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Romancing Your Story Why Are Christmas Romances So Popular? I’m sure you’re aware of all the Christmas romance movies that Hallmark airs on television before Thanksgiving into the… December 23, 2022
Writing Romance Who’s Behind the Mask? Upon doing a search for romance novels that include a masquerade, I found that many romance novels include the… October 23, 2022