Jill Shalvis on the 5 Questions Every Romance Writer is Asked
Jill Shalvis is the bestselling author of the Lucky Harbor contemporary romance series, which is set in a small, charming…
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Giving In Author Maya Banks Shares Her Favorite Romance Trope
Maya Banks is the bestselling author of numerous impossible to put down contemporary romance novels and series, including the Surrender…
5 Blizzard Romances for Hot July Nights
Unless you’re reading this from Antarctica (in which case: hi! How are the penguins?), it’s probably hot where you live.…
Romance Quiz: What’s Your Favorite Genre?
Although there are countless delightful genres in the world of romance, many readers have a particular favorite. It’s the genre…
10 Romance Reader Problems
It’s not always easy being a champion of romance! Although it is one of the most diverse, popular, and well-loved…
Written in My Own Heart’s Blood: The 8th Outlander Novel is Finally Here!
You’ve been waiting patiently for years to hear this news. Perhaps you’ve reread An Echo in the Bone in order…
Knee-Deep in Backstory: Jumping Into an Established Series
A few weeks ago, I read a book—Shelly Laurenston’s Bite Me—which, unbeknownst to me, was the ninth in a long-running…
A Book for Every Breakup
There’s nothing quite so comforting, in the dismal days after a terrible breakup, as seeking solace in the pages of…
5 Great Reasons to Read Romance
Despite the fact that romance is an extremely popular genre, romance novels (and the readers who love them) frequently find…
Bon Voyage! 5 Romances to Take You Away
My inbox has been bombarded lately with travel deals: Ireland, France, Mexico. But until my editors approve that “research” trip…
4 Romance Novel Clichés…and Books That Did Them Well
The romance genre, like any other, has its well-known conventions, tropes, and traditions. Sometimes this is what keeps readers coming…
The Best Military Romances
Romance novels centered on characters in the military are especially appropriate this month, when we remember the sacrifices members of…
Inspirational Romances for Every Taste
A friend recently marveled to me, upon discovering the subgenre of Amish romance novels, that there really is a romance…
Four More Romance Novels You Should’ve Read YESTERDAY
So you’ve read the four books I shrieked at you about, and now you want more? Give me a minute…
Four Romance Novels You Should’ve Read YESTERDAY
Most people who know me know I read romance—and they also know I’m not ashamed of it. (This…comes up a…
These Crafty Romances Make Great Autumn Reads
As of Sunday, it’s officially fall, and with the crisp days and cooler nights comes the impulse toward cozy novels,…
Romance Novels with Real Life Doppelgängers
When the news broke that former Washington, D.C., mayor Adrian Fenty has been quietly dating Laurene Jobs Powell, the widow…
The Best in Baseball Romance
Now that the All-Star break is over and Major League Baseball is moving into the win-or-die months (and Mets fans…
Spies in Romance: The Good, the Bad, and the Sexy
While the political world plays yet another round of Where In the World Is Edward Snowden (is he in Moscow?…
Our Favorite Creative Character Names in Romance
North West? Blue Ivy? Bronx Mowgli? Amazing names to be sure, but celebrity babies don’t have a thing on romance novel…