Move over, crime novel! The top-selling fiction genre in the US is romance—and don’t think that means the 50 Shades variety. Ladies buy romance, ladies like romance—face it, without ladies, there would be no romance! While that might be an overgeneralization, it’s true that authors such as Nora Roberts make a mint crafting sexy, thrilling bedroom stories, mostly read by women. But before you sniff your elitist nose at it, you might try out a few trysty tales, and what better place to dive right in than at Beth Yarnell’s monthly romance fiction series—the first and only one of its kind in the OC. Guest authors guide you through the many streams of romance, including stories of the historic, paranormal, sci-fi, steampunk, and LGBT, until you are awash in a river of literary love, because there really is more to life than just Mr. Darcy.
Mon., May 12, 7 p.m.; Mon., June 9, 7 p.m., 2014
