[LMB] Slash (was OT) now Bujold Romance/Slash Meta

[Laura Gallagher]

> > LMB wrote...
> > "When the children happen, the tales move out
> > of the marketing category of "romance" and into
> > the category of "women's fiction", generally
> > domestic dramas"

Megaera wrote:
> I'd be inclined to disagree with that statement.  A great many Romances
> (esp. the category variety) either have children in them or there is a birth
> during the course of the book.  AAMOF, "single father falls in love with the
> woman he hires to help with the kids" is a fairly common.

I know I've seen a lot of romance books in the bookstores with baby
and child related themes.  Silhouette seems to have a whole category
of them, called Baby Bonds. They also have a romance category for
"Home and Family".  Harlequin has a "Baby on Board" series.

Laura Gallagher