To those unschooled in the genre, romance seems to celebrate the Prince Charming myth: tall, handsome hero riding in on white horse to save the heroine. But the best romances turn that dynamic on its ...

For the second year in a row, Bustle is bringing you Rule Breakers, a celebration of women and non-binary individuals who defy expectations at every turn — and are making the world a better place for ...

Forty-four years ago, in the winter and spring of 1972, two publications debuted just months apart that might seem at first glance to have nothing in common. In January 1972 — a time when the Equal ...

If any reader had doubts that Outlander was not going to be a typical romance, the engagement scene made it clear. When Claire and Jamie agree to marry, Claire asks him if it bothers him that she is ...

Whether they wear corsets or jeans, romance novel heroines have been finding their voices and battling toxic masculinity for decades. So in honor of International Women’s Day, Paste asked four Avon ...

Her rejection stung more than David wanted to admit. "What I must do," he said, "is wed and bed ye before anyone attempts to thwart me." "How dare ye speak of bedding me," Alison said. "I dare do more ...

There's one hard and fast rule for the romance novel: It has to have a happy ending. The two people you think should be together will be together in the end. But the journey to that happily-ever-after ...

Stock markets soar and plummet. Orange Presidents get elected in and out of office. Hemlines rise and rise. Vinyls give way to cassette tapes, which give way to CDs, which give way to iPods, which ...

Wild Rain is the second novel in acclaimed historical romance author Beverly Jenkins's newest series Women Who Dare. It's a cinematic adventure, with snow-capped mountains, majestic forests, and ...

There's one hard and fast rule for the romance novel: It has to have a happy ending. The two people you think should be together will be together in the end. But the journey to that happily-ever-after ...