To Be Royal: A guest post by Toni Shiloh

September 14, 2022

There’s something about a royalty romance that resonates in the hearts of readers. Is it our secret desire to find out we belong to royalty? Is it the fairy-tale aspect…

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If you could go back in time for one day, what would it be? Why?

September 12, 2022

It will not surprise you that I love reading book reviews, perhaps as much as I love reading books themselves. Every Sunday, I work my way through the New York…

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the ask@AAR: Saying goodbye to the Queen

September 9, 2022

Yesterday, at age 96, 70 years of which she ruled as the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II died. She had an extraordinary life–The Telegraph once wrote that by her…

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Mr. Malcolm’s List and color-blind casting

September 7, 2022

Over the weekend, my mom, Dr. Feelgood, and I watched Mr. Malcolm’s List. The film, based on a novel and then a short film by Suzanne Allain, tells the tale…

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Happy Labor Day!

September 5, 2022

Here in the US, today is Labor Day, a federal holiday which means most people have it off. It’s a holiday famous for parades, picnics, and parties and though it…

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the ask@AAR: What makes an erotic love story work?

September 2, 2022

Every few years, I reread Anne Calhoun’s Uncommon Passion. I read it for the hero’s powerful redemptive arc, for the way Calhoun shows us her characters’ interior lives–she is a…

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Looking for a cool podcast?

August 31, 2022

FMK Lit is a podcast where hosts Neil and Claire read two romance novels, a straight one and a queer one, and then play fuck marry kill with the characters….

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the ask@AAR: What do we think about Anne Stuart?

August 26, 2022

We’ve reviewed Anne Stuart 36 times. She began writing in 1977–I believe her first published book was Barrett’s Hill. We didn’t review her until 1996 when we gave Prince of…

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Got any good news you’d like to share?

August 24, 2022

The world is so often full of gloom and doom. Somedays, I find myself thinking ENOUGH ALREADY! There is so much to be joyful for! Let’s think about that for…

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the ask@AAR: What are your pet peeves in romance?

August 19, 2022

Weird confession: I struggle with stories where all the children have extremely distinctive names. I attribute this to growing up in a town with an infamous family who had six…

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the ask@AAR: Does anyone still read short stories?

August 12, 2022

I’m on my annual large family vacation–there are three generations here, ages 17 to 85. In a conversation about choices with a few of my nephews, I referenced The Gift…

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And the best mystery/suspense novel you’ve read lately is…..?

August 10, 2022

For some reason, in the summer, I gravitate toward reading mysteries. I’m currently reading Jane Harper’s next book and, prior to that, read the latest by Megan Miranda and by…

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