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Elaine  Gignilliat's Romance Novel Cover Art with Laura Sawyer

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Jayne Ann Krentz: Risk & Reinvention in Romance

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Sought, Surrender, and the Alien Erotics of Inevitability

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Julia Quinn on JQ Editions: Curating Historical Romance

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Alchemised: Capitalizing Fanfic

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Rewriting the Wallflowers: Revisionist History

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Morbid Curiosity Meets Romance with Dr. Coltan Scrivner

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Dominate Your Desire

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Feudal Fantasy: Devil's Bride

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Falling in Love with Your Monster

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Beyond Ballrooms: Under-Appreciated Historical Romance Books with Alice Murphy

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Jane Austen's Bookshelf with Rebecca Romney

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Horror Romance and Land of the Beautiful Dead

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Sampling Secrets of a Summer Night with The Historical Romance Sampler

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Year of the Unicorn: Old School Romantasy

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Colonizing History: Historical Romance

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Romantasy & Fourth Wing with Sarah Skilton

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Romance Adaptations & Genre Perceptions: Teaching The Hating Game

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Cold Hearted by Heather Guerre

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Consuming Desires: Cannibalism and Hunger in Romance

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Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Evolution of Romance Novel Cover Design

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Harlequin Kiss & Collecting Category Romance on Categorically Romance Podcast

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Covering Romance: John Ennis's Art & Thoughts on Fandom

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Prison Planet Romance: Love in a Hopeless Place

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Romancelandia Holiday Fairies!

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Shame

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A Lady of the West: The Rules for Good Women

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Erotic Romance: A Gentleman in the Streets by Alisha Rai

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Bisexuality in Romance

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The Agony and the Candlelight Ecstasy

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Mistress of Mellyn: In love with the man or the house?

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Heroines: Creating Identity in Romance

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The Flame and the Flower (Flames on the Sides of my Flower)

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Romance Scholars After Hours

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Romance isn’t for everyone

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This Guy? "Dreaming Of You" By Lisa Kleypas [Whoa-llab w/ Shelf Love]

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Dreaming of You: Justice for Joyce

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Autistic Representation in Romance with Amanda Cinelli

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The Problematic is Calling From Inside the House

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2 North, and 2 South: Romance Catnip

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Look Back at Me: North and South with Helena Greer

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When Your Lover Rips Your Father’s Heart Out

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Cold(breath) Comfort Reads: January 2023

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Anais Nin, writer of “Female Erotica”?

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Arranged Marriage Trope in Contemporary Indian American Diaspora Romance Novels

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Findom, Care, and the Submissive Billionaire: Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre

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The Vindication of the Rights of Man in Romance Novels

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Black Romance and Historical Spaces

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Harlequin’s New Sexy Contemporary Line: Breaking News!

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Cinderella & Beauty and the Beast: Retellings, Reversions, Subversions

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Hairy on the Inside: Teen Werewolves & Red Riding Hood

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Only Tingles Before Marriage: Junior Novels in Post-War America with Dr. Amanda K. Allen

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Beverly Jenkins' Avon True Romances: The Parental Gaze (guest: Funmi)

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Jessica (Sunfire): Bad Dads & Mad Men (Young Adult Romance series)

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Sunfire Romance: Adventures for Girls (guest Candice Ransom)

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Romance for Young Adults: A Quick 80-Year Overview

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Queer Romance: A History with Lucy Hargrave

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Psycho Killer, Come Kiss Me (Antagonist April #4, Darkly, Madly Duet with Fangirl Jeanne)

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Stay Un-Alive (Antagonist April #3)

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Because I Love Her, Had to Killer (Antagonist April #2, Manacled with Fangirl Jeanne)

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Killing Them Swiftly, With His Wand (Antagonist April #1, Manacled with Fangirl Jeanne)

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What Books Do, Empirically Speaking with Dr. Andrew Piper

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Swan Song: If You're Listening to This In the Future, We'll Be Dead

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The Fated Sex Mates to Perfectly Matched Spectrum

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Time Travel Romance: A Fantasy Escape to a Glorious Space

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The Hunger Games & Extraordinary Girl Romance Narratives

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Romance-Friendly Bookstores with Copper Dog Books (everything about the supply chain you've never thought to ask)

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Love & Marriage & The Simpsons: The Happily Ever After 10 Years with Joe Martucci

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She-Devil (1989): Who's Entitled To Be Selfish in Love & Life? (Whoa!mance spectacular)

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Normal People: Hopeful Post-Love Millennials

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Unreal But Not Untrue

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I Am Having an Emotion

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Change of Heart

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Hate To Love You

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Gone With the Wind, Lord of Scoundrels, and Variations on the Theme of Growth

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The Bachelor (Tell Me About)

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"Desirable" Bodies, Choice, and Neoliberalism: The Fictional Romantic Marketplace

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The Bold and the Beautiful (Tell Me About)

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How To Catch A Man on the Love Train

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The Year of the Joyful Hag: Season 3 Is Here!

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096. Scientific Proof of the Romance Reader Stereotype (Finally)

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095. Demon Enemies to Lovers: Games with Jodie Slaughter, Live from Copper Dog Books

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094. Romance Adaptations: The Curious Case of Julia Quinn's Bridgerton

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093. Ice Ice (Planet) Baby: Barbarian's Hope

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092. I've Got No Roots: White Immigrant Assimilation & (Romance) Adaptation

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091. Guilty Pleasures with Dr. Arielle Zibrak

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090. Taboo Lite: Joyless Hags Book Club

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089. Problematizing Romance: You Can't Consume Your Way Out of Oppression

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088. 9 Reasons Why Rare Romance Books Matter, with Rebecca Romney (#7 will surprise you!)

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087. Clutch Your Pearls & Think of New England

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086. Sex Education & Romance Novels: Not Medical Advice (with Dame Jodie Slaughter)

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085. Reflections on 2020 Listener Favorite Episodes, 2021 Plans

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084. Captive Romance: Problematic Favorite Tropes

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083. Earth is Ghetto: Joyless Hags Book Club

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082. Critical Reading as Liberation from Mimicry of the Powerful

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081. From History to histories

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080. I Now Pronounce You Colonialism, Capitalism, & White Supremacy

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079. There's Only One Heart: Caroline's Heart by Austin Chant (Crossover with Boobies & Noobies)

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078. Romance Curious: Bridgerton So Hashtag Diverse (with Jodie Slaughter, part 2)

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