Kelsey Orlecki sweeps around the room at her bookstore, pointing to the different sections where she’s lining up colourful paperbacks.
Rows of contemporary fiction, fantasy series and stories highlighting 2SLGBTQ+ characters are arranged on tall shelves — from floor to ceiling, and they’re all romance novels.
Edmonton’s new romance-exclusive store The Book Boudoir caters directly to a fanbase of unabashedly proud romance readers, with new, young audiences of mostly women connecting over their shared obsession with the genre.
Orlecki left a corporate career to dive full-time into romance novels, starting with an online store last year. But the big response to her shop at
