On a similar tangent, if you've ever scrolled thru "New Releases" on a Kindle, you'll notice a large proportion of the books are romances, and not just generically titled ones, but ones with specifically targeted titles like "Bad Boy Billionaire Romance" or "Baby Fever Bride" or "BBW Shifter Love" (I kid you not. Zaftig ladies with furry fetishes are a demographic, apparently).
It's grimly fascinating in its way. I guess if books like that are any guide to "romance", I could see Red Deer being a hotbed of weird backwoods kink envied worldwide.
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