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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
The average romance reader would just call it a "historical romance"...or maybe even a "Regency romance", if that's the right timeframe. I mean, "Loving a Lost Lord" is kind of a clue it's a romance, right?
And while the paranormal romance subgenre is full of vampires, werewolves, were-tigers (and various other manner of were-creatures), witches, angels, demons, zombies...so far, "Lord" in a romance generally refers to British aristocracy.
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Actually, I too would call it an "Historical Romance," which is exactly as you stated. For some reason, I think (?) I quoted from Amazon - I can't remember now.
I spent almost 30 years working in bookstores, and back when I was in my early 20s, I worked at a place that sold used paperbacks.
The women (and 2 men - [this is true]) were fanatical about their Harlequin Romances and wanted NOTHING to do with Historical Fiction - those fat paperback novels with a dose of romance in them. The main thrust (no pun intended) of those Harlequins (and I read one because one of my friends had just published a Harlequin) dealt ONLY with Romance - everything centered around "
Romance and the Difficulties Of Having a Romance and of Remembering His Smoldering Kiss and Wanting it Again and Again"- Uggggg! I can't think of anything more unhygenic, can you?
So, yeah, I would call this category of fiction "
Historical Romance," although I would still stick to the idea that it's a hybrid type of alliance.
For "Soft Porn," many people - both men and women - now read "Paranormal Romances," [or "Paranormal Fiction"] - another strange hybrid of Fiction, where much thrusting occurs - and much more.
Don