I need a new TV show… what do you recommend?

June 3, 2024

Dr. Feelgood and I have been watching Fargo–the TV show, not the iconic film–and, midway into season three, I think we’re done. The first two seasons were wildly violent but…

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the ask@AAR: Did you hear the latest about RWA?

May 31, 2024

At one point in time, RWA (Romance Writers of America) was the envy of other genre writers. With over 10,000 members, a robust conference, and courses and tools for published…

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Birth control bummers

May 27, 2024

I just finished a contemporary romance that has lots going for it. It’s oftentimes hilarious, it has an appealing himbo hero, and an interesting locale. On those merits, I’d give…

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the ask@AAR: What’s up at AAR?

May 24, 2024

Well… a lot, actually! For starters, the annoying ads are generating much needed revenue for us. I am deeply appreciative you guys are putting up with them. Thank you! We’ve…

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the ask@AAR: Are we harder on authors we’ve loved before?

May 17, 2024

Last night, as I was tried to fall asleep, I was distracted. I was, I realized, irate. I’d just stayed up past my bedtime reading a book by an author…

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You guys really love historical romance!

May 13, 2024

We will be launching our poll for the 2024 AAR Top 100 Romances list later this week. There will be 200 books to choose from, taken from a combination of…

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the ask@AAR: Wanna talk about dark romance?

May 10, 2024

This week some comments at AAR got me thinking about dark romance. The sub-genre is a broad one but, in general, dark romances have, duh, dark themes. They often traffic…

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I’m sorry but Anne Hathaway is too beautiful for The Idea of You

May 6, 2024

A few nights ago, Dr. Feelgood and I watched The Idea of You. If you live in the States, you’ve probably seen one of the bazillion article/videos about this Amazon…

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Narrowing down the Reader Nominated List

May 4, 2024

OK! We had 92 books that were mentioned at least twice in our recent reader nominated poll. We will keep the 37 books that received three or more mentions. That…

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the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite Meredith Duran book?

May 3, 2024

One of my all time favorite romances is Meredith Duran’s The Duke of Shadows. I read it, for the first time, a few years after it was published in 2008….

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The top books nominated by readers for the AAR Top 100 poll

May 1, 2024

Here are the top books you picked to be included in our poll that are not in the current AAR Top 100. We had about 650 books nominated. All of…

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the ask@AAR: What will happen at AAR while Dabney is in India?

April 19, 2024

Hopefully, nothing! Although there won’t be Steals and Deals beginning tomorrow. I may try and add some to our Amazon page, so make sure to look there each day. We…

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