I thought I’d start with a little about myself.  I was an only child so books opened all the worlds I wanted to visit, gave me friends to spend winter...

I’m a member of the Romance Junkies readers list on Yahoo Groups and lately, there’s been some long conversations about fantasy romances and historical romances, and lots of differents sorts...

Trashy.  Smut. Filth. These are words people have used to describe romance novels. Why do some people insist on using derogatory terms to describe (and therefore define) the genre of romance?...