So… about safe spaces in literature…

I am not here to tuck you in.

the AAR Top 100 Romances Polls (1998 to 2026)

The AAR Top 100 List 2026 (unranked) 10 Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase A Dangerous Kind of Lady by Mia Vincy A Duke of Her Own…

A New Modesty Code for Romance

Something has changed at Amazon, and it is not good.* Over the past several weeks, many romance titles have begun returning the same message in Amazon’s SiteStripe interface: This product…

Eternity: a movie review

In David Freyne’s winning film Eternity, the newly dead have endless themed paradises to choose from. If you can imagine it, it’s an option. There’s Beach World, Nudist World, Studio 54…

Wanna meet some trolls?

    Anyone looking for tragedy needs to, literally, do nothing but read, watch, and, god help you, scroll. It’s harder to find joy. If you are lucky enough to be in…

Meet the trolls

Is there anything more joyful than twelve towering wooden trolls tucked into winter woods?

On Leaving — and Staying

Estrangement can be necessary. It should not be fashionable.

2026: My year of failure.

In 2026, I plan to fail spectacularly at constant self-improvement by choosing joy, rest, and dessert.

As Fiction Changes, Does Our View of Men Change Too?

As fiction has shifted away from taking men seriously on the page, does it change how women see them in real life?

Author book blurbs are the worst

Do we really care if a Very Famous Author loved a book? My answer: Nope.

It’s been a great thirty years….

This is a hard column to write. So I’ll just say it: AAR is retiring. All About Romance launched in 1996. It was created by the incredible Laurie Gold, and…

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