I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I could do things to your body that most women only dream about while reading their dirty romance novels, and I promise… — Michelle A. Valentine Copy Share Image
“I wondered what he would have thought if he'd known that I'd gleaned most of my information from reading historical romance novels.” — Nicole Luiken Copy Share Image
“He bent over the back of sofa inside my apartment and removed my panties. With his Teeth. With his mother-loving teeth! I… — Alice Clayton Copy Share Image
“Scripture comforts me, and romance novels give me hope." "Oh yeah? Hope for what?" "Hope that I'll be doing more than quoting… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
He looked as if he'd stepped straight off the cover of one of those romance novels she ordered from Amazon.com so she… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
Life isn't a romance novel. The truth is, the reason romance novels sell so well ---- the reason why everyone loves them… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“Jared turned and Raisa caught her breath. She'd spent the whole of her natural and unnatural life longing for someone to want… — Sarah McCarty Copy Share Image
“Among the readers, Tom liked Michael Otero who also sailed and smoked grass. Tom figured lots smoked, but few copped. Otero had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It was the kind of awkward meeting she’d read about in one of her tattered romance novels, a small but cherished collection… — Vivienne Savage Copy Share Image
“This is a wonderfully sexy, sweet adventurous novel. I'm not normally a fan of romance novels, but this was more than just… — Fan from Amazon Copy Share Image
“So you want something similar to what's depicted in romance novels?" "Not exactly. I want a man who'll love me with a… — L.V. Lewis Copy Share Image
For readers worldwide, the attraction of romance novels seems to be that they provide hope, strength, and the assurance that happy endings… — Leigh Michaels Copy Share Image
Since my romance novels had all been thrillers as well, it wasn't such a leap for me to move into the straight… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“She's grateful for what she was born with. She should be. It's an awesome face, a perfect face, an ethereal face. The… — Katja Millay Copy Share Image
“My guess? Romance novels. My guess? She started reading them early. My guess? She started them at a time where they made… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
I started out writing romance novels, and that's a side of publishing that's very female oriented. 99.9% of the writers are women,… — Marjorie M. Liu Copy Share Image
“Outside I hopped into our vehicle, the taint of vampiric magic clinging to me like greasy smoke. “I feel soiled.” “Like walking… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“She informed me that anything hand written would remain private, but anything typed- newspaper, cartoons, magazine articles- were to be read aloud… — Rachel Stephens Showman Copy Share Image
“You'd think the very thought of a romance writer would bring a smile to people's lips. Ah, how nice. Love. Making love.… — Jude Deveraux Copy Share Image
Love is rather impotent and pitiful: My father must have told me a million times how much he loved me, but that… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“After ten whole minutes of painful silence, I finally raised my hand and told Mr. O'Hara I loved Miranda Blythe's romance novels,… — Caitlen Rubino-Bradway Copy Share Image
“At the same time that I was marketing myself as a sexual product, in accordance with my instruction by women’s magazines, romance… — Emily Nagoski Copy Share Image
“She loved romance novels—granted some of the titles were hokey, but that didn’t affect the quality of the story inside—and it irritated… — Lori Wilde Copy Share Image
“MEG (to Dante, the vampire):“Vampires aren’t as cool as I expected them to be. In romance novels, vampires are all dark and… — Sophie Oak Copy Share Image
Here's the thing about romance novels: The moment when the hero and heroine discover that they're perfect for each other is often… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
When I was little, my grandma used to get romance novels, and she would get hundreds of these, and she'd read a… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Scripture comforts me, and romance novels give me hope." "Oh, yeah? Hope for what?" "Hope that I'll be doing more than quoting… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
No matter how troubled a character's history, romance novels tell us, love can be built upon it, and happily-ever-after can result. What's… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
For a century, women have binged on romance novels that encouraged them to associate intimidation with infatuation; it's no wonder that this… — Stephanie Coontz Copy Share Image
My mom wasn't, like, she was reading all these historical romance novels the majority of the time. She read a feminist book… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Somebody would say, 'Can you write us an article about big, bodice-ripping, blockbusting romance novels?' And I'd say, 'Yes, of course,' because… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes things don't work out the way we want them to. Life was full of truths that don't play out in romance… — Lisa De Jong Copy Share Image
“love to read. When I was a teenager I would blow through about eight romance novels a week. I couldn’t wait for… — Cora Brent Copy Share Image
“How'd you get so smart about all this love stuff, anyway?" "I write fucking romance novels, sweetie. I'm making it up as… — Kimberly Kincaid Copy Share Image
“Normally, Julia liked her romance novels to be a little edgier, with leather-clad, tattooed vampires that had drug problems or were once… — C.D. Hussey Copy Share Image
“In my experience, the romance novels written about BDSM have about as much in common with actual BDSM relationships as a child… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
Not to disparage anything, but most vampire stories tend to be romance novels that are 'Twilight'-ish with metrosexual guys. — Mark Pellegrino Copy Share Image
It's a given that we exist in a world where we have to live in continuity every day; no one is immune… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
