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Pulpy, old-school, retro, and vintage romance reads are my jam, baby! I love them all: the good, the bad, the cheesy, and the sleazy! I have no shame about my love for high and low-brow art— mostly low-brow. Other than dreams, the wild stories from our imaginations are the only places where anything can truly happen, and you know what? That’s totally fine. Trigger warnings are for weapons, not books. As a lifelong autodidact, an amateur cultural historian, and a reader of romance, horror, and schlocky tales since 1989, I adore all kinds of fictional genres from the 20th century. In the 21st security, not so much! If you've read my blogs, you might know me by a few different names. I manage and write under the name Jacqueline Diaz at SweetSavageFlame.com and JacquelineDiazRomance.com. On my book blog, IntrovertReader.com, I'm simply IntrovertReader.
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December 2023: Monthly Wrap-Up

Posted on January 1, 2024January 16, 2024 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

It’s a new month! For your convenience, we’ve created a wrap-up of Sweet Savage Flame’s posts for last month, December 2023.

Celebrating 50 Years of Harlequin Presents

Harlequin Presents: Popular with Romance Readers for 50 Years

Posted on December 31, 2023December 26, 2024 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

Harlequin Presents is the best-selling category romance line and has been for decades, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

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Covers of Week #127: Fireworks for New Year 2024

Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

Sweet Savage Flame is celebrating the arrival of the New Year of 2024 with our tradition of featuring romance covers featuring fireworks.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Most Recent Additions to My Bookshelf

Posted on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

It’s Top Ten Tuesday. This week, we’re posting a list of the ten latest additions to my bookshelf. Since we are prolific hoarders—that is, collectors—we are limiting this to only the latest romance and romance-related books.

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Covers of the Week #126: Regency Christmas Romances

Posted on December 24, 2023December 24, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

For Sweet Savage Flame’s Covers of the Week #126, we’re wishing everyone a Merry Christmas with these sweet Christmas-themed Regency romances.

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10 Old-School Christmas Romances to Read This Season

Posted on December 19, 2023December 18, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

We’ve got a big gift for you! Our list of ten recommendations for old-school Christmas romance reads doesn’t need to be unwrapped, and best of all, it’s mess-free.

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Covers of the Week #125: Christmas Category Romances

Posted on December 17, 2023December 17, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

We’re back with Covers of the Week #125! Our selection of category-romance Christmas covers celebrates the holiday season with festive fun.

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Major Bertrice Small News

Posted on December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

The son of the late Bertrice Small, Tom Small, is overseeing the completion and release of two unpublished novels and auctioning off original manuscripts and cover art.

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November 2023: Monthly Wrap-Up

Posted on December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

It’s a new month! For your convenience, we’ve created a wrap-up of Sweet Savage Flame’s posts for last month, November 2023.

10 Reasons to Be Thankful for Books

Top Ten Tuesday: Reasons Why I’m Thankful for Books

Posted on November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 by jdiazsweetsavageflame

We’re back with a new Top Ten Tuesday list. This week, we’re posting a list of ten reasons we’re thankful to have books in our lives.

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