The Bare Truth About Women and Shaving

Dear Amanda, We’ve bitched a lot about period dramas featuring hairless women. Pristine brows, smooth legs, ambrosial armpits… we just can’t seem to find an example of a “natural” woman in these stories, and by God, we’re mad about it! But as much as we’ve complained about “historical” women being made to fit “modern” beauty

Sexy War Wounds or Diverse Representation? Disabled Veterans in Regency England

Dear Amanda, Have you ever read a romance novel where the hero is disabled? Maybe he’s blind (as in Theresa Romain’s Fortune Favors the Wicked). Maybe he has an old war wound – likely in his leg – that requires him to use a cane (as in Rose Lerner’s Sweet Disorder). Maybe he even has