September: Family Tree Month As we close our Family Tree Month Feature, I’d like to talk about a staple of the romance genre–mismatched couples. Paula Abdul said it best when she said “opposites attract.” On that note… Now, I think… Read More ›
Archive for September 2012
Family Ties to Karen Marie Moning
September: The Family Tree Month: Today’s post is by Sharon Clare, author of Love of her Lives which is available now. For more information visit http://www.sharonclare.com. _________________________________________________________________________ When I first discovered Karen Marie Moning, I fell in love with her über-alpha, passion-dripping… Read More ›
The Evolution of the Bodice Ripper: A Family Tree
September: Family Tree Month Bodice Ripper (n.): a book and/or book cover that portrays the classical image of romance novels as marginally concerned with plot and majorly concerned with sex, sexual content, sexual context, and people who cannot keep their… Read More ›
Romance and the Redhead: A Family Tree
September: Family Tree Month If you ask me (most people don’t), there are three types of redheads in romance novels: 1) The Fiery Tempered Temptress/Earth Goddess 2) The Fiery Tempered Tomboy/Boy 3) The Misunderstood-Kind-Soul/Reformed-Fiery-Tempered-Soul I never said they were very… Read More ›
Denyse Cohen: One Hit Wonder
September: The Family Tree Month: Today’s post is by Denyse Cohen, author of One Hit Wonder and the steamy short story Johnnie Blue. For more information visit http://www.denysecohen.com. _________________________________________________________________________ One Hit Wonder is the story of Audrey, a woman who has… Read More ›
Call for Writers
Encyclopedia of Romance Fiction We interrupt our normally scheduled programming to bring you this special message: Laura Vivanco over at Teach Me Tonight recently posted a call for contributors. For those of you who love to write or read romance, this is… Read More ›
So You Like The Beast… The Family Tree for Beauty Meets the Deeply Troubled Darling
September: The Family Tree Month In the deep dark woods of the modern woman’s made-by-Disney subconscious, there exists a place where the heart yearns and yearns and yearns for that deeply troubled darling. You know who I’m talking about. Don’t… Read More ›
So You Like Katniss Everdeen…The Family Tree for a Game of Love Hunger
September: Family Tree Month Hunting for a good read with a tough heroine who loves her family and is willing to sacrifice anything? Take a look at these. Two of the most defining characteristics of Katniss Everdeen are her selflessness… Read More ›
Shot Through the Heart: A Grandson of Louis L’Amour…
September: The Family Tree Month: Today’s post is by D’Ann Lindun. D’Ann is the author of Shot Through the Heart and many other sweeping love stories, including the recently released Wild Horses. _________________________________________________________________________ The grandfather of Shot Through the Heart… Read More ›
