Mary Balogh

Show Notes

Today, we’re discussing the career of Mary Balogh. Balogh is a Welsh author who now lives in Canada and we’re recording this near the fortieth anniversary of the publication of her first Regency romance, A Masked Deception. A Masked Deception was a Signet Regency Romance published by New American Library in February 1985. Balogh’s most recent publication was Remember When, also a Regency Romance, published by Berkley and published just this January. Emma talks to Beth and Chels about the history of mass-market publishing in the United States, including category romances, and themes of Balogh’s work throughout her career. The story of Balogh’s work is a story of the last forty years of Regency romance outside the tent poles of romance history thinkpieces.

Books Referenced

A Masked Deception by Mary Balogh

One Night for Love by Mary Balogh

Beyond the Sunrise by Mary Balogh

The Secret Pearl by Mary Balogh

Simply Love by Mary Balogh

Slightly Scandalous by Mary Balogh

Slightly Tempted by Mary Balogh

Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh

Dark Angel by Mary Balogh

Lord Carew’s Bride by Mary Balogh

Someone to Hold by Mary Balogh

Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught

The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss

Works Cited

Romance Fiction: A Guide to the Genre by Kristin Ramsdell

How to Write a Romance and Get It Published by Kathryn Falk

The Natural History of the Romance Novel by Pamela Regis

A Brief Look at Category (aka Series) Romance

“Disability Studies Reads the Romance: Sexuality, Prejudice, and the Happily-Ever-After in the Work of Mary Balogh” by Ria Cheyne

Transcript

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