"romantica" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2012, “About the Author”, in Madison Lake, A Cloud of Hawthorne: A Real Old Fashion Romance, with Titillating Tid-Bits, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 98:",
          "text": "This is Madison Lake’s third steamy romantica novel in a rapidly growing collection. She stumbled upon writing romantica quite by accident when, after reading some of her work, several colleagues suggested she explore the genre. Since then, writing romantica has become a passion (no pun intended).",
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          "text": "If one believes the marketing strategies of erotic romance publishers, romantica re-envisions an autonomous female sexuality.",
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