originally published in August of 2000 This feature grew out of Laurie Gold’s 1997 review of a 1997 romance, A Well Pleasured Lady by Christina Dodd, and a subsequent column she wrote about it and other…
(originally published on June 3, 2016) In another of our occasional series in which we discuss the merits – or lack thereof – of fictional heroes and heroines, AAR staffers turn their attention to Alex Markov of Kiss…
2002 All About Romance Reader Awards originally published on March 1, 2002 To all the winners in our sixth annual reader’s poll, congratulations and continued success! We had more entries this year than in any…
originally published on March 23, 2009 One of the perennial favorite topics around AAR is the lack of historical accuracy in today’s historical romances. Still, there is what AAR readers want and then what the rest…
(originally published on November 28, 2008) Last week, I talked to two stunningly attractive men. There I was, happily married and all, just talking to them, and came out with my toes tingling and a broad…
(originally published on September 24, 2010) Judging by what I see on shelves, romance readers love seeing everyone in a family falling over each other to get married. Just about every subgenre seems to have more…
LBGTQ+ PRIDE is celebrated in many countries throughout the world in June, and here at AAR, we’re doing our bit to celebrate the idea that Love is Love is Love and that romance is for everyone…
A Quickie with Kay Mussell originally published in November, 1997 Kay Mussell is a scholar at American University. She is a long-time reader of my column, but first came to my attention when I read Jayne…
originally published March 1, 2001 (many of the links in this post have been lost to history) To all the winners in our fifth annual readers’ poll, congratulations and continued success! With nearly 30 categories polled,…
(originally published in 2002) The Harem by Ellen Micheletti Simply defined, a harem is the area in a household where the women of the family live. But in romantic imagination, it is so much more….