Laughing at the Classics Romance comics were invented in the 1940s and hit their peak in the early 1950s. They continued to sell well into the 1960s but di…
Yes, He’s Hot There are many reasons for women to watch James Bond movies. The pleasure of seeing things blow up. Car chases. Guns. Gorgeous sce…
Masquerades Costumes are a big part of Halloween, which is a favorite American autumn pseudo holiday. I say pseudo because it’s not a lega…
Is This Man a Romance Hero? I found this photo stuck in an old novel that had been in the basement of a neighbor. My neighbor’s late wife of half a century …
Minx, We Hardly Knew Ye Minx, a line of graphic novels aimed at teenage girls and introduced with much fanfare and a large budget by DC Comics in 2006, ha…
Trashy Romances and High Culture, Sisters under the Skin People who don’t read romances often dismiss them by saying they are all the same. This sameness is given as the main reason tha…
Teen Idols I have memorized the Jonas Brothers’ names. I know that Nick Carter was in the Backstreet Boys, not in ‘N Sync. I have more tr…
Romance Keepers First, I’d better explain what a keeper is. I remember how the little stack of paperback novels in my bedroom as a teenager slow…
Color-blind Romance Several months ago, someone praised us on this blog for publishing romances between characters who are not merely blandly typical …
Dip into Romance There is a typical romance scene that appears in ranch romances and in some historical romances, too. The heroine takes a nude dip…
