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Ten Reasons Why Women Love Romance Novels

by Keira 02.28.2011

5 Reasons why the unenlightened think we love romance novels: 10. We’re bored and have nothing better to do. This explains why a good portion of us read in lines, just before the lights go off in a theater, between meetings, before class, and during our commute… because we have time to spare. 09. We [...]

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Review: Viking Warrior by Connie Mason

by Keira 01.24.2011

His world was shattered two summers ago when on a trading voyage his farmstead was ransacked by Danes. His wife and unborn child were slaughtered. When the news reached him Wulf’s heart vowed to make the Danish rue the day they ever dared to set foot on his soil. His quest was a tidy package [...]

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Review: Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan

by Keira 10.17.2010

I won the Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches’ Guide to Romance Novels in the SBTB ARC giveaway contest. When I got it in the mail I ripped the packaging and squeed! About two chapters into the guide my first thought beyond the squeeing was this… English/Lit grad students working with romance novels: Smart Bitches [...]

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Sarah Wendell on Toni Andrews’ Show: Too Many Books, Too Little Time!

by Keira 08.02.2009

I really enjoyed this show and learning more about the Smart Bitches Duo: Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan. It comes in three parts approximately 10 minutes each. What’s really cool and a fun little fact is that they found each other through cat poop and cat food and together developed one of the biggest, if [...]

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Clinched, Clutched, and Cliched in Romance Covers

by Keira 11.18.2008

Publishers Weekly recently published an article on clinch covers. Since I’ve been running a segment on locating the next Fabio of romance novel models, I was immediately drawn to read the post. I was certain heaving bosoms, flowing hair, and orgasmic looks would be disclosed. I was pretty much right. Overall the article was pretty [...]