Let’s do this!
Let us know in the comments what subgenre you’d like to read, offer any specific choices, and weigh in if any of these choices appeal to you:
Joanna Shupe’s A Notorious Vow
Linda Howard’s A Heart of Fire
Talia Hibbert’s A Girl Like Her
Elizabeth Hoyt’s A Raven Prince
Rachel Gibson’s See Jane Score
Christina Dodd’s A Candle in the Window
Beverly Jenkins’ Destiny’s Embrace
Alexis Hall’s Waiting for the Flood
I asked the AAR staff to share the scenes from novels they found the most romantic. And, boy, did they come up with some exquisite scenes. Be prepared to swoon…. Keira: This scene is from the novella Paris for One from Jojo Moyes’ Paris for One. Nell and Fabien sit on the ledge. A half-drunk…
Yesterday, I returned from trying on possible Mother of the Groom lehengas to read this crap headline from Washington Post: At 59, I needed a fancy gown. Should I go for sexy or mother of the bride? So. Much. Ugh. This is an article about a lovely woman who, when her husband won a Nobel…
Whatever else has changed in romance, one thing is clear. Books are more explicit than they used to be. Over the years, AAR has given a Burning designation to 361 books. Of those, 15 got Fs, 65 got Ds, 99 got Cs, 151 got Bs, and 31 got As or DIKs.
The best part of RWA’s annual conference is, for us, getting to talk with authors we love. Elizabeth Kingston’s books get high marks from us so we were excited to ask her what she’s writing next.
I’ve read, according to my Goodreads profile, 47 books this year. Six of them have been contemporary romances and while I’ve enjoyed a few of them, none of them wowed. Two, I could barely get through. It’s possible I’m too old and cranky for modern romance, but, heavens, I hope not. I used to love…
The (very close) votes are in and we’re reading Elizabeth Kingston’s The King’s Man. (Here’s our B+ review.) Here’s the summary from Amazon (right now, the ebook is 2.99):
