I asked Molly O'Keefe and Caitlin Crews if they would share some thoughts on shame and the romance heroine. The two were obvious choices for me because Crews and O'Keefe both write about the topics in their books. In the Disgraced Playboy, the heroine's entire life is shaped by some modeling photos she had done as a teen. She was made to feel that these photographs were shameful rather than a beautiful exhibition of her body. Later in the book, the heroine learns to embrace her past and r...
Published on March 06, 2012 02:00