<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Life in Libraries]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[cbecker53]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/author/cbecker53/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[How About a Little&nbsp;Romance?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s nothing wrong with romance. Though not everyone&#8217;s romance looks the same, there&#8217;s really nothing wrong with it. <!--more-->So, how can there be anything wrong with reading about romance? <a href="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scribble-heart.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="6042" data-permalink="https://cherylbecker.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/leading-with-heart/scribble-heart/" data-orig-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scribble-heart.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1464" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="heart " data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scribble-heart.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scribble-heart.jpg?w=1024" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6042" src="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scribble-heart.jpg?w=300&#038;h=275" alt="heart " width="300" height="275" srcset="https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scribble-heart.jpg?w=300&amp;h=275 300w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scribble-heart.jpg?w=600&amp;h=550 600w, https://cherylbecker.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/scribble-heart.jpg?w=150&amp;h=137 150w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p>
<p>Whether you read romances or not, you may be interested in reading <a title="romance novels" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maya-rodale/who-is-the-the-romance-novel-reader_b_7192588.html" target="_blank">Who is the Romance Novel Reader?</a> (Huff Post), because:</p>
<blockquote><p>There are many myths about who reads romance novels and why &#8212; something I explore in my book <a href="http://www.dangerousbooksforgirls.com" target="_hplink"><em>Dangerous Books For Girls: The Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained</em></a> &#8212; but here&#8217;s the truth.</p></blockquote>
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