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Originally Posted by worktolive
 I feel like I have to stick up for authors like Tessa Dare and Theresa Romain (whom I'm currently reading). Tessa is one of my favorite historical romance authors, and I just read my first by Theresa Romain and would rate it a "B". I will freely admit that they are basically modern romances with modern sensibilities and some historical window dressing, but that doesn't lessen my enjoyment of them at all. I know it's a fairy tale, and I don't care. 
I don't usually rec those types, since I know that many of you prefer the more traditional historicals, but I'll be sure to note that they are quite mistorical if I do happen to mention one. |
The problem is they are killing the genre! Publisher think this is what readers want and why many have stopped reading historical romance because of it. Given a few more years no one will know what a real regency was. Most of these authors do not even do research of the time period it's pure laziness and it's sad. Tessa Dare irks me because she knows how to write the time period and yet choose to use the gimmick of writing these ridiculous stories instead.