State of Romance: A vote for romance in the Bay State

On this day in 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted, illegal for women. She was arrested, tried and fined $100. Anthony was born to a Quaker family in Adams, Mass. Her parents were committed to social reform, including abolition, temperance and, of course, women's suffrage. In honor of her legacy, we visit the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Bay State.

History comes to life in vintage romances with Lisa Kleypas' Love Come to Me and Julie Duffy's In the Shadow of Glory.

Contemporary romance sizzles in Kristan Higgins' Fools Rush In, Carly Phillips' Lucky Charm and Claire LaZebnick's Families and Other Nonreturnable Gifts.

Massachusetts' connection to the witch trials lends itself to the perfect setting for Annette Blair's The Kitchen Witch, Teresa Medeiros' Breath of Magic, and Lisa Carlisle's Smoldering Nights. Lisa also penned a novella, Temptation Returns, with a Marine returning home from Afghanistan in the box set Seduction: One Fortune at a Time.

Lara Adrian will celebrate her 13th book in her Midnight Breed series in 2015 — all set in Boston.

Beantown offers romantic suspense in Suzanne Brockmann's The Unsung Hero, Roxanne St. Claire's Edge of Sight and Cherry Adair's Hush.

Cozy mystery fans will enjoy the Bay State setting in Tracy Kiely's Murder at Longborn, Ada Madison's The Square Root of Murder and Lucy Lawrence's Stuck on Murder.

YA fans will not be denied with Caitlyn Duffy's Treadwell Academy, including The Rock Star's Daughter, The Believer's Daughter and The Viscount's Daughter.

Add your recommendations for romances set in the Bay State using #stateofromance on Twitter.

Next week we visit Montana, the Treasure State.

Kim Lowe is an Air Force veteran, Air Force spouse and romance book blogger at SOS Aloha. You can reach her at sos.aloha@yahoo.com.