Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
A DIKlassic Bookclub: Thumbs up or thumbs down?
April 6, 2017As 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, 2017In 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, 2017Hello 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, 2017STRONG 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, 2017It 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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Megan Crane talks about the Edge series. And there’s a giveaway!
February 24, 2017From the moment I read the opening lines of Edge of Obsession, the first book in Megan Crane’s Edge series, I was hooked. A hundred years ago, or so the…
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Why you don’t have to like sports to love them (or sports romance!) by Sara Rider
February 18, 2017One of my earliest childhood sports memories is the day I found out my dad was taking my brother to watch the Winnipeg Jets. Without me. To say I was…
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Writing about love in a world ravaged by zombies: A guest post by Lee Sutherland
February 16, 2017Hello, AAR! I’m here today to talk about romance, the apocalypse, and what it’s like to be a male writing in a field dominated and consumed by women. It’s an…
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Scenes that make us swoon…. (Part Two)
February 14, 2017I asked the AAR staff to share the scenes from novels they found the most romantic. And, boy, did they come up with some exquisite scenes. Be prepared to swoon…….
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Scenes that make us swoon…. (Part One)
February 14, 2017I asked the AAR staff to share the scenes from novels they found the most romantic. And, boy, did they come up with some exquisite scenes. Be prepared to swoon…….
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What’s your best Valentine’s Day story?
February 13, 2017It’s great to have a Valentine but having one doesn’t make or break Valentine’s Day. Almost anything can make February 14th fun, right? We asked our friends at Harlequin to share…
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Rachel Grant talks Tinderbox and Djibouti. And there’s a giveaway!
February 10, 2017Readers and reviewers often mention the amount of research that goes into my books, and how they enjoy the history and prehistory woven into the story. This is satisfying because…
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