diff --git a/src/components/RichText/RichText.stories.tsx b/src/components/RichText/RichText.stories.tsx
index 019af12..2ea2189 100644
--- a/src/components/RichText/RichText.stories.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RichText/RichText.stories.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export default {
   title: 'components/RichText',
   component: RichText,
   argTypes: {
+    options: { control: { type: 'object' } },
     headingProps: { control: { type: 'object' } },
     textProps: { control: { type: 'object' } },
     listProps: { control: { type: 'object' } },
diff --git a/src/components/RichText/RichText.test.tsx b/src/components/RichText/RichText.test.tsx
index 9a06fa6..e0de3c1 100644
--- a/src/components/RichText/RichText.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RichText/RichText.test.tsx
@@ -120,4 +120,31 @@ function add(a, b) {
 
     expect(screen.getByText('(a, b) {')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  describe('provides an option interface that', () => {
+    it('forces multi line content as inline', () => {
+      setup({ options: { forceInline: true } });
+
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('rt-wrapper-span')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId('rt-wrapper-div')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      expect(screen.getByRole('heading', { level: 2 }).parentElement).toBe(
+        screen.getByTestId('rt-wrapper-span')
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('forces single line content as a block', () => {
+      setup({
+        options: { forceBlock: true },
+        content: '*Emphasised Text*',
+      });
+
+      expect(screen.getByTestId('rt-wrapper-div')).toBeInTheDocument();
+      expect(screen.queryByTestId('rt-wrapper-span')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+
+      expect(screen.getByText('Emphasised Text').parentElement).toBe(
+        screen.getByTestId('rt-wrapper-div')
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/components/RichText/RichText.tsx b/src/components/RichText/RichText.tsx
index 0915c8e..9de335d 100644
--- a/src/components/RichText/RichText.tsx
+++ b/src/components/RichText/RichText.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ export interface RichTextProps {
   headingProps?: HeadingProps;
   textProps?: TextProps;
   listProps?: BoemlyListStyleProps;
+  options?: {
+    forceBlock?: boolean;
+    forceInline?: boolean;
+  };
 }
 
 interface ComponentProps {
@@ -55,94 +59,106 @@ const SHOULD_RENDER_AS_BLOCK_R = /(\n|^[-*]\s|^#|^ {2,}|^-{2,}|^>\s)/;
 
