In which we discuss the 1983 historical romantic fiction novel Spring Fires by Cynthia Wright, its 2011 revision, and anything else that comes to mind.

Sorry if it sounds like we were in an echoey closet on only one microphone, because we were. Enjoy!

Links:

Beauvisage Family Tree

New York Public Library: A Brief History of the Romance Novel, Amanda Pagan

BK Mag: Romance writer Sarah MacLean: ‘Happiness is terrifying to tyranny’

The Bitch Rules, Elizabeth Wurtzel

Haitian Revolution

1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic

George Washington's Teeth

The Guardian: Fifty shades of white: the long fight against racism in romance novels