Romance Social Gathering in Washington, DC on February 11th 5:30 to 7:30

Wow! Romancelandia is coming to my home town! I couldn’t just let this pass unnoticed, especially not when so many writers and reviewers and romance-focused academics are coming here to  Washington, DC for a visit. The occasion is the What Is Love? Romance Fiction in the Digital Age conference at the Library of Congress on

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Roulette Lamb in Roasted Garlic-Cognac Sauce

I love the old Harlequin Presents romances I pick up at thrift shops and used bookstores, mainly out in the hinterlands of Virginia: their heroine-centric perspectives, island and glamorous European settings, strong heroes who read like real people. But they are often just the slightest bit dissatisfying. Some endings seem rushed. The hero falls heads

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