Hello friends, I’m Isla Hartley—a contemporary romance author. My story ideas come from all aspects of life. It might be an overheard conversation in a café, a scene encountered during travel, or just a rainy afternoon when I look out the window and suddenly wonder: “What if two people met in rain like this—what would happen?”
I love collecting stories. I have a notebook filled with various “what ifs”—those fleeting thoughts from daily life, those emotional dynamics and relationships I want to explore. Some ideas eventually become complete stories, others become scenes in a chapter.