspys– what draws them to this particular type of book, and how they see the stories overall. Welcome to the AAR Roundtable Discussion on Inspirational Romance novels!Īccording to RWA these books make up 17% of print sales and 14% of e-book sales of all romance novels sold annually.
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