Author Spotlight: Claudia J. Severin

Claudia J. Severin is eight published books in and still views the world through romance-colored glasses. She and Farmer Husband live on the Nebraska section his ancestors homesteaded in 1869. You’ll likely find her driving cross-country to visit the grands, lecturing Peter Rabbit in the front yard for eating her daylilies or merrily Zooming writing workshops with other authors dressed in pajamas.

This is Author Claudia J. Severin’s writing and publication journey in her own words…

A little bit about Author Claudia J. Severin

I started writing historical fiction after spending a year compiling the stories of many generations of ancestors. I was delighted to discover that for those who lived in the twentieth and nineteenth centuries, there were often newspaper accounts of their lives to complement the family histories I’d received. From those outlines of their lives, I was able to recreate a narrative of how life might have unfolded if they were fictional characters. The research took me to cemeteries and courthouses in several states. Genealogy was the push, but the writing process hooked me.

Historical romance was intriguing, so I was motivated to preserve some of my youthful stories by writing about the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s. Much as it is hard for me to imagine my parents living through World War II, and my grandparents through The Great War, I wondered how my children could understand the War in Vietnam, the racial riots, anti-war protests, common teen pregnancy, the rise of feminism, closeted homosexuality, hippies, communes, and life in general without the internet or smartphones. My first series, The Twirler Quartet, is an ode to the baby boomer romance era.

DNA testing and evidence is another subject that has fascinated me, whether it involves finding lost relatives or using forensics to solve crimes. The Romancing Our Roots romance series examines the before and after of two generations living a century apart, solving a cold case using DNA samples, correcting misidentified parentage, and using DNA testing to reveal an anonymous but famous sperm donor.

Lucky Genes Blurb

She’s got one foot out the door, one finger on the trigger: someone’s out there.

Build a dynasty: that’s his five-year plan. Archer knows he’ll need a sophisticated mate by his side. So why is he dreaming about the sexy, blonde heartbreaker packing a pistol and a dark secret?

Love ’em and leave ’em is Cheyenne’s motto. But now she has a stable job, a house, and even a cat. Yet her stalker plans to make her pay for her mother’s sins. If she can stop looking over her shoulder, she’ll see the dashing self-made man falling at her feet.

Should she flee again to avoid the attack, or will love make her stand her ground?

If you love friends-to-lovers, opposites attract, alpha female vs beta male confrontations, or romantic suspense with DNA surprises, Lucky Genes is a perfect match for you.

The Love GenesBlurb

The DNA didn’t lie. Somebody did.

I put my family tree online to help others. Little did I dream that ancestor hunters would arrive at my doorstep trying to taint my virtuous legacy. The sooner I could prove it was all nonsense, the better. The Schulz family wasn’t wealthy, but we’d all worked conscientiously to achieve the American dream.

My quest led to Dustin: a stranger living hundreds of miles away who shared unfamiliar forebears six generations back. As soon as our eyes locked, we knew we shared a burning attraction and bond rooted deep in our genes.

Will I be able to surrender my heart after my previous fiancée betrayed me? Can he overcome the torment left when his wife died leaving him to raise a precocious daughter?

The pull between us was undeniable. But a story that had begun nearly one hundred years earlier now felt like it was altering our lives at breakneck speed. How could we avoid the mistakes made by generations past? Or was this all-consuming love our destiny?

“Explore the captivating world of The Love Genes and witness how the choices made by Anselm and Adelaide in the 1920s echo through the lives of their descendants, Darcy and Dustin, forging an unbreakable connection that defies all odds. A fusion of Historical and Contemporary Romance grows out of the same family tree.”