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Romance Novels

How Romance Novels Take the Romance out of Romance

Alan Elsner | Posted 12.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Literature, Romance, Sexuality, Mr. Darcy, Reading, Jane Austen, Writing, Pride and Prejudice, Books, Romance Novels, Sex in Books, Books News
Alan Elsner

I don't do explicit sex in my books because I'm more interested in love -- and love takes place in the mind where it has to fight for its existence against all the other challenges presented by life.

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eBook-Only Publishers Cropping Up Everywhere

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books

Read More: Harlequin, Samhain, Or Books, Kindle, Book Publishing, Romance, Lulu, Ereaders, Publishing, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Going Rouge, Carina Press, Iuniverse, Scribd, Atlantic Bridge, eBook Publishing, Publishers, Ebooks, Books, Romance Novels, Self-Publishing, Nook, Uncial, Smashwords, Books News

A recent article from Publishers Weekly announced the launch of Carina Press, a new imprint of romance publisher Harlequin that will exclusively publi...

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Reading For Pleasure: My Top 5 Favorite Authors

Maria Rodale | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Romance, Reading, Romance-Novels, Books, Living News
Maria Rodale

My recommendation: Avoid pills, read a book with a happy ending instead. And they're available without a prescription right in your local supermarket!

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Romancing the Academy

Joanne Rendell | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Janice Radway, Romance Writers of America, University, Harlequin, Romance Novels, Romance, Academia, Feminism, Eloisa James, Media News
Joanne Rendell

Yet for all the scholarly appetite for love, popular romance fiction has long been shunned, ignored, and seen by many in the ivory tower as the errant and sex-craved stepdaughter of "real" literature.

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Romance Novel Sales Booming In Tough Economy

AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Romance Novels, Books, Media News

NEW YORK — With an out-of-work husband and two children to support, Christine Mead needs a cheap _ and uplifting _ break from life. So lately s...

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Heaving Bosoms: A Tonic for the Recession?

Joanne Rendell | Posted 06.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Jennifer Crusie, Bosoms, Princeton University, Recession, Romance Fiction, Romance Novels, Books, Reading, Media News
Joanne Rendell

To rush to conclusions about romance fiction is to flatten out a rich, varied, and continually evolving genre.

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Rugby Romance Novel Series Launches In UK

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, Mills, Rugby, Romance Novels, World News

LONDON — Romance and rugby _ strange bedfellows or perfect match? Publisher Mills & Boon is betting that nothing goes with champagne and diamon...

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Mr. Darcy at the White House

Joanne Rendell | Posted 02.14.2009 | Style

Read More: Literature, Avon Books, White House, Mr. Darcy, Michelle Obama, The New Yorker, Romance Novels, Jane Austen, Mariana Cook, Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, Barack Obama, Harlequin, Style News
Joanne Rendell

When I was reading, I started to realize that Barack Obama, the very-soon-to-be 44th President of the United States of America, is Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy.

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