Just like sci-fi planetary romances and fantasy adventures have a lot of issues, so too does the billionaire romance. And one of the biggest is racism.
The Billionaire Romance and Decolonization
The billionaire romance often ignores a key question: how the heck did they get all that money anyway? The answer is usually not pretty.
Faith as Motivation for Remaking the World in Boardroom Omega
Even if we don't see it on the page, faith provides a powerful motivator for the ethos of Boardroom Omega--and particularly for Jake Cohen.
The Divine Right of Billionaires
When I set out to write a billionaire romance with Boardroom Omega, I had a few goals in mind. One was that I wanted to end the novel with this obscenely wealthy person, to some degree, changing their ways and using that wealth to contribute to society instead of being a parasite. The other goal was to showcase how utterly insane—and I do not use that term lightly—the existence of a billionaire...
Why Write a Billionaire Romance?
I wrote a billionaire romance. Yet I don't like billionaires. Writing these characters in romance, though, allows for escapism.