Romance novels are the industry heavy-hitter, but everywhere we turn, they get slagged on. What's up with that?
Why Doesn’t Publishing Love Romance Novels Back?
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The Dark Side of Purity Culture
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On the surface, a culture that promotes innocence seems pretty harmless. Underneath, purity culture is much more sinister.
The War on Sex Returns: Why Is Sex Work So Reviled?
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Sex work is considered pretty bad in our society, but not everyone has viewed it that way. Modern arguments against it tend not to hold water, and most of the problems don't originate in the profession itself, but with how society treats it.
Faith as Motivation for Remaking the World in Boardroom Omega
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Even if we don't see it on the page, faith provides a powerful motivator for the ethos of Boardroom Omega--and particularly for Jake Cohen.
Bodily Autonomy: Abortion in Mpreg
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Mpreg isn't always a genre that considers abortion. But we need to be cautious about the subtle messages we could be imparting in our works.
The Divine Right of Billionaires
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When I set out to write a billionaire romance with Boardroom Omega, I had a few goals in mind. One was that I wanted to end the novel with this obscenely wealthy person, to some degree, changing their ways and using that wealth to contribute to society instead of being a parasite. The other goal was to showcase how utterly insane—and I do not use that term lightly—the existence of a billionaire...
A Different Kind of Omegaverse: The World of Boardroom Omega
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Omegaverse often explores catastrophic biological evolution. What if an a/b/o system was a lot simpler to explain?
Why Write a Billionaire Romance?
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I wrote a billionaire romance. Yet I don't like billionaires. Writing these characters in romance, though, allows for escapism.
Negotiating Power Dynamics in Romance Novels
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Who has power in a relationship and how do they wield it? That's a question every romance reader should ask, especially as heterosexual romances usually fail to interrogate power dynamics, ultimately modelling abusive or toxic relationships.
The Toxic Messaging of the Alpha Male in Romance
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Almost every romance reader knows the alpha male hero, and every romance heroine seems to swoon for him. But this type of character is actually sending a toxic message to readers.
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