We have Mills & Boon in Manga *blink blink* I'm late to this party. (My life story, I suspect), because they've been around for a while in Japan, already.
I remember watching Guilty Pleasures a couple of years ago, and hearing that such a thing existed but it went in one ear and out the other. And then yesterday I was stalking the catalogue (best job in the world, really) and came across The Forced Bride in eBook...and you know what happened then. That's right. I requested ALL OF THE THINGS *gulps*
So far we have 9 in total and you can find all of them listed here, and I'm going to read them all because CURIOSITY! It will not kill me as it did the cat. Maybe. This particular title pictured above? I chose it because Amelia is a 'typical bookworm librarian' who, by night, sneaks out of the house and works as a 'provocatively dressed waitress named Amber.' QUE? *suspicious look*
People read romance. Don't believe me? Consider this (Romance Writers of America romance reader statistics):
- Women make up 91 percent of romance book buyers, and men make up 9 percent
- The U.S. romance book buyer is most likely to be aged between 30 and 54 years
- The greatest percentage of romance book buyers (39 percent) have an income between $50,000 and $99,900
- According to RWA's 2011 Romance Book Consumer survey, slightly more than half of survey respondents live with a spouse or significant other
- Forty-four percent of romance book buyers consider themselves "frequent readers" (read quite a few romances); 31 percent are "avid readers" (almost always reading a romance novel); and 25 percent are "occasional readers" (on and off, like when on vacation)
- Readers have been reading romance for a long time: 41 percent of romance book buyers have been reading romance for 20 years or more
Title: Amber by night
Author: Sharon Sala
Illustrator: Mayu Takayama
Series: Harlequin Comics
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