There's one hard and fast rule for the romance novel: It has to have a happy ending. The two people you think should be together will be together in the end. But the journey to that happily-ever-after ...

Possibly the only unhappy thing about getting to a romance novel’s happily ever after is having the compelling, swoon-worthy story come to an end. If you hate when that happens, I’ve got three words ...

Happily ever after. These three words form the backbone of the romance genre. Because no matter how fraught the journey, in romance, the protagonists will be together by the story’s end. This is the ...

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GUYS, IT'S TIME to get in on the romance book hype. Gone are the days when romance books are solely created by and for women. With over 19 million romance paperback books sold in 2022 alone, the genre ...

These vintage books introduce the archetypes, settings and lavishly bonkers sensibility that are the hallmarks of great romance. By Olivia Waite Every now and again some starry-eyed optimist tries to ...

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Check the furthermost part of the bookstore. On the left, all the way to the back, down the stairs, past mythology and social sciences. It’s the shelf on the end, the one filled with paperback spines ...