Kay Zempel

Silver Song will be available in digital and paperback on July 7, 2026. Pre-orders are open!

A meeting between a mysterious stranger and a necromancer

Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-in-black-t-shirt-lying-on-yellow-bed-4866040/ Content warnings: language, sex, and rape The title is rather clickbaity, but it does sum up the crux of an argument that has take root in my brain recently. Every few months or so, someone will pop up on the internet with the same hot take: romance novels, and their readers, are either degenerates or stupid or both. Are there problems in romance as a genre? Definitely. But when...