18 h. ago London now has a new bookshop totally dedicated to romance novels

London now has a new bookshop totally dedicated to romance novels  Time Out Worldwide

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35 h. ago Tom Bateman's 'secret marriage' to Daisy Ridley as he lands 'coincidental' rom

Tom Bateman is set to star in The Love Hypothesis opposite Lili Reinhart, reimagining the bestselling romance novel written by Ali Hazelwood

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3 d. ago Fans say new romance bookstores and online groups are giving the genre some overdue respect

Romance novels aren't just guilty pleasures anymore

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9 d. ago Male model who graced the cover of over 600 romance novels shares his brutal diet and fitness tips

A male model who graced the cover of over 600 romance novels has opened up about the extreme lengths he went to in order to stay picture perfect at all times.

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2 w. ago Top 10 best new romance books to take on holiday with you this summer

If you're looking for a romance novel to take on holiday with you this summer, look no further

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2 w. ago Battle of the London bookshop as Westminster council seizes tomes in street raid

‘This was a deeply distressing incident,’ says the bookstore’s manager Glenn Smart

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3 w. ago ‘We need to reclaim these words’: Inside England’s first romance

Saucy Books in London has become the go-to destination for romance readers – but fans say misogyny is stopping the genre getting the recognition it deservesWhether you want a brooding billionaire, a queer awakening, a dragon rider (yes, really) or an old-fashioned enemies-to-lovers tale, there’s a romance novel for everybody at Saucy Books.England’s first romance-only bookshop opened last week in Notting Hill, west London, instantly becoming a go-to destination for readers and turning into a meeting spot for like-minded folk to share their love stories. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood audiobook review – a puzzle waiting to be decoded

Romance, sci-fi and family drama are thrillingly combined in this Booker-winning novel, shared between three narratorsIt’s 25 years since the publication of The Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood’s intricately plotted, multi-narrative novel which led to her first Booker prize win. Blending romance, pulpy sci-fi and family drama, it opens with octogenarian Iris Chase Griffen recalling the moment she was told her sister, Laura, had driven off a bridge. The police inform her that two people witnessed Laura deliberately swerve off the road. Though Iris believes this to be true, she insists to the officers that it was an accident.We go on to hear about Iris’s privileged upbringing and marriage of convenience to Richard Griffen, the wealthy owner of a button factory, and her estrangement from her granddaughter with whom she hopes to reconcile. The book also contains excerpts from Laura’s posthumously published novel which features clandestine romantic encounters between an unnamed man – seem...

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