​So You Want to Get Into Romance Novels. Start Here! — jezebel.com

Friday is Independence Day, so if you're American I assume you're planning to park your buns in a lawn and/or lounge chair for 72 hours straight. Which makes this the perfect time to get into romance novels! Something like $1.35 billion worth of romances were sold last year, according to RWA. That's a boatload of books, and like any other ocean there's a plenty of garbage floating around. Not every reality TV franchise can be a crown jewel like the Real Housewives! Which makes the genre downright daunting for even the most open-minded newbies. At least a third of the negative stereotypes about romance are probably attributable to run-ins with ancient Catherine Coulter novels abandoned at the beach. Or, God forbid, Danielle Steele.

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