


There were a lot of places into which the author wanted her heroine to venture but the cultural norms of the times wouldn’t have permitted it. ‘Provoked’, the first book from Joanna Chambers to feature two male leads, was initially designed to be a traditional M/F historical romance. She began to experiment with M/M romance novels and that set her on the path to producing M/M historical fiction. As the author’s confidence in her writing abilities grew, her reading habits evolved. So it wasn’t that surprising that she began to produce M/F historical fiction. However, as an aspiring author, Joanna’s name was made by her traditional M/F romance novels. Joanna is primarily known for her M/M historical romance. So she decided to sit down to write some romance of her own. The experience was shockingly fulfilling. The author was a new mother in her thirties when she picked up and read her first romance novel in years. She spent years without touching a single romance novel, and her busy schedule gave Joanna plenty of excuses to neglect her reading habit. She obsessed over the genre and read nothing else for so many years.īut then she fell away rather suddenly and completely cut her ties with romance. Joanna started reading romance as a teenager. Her big opportunity to finally put pen to paper came when she rediscovered romance. Her teens and twenties came and went and at no point did Joanna give into the urge to write. She got married and children eventually came into the picture. Rather, it became an itch in the back of her mind that manifested from time to time.Īs Joanna Chambers grew, she became busy. And even though she was heavily discouraged, the desire to write never went away. She was only seven-years-old at the time and so it wasn’t so surprising that the experience dissuaded her from writing any further.īut she never forgot the excitement she felt the day she sat down to write those first few words. Joanna’s story wasn’t up to standard, or so she was told. The Brownies are like girl scouts but they are based in the UK. Joanna’s first writing endeavor came back when she attempted to produce a story for a writing badge in the Brownies. She took to reading at an early age and that drew her into writing. Joanna Chambers was born in a working class town in Scotland.

Joanna Chambers is a popular author that writes contemporary and historical romance.
