Every fiction genre makes a promise to its reader. Romance is the only one where that promise is guaranteed by definition — and that guarantee changes everything about how your ideal reader finds you, chooses you, and stays with you.
You’ve read hundreds of slow burn romances. You know exactly what makes them work — and exactly what ruins them. The rushed declaration. The missing tension. The hero who proposes on page three. Here’s the thing: your book marketing works exactly the same way. And most romance authors are writing the wrong book.