Five years ago, a letter to the editor of the Romance Writers Report (a monthly publication issued by the Romance Writers of America), suggested that…
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Here was what she’d been waiting for. Not something—someone. Here, as so often in the daydreams, Douglas Eamons was talking to her. Doug . .…
Comments closedIntroduction These are exciting times for popular romance scholars.[1] Over the last few years a number of interconnected developments—including the founding of the International Association…
Comments closedJust over a year ago, scholars from around the world gathered at the Fales Library and Special Collections of New York University, for the Third…
Comments closedIn a scene that combines eroticism, humor and a flying dolphin lamp, Jennifer Crusie’s hero and heroine in Welcome to Temptation struggle to find passion…
Comments closedJennifer Crusie identifies herself as a feminist author who attempts to communicate the ideals of gender equality via her narratives. As she has explained, she…
Comments closedAs Crusie’s romantic leads evolve from chasing the con (Trust Me on This), to abandoning the con (Welcome to Temptation), to embracing the con (Faking…
Comments closedJennifer Crusie has stated that “the details of the way people present themselves are heavy with meaning” (“Romancing” 86) and this is certainly true of…
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