What is pirate, privateer, or buccaneer romance?
While pirate romance seems pretty self explanatory the truth of the matter is that modern romantic notions of pirates are far from fact. When we think of a pirate, I am sure many of you will conjure up an image of the deliciously sexy and adventurous Jack Sparrow from [...]

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• Time to Judge the Pirate Covers I need your help! It's time to judge the pirate covers for the Present Your Very Own Pirate Contest. We have two absolutely fantastic entries, deciding between them will not be easy. To cast your vote - leave a comment on the entry you like the most. Here are the......
• Present Your Very Own Pirate Contest Ahoy! Pay attention ye scurvy scum! There be treasure in them there hills! As I have been discussing potential cuties for gracing the cover of romance novels, romance novel covers have been on my mind. No surprise there. Grin. The other night I was talking with my pirate friend here......

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While there can be trouble with any ethnic group pairing up outside of their background, people usually think of interracial in terms of black and white. Which begs the question can a white lead and a black lead fall in love?
It is said that love cannot be defined by the color of skin, but just [...]

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• 3 Proven Skin Care Ingredients •3 Proven Skin Care Ingredients Just because it's pricey and comes in a pretty jar, it doesn't necessarily mean a product has more effective skin care ingredients. Often, "lower-priced products may work better than their more expensive counterparts," says Arthur W. Perry, MD, author of the book Straight Talk about......
• Interracial Romance or Race in Romance While there can be trouble with any ethnic group pairing up outside of their background, people usually think of interracial in terms of black and white. Which begs the question can a white lead and a black lead fall in love? It is said that love cannot be defined by......

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Sarah from Smart Bitches and Jane from Dear Author are co-hosting another contest. The prizes are pretty sweet and well worth the time to get involved.
First things first, what contemporary romance started this contest?
The answer to that is Victoria Dahl’s debut novel Talk Me Down. The heroine in this novel, Molly Jenkins, is an erotica [...]

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• To Do List: Save the World, Win a Contemporary Sarah from Smart Bitches and Jane from Dear Author are co-hosting another contest. The prizes are pretty sweet and well worth the time to get involved. First things first, what contemporary romance started this contest? The answer to that is Victoria Dahl’s debut novel Talk Me Down. The heroine in......
• Carnival of Trashy Romance Novels - Because Books Don't Fall Asleep Afterward Welcome to the December 6, 2008 edition of trashy romance novels. This is the carnivals first run. I am very pleased to introduce to readers the following posts: Get Into Bed With This category is for author interviews and author posts. Winter presents Sunlight Sucks » Blog Archive »......

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This question has been asked in one form or another since romance novels went mainstream. Authors have been dismissed because they write romance instead of science fiction or crime books or other normal genres.  If the cover has bulging pectorals and swooning women then it must be girl porn. Shame on you, haven’t you heard [...]

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• The Romance Novel - Women's Porn? This question has been asked in one form or another since romance novels went mainstream. Authors have been dismissed because they write romance instead of science fiction or crime books or other normal genres.  If the cover has bulging pectorals and swooning women then it must be girl porn. Shame......
• Highlander Romance- From the Wilds of Scotland and Wales What is highlander romance? Highlander romance is a subgenre of historical romance. Not to be confused with the show, highlander romance is all about those sexy warrior men. The setting for these romances usually takes place in Scotland or Wales. You may be familiar with the 2008 movie Made of......

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What are they? I know this is pretty subjective and that personal tastes vary greatly, but I am pretty positive we can come up with a list of ones to recommend between us. Personally, my history with Highlander is brief. I only started to read them since the beginning of this year. While my love [...]

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• Review: Highland Barbarian by Hannah Howell Highland Barbarian by Hannah Howell is an exceptional romance novel. The love story is both captivating and highly amusing. A tale of a Lowlander (with Highlander blood in her veins) and a Highlander (whose warrior skills include brains), this is sure to be on your favorite shelf. With his Laird......
• The Best Highlander Romance Novels What are they? I know this is pretty subjective and that personal tastes vary greatly, but I am pretty positive we can come up with a list of ones to recommend between us. Personally, my history with Highlander is brief. I only started to read them since the beginning of......

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Two guest reviews in one week! RRN is lucky to have Marcia back with us. I am so glad to have heard from you so quickly! I told you all that Marcia was an avid reader. The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square is a wonderful addition to this blog. Thanks so much for sharing, Marcia!
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• Review: The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square By Rosina Lippi Have you ever had an experience so disheartening that you want to go to bed and pull the covers over your head? That is what Julia Darrow is doing with her life, although she may not see it that way. She lives and works in Lambert Square, a renovated factory......

