2026/07/06 by Erika Kvistad · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Crime and Detective Fiction Studies #Gothic Literature and Media Analysis #Short Stories in Global Literature
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openalex publication_date 2026/07/06 · openalex created_date 2026/07/07 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/08
Content note: This article discusses sexual violence and abuse in the context of romance novels. In the first book of Amelia Wilde's Beast of Bishop's Landing trilogy (2021), Secret Beast, the male main character clears out the New York Public Library so the female main character can lose her virginity "in full view of a