There has been a lot of discussion lately in the Romancelandia blogosphere about Alpha Males and Beta Males and Theta Males and Gamma Males. Am I missing any Greek letters there? And while I understand the marketing reasoning behind each of these category distinctions (especially for those of us who read romance for the heroes
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The Power of Happily Ever After
Genre fiction of any sort has a certain power. It’s the power to sneak serious thinking into “mindless, fluffy, badly written” books. It’s what part of what Very Serious Literary People do not understand about why smart people sometimes read “dumb” books. Part of it is escapism (which I don’t view as a derogatory term):
Trust-Worthy Romance
Trust is an interesting phenomenon. In love or friendship, it’s what lets people relax, let down their guards and just enjoy each other for who they are without worrying about being judged, hurt or ridiculed (except in good fun, of course). In romance novels, one or both characters’ lack of it is often the main
Hard-Bodied Heroes…And Not
If romance novels are to be believed, almost all men, at least, those worthy of attention, are hard-bodies. They all run and lift weights and work with their hands, even if they don’t. Because they all look like the models on the covers, right? I know that romance is all about the woman’s fantasy and
Saturday Snack Time, August 2, 2014
Saturday Snack Time is a little collection of fun things I found online during the week and I thought were worth sharing. Let’s get snacking, shall we? 1 | Missing San Antonio food? I wasn’t even at RWA and I am. 2 | Your giant American refrigerator is making you fat and poor. I’m just
Looking for Trouble Chinese Take Out
Victoria Dahl kicks off a new series this week with Looking for Trouble (which comes out tomorrow). It centers around a group of friends we first met in the last series. In fact, if you intend to pick up this one, it helps to have read Too Hot to Handle, which features the story of
Saturday Snack Time, July 26, 2014
Saturday Snack Time is a little collection of fun things I found online during the week and I thought were worth sharing. Oh, and that delectable thing above is an oatmeal carmelita. It’s evil. Don’t Google it. Let’s get snacking, shall we? 1 | I know you love bourbon as much as I do.
Book BFFs
Are you familiar with the concept of “book boyfriends”? Picking out a particular hero and referring to him as your book boyfriend seems like pretty common practice among romance lovers. My first was probably the Phantom of the Opera. Even in high school I loved me a tortured hero. The reality of tortured boyfriends is
Saturday Snack Time: July 19, 2014
Saturday Snack Time is a little collection of fun things I found online during the week and I thought were worth sharing. Let’s get snacking, shall we? 1 | I made this grilled corn pico de gallo for our D&D group today. Yummy. 2 | I’ve got eight egg whites chilling in my fridge from