Romancelandia

alternative romancelandia

1. uncountableThe sphere or community of romance writers, readers, and novels.

   Paranormals had been on the fringes of Romancelandia almost since its inception but became huge business in the early 2000s.

   2009, Sarah Wendell, Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels, page 125

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   I became a native of Romancelandia, writing “from the heart” (as the disgruntled woman at my talk said), from my dual but not dueling hearts, simultaneously crafting academic and fiction writing about falling in love.

   2016, Catherine M. Roach, Happily Ever After: The Romance Story in Popular Culture, page 43

   RT was created and run by RT Book Reviews magazine, formerly known as Romantic Times, which was for many years the paper of record in Romancelandia.

   2020, Avi Steinberg, The Happily Ever After: A Memoir of an Unlikely Romance Novelist, unnumbered page

2. uncountableThe idealized fictional setting of romance novels.

   In real life, I hope these kind of IVF mistakes don't happen, but in Romancelandia, when it happens, there's always a sexy, single billionaire involved!

   2016, Andrea Laurence, The CEO's Unexpected Child, page 2

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   In other words, fictionalized Arabiastan in desert romancelandia bears some resemblance both to contemporary Saudi Arabia and to a historical notion of the Arabian Peninsula.

   2015, Amira Jarmakani, An Imperialist Love Story: Desert Romances and the War on Terror, unnumbered page

   In Romancelandia, it was easy to miraculously find a couple of stray dogs for Adam and crew to train as service dogs, but in real life, it takes a lot of hard work, money, and time to find the right dog to do the amazing things a service animal can do.

   2019, Teri Anne Stanley, Big Chance Cowboy, unnumbered page

   Synonyms: romantopia