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historical romance

A collection of 40 posts

the cover of I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner, featuring an illustration of three young people sitting together: a Black woman, a white woman, and a nonbinary person

trans or nonbinary romance

Having a ball

balls, blushing, nonbinary ladybugs, and my kid's first romance novel

a photo of Nancy Wake and four book covers: Wings Once Cursed and Bound, Bet Me, The Duke, The Language of Liars

espionage history

Gazogène

resistance and romance novels

slices of four book covers: Be Not Afraid by Alyssa Cole; Agnes Moor's Wild Knight by Alyssa Cole; Cinder House by Freya Marske; Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

sci fi or fantasy

Propagating the faith

propaganda and romance novels

slivers of four book covers: A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell, Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian, The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope, and Bottle Blondes by Rhiannon Swanson

historical romance

The Perpetrator

on obscure word origins, by which I mean where my child learns the things he knows, and, of course, romance novels

the cover of Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt, with a man in historical dress with his shirt hanging open

historical romance

a mixture of various things

slaking my bloodlust with romance novels remains legal

the cover for The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo by Zen Cho, featuring an illustration of a Chinese Malaysian woman in a red 1920 cocktail dress

historical romance

I take all my reading seriously

on Zen Cho's novella The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo

three book covers: Rears & Vices by E. M. Caro, Bailey Bangs Her Brother's Best Friend by Liz Alden, and Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin by Tabitha O'Connell

historical romance

Seamen

pirate civil unions and, of course, romance novels

A slightly worn paperback copy of Megan Chance's A Candle in the Dark. The cover illustration shows a white man pulling a white woman into his lap to embrace her.

historical romance

After the end

on romance novel epilogues

three book covers: A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander, Duchess by Night by Eloisa James, The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Fly off the handle

On the expression "fly off the handle" and, of course, romance novels

A black and white photo of a tablet covered with lines of carved Rongorongo script

ancient history

Ox turning

Writing forward and backward and upside down, in letters and telegrams and meows, and, of course, romance novels

a photo of two paperbacks, Dance and Bliss by Judy Cuevas

Judy Cuevas/Judith Ivory

Hot organic fusion

digging into a scene from Dance by Judy Cuevas

The façade of the cathedral at Reims, which is built of white stone. There are two towers, a rose window, and three portals with pointed arches.

historical romance

Buildings and books

le livre et l'édifice, but more importantly, romance novels

a collage of narrow slices of all the covers of the books mentioned in the text below

historical romance

200

a few of the previous 200 (!) issues of Word Suitcase, and, as always, romance novels

Four book covers: David Brin's The Uplift War, Emma Barry's Bad Reputation, Diana Quincy's The Earl that Got Away, Juniper Butterworth's The Dragon Under the Hill

sci fi or fantasy

Rarities

learning new words from an old sci-fi novel, and, as usual, romance novels

A used paperback romance novel depicting a shirtless, caped man embracing a blonde woman in a white dress. She's holding a rose.

Judy Cuevas/Judith Ivory

French letters and English hats

condoms, romance novels, rivers of forgetfulness, and loving monsters

paperback copy of Black Silk by Judy Cuevas, showing a white couple in 1850s clothes undressing and embracing

historical romance

Ticklishly pleasing

Judy Cuevas, tiles, and my new theory of romance novels

the cover for Delicious by Sherry Thomas, showing a white woman's back in an unlaced corset

Pudding eater blues

yeah we're talking about Sherry Thomas again

Book covers for Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, Sherry Thomas's Ravishing the Heiress, and Darcy Liao's Make Room for Love

sci fi or fantasy

Answerable

on The Left Hand of Darkness, Ravishing the Heiress, and Make Room for Love

white marble statue of Venus lifting her skirt and displaying her butt

largely composed behinde

statues, butts, romance

an Impressionist oil painting depicting a happy crowd of people eating and drinking and flirting

French literature

Crush and pash

the overpowering violence of infatuations, Renoir and Maupassant, and of course, romance novels

A costly dish

in which I’m perilously out of my depth re: food words (but perfectly at home re: romance novels)

$graphic showing fractions of the covers of the romance novels reviewed$

historical romance

Absolute skulduggery

sneaking around and romance novels

black and white photograph described in caption

Kamarband

a little fashion history and some romance novels

photo of a brougham (closed 4-wheeled carriage)

historical romance

slaps roof of brougham

some love for Sherry Thomas novels

a sloped cobblestone alley with red brick buildings

Corcas

etymological mysteries and romance novels