The Girlfriends Movie, a New Twist on an Old Tale Have you ever seen the romantic movie, “How to Marry a Millionaire”? It’s got Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Betty Grabl…
Gothic Glamour When we think of Gothic novels, we think of dark, brooding, handsome Gothic heroes. But they must have an equally dark, brooding s…
Guilty of Not Reading Romance Sixteen years ago, I acquired a romance by a favorite author, Linda Howard, and put it on my bookshelf. Yesterday, I finally read …
The Sex and the City Movie: A Classic Romance Allow me to gush. I finally finished watching the last season of “Sex and the City” on DVD, and then headed out for the cinepl…
And Since We’re Talking about Villains… In romances, villains can be redeemed, but few villainesses get that opportunity. The villainess in a classic romance may try to c…
Villainous Potential Sometimes there’s an attractive character in a romance who acts like a villain, but in every other sense is not. Georgette Heyer…
Fireworks This week, people who live in urban areas who do not like loud bangs are in trouble. Because whether fireworks are legal or illega…
No Mush It has been a month since the movie “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” opened to enormous fanfare. I’m goi…
My Father, My Enemy Sons and fathers notoriously have bad relationships. They don’t understand each other. They don’t appreciate each other. One…
As American as Apple Pie Recently there were some lengthy debates at another romance-oriented site about race and ethnicity in romances. What I realized fr…
