#1 While
following the Romantic Times website I was intrigued reading Romance industry
news stories on the Industry Insider about new authors on the scene as well as
the increase in novels to be published in the coming year. I was surprised to
discover that the Romance category covers all interest areas from paranormal,
historical, inspirational, contemporary, suspense to the bodice-ripper books,
which seem to be the general impression of the genre.
#3 *Christian Urban Fiction Fansite: I tried multiple different searches to find a
fansite for this subgenre and failed repeatedly. The closest I could come to was generated
book lists for this topic on B&N. 3
authors: Michele Bowen, A’ndrea J.
Wilson, E. N. Joy. Novels share
uplifting themes, respect, and overcoming adversity. *Pet investigator Mystery
Fansite: A Google search for “mysteries
solved by pets fiction” gave me the fansite result www.cozy-mystery.com/blog/dogs-can-be-cozy-too-dog-mysteries.html. This listed multiple authors for this subgenre. The themes are light hearted and silly
guaranteed to be filled with some very intelligent and perceptive cats and
dogs. *Cipher Thriller Fansite: I tried
multiple different searches to locate a fansite for this subgenre and came up
empty. I know there are popular books in this genre, but an organized fansite could
not be located. Even a search of this subgenre on Goodreads was unsuccessful in
generating a list of books. These novels feature puzzling crimes that require
the intelligence of scholarly individuals to solve.
Examples of two mashups are
Queen Victoria Demon Hunter by A.E. Moorat and Abraham
Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahme-Smith. These novels meet the definition
by using nonfictional characters in history and place them in a setting with
fantasy creatures like demons and vampires.
