Hey all! Wanted to share something that made me feel emotional; connected to HRs of course!
So, my grandmother (sadly no more) was the most voracious reader I knew; it was hard to find her NOT sitting with a book in hand. While she re-read every other Agatha Christie available, she read a lot of Harlequin romances as well. Back in those wonderful days of libraries and renting book shops (almost extinct in my country now), she used to exchange a lot of romance novels with her niece (my aunt) and they used to love discussing what they are read.
One of my biggest regrets is that I picked up HRs many years after she passed, but I also tell myself that I was just not meant to read them that time. So this community became my grandmother in that I could discuss this beautiful genre that has become a big part of my life without feeling her absence because trust me, I have felt terrible many a times that I've read this amazing novel but do not have her around to share it with.
However, my aunt was one of the first people I told that I'm reading HRs, and she always told me to suggest good books when I could. This time when I visited, I gifted her close to 10 HRs that I had bought over my hauls. When I spoke to her today she told me she had already read some, and sent a message that made me feel emotional, saying that it helped revive her old reading days.
Already tearing up a bit as I write this, so just wanted to conclude by saying that I feel glad that I could in my way, carry on my grandmother's love for HRs with my aunt :D