{"id":3027,"date":"2014-02-13T21:02:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T03:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missalaneyus.com\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2014-08-03T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T19:35:44","slug":"guilty-pleasures-romance-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/2014\/02\/guilty-pleasures-romance-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty Pleasures: Romance Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve talked about it here, because it&#8217;s not something I typically go around sharing with people, but I love romance novels. In my mind, they are the best escape from every day life. When I&#8217;m stressed or bogged down, nothing quite like a formulaic romance will take the edge off\u00a0my day.<\/p>\n<p>Will there be a twist that nearly tears the couple\u00a0apart? Yes. Will they get together? Yes.<\/p>\n<p>When things feel uncertain, romance novels never do. Two of my favorite authors write female leads who are funny and interesting. I really can&#8217;t get enough of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanephillips.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Elizabeth Philips<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennycrusie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Cruisie<\/a>. Some of SEP&#8217;s books were written in the 80&#8217;s, and you have to read them for the outfit descriptions alone. It&#8217;s pretty fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, I&#8217;m reading an old favorite, who I&#8217;ve gotten away from a bit (Nora Roberts).\u00a0The book\u00a0is about witches, which makes me disproportionately happy.<\/p>\n<p>In my defense, it is in my genes. I come from two generations of soap opera watching, romance novel-reading\u00a0 women. My grandma carried a Harlequin romance in her pocket-book everywhere she went.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a photo of the fourth generation reading her first romance novel. I&#8217;m hoping she didn&#8217;t read anything too steamy. No one wants to explain that at daycare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/misslaney\/12140119806\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7378\/12140119806_1884b2f6bf_n.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you a romance novel fan?<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;t=Guilty%20Pleasures%3A%20Romance%20Novels&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Guilty%20Pleasures%3A%20Romance%20Novels\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;text=Missalaneyus%3A\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;media=&#038;description=Guilty%20Pleasures%3A%20Romance%20Novels\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Guilty%20Pleasures%3A%20Romance%20Novels&#038;body=Missalaneyus%3A:%20http%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"http:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve talked about it here, because it&#8217;s not something I typically go around sharing with people, but I love romance novels. 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