Well Met by Jen DeLuca
Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters
Besides adorable covers, charming premises, and a recent explosion of popularity, what do each of these novels have in common? They’re explicit romance novels packaged to look like fluffy chick-flicks. And I fell for every one of them.
I don’t know when romance publishers stopped advertising the content of their novels with heaving bosoms and shirtless men, but I find the change most frustrating.
How am I to know to avoid a book when its cover looks like this?
I was lured under false pretenses. They look so innocent. So fun. So not like books that make you want to wash your brain out with bleach.*
I never thought I’d say this but…BRING BACK TRASHY ROMANCE COVERS. Highlanders. Fabio. Conveniently placed bushes. Anything to let you know what you are getting yourself into!
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*Okay, The Flatshare was pretty decent. 4 stars.
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