Sarah Ferguson’s Mills & Boon novel edges on to UK bestsellers chart
Her Heart for a Compass by Sarah Ferguson review – Mills & Boon debut is chaste good fun
July 2021
The Last Letter from Your Lover review – sappy romance is nothing to write home about
The adaptation of Jojo Moyes’s 2012 novel, starring Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones, toggles between two love stories and shortchanges both
June 2021
Elin Hilderbrand asks for Anne Frank reference to be cut from novel after complaints
Romance writer was criticised for episode in new novel when one of her child characters compares hiding in an attic to the life of the Holocaust diarist
March 2021
'They were treated terribly' – why 'lad lit' veteran Mike Gayle is finally tackling racism
He just became the first male writer ever to win romantic fiction’s top award. The former agony uncle explains why his latest novel looks back at the ‘virulent’ prejudice of 1950s Britain
February 2021
'I can cry just thinking about it': the most romantic moments in literature
From Wentworth’s letter in Persuasion, to a bedside proposal in Tales of the City, authors share their favourite scenes of love and intimacy
To All the Boys: Always and Forever review – enjoyable enough Netflix threequel
The final installment in Netflix’s hit To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy is an improvement over the second, but still lacks the sizzle of 2018’s original
Modern Persuasion review – Austen in Manhattan is a load of old bonnets
This updated version of Jane Austen’s final novel is standard romcom fare –minus satire, wit and charm
January 2021
Nora Roberts speaks out after attacks on casting of Alyssa Milano in adaptation
The bestselling novelist says she is ‘sincerely appalled’ by some readers’ anger at news that the #MeToo activist will star in a Netflix adaptation of Brazen Virtue
Bridgerton author Julia Quinn: 'I've been dinged by the accuracy police – but it's fantasy!'
Her ‘hot and crazy’ novels about feisty women bedding rakish aristocrats have become a Netflix sensation. The writer talks about literary snobs, colour-conscious casting and the curse of Jane Austen
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr review – outstanding debut
This unflinching tale, about two men falling in love on a Mississippi plantation, draws its poetry from ancestral voices
December 2020
'I've never felt less festive': the art of writing Christmas novels, 365 days a year
Drinking sherry, bingeing Downton Abbey ... how authors keep up the spirit of the season, even when writing during heatwaves and a nightmarish Christmas
November 2020
Romance novelists raise $400,000 for Georgia Senate races – with help from Stacey Abrams
Books blog
Stacey Abrams: Georgia's political heroine … and romance author
September 2020
Reading group
The Age of Innocence is a gang story as brutal as Goodfellas
Monday review – hedonistic romance drama is a party worth avoiding
June 2020
My favourite film aged 12
My favourite film aged 12: Bridget Jones's Diary
Garrulous and inappropriate, Renée Zellweger’s heroine drove home the farce of impossible, gendered standards. I couldn’t have had a better guide for my teen years
365 Days: the Netflix softcore porn film that people can't stop watching
The Polish 50 Shades of Grey has been a surprise smash on Netflix despite being absolutely terrible
No pubs, no kissing, no flying: how Covid-19 is forcing authors to change their novels
Never mind newly minted corona lockdown stories, authors are frantically rewriting existing projects to reflect a world turned upside down by the pandemic – or shelving them indefinitely
May 2020
Romance Writers of America aims for happy end to racism row with new prize
Association rips up template for prestigious annual awards after facing criticism over its record on diversity
