"The best romance novels - and they get better every year: more diverse and self-aware - offer escapism, fantasy, humor, titillation, and catharsis, without sacrificing the protagonists' fully realized humanity. Maybe they fall into the wrong cowboy's arms (who hasn't?); perhaps they're stubborn or spiteful (who isn't?); life is still going to work out okay for them because they are people, and in the world of Romance, being a person means you can be smart, quirky, different, flawed, horny, and happy ever after." ~https://www.powells.com/post/lists/17-reasons-to-read-a-romance-novel