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This subcategory is dedicated to sites about romance novels, i.e. promoting romance fiction books and writing. Key elements are a pair of individuals in a monogamous relationship ending in a happily ever after. This genre is also closely linked with Women's Fiction.

Romance novels are most often printed in one of three formats:

categories (shorter format with limited shelf time of about one month - i.e. Harlequin, Loveswept, Mills & Boon, and Silhouette)

single titles (longer format with multi-month shelf time)

e-books

Romance novels come in several subgenres, some of which have additional sub-subgenres:

African-American a.k.a. Multicultural

Contemporary (Chick-Lit and Romantic Comedy, Romantic Suspense, Sports, Western)

Historical (Americana, Medieval, Native American, Regency, Scottish, Western)

Inspirational a.k.a. Christian

Paranormal (Faerie, Futuristic, Ghost, Psychic, Shapeshifter, Time Travel, Vampire, Witch)

Teen a.k.a. Young Adult

Additionally, romances are rated on a scale from "sweet" (little or no sex) to "spicy" (erotic romance). Sites featuring or about erotica should be submitted to the appropriate category in Adult.

Subcategories

• African-American
• Authors
• Booksellers
• Chats and Forums
• Contemporary
• Contests
• Covers
• Events
• Historical
• Inspirational
• News and Media
• Paranormal
• Publishers
• Reading Groups
• Research
• Traders
• Web Rings
• Writers Resources
• Writers' Organizations

Resources in This Category

• About.com- Romance Fiction

  http://romancefiction.about.com/
  Providing a library of information on the current romance writers, as well as reviews of their works fiction.

• All About Romance

  http://allaboutromance.com/
  Reviews, news, features, romance author interviews, and reader forums.

• Allreaders Romance Search Engine

  http://www.allreaders.com/bookSearcha.asp?SubjectID=4
  Allows searching by plot elements, theme, characters, and setting.

• Bella Online: Romance Books

  http://www.bellaonline.com/site/romancenovels
  Find weekly romance reviews, author interviews, and regular discussions with other romance readers and writers. Check out huge links section to related sites.

• BYRON Book Reference Database

  http://www.byronref.com/
  Easy-to-use database of detailed information on genre fiction with multiple searchable tracking features, including sequels and themes. Updates available.

• Coffee Time Romance

  http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/Welcome.html
  Romance reviews, interviews, newsletter, and messageboard.

• Fresh Fiction

  http://www.freshfiction.com/
  Members share an interest in romantic fiction.

• Sequels and Prequels for Romance Novels

  http://eventmaker.tripod.com/series.html
  Project by readers for readers, to provides a simple yet concise listing of sequels and prequels. Includes alphabetized lists in the categories of single titles, romance, and publisher series, and submission guidelines.

• Simegen

  http://www.simegen.com/romance/
  Romance writers webpages, author of month, reviews, and message boards.

• Subversion: Celebrating Women's Fiction

  http://www.subversionromance.com/
  Interactive community and online magazine for readers of romance novels.

• The Romance Studio

  http://theromancestudio.info/
  A community site for fans of romantic fiction - readers, authors, agents, publishers, book sellers, cover models and other industry professionals.

• We Really Dig Romance Novels

  http://www.wereallydig.com/romancenovels/
  From contemporary to historical from paranormal to time travel, cover art, synopsis, links to authors and related issues

• Writerspace

  http://www.writerspace.com/
  Author hosting, chat rooms, bulletin boards, readers calendar, and reviews.

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