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International Women's Day
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We Heart Used Bookstores
Is it hard to pick one book you love best? Have you a smorgasboard of favorites? Sherri Skanes talks about the joy of finding treasured book
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Our Romantic Heritage: The Ancestry of Romance
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Just Bodice Ripping Porn?
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Reader of the Month
Meet Reader of the Month, Emma Moyle, who talks about her love of historical romance, Gone with the Wind and her latest book reviews.
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Happily-Ever-After = Marriage?
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