My lovelies.... a book having a sex scene does not make it a Romance Book.
Romance, as a genre, promises the relationship will have a happy ending. Either happy for now, or happily ever after.
Any genre can have sex scenes. Lots of them do. But they don't promise HEA.
#LianaEdits #AmWriting
Liana Brooks
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