Every genre has its share of amazingly good and amazinly bad books, and western romance is no different. Some are extremely tacky (which can sometimes be fun if that's what you happen to be looking for) and some are well-written, extensively researched, and historically accurate. Most fall somewhere in the middle. Quite a few of them could probably be published as mainstream historical fiction instead of historical romance without changing a word and would be best-sellers. A lot of people see the word "romance" and immediately think all fluff and no substance, and that's not the case anymore. Sure, those books still exist (and still have a huge following), but that's not all there is to romance these days.
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