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Romance

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" life. 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.

Please suggest sites to the lowest possible subcategory, i.e. if the site is a fansite dedicated to a specific author, suggest it to the category of the author's last name (or the author's subcategory if they have one), or to the (subgenre)/Authors cat if applicable.

Descriptions: please indicate what the site contains, i.e. subgenre-specific content, forums, image galleries, title lists or suggested reads, links collections, articles and columns, interviews, etc. These items are often the links to individual pages or sections of your site, and will guide our editors in category placement.

African-American

Sites about romance novels featuring at least one lead African-American character (hero, heroine, or both). This subgenre is sometimes also referred to as Multicultural.

Authors

Includes official romance author sites and fan sites dedicated to a single author and their respective works.

Please format your title as [lastname, firstname]. In the description it is helpful if you can give an idea as to the subgenre written (contemporary, historical, paranormal, multicultural, inspirational), whether they are single title or categories, and/or the name(s) of series written. Also, please briefly describe what can be found *on* the site (i.e. sample chapters, recipes, link pages, backlist titles, etc.).

Example:
Palmer, Diana - Author of the contemporary western series, Long, Tall Texans. Biography, title lists, guide to series, bulletin board, mailing list, and contest.

Thanks for helping the Open Directory Project editors!

African-American

Authors

Chats and Forums

Contemporary

Contests

Covers

Events

Historical

Inspirational

News and Media

Paranormal

Reading Groups

Traders

Web Rings