With traditional publishing cooling on historicals right now, self-published authors like Richards are filling the breach.

Even if you don't read romance novels, you probably think you know romance novels. From the Harlequin books of the 1980s through the bodice-rippers prominently featuring Fabio (or Fabio-adjacent) ...

Romance books are the most popular genre in the publishing world, and for good reason. Love stories appeal to everyone, from teenagers to great-grandparents, and romance novels offer escape with the ...

Beth Driscoll received funding for this research from Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP160101308, 'Genre Worlds: Australian Popular Fiction in the 21st Century.' Kim Wilkins received ...

Daco Auffenorde, a lawyer in Alabama and author of The Libra Affair (writing as Daco), explores why so many lawyers become romance authors ... Daco: Many attorneys have become writers of romantic ...

The problem with genre fiction is the unfortunate stereotypes and assumptions about what subset appeals to what audience. Call something “science fiction,” and it’ll inevitably be marketed to men.

As a genre, romance gets a bad rep. Valentine’s Day thinkpieces pop up every February—defending romance, ragging on romance, bemoaning the commercialization of romance. Just this month, writer and ...

Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University Taking up a sheet of paper, he propped it against the easel. With a stick of charcoal in his hand, he flexed his muscled arm, and ...

Romance fiction has been developing a stronger relationship with new and longtime readers. Even more so, this literary genre has encouraged bibliophiles to open independent bookstores throughout the ...

A few years go, I wrote an article for Sequential Tart about the lack of good science fiction stories with romance. In that original article, I said it was entirely possible that the two genres are ...

Rhoda Baxter, author of contemporary romantic comedies such as her latest release, Having a Ball, explores why American readers are so in love with British romance fiction. Rhoda: I'm a British writer ...