And for some readers, those tropes are somewhat backwards looking-but you can’t deny the lasting significance and influence of the Presents line in romance. Presents are full of every stereotypical trope in the romance handbook (I personally look to see how many tropes can be highlighted in one Presents book title-my record is 5). So you can find combinations like a Greek tycoon traveling to Brazil in What the Greek Wants Most by Maya Blake. Part of the glory of series romance is that their publishers will throw in a more experimental plot simply because new books appear every month, and they’re willing to take a risk because of that. Greece, Italy, France-a multitude of locations have been featured in this line. But the true expansion in romances set off the beaten path started with the creation of Harlequin Presents in 1973, a series romance line focused on unusual locales.
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