It's a new thing...bully romance vs dark romance

So there's this new thing... or maybe it's an old thing repackaged as a new thing. Either way, the romance genre continues to evolve especially in the advent of self-publishing. Rules change, but one thing remains the same, there MUST always be a happy ending.

This new thing. Have you heard of it? It's called "bully romance." I've seen it being requested multiple times in a few book groups I'm in and people really seem to want to read them. It had me scratching my head because I didn't know what it meant. So I asked. Someone was kind enough to respond.

What Helen Read #35: March 2019

Hello, hello!! I'm home for a couple of weeks and taking it easy for once so I have a little time to catch up on some blogging. I've missed bloggin. I've missed you. I hope you missed me too.

Thankfully, the wonderful Helen sent me her list of books read in March. I missed her list for February and I'm very sorry about that.

Here's what Helen read for the last month.

The Quarantine Station

The Woman In The Green Dress (Amazon AU)

The Class Reunion

Table For Two

Review: Shared By The Vikings by Lily Harlem

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What Deanna Read #38: March 2019

I know the blog is on a break but I'm trying not to be gone entirely. Right now, I'm sitting at the LAX airport waiting for my connecting flight home and I've got about another hour before we board. Timing-wise, it's pretty perfect. I have time to kill. It's time for a blog post of what I read for the month. Et voila!

Here's what I read for the month.

Saving Mercy

Untouchable

Stained Hearts

Archangel's Prophecy

Review: Sleight of Hand (Outbreak Task Force #3) by Julie Rowe

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Taking a short break

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I need to do this. Life has gotten on top of me and I need to take a short break from the blog. I'll be gone for about a month, maybe two. Not long so I hope you'll be back to visit when I'm back.

What Deanna Read #37: February 2019

The post for this month very nearly didn't happen. There are a lot of things going on in my life right now and things are rather overwhelming. As I write this, I am an hour and a half away from hopping on an airplane to go care for a sick family member. Pile on a very aggressive and demanding work schedule on top of that and life is not easy at the moment. My health is suffering too and I've just been to the doctor and got on meds for that. Sigh.

Anyway, you are not interested in my woes. You are here for the books!

I did get some reading done in the month of February. Most of them were excellent because I'm sticking to favorites still. That's all I really have time for at the moment.

Here's what I read for the month.

Screw Me

Screw You

Stained Egos

Taking Mercy