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A Passion for Passion

A Delirious Love Letter to Romance

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A Passion for Passion

By: Alice Fraser
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A Passion for Passion is a love letter to romance fiction. It celebrates the joyful silliness of books that are written about pleasure and love.

Alice Fraser has a special place in her heart for the sweeping silliness of romance novels. The journey to reach a believable Happily Ever After can go via an unbelievable rollercoaster of intensity, through wildly entertaining twists and unlikely turns. To celebrate the unparalleled joy this genre can bring to listeners and defy its oft maligned status, Alice has created the author, D'Ancey LaGuarde, the ineffably mysterious, outrageously prolific, undisputed regent of the art of romance.

Collecting together excerpts, book cover designs, character sketches, and synopses of ‘D'Ancey’s’ most absurdly frivolous and outlandishly whimsical works: from A Knight of Passion to The Dragon Lord's Lady and Luring the Laird to A Cowboy Called Home, this is an exclusive glimpse into the tropes and dreams that rise like perfumed bubbles through the fecund swamp of the romantic mind, and a fulsome challenge to anyone denying the importance of joy purely for its own sake.

This book will be a constant source of solace and encouragement for romance fans worldwide, and the perfect companion to smuggle into your next ball....

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insightful. house shaking laughter. life changing awesomness. gruff meat head now a convert to the genre. now maximising brooding. made me believe in romance and love again. keep dreaming of flamingos now but pretty sure not related. forgive my word salad, is truly great piece of work. thank you AF and her bugle minions.

You know Alice you know excellence

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A combination of satirical novel descriptions, ruminations on the nature of romance fiction, and escapist world-building. I am not a fan of romance literature but am a fan of Alice Fraser’s work elsewhere and I found this thoroughly enjoyable.

A reverently silly look at romance fiction

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Fantastic book from Alice, which had me laughing very inappropriately in public places. Delightful. No less insightful for being wonderfully silly.

Wonderfully silly

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Long time Bugle listener. Nice to see this project come to tumescence. Interesting insights into the desires of the modern woman.

Interesting insight into the desires of the modern woman

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