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Westerns: Lawman
Horror: Psychological
Romance: Religious

Johnny Boggs seems to be the author for the lawman westerns. His description on Amazon.com notes that he has worked cattle, been thrown from horses, and spent hours pouring over microfilm all to write a good story. Clearly Boggs is a man who hones in on the details of the story, making sure the historical fiction narrative is accurate while still being entertaining.

Who is the epitome of Psychological Horror? Stephen King, of course. Two of the most well known books in the subgenre are also two of the most well known books by King: The Shining and Carrie. These are books that are full of suspense and mystery and gruesome details. The descriptions of the settings and characters and their actions are frightening and sickening. They get into your brain and give you nightmares. All thanks to the well crafted words of Stephen King.

Religious romance, or Christian Romance if you want to phrase it as such, is on the gentler side of the writing curve. Many of the covers of these books feature women in very conservative or antiquated dress. There is the espoused idea in them of chastity and a pure love that is separate from carnal desire. The love is instead on a more spiritual level, with both partners sharing faith, in each other as well as a higher power.

The religious romance works got me thinking about the mashup subgenres. I noticed that a fair amount of the books in the religious romance also seemed to have historical elements. Lady Maybe, for instance, seems to have a setting in the past. As such it could be considered both a historical fiction and a religious romance. Maybe a historical religious romance?

But what other good mashup subgenres could be found? Well there is a fairly obvious creation that could be made in the form of a thriller romance. In many of the thriller books, there is an attempt to bring two characters together romantically, but why not make that the objective of the book? Having a protagonist who is looking for a woman, feeling down and out. He's a cop. There's a murder the prime suspect is a cute girl. He doesn't think she did it. He proves she didn't do it! They get together after acknowledging their mutual attraction! It kind of makes me think of the TV series Luther....