The first election of Donald Trump sparked a series of “Rogue” romance anthologies that framed love as resistance, and the romance genre as progressive and inclusive. Looking back after a decade, how has the genre registered and responded to ongoing political contexts–in the United States and elsewhere–of political radicalization, xenophobia, natalism, revived eugenicist policies, the demonization of “gender ideology” and affirmative action, the redefinition and constriction of citizenship, transphobia, etc.? Following conversations initiated at the IASPR 2025 Conference held in Mexico City, this edited collection seeks to address both the progressive and conservative aspects of the genre: its progressive and utopian side and also its embrace of conservative and reactionary trends, both in the texts themselves and in the publishing, distribution, and readership aspects of the romance genre world. We welcome proposals that address these issues in North America, although we are especially keen to include submissions that challenge the cultural hegemony of the “Global North” from within and beyond its geographical borders.