February 21, 2006
Most Romantic Moment
Written by Margo Maguire in Jaunty PostAs I consider possible characters and plots for my next book, I often think of moments and situations that my hero and heroine can enjoy together … moments that show their feelings are growing … Romantic moments. I’m not talking only about sex here, although sex can be very romantic 
but there are times/incidents that make the heroine’s heart just swell with love for the hero. Or something the heroine does that makes the hero realize he can’t live without her. Doesn’t want to live without her.
In one of my books the hero was lord of a huge holding. He was a very powerful knight, and everyone’s life or death hinged on him. The heroine was ‘done for’ when she saw demonstrations of his kindness - he prevented a young boy from being hanged for a minor offense.
In another book, the hero falls for the heroine when he realizes she’s not an empty-headed beauty, but smart and brave and resourceful.
What do you think? What are the most romantic moments you can think of, and what is it that make heroes and heroines fall for each other?
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Shana Says:
A baby or a cute animal. I haven’t used this in a published book yet, but whenever I see Ultimate Sportsfan holding a baby or being sweet to my kitties, it melts me. I think it’s instinctual. Women are looking for a guy who will be a good father.
Lacey Kaye Says:
A baby animal! How cute and cuddly! This is such a good idea. *Lacey rubs her hands together*
One of the best descriptions (throughout the story) of the hero realizing how much he needs the heroine is, IMO, how (Slightly Dangerous/Mary Balogh) high-in-the-instep Wulfric can’t help the way he is drawn to watching wild Christine’s outrageous zeal for life. I LOVE the line where he thinks something like, “The woman simple did not know how to_behave_.”
Yet he cannot stop watching her from across the room. Sigh.
And then, the best-best part, when he literally casts off his dukish mantel and dives into the lake_just_for_her…and you can just feel the collective gasp in his audience, standing on the bank. Everyone in attendance knows that this is_the_moment.