poll: It is that time again to vote for the Sub-Genre of the Month. The mods have nominated. Your turn to pick the Sub-Genre of the Month for May 2017. What do you feel like reading?
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people who voted for:
♥ Frontier Romance / Americana Romance / Mail-Order-Bride Romance:
Frontier Romance or American Romance may or may not necessarily fall under Western Romance-Historical, so we gave them their own category. While the focus is on forging a new frontier or homestead, there may be nary cowboys in sight, and the location may not be right for a Western. These are set between 1880 and 1920 in the United States, with Americana usually in a small town or in the Midwest.
Mail-Order-Bride is another one of Lisa Kay’s favorites. The lure of the West was not just found in males of the era; the women willing to marry men who advertised in the classifieds - sight unseen - were surely as courageous as their male counterparts. As explained by Kaye Dacus: “I’m not sure why, but there’s just something about watching the hero and heroine fall in love after they’re married that enthralls me.”
These are found across all historical genres—and even pop up in contemporary romances from time to time, such as with Linda Howard’s wonderful book Duncan's Bride. It doesn’t matter where the frontier is, Australia to Alaska, as long as the couple is forging a homestead.
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Frontier Romance or American Romance may or may not necessarily fall under Western Romance-Historical, so we gave them their own category. While the focus is on forging a new frontier or homestead, there may be nary cowboys in sight, and the location may not be right for a Western. These are set between 1880 and 1920 in the United States, with Americana usually in a small town or in the Midwest.
Mail-Order-Bride is another one of Lisa Kay’s favorites. The lure of the West was not just found in males of the era; the women willing to marry men who advertised in the classifieds - sight unseen - were surely as courageous as their male counterparts. As explained by Kaye Dacus: “I’m not sure why, but there’s just something about watching the hero and heroine fall in love after they’re married that enthralls me.”
These are found across all historical genres—and even pop up in contemporary romances from time to time, such as with Linda Howard’s wonderful book Duncan's Bride. It doesn’t matter where the frontier is, Australia to Alaska, as long as the couple is forging a homestead.
