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#14 Home in Carolina by Sherryl Woods (MIRA, week 3)
#27 Night Tales: Night Shield & Night Moves by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 3)
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#8 Home in Carolina by Sherryl Woods (MIRA, week 2)
#26 Night Tales: Night Shield & Night Moves by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 2)
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#30 The Killing Edge by Heather Graham (MIRA, week 1)
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#8 Home in Carolina by Sherryl Woods (MIRA, week 1)
#25 Sensual Confessions by Brenda Jackson (Kimani, week 1)
#26 Night Tales: Night Shield & Night Moves by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 1)
#32 The Mist by Carla Neggers (MIRA, week 1)
#34 The Summer Hideaway by Susan Wiggs (MIRA, week 6)
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Editor’s Note: this month is National Women’s Month and starting March 8th, International Women’s Day, we are featuring writers who have shared with us their thoughts on reading romance. Today we’ve asked our editors in New York City (woo, the Big Apple!) to write something. Click here for more blog posts on the subject!
by Keyren Gerlach, Associate Editor, Romantic Suspense
Seems like it’s always open season for trashing “trashy” novels. They’ve been called every name in the book: dirty, bawdy, glorified pornography, traditionalistic, irrelevant, silly, predictable and formulaic, etc., etc. ad nauseum. I say the naysayers are completely missing the point—not to mention that they clearly haven’t picked up a romance novel (or perhaps any other book for that matter) in the last 25 years.
Invariably when I meet someone new, the conversation goes like this:
New Person: “So what do you do?”
Me: “I’m a romance novel editor at Harlequin.”
New Person (chuckles smugly): “Have you met Fabio?”
Me: “Um, actually, I think he posed for like two of our covers, so no.”
And that, my friends, is one frustrating stereotype.
What’s being missed here is the work that goes into these books. The pressure on authors and editors to keep them fresh and relevant. Not to mention, THE TALENT. We have incredible authors who write with ferocious wit, humor and pathos. This is not mindless smut, ladies and gentlemen, oh no. It’s entertainment with a head and a heart that feeds the soul.
And therein lies the true value.
Case in point: As a member of a ladies-only book club who happens to be an editor, I’m often called upon to suggest books for our meetings. I happily oblige by recommending Harlequin romance titles, of course, because it’s my chance to use my own little grassroots campaign to win over new readers. And let me tell you, these discussions are the most spirited (it’s not just the wine, I swear), the most lively, the most uninhibited. We talk about boys (drool over heroes, more like) and sex, love and relationships. It’s cathartic. It’s freeing. And I’ll be damned if it’s not empowering. There, I said it.
Reading a romance novel isn’t just a distraction for distraction’s sake. It’s an experience that can be at once, heartening, inspiring, belly-laugh inducing, hanky drenching, titillating, and yes, when the characters aren’t doing what you want them to, even irritating.
Bestselling author Nora Roberts perhaps sums it up best:
“The books are about the celebration of falling in love and emotion and commitment, and all of those things we really want.”
And if that doesn’t say Girl Power, heck, I don’t know what does.
Congratulations to all of our authors who are in this week’s New York Times bestseller list.
Trade:
#24 Duets by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 4)
#30 Midnight Sons Vol. 3 by Debbie Macomber (MIRA, week 1)
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#5 McKettricks of Texas: Tate by Linda Lael Miller (HQN, week 1)
#7 Angel’s Peak by Robyn Carr (MIRA, week 1)
#20 Twice as Hot by Gena Showalter (HQN, week 1)
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Congratulations to all of our authors who are in this week’s New York Times bestseller list.
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#28 Duets by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 4)
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#15 The Man You’ll Marry by Debbie Macomber (MIRA, week 4)
#23 Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr (MIRA, week 4)
#24 Shattered by Joan Johnston (MIRA, week 3)
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Congratulations to all of our authors who are in this week’s New York Times bestseller list.
Trade:
#23 Duets by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 3)
#34 The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf (MIRA, week 22)
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#13 The Man You’ll Marry by Debbie Macomber (MIRA, week 3)
#21 Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr (MIRA, week 3)
#28 Amazing Gracie by Sherryl Woods (MIRA, week 3)
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Congratulations to all of our authors who are in this week’s New York Times bestseller list.
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#25 Duets by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 2)
#29 The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf (MIRA, week 21)
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#11 Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr (MIRA, week 2)
#10 The Man You’ll Marry by Debbie Macomber (MIRA, week 2)
#32 Shattered by Joan Johnston (MIRA, week 2)
#27 Amazing Gracie by Sherryl Woods (MIRA, week 2)
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Congratulations to all of our authors who are in this week’s New York Times bestseller list.
Trade:
#27 Duets by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 1)
#30 The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf (MIRA, week 20)
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#8 Forbidden Falls by Robyn Carr (MIRA, week 1)
#9 The Man You’ll Marry by Debbie Macomber (MIRA, week 1)
#18 Shattered by Joan Johnston (MIRA, week 1)
#23 Worth the Risk by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 6)
#29 Amazing Gracie by Sherryl Woods (MIRA, week 1)
#35 Reese’s Bride by Kat Martin (MIRA, week 1)
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Congratulations to all authors who are in this week’s New York Times bestseller list.
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#8 Worth the Risk by Nora Roberts (Silhouette, week 5)
#24 Fairy Tale Weddings by Debbie Macomber (MIRA, week 5)
#28 Angels at Christmas by Debbie Macomber (MIRA, week 9)
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