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Are romance novels all the same? Are their readers all bored housewives and BookTok girlies? Of course not! Romance experts Jodi McAlister and Jayashree Kamble debunk the myths and deliver the facts.

"The true magic of these stories [is] the simultaneous predictability and unknowability of the people and creatures at their centers." — Shelf Awareness (starred review)

Love works in mysterious ways. The unlikely trio has teamed up on a story called The Italian Lesson. "An American woman goes to a hill town in Tuscany, opens a café, meets this hunk," Trump says.

Love works in mysterious ways. The unlikely trio has teamed up on a story called The Italian Lesson. "An American woman goes to a hill town in Tuscany, opens a café, meets this hunk," Mary Trump says.

October 10, 2023 trade paper · 288 pages · $15 · 9781618732132 | ebook · 9781618732149 | Edelweiss A fabulous debut of folk tales and fantasies by an award winning author and illustrator. Small fires start in the hearts of Kathleen Jennings’s characters and irresistibly spread to those around them. Journeys are taken, debts repaid,

A Tennessee homemaker entered the online world of romance writers and it became, in her words, “an addiction.” Things went downhill from there.

Speaking out against racist rhetoric got Courtney Milan banned from the Romance Writers of America. Their loss.

Romance is a bustling genre, known for its "happily-ever-after" endings. These books have captivated millions of readers, and contemporary releases are increasingly popular on social media platforms. Here’s a beginner’s guide on where to start.

One romance novelist's fight for diverse love stories.

January was another lockdown month—worse than ever, because now we have a curfew at 8 PM and huge fines for breaking it, which means it’s not just illegal but pretty much impossible to see anyone. Isolation is really getting to me. The numbers are going down, though, which is good, and people are starting to be vaccinated, though I am low on the list. In any case, I spent a lot of time in January on pure escapist reading, and I read twenty-eight books in a variety of genres, with a very hi...