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Is Courtship Passe in Romance?

Is Courtship Passe in Romance?

Courtship is traditionally defined as the period of dating before marriage. One of the things I love about romance books is the courtship. The meet cute (or just the meet), the stirrings of new feelings, and prolonged tension between a couple as their desire for each other mounts are all elements that I love to(…)

Poll Time: Are there storylines you just won’t read?

Poll Time: Are there storylines you just won’t read?

We have a lovely op ed piece by Janine due for tomorrow so this morning we are going to run a poll instead.   I recently read a blurb for a story that featured the heroine working for a tabloid and   was trying to write a tell all story. It appeared, by the blurb, that she(…)

Reader Roundtables Part II – The Content

Reader Roundtables Part II – The Content

The second part of the Reader Roundtables was content. (I really could talk about covers forever   but we had to move on). Readers said that they were tired of paranormals and to expand on that, they may not be so much tired of paranormals but rather they want something fresh. One reader commented she wanted(…)

How do you feel about a brother marrying the sister in law?

[poll id="221"] I was at a used bookstore the other day and I came across an old Judith Duncan book. Judith Duncan used to write great stories for the Silhouette Intimate Moments and Harlequin Superromance line. One of the titles I loved was “If Wishes Were Horses” and it was about a man who loved(…)

Least Favorite Tropes

[poll id="120"] We had a previous post and poll regarding our favorite tropes and now I wonder what your least favorite tropes are. [poll id="119"] Send to Kindle

Favorite Tropes

[poll id="119"] I’m pretty much a sucker for the friends to lovers theme as well as the marriage of convenience one. I hate the virgin widow trope and generally dislike the secret baby one, but can let that one slide under the right circumstances. Oh, I also like the reunited lovers trope. Must add that(…)

Everything We Know About Scotland, We Learned from Romance Books

Everything We Know About Scotland, We Learned from Romance Books

All Scottish men are named Jamie. But that’s only if they’re not called Alistair. All Scottish men wear kilts, even when they were outlawed and even when they didn’t exist. All clans have an identifying tartan. All Scottish men carry claymores. Everyone is a Highlander because the Highlands start right at the border between England(…)