Victoria’s kind wishes on my first Mother’s Day (Woo!) got me thinking - first, that all the Smart Bitch Moms, Stepmoms, Aunts, Cousins, and influential females who impact children’s lives should have a marvelous day.
Second, that the issue of parents in romance novels is one we haven’t discussed yet. Specifically mothers. Sometimes the heroine has monster parents, and sometimes she has no parents at all, but I can probably count on one hand the number of romance heroines who have had loving mothers in their lives - or loving stepmothers. Parent-as-plot-device is one way of writing in the sire and dam of the heroine; parent-as-loving-parent is, in my mind, a rarer entity.
So, who are your favorite mothers in romance? Mine is easily Violet Bridgerton in Julia Quinn’s series, particularly in that she is both an affectionate and a firm parent to her sons and daughters. She’s not a moronic fluffy headed moron; her children respect her and she earns and deserves that respect.
What about your favorite romance mom? And, in case I didn’t state it enough, Happy Mother’s Day!
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