Sylvia Dayis in love with a good love story.
My favorite book as a childAnything by Shel Silverstein.
That was the first time I had my heart broken.
Credit: Meghan Poort; Montlake Romance
A book I read in secret as a teenagerIts kind of in secret.
It was calledDesert Hostage.
My mom gave it to me when I was 12.
Dell
I was addicted to it.
I couldnt put it down.
A book that really cemented me as a writerSomething from Lisa Kleypas.
Penguin Classics
You cant get them anymore.
I still have a few of them.
Theyre my treasures because she never reissued them.
Penguin Random House
I would have to look up what their names were.
I named my daughter Shanna after that book.
Those books Ive read twice.
As far as re-reading, thats about as far as Ive gone.
Theres so many great books out there that theres always a new one to read.
A classic that Im embarrassed to say Ive never readThe Brothers Karamazov.
The reason why Im embarrassed is because it was a gift.
It was given to me by my step-mother.
She wrote this lovely inscription inside there.
It was just beautifully packaged and gifted.
I have it on my shelf.
Ive never admitted to her that I never read it.
A book Ive pretended to have readCatcher in the Rye but heres the thing, I did read it.
I could not for the life of me tell you anything about that story.
I remember nothing about it, but I did read it.
A book people might be surprised to learn that I lovedThe Bad Placeby Dean Koontz.
If you havent read that, youve got to read it.
That is the craziest, wackiest book Ive ever read in my life.
It is out there.
A book I consider to be grossly overratedThe Catcher in theRye.
[Laughs] Because I cant remember it.
It was so unmemorable.
Nothing about it at all.
A book I wish Id writtenAlices Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll.
There are so many quotes from those novels that I would love to tattoo on my body.
They just resonate with me.
If only I had written them.
The first romance novel I ever read was…That wasDesert Hostage, and the author was Diane Dunaway.
Favorite literary love story?Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke from the In Death series [by J.D.
Theyre probably tied with Raphael and Elena from Nalini Singhs Guild Hunter Series.
My literary crush is…It would be Raphael [from Nalini Singhs Guild Hunter series].
You cant beat that.
The sexiest book Ive ever read…Itd probably beThe Fifth Favor[by Shelby Reed].
Its all sexual tension.
Its an entire book of seething sexual tension.
It takes so long for them to get to the point where they actually culminate that relationship.
Youre just hanging on by your fingernails.
That to me is so sexy the anticipation.
The last book that made me swoon was…It was the last Guild Hunter novel by Nalini Singh.
I believe it wasArchangels Prophecy.
That one actually broke my heart because Elena lost her wings.
My favorite movie adaptation of a bookGone With the Wind.I love it.
I have a framed poster ofGone With the Windin my house too.
We dont make movies like that anymore.
We just dont [do that] anymore.
The last book I gave as a giftI obviously cant count mine.
[Laughs] We just got a box of author copies forButterfly in Frost.
Of course, immediately the texts started coming in, I want a copy.
Send me a copy.
We sent out a bunch of those.
The last book that I gave as a gift I would say would beHidden Bodiesby Caroline Kepnes.
I gave it to a friend after gifting herYoubecause I wanted her to keep going with the story.
Shes as addicted to it as I am.
Were so excited that theres two more to come.
Have I ever bought my own book in a bookstore?Yes, if I have to.
Im like, Im not going to do that.
That would be embarrassing.
He grabs the book, and he puts it on the counter face up, the back side up.
I was laughing so hard.
The guy at the counter was probably like, Why is this chick laughing at me?
The book Im reading right nowConnections in Deathby J.D.
In preparation forVendetta in Death, which I actually have sitting right here in front of me.
It comes out in about two weeks but I have an [advance review copy].
But I cant get into it until I finish this one.
The book I consider to be the gold standard in romanceI always lean toward the J.D.
Robb but those kind of straddle the line between romance and police procedural, which is fine.
But a gold standard romance.
She writes paranormal, she writes historical, she writes contemporaries, she writes suspense.
Really, depending on what your flavor is, there is a gateway for you.
