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Here’s the low-down on Wonkomance this week:

Greetings and Salutations by Ruthie Knox

In the Land of Romance, the men are all tall and tanned, the women are thin and plucky, and the sex is always mind-boggling. It’s a fine land, indeed. But we prefer the land of Wonk-o-Mance.

Why We Like It Wonky by Serena Bell

…there’s a reason we Wonk-o-mantics are crazy about the wounded, the wacked, and the weird. And that reason lies at the heart of story theory. In other words, we don’t love wonk-o-mance because we’re perverse (though most of us would happily confess we are, and also perverted)—we love it because it’s actually the epitome of what romance can and should be.

Wonky links of the week:

What-to-read Wednesday: Amazon Lily

Theresa Weir’s American Dreamer is free for a limited time at Amazon. She also released Last Summer in Kindle format this week, with some of the funniest, wonkiest product description copy we’ve seen.