Romance novel

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Romance, or romance fiction, is the genre of narrative fiction whose works focus on the budding emotional, sexual, and loving relationship between two or more characters, often concluding with an emotionally satisfying or optimistic ending. Traditionally its most common format is the romance novel. Romance novels encompass numerous subgenres. While women have traditionally been considered the primary readers of romance novels, a 2017 study commissioned by the Romance Writers of America found that men accounted for 18% of romance book buyers The genre of works retroactively referred to as "romance novels" existed as far back as Greece in the Roman era. Precursors can also be found in the literary fiction of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Samuel Richardson's sentimental novel Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) and the novels of Jane Austen. Austen inspired Georgette Heyer, the British author of historical romance set around Austen's lifetime, as well as detective fiction. Heyer's...

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