LRT: That second cover? That& #39;s what the first man was like in my dream.

Shit& #39;s rough when you& #39;re a romantic and Romance reader with sexual trauma. Even the cover art of books acts as a visual reminder of the thin line between violence and intimacy.

If I were a Romance writer and I had some magically impossible control over what my cover art would be, it would always be some variation of a woman screaming, clutching at her hair, her expression not unlike Saint Teresa of Avila& #39;s in the Ecstasy.

I don& #39;t have a joke to end this thread and make you less uncomfortable.