Romance is a billion-dollar industry. In 2016 these novels made up 23% of the overall fiction market, and they consistently outperform all other genres. But while we’ve reclaimed the rom-com in film, ...

Romance novels were once dismissed as a “guilty pleasure,” too fluffy for those serious about reading. Now, they’re finally having their moment, with The Ripped Bodice in Park Slope at the center of ...

The beloved teen book-turned-romantic comedy “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” opens with its main character in a red gown staring across a field at her beau in a tussled white shirt. The ...

A bookstore focused exclusively on romance novels that has found success in Los Angeles will debut a Park Slope outpost next month at 218 5th Avenue. Founded by “lifelong romance readers” sisters Leah ...

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The great George Orwell defined a liberal as the sort of person who is willing to believe that vegetables taste better if grown according to international law. Back in the 1930s that was seen as ...

Not that you need an excuse to read romance novels, but Valentine’s Day seems as good a time as any. It’s a season of love, a time when being earnest and gushy isn’t cringe, it’s encouraged! A time ...

With tensions between Barnes & Noble and independent bookstores on the rise as the retail chain continues its most aggressive new store opening efforts in a decade, a new report shows how specializing ...

To judge from the extensive and thoughtfully curated shelves of the Ripped Bodice, it may seem as if there’s a romance novel for everyone, but although the sisters’ priority is to carry as diverse a ...

They’re the low-maintenance, high-impact dress your warm-weather wardrobe had no idea it needed. In the pantheon of easy-breezy dresses that require minimal effort but impart a healthy helping of ...