Nah, it's okay. I have mixed feelings about Harlequin too. I like the fact they have an entire imprint devoted to AA romance but at the same time, I dislike the fact that it's a separate imprint from everything else. (How's that for conflicted?) It's just like brick & mortar stores where AA romances aren't shelved in the general romance section -- it's unfair and perpetuates this perception that it's somehow "different" from a regular romance. But it's not -- it's just that the characters and authors are black.
The less heteronormative stuff (...for Harlequin, anyway) can be found in the Spice line, which I notice had no freebies in the giveaway, but I guess they limited that to only their category lines. I see nothing from Mira, HQN or Luna either. But erotica and erotic romance isn't really my thing so when I've tried a Spice title, it's been kind of hit or miss for me. It also doesn't help that half the time you can't tell if you're getting an erotica novel or an erotic romance novel.
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The less heteronormative stuff (...for Harlequin, anyway) can be found in the Spice line, which I notice had no freebies in the giveaway, but I guess they limited that to only their category lines. I see nothing from Mira, HQN or Luna either. But erotica and erotic romance isn't really my thing so when I've tried a Spice title, it's been kind of hit or miss for me. It also doesn't help that half the time you can't tell if you're getting an erotica novel or an erotic romance novel.