Historical Romance

There is a love story inside Outlander, and then there is the feeling the love story produces — which is […]

There is a kind of heroine who does not exist nearly enough in romance fiction: the one who is not

Arranged marriages in historical romance carry a particular emotional logic: two strangers placed in proximity by circumstances neither of them

There is a particular quality to the moment when you realize you have been wrong — not wrong about something

There is a specific fantasy that the epic historical romance carries, distinct from anything the genre has produced since: the

The specific thrill of a man who frightens everyone else but is inexplicably, privately gentle with you — who makes

The man who takes everything and then cannot take his eyes off her. Who arrives with force and certainty and

Being truly seen by someone who had no reason to look twice — who had every social signal telling them

There is a specific fantasy in wishing, in your lowest moment, that someone would simply appear. Not to fix it

The specific torture of wanting someone you have already decided you cannot have — not forbidden by anyone else, but