Dean Francesca

Title: Founder, Romanceopoly University • Dean of Core Curriculum (and Chaos)

Department: All of them

Specialties: Paranormal academia • Dark romance obsessions • Historical mavens • immersive romance mayhem since 2011

Office Location: Under the Covers Book Blog

Office Hours: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook or deep in the Kindle Unlimited dungeon

Preferred Communication: DMs, voice notes, and “YOU HAVE TO READ THIS” email replies.

Academic Philosophy: HEAs are required in romance. DNFs without guilt. Audiobooks count.

“This isn’t just a challenge. It’s a love letter to the genre and to the readers who take it seriously, in all its fun, spice, and soft angst.”

Current Favorite Hero: Currently (and always and forever) Vlad from the Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost, and Kaleb from the Psy-Changeling series by Nalini Singh

Current Favorite Trope: I love a good enemies to lovers like it’s nobody’s business, but my guilty pleasure is siblings’ ex.

Secret Romance Weapon: Recommending starter romances to someone who swears they “only read a certain sub-genre or trope”

Dean’s Warning: If you say “I’m not a trope person,” you will be assigned one. Respectfully.