We've asked romantic love to do something it was never designed to do: sustain a lifelong partnership through financial stress, child-rearing, career changes, and the slow erosion of novelty. For most ...

For decades, readers have devoured stories where protagonists, bound by circumstance rather than desire, navigate shared living spaces, societal expectations, and unexpected intimacies, only to fall ...

He loves me, he loves me not… he loves me, he loves me not… he loves me— As an avid fan of the romance genre, I’ve noticed a steep decline in the quality of romance media compared to the classics.

Jennifer A. Selby receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Valentine’s Day is sold to us as a moment to celebrate romance: we should buy cards, roses and ...