A Passion for Passion: A Delirious Love Letter to Romance

by Alice Fraser

Overview

A Passion for Passion is a love letter to romance fiction. It celebrates the joyful silliness of books that are written to follow the rules.

Alice Fraser has a special place in her heart for the sweeping silliness of romance novels. The journey to reach a believable Happily Ever After can go via an unbelievable rollercoaster of intensity, through wildly entertaining twists and unlikely turns. To celebrate the unparalleled joy this genre can bring to readers and defy its oft maligned status, Alice has created the author, D'Ancey LaGuarde, the ineffably mysterious, outrageously prolific, undisputed regent of the art of romance.

Collecting together excerpts, book cover designs, character sketches and synopses of ‘D'Ancey’s’ most absurdly frivolous and outlandishly whimsical works: from A Knight of Passion to The Dragon Lord's Lady and Luring the Laird to A Cowboy Called Home, this is an exclusive glimpse into the tropes and dreams that rise like perfumed bubbles through the fecund swamp of the romantic mind, and a fulsome challenge to anyone denying the importance of joy purely for its own sake.

This book will be a constant source of solace and encouragement for romance fans worldwide, and the perfect companion to smuggle into your next ball . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781800183629
Publisher:	Unbound
Publication date:	05/06/2025
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Alice Fraser shuttles her family between London, smalltown Queensland and alternate dimensions in an attempt to get the best and worst of all worlds. She grew up halfway between suburban Sydney and her own imagination, raised as a Burmese Buddhist by an ex-Catholic and a Jew. She has been named one of the Telegraph’s top fifty comedians of the twenty-first century and her stand-up comedy specials are on Amazon Prime, NextUp and the ABC. She has a number of bestselling audio documentaries on Audible and has produced two critically acclaimed babies.

Table of Contents

What Is This Book, And How Do I Read This Book?

Are YOU a Romance Heroine?

Are YOU a Romance Hero?

Favourite Novels

Victorian / Industrial Revolution

The Dim Menagerie

The Heights of Longing

Training for Passion

Dark Bridges of the Heart

But Why The Victorian Era?

The Regency

The Earl-ish Duke’s Half-Hungarian Headmistress

The Wicked Wastrel

Excavating Her Passion

Down for the Count

But Why The Regency?

A Taxonomy of Dukes

Hero Jobs

Fantasy

The Dragon Lord’s Lady

The Borders of Wingerdrom: The Crystal Throne

The Crystal Staff

But Why Vampires?

But Why Half-Vampires?

Dark and Middle Ages

The Piercing Falcon

The Darkling Sail

Creatures

Werewolves

The Master-Laird’s Wolf-Lord

Little Red Riding Werewolf

A Weekend with the Wolf

But Why Werewolves?

Leopard Shifters

Night Passions

Light Fingers in Darkness

But Why Sexiness

Whither Hotness?

The Mantle of the Deep

But Why Underwater Creatures?

Underwater

A Seal’s Honour

King of the Gloom

The Wet Ones

Upside Down Sex

America [Modern]

A Knight of Passion

Get Your Bits In

Balls In The Air

The Vampire Next Door Of My Dreams

What is America?

America [Historical]

The Femme Falcon

A Cowboy Called Home

Novelty

The Lost Duke

We Made It One Night

The Mob Boss’ Captured Concubine

A Hill to Call My Own

Create Your Own D’Ancey

Short Stories

Once a Pond-er Time

The Greek Baron’s Pregnant Concubine and Other Short Stories 

The Place of The Penis in Romance Novels

Quiz Your Family

Sci Fi / Future

They Came From Above

Star Crown

Son of the King of the Gloom

The Forgetful Prince’s Heroic Seamstress

Time Travel

The Quartzen Throne

Out Of Time and In His Arms

The Mannerly Match

The Lost Post

LGBTQ+

The Lord and His Man

Lord Pranceling’s Redemption

Storm in a TeaCount

The Other Word For Ottoman

Polyamory / Ménage-a-Trois

The Argument For Triangles

The Sealses Sexy Seal

Three’s a Crowd

Unspecified Historical

Luring the Laird [Scottish]

Athenian Pirate Sexy Vampire Scoundrel Adventure 

Legs in the Gloaming

Christmas

The Highland Laird’s Christmas Miracle

The Call of the Christmas Supernova

Afterword By D’Ancey LaGuarde

Encountering Romance: A Postscript by Alice Fraser

But Is D’Ancey LaGuarde Real?

Academic Thoughts on Mystery

From Dr Doctor Professor Frumpsby Von Gruntlebunk

(PHD, MD, MA, MSci, BPhil (hons))

Postscript

Editorial Reviews

"Podcaster Fraser debuts with a frivolous send-up of romance novels that alternates between meditations on the appeal of various subgenres and satirical back-cover copy for fictional romance books." — Publishers Weekly

"A predictably brilliant and joyful satirical page-turner from the ever-clever Alice Fraser." — Deborah Frances-White, comedian and host of The Guilty Feminist

"This tome, surely destined to be regarded as the definitive LaGuarde collection, will take its rightful place in the Romance pantheon, to be read, enjoyed and cuddled as long as this famous species of ours retains an interest in the workings of its own fervid hearts." — Andy Zaltzman, comedian and host of The Bugle

From the Publisher