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Romance & Co.

J.L.M.

RomCo is where I explore the social history of romance novels: not just what happens on the page, but the forces that shape the industry, the literary roots of our favorite tropes, and what they reveal about the world that produced them.

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Tracing a Trope: Just One Bed

“Just one bed.” A sentence that launched a thousand TBRs.

It’s one of the most beloved and possibly most clichéd tropes of the 2020s. In historicals, it gives us scandal. In contemporary, it gives us sexual tension. In fantasy, it gives ma...

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What's In a Name? Pen Names and Romance

When did pen names become the norm in the romance industry? While they now feel intrinsic to romance’s DNA, the early industry heavyweights like Georgette Heyer, Barbara Cartland, and Kathleen E. Woodiwiss all published under their real nam...

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Jane Austen Fan Fiction

Writer’s note: apologies for the late arrival! I have spent more time in the air than on the ground this past week.


Where is the line between fan fiction and homage? Usually, a copyright lawyer would be happy to tell you. But once a...

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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Jane Austen’s work has been adapted and reimagined a thousand times over, yet authors are still managing to find new angles. One of the more compelling in recent years falls under what Austenites call Character Rehabilitation Fiction — stor...

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