Adultery – The Great Romance Taboo
Before I get to actual books, I have to begin with celebrity gossip, about a very famous German soccer player. Some time ago, while she was pregnant with their second child, he left his wife of…
Speaking of Audio Books: It’s All About the Narrator
For me, the traditional printed book will always be the best means of delving into a juicy romance, but audio books have come to play a significant role in my endless search for that next great…
Eagerly Awaiting for June
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming June books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer The Surgeon’s Lady by Carla Kelly Lynn, Heather, Lee, Rike, Lea, Rachel, Jean, Ellen, Blythe, Anne This…
We have a Winner!
We have a winner in our Catherine Kean medieval giveaway! Our winner is commenter Sherry H, whose favorite medival romance is an oldie but a goodie – The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss….
What is it with Billionaires, Anyway?
I know a dirty little secret, and it’s one that many of the most career-oriented women I know will admit to even as it makes us cringe. And here it is: Those Harlequin Presents Billionaire/Tycoon/Prince/Dingdongdillionaire books tap into a…
Where Have all the Medievals Gone? – AND a Contest!
I’ve enjoyed historical fiction for as long as I can remember,but it was only in the early 1990s that I started reading historical romance in earnest. As a broke student, used bookstores were my main source…
Confessions of a (former) Romance Snob
My name is Katie Mack and I have a confession to make: I am a romance snob. At least I was until quite recently. I wasn’t a snob about romance novels in general, having read them…
In Celebration of Fine Writing
I like spare writing. It’s all about an economy of words for me. No matter how much some writers – and I’m talking about more than just fiction here – like to cram $2.00 words into long,…
Eagerly Awaiting for May
AAR Staff again weighs in with which coming May books they are dying to read. Title and Author Reviewer To Beguile a Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt Lynn, Heather, Lee, Rike, Lea, Rachel, Jane, Abi, Katie, Ellen…
How Well do Category Romances Age?
With the publication of Harlequin’s Famous Firsts Collection, I recently read two romances from the 1980s, Debbie Macomber’s The Matchmakers and Anne Stuart’s Tangled Lies. Though Tangled Lies has a suspense plot, it is less prominent,…