Shelf Love: romance novel discourse
Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture
007. The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan with Erin Leafe (Learning the Tropes)
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007. The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan with Erin Leafe (Learning the Tropes)

Erin Leafe (Learning the Tropes Podcast) and I get deep into a discussion of power, privilege, the patriarchy, and pretending to be someone you’re not after reading The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan. Also discussed: Podcasting. Inspirational Westerns rife with sexual tension. 

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Instagram friends: LiteraryPetals, Annielikesbugs, Christina.us.uk

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Book Recommendations

Historical Western Recs

  • Ellen O'Connell - Westerns!

  • Dancing on Coals (not Erin's favorite, but her first)

  • Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold (Erin's fave!)

  • Lorraine Heath

  • Maggie Osborne

  • Not a historical western, but recommended: The Sufragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

Trope Town:

  • No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean (historical M/F)

  • The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne (Historical M/F)

  • Lady Sophia’s Lover by Lisa Kleypas (historical M/F)

  • The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt (historical, M/F)

  • Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas (rich woman/poor man, M/F, historical)

  • Governess Gone Rogue by Laura Lee Gurkhe (Historical, M/F)

  • Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean (Historical, M/F)

  • Take Me Back by Meghan March (Marriage in trouble, contemporary, M/F)

  • Changing His Game by Megan Erickson (contemporary, M/F, mild BDSM crazytimes!)

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Shelf Love: romance novel discourse
Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture
Shelf Love explores fictional stories of romantic love across media, time, and cultures. For the curious and open-minded who joyfully question as they consume pop culture. What's love got to do with it? Quite a bit!
From the page to the stage, on the screen or in the wrestling ring: Shelf Love invites experts to share their knowledge and love for diverse genres and how they help us explore romantic love, including romance novels, comic books, soap operas, romantic comedies, video games, oral stories, advertisements, and more, and introduces theory alongside applications and accessible explanations.