Our new releases include part II of "The Laird's Woman," a steamy two-parter written by Cynthia White and illustrated by Sharp Brothers Studios. Since our readers are passionate about romance fiction we've added a new Book Review section to our site. In addition to our staff reviews, we publish reader reviews of romance novels, romance graphic novels and romance e-books. In our newsletters, we'll also introduce you to the talented writers and artists who bring our novellas to vivid life. This month we profile Jennifer Savage, the versatile author of "The Hunted." We invite readers, writers, artists, publishers and others in the romance-fiction industry to drop us an e-mail at arrow_info@arrowpub.com to tell us about your websites, new releases, upcoming events-everything related to romance fiction. We'll include your news on our website, MyRomanceStory.com, which we hope you'll visit and enjoy often. e-mail. Meanwhile, happy reading! T.K. King
As everyone knows, sex sells, and it's never truer than in romance fiction. So today's novels tend to downplay the courtship side of the story and head straight to the bedroom! In 2004 Borders began carrying women's erotica. Kensington has since introduced its own erotic line, and Harlequin has chimed in with the Spice imprint. Click here for more... Romance
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Campaignby Nic Anders and Taylor Ashley Subrosa Illustrated by Kike Olmedo Fifteen years earlier, Perry Rickson shared a passionate encounter on a sunlit beach with a girl he knew only as Ann. Now, running for state governor, he encounters her again-as an investigative reporter covering his campaign. He's never forgotten her quick mind, never forgotten the feel of her sun-warmed skin or her lovely face, but it's obvious she doesn't recognize him. Yet when Ann catches him on film in a most compromising situation, she doesn't act. Something about the man, something forthright and honest, not to mention sexy, holds her back. |
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Say Goodbyeby Cynthia Starr Illustrated by Enzo Pertile Schoolteacher Ellen Moore is certain her passionate holiday romance with the handsome Tom Cutler is the real thing, and she's devastated when Tom insists it was only a fling. Back home in Cleveland, she nurses her broken heart. Then fate plays a hand, and Ellen and Tom are thrown together again. Ellen is stunned to learn the truth behind Tom's rejection of her love. But she's not about to sit back and do nothing about it-even when it puts her life at risk! |
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York Writer Blends Love of Romance Stories and Comic BooksNew York author Jennifer Savage has had an almost lifelong interest in romantic tales and comic books. She grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and was exposed to comics in the third grade. Her friend had a big box full of Veronica and Betty, Archie, and Richie Rich comics, and the two girls couldn't get enough of them.
"We'd read the same ones over and over," says the 36-year-old writer.
In junior high she began reading romance novels. Her favorite author was Jane Austen. While getting her Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University, she worked at the popular comic book store Forbidden Planet.
"There I got a second education in everything from Electra to Boris Vallejo," Savage says.
Savage is the author of the MyRomanceStory.com novellas "Passion's Prize," "Helen's Alibi" and this month's "The Hunted." She is currently working on a paranormal romance novel, set in Regency England. In it, a princess of the fay comes to visit two human sisters and witches living in London. The fairy princess encounters a lone male shapeshifter who, searching for more of his kind, mistakes her for a shapeshifter. Together the two embark on an adventure filled with danger and romance.
When Savage isn't working on her novel or writing MyRomanceStory.com novellas, she enjoys going to museums, watching Doris Day/Rock Hudson films and studying mythology.
Romance Writing Heats Up
As everyone knows, sex sells, and it's never truer than in romance fiction. So today's novels tend to downplay the courtship side of the story and head straight to the bedroom! In 2004 Borders began carrying women's erotica. Kensington has since introduced its own erotic line, and Harlequin has chimed in with the Spice imprint.
Perhaps it is part of the Sex in the City culture, but the emotional elements are falling by the wayside in many lines of the romance publishing industry.
"There doesn't need to be that period of wooing, the developing of emotions," Kensington editor John Scognamiglio told USA Today. "If the heroine sees a guy she wants to sleep with, she's just going to go after him."
Many subgenres have seen this shift. As long as the sex is vivid and convincing, erotica can be found everywhere from chick lit to paranormal romances.
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Book Reviews Wondering what's hot and what's not in romance fiction today? Read reviews of Diana Palmer, Nora Roberts and Penny Jordan, to name a few of the authors. Also, read about Harlequin and Dark Horse Comics' collaboration on the new romance series Manga. MyRomanceStory.com now features reviews of the latest romance releases. We will be carrying reviews of novels, novellas, anthologies, Manga, romance graphic novels and e-books. Every possible genre from paranormal romance to historicals will be reviewed. Visitors
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