{"id":8854,"date":"2012-06-18T14:08:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T18:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=8854"},"modified":"2012-06-18T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T18:08:58","slug":"what-do-you-think-of-contemporary-romance-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/18\/what-do-you-think-of-contemporary-romance-books\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you think of contemporary romance books?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>by<\/em> Madison James<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8856\" title=\"questionmark\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/questionmark.jpg?resize=150%2C140\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" \/>I love contemporary romance books; it is my genre of choice.\u00a0 Yet somehow, every time I pick up a book up, I find myself reading a suspense subplot I have to fight the urge to flip through until I get back to the developing relationship. Invariably I end up flipping. What does that tell me? Too much suspense not enough plot. Or I read a blurb that has an interesting romantic premise, except the guy is a shape shifter and the woman is a <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8857\" style=\"margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;\" title=\"contempo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/contempo.jpg?resize=227%2C191\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"191\" \/>vampire, whose mission is to kill him.\u00a0 I just want a romantic relationship set in the present time, no guns, killers, werewolves or vampires allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Beverley is attempting to spread her wings and try her hand in unchartered territory by writing contemporaries; I quite frankly can\u2019t wait to see what Beverley has to offer. <strong>So I thought I would pose the question to you readers. DO YOU OR WOULD YOU READ contemporaries? 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