I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started.

...She'd gone past interest, swung into attraction, burst through lust, tripped over affection, and was now skidding out of control into love.

Not everything you wanted, deep inside, worked out.

Women are the worst. They zero in on some guy.Oh boy, he's the one, gotta get me that one. So they do. Then they spend the rest of their time trying to figure out how to change him. Then if they manage it, they're not all that interested anymore, because guess what? He's not the one anymore.

You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is offered that color and life, and a wise one who values it.

...but even strong women need an arm to lean on now and then. (Anna Whitney in Glory in Death)

If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations.