What Exactly IS Urban Fantasy and How Does it Fit the Romance Landscape?

Interesting article by the author Tracy Cooper- Posey

Urban Fantasy has crept into our subconscious and our romance reading via the back door.

We started off loving paranormal romance and that is still a huge staple in our diet of romance novels. But many readers (and writers!) aren’t exactly sure what Urban Fantasy is and how it fits with paranormal romance.

It can get confusing, absolutely.

Urban Fantasy is a Hybrid

Part of the problem is that paranormal romance evolved in the romance world.

Urban Fantasy evolved in the Science Fiction/Fantasy genres.

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