Romance Novel Cover Stories

NPR

Published February 14, 2002 at 2:56 PM EST

Their titles promised tales of love, but it was their enticing cover illustrations that sold the paperbacks. Morning Edition takes a Valentine's Day look at how the covers of romance novels changed along with readers' tastes over the decades.

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