For the more “advanced readers,” Mills & Boon and Harlequin Romance, along with the occasional Barbara Cartland, were the paperbacks of choice even if they were supposed to cater to more mature audiences because of their explicit content.
One thing in common about these pulp romances is they were all written in English by American and British authors.
Fast forward to the present. Browsing at the romance novel section of any bookstore in Metro Manila, you'll see right away that our authors' works — whether in Filipino or Taglish at that — have matched and even overtaken the popularity of foreign-authored romances.
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