 export const RichText: React.FC<RichTextProps> = ({
   content,
+  options = {},
   headingProps = {},
   textProps = {},
   listProps = {},
-}: RichTextProps) => (
-  <Markdown
-    options={{
-      wrapper: ({ children }: ComponentProps) =>
-        SHOULD_RENDER_AS_BLOCK_R.test(content) ? (
-          <Box {...textProps} as="div" data-testid="rt-wrapper-div">
-            {children}
-          </Box>
-        ) : (
-          <Text
-            size="mdRegularNormal"
-            color="gray.800"
-            {...textProps}
-            as="span"
-            data-testid="rt-wrapper-span"
-          >
-            {children}
-          </Text>
-        ),
-      forceWrapper: true,
-      overrides: {
-        h1: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
-          <Heading as="h2" size="2xl" mb="6" mt="8" {...headingProps}>
-            {children}
-          </Heading>
-        ),
-        h2: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
-          <Heading as="h3" size="xl" mb="4" mt="6" {...headingProps}>
-            {children}
-          </Heading>
-        ),
-        h3: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
-          <Heading as="h4" size="lg" mb="4" mt="6" {...headingProps}>
-            {children}
-          </Heading>
-        ),
-        h4: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
-          <Heading as="h5" size="md" mb="4" mt="6" {...headingProps}>
-            {children}
-          </Heading>
-        ),
-        p: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
-          <Text size="mdRegularNormal" color="gray.800" mb="12" {...textProps}>
-            {children}
-          </Text>
-        ),
-        span: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
-          <Text size="mdRegularNormal" color="gray.800" {...textProps} as="span">
-            {children}
-          </Text>
-        ),
-        code: ({ className, children }: CodeComponentProps) => {
-          const language = className ? className.split('-')[1] : 'js';
-          return (
-            <Box backgroundColor="primary.50" borderRadius="lg" padding="2" mb="12">
-              <SyntaxHighlighter
-                language={language}
-                style={docco}
-                customStyle={{ background: 'unset' }}
-              >
-                {children}
-              </SyntaxHighlighter>
+}: RichTextProps) => {
+  let renderInline: boolean = false;
+
+  // From https://github.com/probablyup/markdown-to-jsx/blob/7460ee6141fa2449c1b80425c62508af56347268/index.tsx#L1178C47-L1178C47
+  if (options.forceInline) {
+    renderInline = true;
+  } else if (!options.forceBlock) {
+    renderInline = SHOULD_RENDER_AS_BLOCK_R.test(content) === false;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Markdown
+      options={{
+        wrapper: ({ children }: ComponentProps) =>
+          renderInline ? (
+            <Text
+              size="mdRegularNormal"
+              color="gray.800"
+              {...textProps}
+              as="span"
+              data-testid="rt-wrapper-span"
+            >
+              {children}
+            </Text>
+          ) : (
+            <Box {...textProps} as="div" data-testid="rt-wrapper-div">
+              {children}
             </Box>
-          );
+          ),
+        forceWrapper: true,
+        overrides: {
+          h1: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
+            <Heading as="h2" size="2xl" mb="6" mt="8" {...headingProps}>
+              {children}
+            </Heading>
+          ),
+          h2: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
+            <Heading as="h3" size="xl" mb="4" mt="6" {...headingProps}>
+              {children}
+            </Heading>
+          ),
+          h3: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
+            <Heading as="h4" size="lg" mb="4" mt="6" {...headingProps}>
+              {children}
+            </Heading>
+          ),
+          h4: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
+            <Heading as="h5" size="md" mb="4" mt="6" {...headingProps}>
+              {children}
+            </Heading>
+          ),
+          p: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
+            <Text size="mdRegularNormal" color="gray.800" mb="12" {...textProps}>
+              {children}
+            </Text>
+          ),
+          span: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
+            <Text size="mdRegularNormal" color="gray.800" {...textProps} as="span">
+              {children}
+            </Text>
+          ),
+          code: ({ className, children }: CodeComponentProps) => {
+            const language = className ? className.split('-')[1] : 'js';
+            return (
+              <Box backgroundColor="primary.50" borderRadius="lg" padding="2" mb="12">
+                <SyntaxHighlighter
+                  language={language}
+                  style={docco}
+                  customStyle={{ background: 'unset' }}
+                >
+                  {children}
+                </SyntaxHighlighter>
+              </Box>
+            );
+          },
+          blockquote: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
+            <Box mb="12" pl="4" borderLeft="solid" borderLeftWidth="medium">
+              {children}
+            </Box>
+          ),
+          ul: ({ children }: ListComponentProps) => (
+            <BoemlyList listItems={getListItems(children)} mb="12" {...listProps} />
+          ),
+          ol: ({ children }: ListComponentProps) => (
+            <BoemlyList listItems={getListItems(children)} ordered mb="12" {...listProps} />
+          ),
+          a: ({ children, href }: LinkComponentProps) => (
+            <Link size="md" href={href}>
+              {children}
+            </Link>
+          ),
+          img: ({ src, alt }: ImageComponentProps) => <ImageContainer src={src} alt={alt} />,
         },
-        blockquote: ({ children }: ComponentProps) => (
-          <Box mb="12" pl="4" borderLeft="solid" borderLeftWidth="medium">
-            {children}
-          </Box>
-        ),
-        ul: ({ children }: ListComponentProps) => (
-          <BoemlyList listItems={getListItems(children)} mb="12" {...listProps} />
-        ),
-        ol: ({ children }: ListComponentProps) => (
-          <BoemlyList listItems={getListItems(children)} ordered mb="12" {...listProps} />
-        ),
-        a: ({ children, href }: LinkComponentProps) => (
-          <Link size="md" href={href}>
-            {children}
-          </Link>
-        ),
-        img: ({ src, alt }: ImageComponentProps) => <ImageContainer src={src} alt={alt} />,
-      },
-    }}
-  >
-    {content}
-  </Markdown>
-);
+      }}
+    >
+      {content}
+    </Markdown>
+  );
+};