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Nov 8, 2023Liked by Maya Rodale

I'm having trouble beliving this woman is an expert. Darcy can't buy an entialed estate, no one can. Darcy gave Lydia options, he tried to get her away. He probably hated the end result as much as the rest of us!

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Nov 8, 2023Liked by Maya Rodale

This is absolutely true across many areas of the romance spectrum. When I look back at the romances that I read as a young woman in the late ‘70’s and early ‘80’s, I’m appalled. I can’t blame my bad marriages on romance novels, but the idea that an emotionally unavailable man will somehow change enough to be part of a happy marriage is one that I wish I hadn’t bought into. It makes me very happy to read modern romances where the male characters are capable of healthy communication and overt affection even outside of bed.

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