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One of the first romance novels that I ever read was the Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer. I snuck it out of my mother’s collection because I was curious about all the fuss. I am glad I did, because it rates as one of my dearest favorites, set during the Temperance movement.
Scott Gandy dresses smartly, [...]

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• Review: Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer One of the first romance novels that I ever read was the Gamble by LaVyrle Spencer. I snuck it out of my mother’s collection because I was curious about all the fuss. I am glad I did, because it rates as one of my dearest favorites, set during the......

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Publishers Weekly recently published an article on clinch covers. Since I’ve been running a segment on locating the next Fabio of romance novel models, I was immediately drawn to read the post. I was certain heaving bosoms, flowing hair, and orgasmic looks would be disclosed. I was pretty much right. Overall the article was pretty [...]

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• Carnival of Trashy Romance Novels This is a call for submissions for the first edition of the Carnival of Trashy Romance Novels! I am very excited by this and hope to hear from the rest of you in the blogosphere. Categories of Submission: Include the following topics: Book Reviews - submit any recent book review......
• About Love Romance Passion The goal of Love Romance Passion is to share with its blog readers recommendations, opinions, and reviews on romances. LRP encourages reader interaction - so explore, comment, and chat in our forums! We would love to hear from you! Love Romance Passion used to be known as Review Romance Novel......

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Nothing beats a lazy morning or evening, a good book in hand, and a bubble bath. Is there anything more delightful than this personal pampering treatment? I can’t think of anything unless it’s a good book, some tea and a rainy afternoon curled up somewhere under a blanket.
However this post isn’t strictly about personal pampering [...]

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• My Name is Bond, James Bond. Nothing beats a lazy morning or evening, a good book in hand, and a bubble bath. Is there anything more delightful than this personal pampering treatment? I can’t think of anything unless it’s a good book, some tea and a rainy afternoon curled up somewhere under a blanket. However this......

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Love Romance Passion welcomes inquiries from authors, publicists, models, artists, and others affiliated with the publishing process to write guest posts. We would be happy to host your thoughts and insights on the behind the scenes aspect of the entire creation process.
Not sure what you want to write? Love Romance Passion would love to hear [...]

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• Creating Eye-Catching Book Covers Have you ever wondered how publishers create book covers? I was trolling through YouTube the other day and found this video that talked about the process. It's a little dated but I'm positive that it holds true to today as well. Even better it looks at creating romance covers and......
• Carnival of Trashy Romance Novels - Because Books Don't Fall Asleep Afterward Welcome to the December 6, 2008 edition of trashy romance novels. This is the carnivals first run. I am very pleased to introduce to readers the following posts: Get Into Bed With This category is for author interviews and author posts. Winter presents Sunlight Sucks » Blog Archive »......

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Ahoy! Pay attention ye scurvy scum!

There be treasure in them there hills!
As I have been discussing potential cuties for gracing the cover of romance novels, romance novel covers have been on my mind. No surprise there. Grin.
The other night I was talking with my pirate friend here on skype and superstitiously snapped his photo while [...]

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• Present Your Very Own Pirate Contest Ahoy! Pay attention ye scurvy scum! There be treasure in them there hills! As I have been discussing potential cuties for gracing the cover of romance novels, romance novel covers have been on my mind. No surprise there. Grin. The other night I was talking with my pirate friend here......
• Pirate and Privateer Romance- Separating Myth from Truth What is pirate, privateer, or buccaneer romance? While pirate romance seems pretty self explanatory the truth of the matter is that modern romantic notions of pirates are far from fact. When we think of a pirate, I am sure many of you will conjure up an image of the deliciously......

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Welcome back Marcia! Today’s review was submitted by Marcia late last night and I was so excited to see it in my mail box. I always take Marcia’s reviews to heart. She’s a kindred spirit and reads romance all the time. Marcia is one of LRP’s wonderfully regular contributors and I am always happy to [...]

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• Book Review: The Wedding Challenge by Candace Camp This third addition to Camp’s Matchmaker Series is a winner. Even the cover is great. The covers on most romance novels show insipid, overly romantic scenes of manor houses or cheap, torrid love scenes. The love scenes are the worst, inaccurately depicting the characters in the book with men that......

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