Rosemary Guiley // Love lines

•  Love lines

The Fun, Quirks and Trivia of Romance

The people who work in the romantic fiction business are dedicated professionals. My special thanks to those who granted interviews and contributed Information and material for this book?there are more than 100 or you, and your generosity with your time and resources is greatly appreciated.

If you're amoung the Millions who like to Read Romances, whether it's an occasional book or a dozen a week, you'll enjoy LoveLines. This is a book that, for the first time ever, puts the history and business of romances into perspective for you, today's romance reader. Romantic fiction has had a fascinating history that reaches down through thousands of years, and has of late turned into an incredible industry. While much has been written about the industry's enormous size and rapid growth (hundreds of millions of dollars in sales every year) and reasons for the books' popularity (fantasy, escape), nowhere has an attempt been made to probe behind the scènes, to explain all the hows and whys of a most remarkable phenomenon.

LoveLines does just that, from A to Z, even exploring a bit of love and romance in real life as well as in the pages of a book. Pull of anecdotes, intimate details and the stories behind the stories, LoveLines takes you inside a fabulous world. It's a celebration of romance novels?and of romance itself.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE ROMANCE WITH ROMANCE

1. Spice Of Life

2. Great Escapes

3. That's Entertainment

4. Love Boats

5. Test Your Romance Quotiënt

II. THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE

1. On ce Upon A Time

2. Hearts On A Sleeve

3. Write From The Heart

III. LICHTING THE TORCH

1. In The Beginning

2. The Romance Hall Of Fame

3. Those Avon Ladies

4. The Romance Reader's Library

IV. THE MANY FACES OF LOVE

1. Contemporary Romances: Not The Same Old Story

2. Historicals: From Virgins To Vamps

3. That Special Charm Of A Regency Romp

4. Gothics and Suspense: Twists And Terrors

5. Teen Romances: Young Love In Bloom

V. LEADING LOVERS AND OTHERS

1. Heroes And Heroines: They Aren't What They Used To Be

2. Rivals In Love: Sorry, Toots

3. New Deal Realism

4. It's All In A Name

5. Calling Cards

VI. PASSION PLAYS

1. Some Enchanted Meeting

2. Settings And Sensations

3. Sensuality: The New Byword

4. Silks And Sashes

5. And They Lived Happily Ever After

VII. SPREADING THE WORD

1. Names: Love ' Em And Leave 'Em

2. Harlequin: World's Largest Romance Storyseller

3. Silhouette: Looking To Be Number One

4. Love American Style

5. From England With Love

VIII. KEEPERS OF THE FLAME

Jennifer Blake... Parris Afton Bonds... Rebecca Brandewyne... Sandra Brown... Candace Camp... Barbara Cartland... Jayne Castle... Elaine Raco Chase...Virginia Coffman...Catherine Coulter...Tom and Sharon Curtis...Janet Dailey...Jude Deveraux...Roberta Gellis... Brooke Hastings... Patricia Matthews... Alice Morgan... Laura Parker Rosemary Rogers... Maura Seger... Bertrice Small... Elizabeth Neff Walker... Linda Wisdom... Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

IX. TRUE CONFESSIONS

1. AlsoKnown As

2. By Any Other Name

3. Behind Every Great Woman

4. So You Want To Write A Romance?

5. The Life?Or Death?Of A Romance Manuscript

X. FOR LOVE AND MONEY

1. Birth Of A Live Line

2. The Romancing Of America

3. F il ling The Shelves

4. The Road To Fame And Fortune

XI. PACKAGING THE GOODS

1. The Arts Of Passion

2. Telling A Book By lts Cover

3. Portraits Of The Artists

4. Fitting The Most Into The Least

XII. LOVENOTES

1. Hot Love By Cool Writers

2. Love By Association

3. Winning Words

4. Heart Beats

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX