Small town contemporary romances are all the rage. I'm not sure if we have Robyn Carr to thank for that, with her Virgin River series, or Susan Wiggs, with her Lakeshore Chronicles, or Debbie Macomber, with Blossom Street and Cedar Cove. Maybe Jan Karon started it all with Mitford.

Or maybe readers are responsible, ready for quiet streets without otherworldly creatures lurking in alleyways, allowing for Emilie Richards' Happiness Key, and Toni Blake's Destiny, and Carly Phillips' Serendipity, ...
Published on June 30, 2010 15:28