Selling romance and erotica books during my breakup taught me about heartbreak

By Patrick Lenton

I didn’t just think a happily ever after was far-fetched – it would have been hard to convince me of a happily ever occurring again

“There’s only one thing a romance book absolutely must have, with no exceptions,” my boss explained to me seriously, spreading out a bunch of the types of titles we published and sold – regency romances with dashing princes on the cover, paranormal erotica with sultry vampires and butch werewolves, and our speciality: rockstar romances with shirtless tattooed men clad in leather.

“Fucking,” I answered. “Or, you know, at least general horniness. Foreplay?”

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