<p>Does a romance novel need to end in a Happily Ever After ™ ? We discuss this hotly debated topic in the romance community, and how we have seen this genre convention played out in our own reading life. We are asking the hard hitting questions:</p> <ul> <li>What does a happily ever after even <em>mean</em>?</li> <li>Is Happy for Now good enough?</li> <li>Can and should romance stay the same as publishing and the world evolves?</li> <li>Does genre really exist or was it a product of marketing?</li> </ul> <p>Books mentioned in this episode:</p> <ul> <li>A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole</li> <li>The Wolf and the Wildflower by Stacy Reid</li> <li>Homestead by Claire Kent</li> <li>Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin</li> <li>Audited by the Anubis by Wendi Gough</li> </ul>