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Caroline Linden on math and romance

Caroline Linden on math and romance

February 27, 2018

Math and romance are inextricably connected for me. Let me explain. The fall of my sophomore year of college, a guy asked me out. He was athletic and funny, crazy…

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Dreams: A Guest Post (and a giveaway by Leslie Hachtel)

Dreams: A Guest Post (and a giveaway by Leslie Hachtel)

February 19, 2018

Dreams. The stuff some reality is made of. My name is Leslie Hachtel and I am the author of The Dream Dancer. So many times, people ask me where the…

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Confessions of an Anxious Writer

Confessions of an Anxious Writer

February 15, 2018

I think I was probably always a bit of a worrier. When my first baby was born, however, the worry kicked into high gear. And when my second baby was…

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Adam and Eve sells sex toys and makes the world a better place

Adam and Eve sells sex toys and makes the world a better place

February 14, 2018

If you want to spice up your Valentine’s Day, you can’t go wrong with Adam and Eve. We’re running this column again because we love this company… and you! In…

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AAR’s Top Picks for 2017

AAR’s Top Picks for 2017

February 10, 2018

Each year we ask our staff to share the romance, the one romance, they read this year they’d pick as their favorite. This year, they’ve picked more contemporary romance than…

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AAR picks the very best of 2016

AAR picks the very best of 2016

February 9, 2018

We thought we’d republish this–we’re about to release our top picks for 2017. Did you read any of these? Think we picked well? (originally published on January 4, 2017) Each…

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The Best of 2017: Dabney’s List

The Best of 2017: Dabney’s List

February 6, 2018

I enjoyed reading in 2017. I read widely and much of what I read was good. So that’s a win. Of the couple hundred books I read last year, these…

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How to have a sexy and romantic Valentine’s Day… with a little help from Adam and Eve

How to have a sexy and romantic Valentine’s Day… with a little help from Adam and Eve

February 6, 2018

Recently, while at a talk about the business of romance, I found myself talking with a very enthusiastic retired rabbi/marriage counselor who said he thought the reason women loved romance…

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Our Bodies, Our Stories: the AAR staff talks about weight

Our Bodies, Our Stories: the AAR staff talks about weight

February 1, 2018

  The discussion about Kristan Higgins’ Good Luck with That got AAR staffers talking about their own experiences with weight and body image. We, all women, range in age from…

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AAR talks to Kristan Higgins about her next book–yep, that one.

AAR talks to Kristan Higgins about her next book–yep, that one.

January 31, 2018

Dabney: AAR staffers love Kristan Higgins’ forays into women’s fiction. So I was excited to read her upcoming book Good Luck with That. I liked it. A lot. It made…

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A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Scarlett Cole

A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Scarlett Cole

January 28, 2018

I am so excited to be here at All About Romance to share with you a little about my latest release, Final Siege, which is the second book in my…

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A (not grumpy) guest post and a giveaway by Nicole Helm

A (not grumpy) guest post and a giveaway by Nicole Helm

January 23, 2018

There are two types of romance readers in the world. Readers who hear the words ‘grumpy hero’ and go on with their day, and the readers who hear ‘grumpy hero’…

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