Table-Rapping: The Secrets of Victorian Spiritualism by K.J. Charles

June 2, 2017

available at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo It was tough being a Victorian. In the nineteenth century, change—technological, scientific, cultural, religious—was accelerating at a previously unthinkable pace. Alfred,…

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Is Hot the new Warm?

May 18, 2017

One of the things readers consistently tell us they like are our sensuality ratings. They’ve been a part of AAR since its inception and we think they help readers find books they…

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A Love for American Historical Romance: A Guest Post by Holly Bush

May 12, 2017

I confess, I’m a complete sucker for a Regency romance. Give me a duke, a marriage of convenience, or a governess to lover trope, with all the accompanying bothersome rules…

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All About the Money: A Guest Post by Santino Hassell

May 2, 2017

I have a complicated relationship with wealth. Instead of being intrigued by characters who are cool or sexy or likeable because of their money, power, and social status, I love…

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The Neverland of Vermont: A Guest Post by Sonja Yoerg

April 30, 2017

When I tell people I grew up in Vermont, they often smile dreamily, as if I had claimed Neverland as my home state. In a sense, they are right. My…

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Blame your family! A guest post and a giveaway by Caroline Warfield

April 14, 2017

Family—can’t live with them, can’t kill them. It seems to me that family is the cradle of our profoundest emotions: love, tenderness, jealousy, anger, envy, and, yes, hate. No one…

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Rereading Elizabeth Essex’s Dartmouth Brides

April 8, 2017

In 2011, I read the first of Elizabeth Essex’s Dartmouth Brides books, The Pursuit of Pleasure. This is Ms. Essex’s debut novel and, especially for a first book, quite good. In…

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A DIKlassic Bookclub: Thumbs up or thumbs down?

April 6, 2017

As part of our site reboot, we’ve been publishing DIKLassic reviews. These are books that, in the past (at least five years), were DIKs–this means they got an A-, an…

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Paige Tyler on unique characters. Plus, a giveaway!

March 20, 2017

In Her True Match, the feline-shifter heroine Dreya has always felt like a “freak.” She’s surprised—and relieved—when she learns that there are others just like her. There are lots of…

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Susan Sands: A Guest Post and a Giveaway

March 17, 2017

Hello Friends, I’m thrilled to be a guest today on All About Romance. Thanks to Dabney for inviting me! The third novel in my Alabama series, Forever, Alabama, is due…

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A guest post from Damon Suede. And a giveaway!

March 8, 2017

STRONG ROOTS: on messy nostalgia & going back home without living in the past by Damon Suede First, I want to thank All About Romance for letting me come knock…

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The return of the Dartmouth Brides! A guest post by Elizabeth Essex. Plus, a giveaway!

March 6, 2017

It has been said in literature that you can’t go home again, but in the age of digital publishing you most assuredly can. And I have—I am thrilled to bring…

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