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Defining Romance

Characters | Defining Romance | Heroes | Romance reading

Why is "Settling" a Dirty Word in Romance?

ByLynn Spencer 02/12/200906/23/2017
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While reading message boards online, I have happened upon a phrase that stuck with me. The reader said that she couldn’t stand to see how “Heroine X settles for Hero Y”. She expected her heroine to…

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