Thank you so much for being part of Pages and Pleasures Ottawa! We're thrilled to celebrate Canadian romance authors and the passion, creativity, and heart you bring to the genre. This interview is designed to help readers get to know you better—your journey, your characters, and the quirks that make your stories unforgettable. Please take a few moments to answer the very first question titled Mandatory and then SIX of the questions below. Your responses will be featured in promotional blog...

My name is Ivy Marie, and I'm an Ottawa-based author, dabbling in both contemporary romance and supernatural romance. Writing has always been a passion, starting as a simple hobby to fill the time, until it blossomed into full-length novels to share with the world. With every published piece of work, I'm weaving threads of my soul throughout the pages. Why romance? I didn't exactly choose it. The genre chose me. My writing was influenced by the stories I read throughout high school, and...

We are so excited to have you here with us at Pages and Pleasures Ottawa 2026! Tell us why you chose Romance and tell us a little bit about one of the books you will have at the event. I’m not sure if it was a choice. I don’t recall ever making a conscious decision to write romance; it was just a given. Nearly every book I’ve ever loved has had romance in it, whether as the main plot or a juicy subplot. I’ve pivoted hard into the dark romance space over the past few years, so while I do have...