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Top Romance Books of 2009 by Sarah Frantz

We will be posting our Top 10 of 2009 this entire week. Today’s list is from Dr. Sarah Frantz aka Joan.   The list is unranked.    You can find more of her reviews here. Alex Beecroft,  False Colors Alex Beecroft, “Hidden Isle” in  Hidden Conflict anthology James Buchanan,  Hard Fall Victoria Dahl,  The Wicked West Jane Davitt and Alexa [...]

REVIEW: Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan

REVIEW: Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan

Dear Ms. Wendell and Ms. Tan. I spent Wednesday through Saturday last week at the Popular Culture Association Conference in New Orleans attending all the Romance Area panels. There were papers about domesticity as it constructs Eve’s character in JD Robb’s novels, and the moral construction of Sookie Stackhouse and the vampires she interacts with [...]