230:, InterMix, MLR (ManLoveRomance), and Riptide Publishing (2011) were founded to publish gay romantic fiction almost exclusively. Others, such as Decadent Publishing (2010), began as traditional romance imprints and shifted their focuses toward inclusive pairings, including gay romance, in recent years.
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Scholars have defined the tropes of this genre: "Like the classic Greek romances, the themes of removal to a distant place, captivity, isolation, escape, search, and pursuit characterize the lesbian romance novel. Typically, the smooth progression of the budding romance is jeopardized by some
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obstacle to love. The subsequent separation or threat of separation stimulates the lovers' (and readers') concerns over whether the longed for union will be achieved. Once the pair overcome the age, class, or race barriers and is united, they supposedly live happily ever after."
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Thomas, Devon. 2011. "Bodice rippers without the bodice: ten male-on-male romances for a core collection." Library
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626:"Finding Love In All the Right Places: Romance 2015" Publishers Weekly; New York Vol. 262, Iss. 23, (June 8, 2015).
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Lundgren, A. (2009, Mar). False Colors: An M/M Romance.
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