State of Romance: Paranormal activity and romance in Ohio

On this day in 1813, the U.S. Navy defeated the Royal Navy during the Battle of Lake Erie near Put-in-Bay, Ohio. The U.S. victory secured the lake for the remainder of the War of 1812. The conflict generated a romantic hero — Oliver Perry. He reported to his commander, "We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop."

Let's meet the romances set in Ohio …

Kim Harrison turned Cincinnati into a feeding frenzy with her paranormal series The Hollows, and yesterday, she welcomed the 13th book in the series, The Witch With No Name.

Karen Marie Moning's Highlander series stops in Cincinnati with The Immortal Highlander to teach an arrogant Fae how to love.

Erin McCarthy brings sexy to Ohio's most haunted town in her Cuttersville series with A Date With the Other Side, Heiress for Hire and Seeing Is Believing.

Emerald Springs, Ohio, is home to Emilie Richards' Ministry Is Murder mystery series where a preacher's wife helps troubled souls find justice — Blessed Is the Busybody, Let There Be Suspects, Beware False Profits, A Lie for a Lie and A Truth for a Truth.

Ohio's history comes to life with O'Neal's Daughter by Jo Ann Ferguson and Buckeye Dreams by Jennifer A. David.

Jennifer Crusie creates romantic adventures throughout Ohio's small towns. My favorites are found in Temptation, Ohio: Welcome to Temptation and Faking It.

Can you add to the list of romances set in Ohio? Use #stateofromance on Twitter for must-reads from the Buckeye State.

Next week we visit California, The Golden State.

Kim Lowe is an Air Force veteran, Air Force spouse and romance book blogger at SOS Aloha. You can reach her at sos.aloha@yahoo.com.