DIKlassic: The Knight and The Rose by Isolde Martyn

May 22, 2016

Title: The Knight and the Rose Author: Isolde Martyn Grade: A Setting: Medieval Romance (1320s England) Sensuality: Warm Readers who loved Isolde Martyn’s The Maiden and the Unicorn (Our DIK review is here.) have…

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Alexis Hall interviews K.J. Charles (and a giveaway)

May 20, 2016

KJ Charles’s three Society of Gentlemen Regency romances were all rated Desert Isle Keepers by All About Romance. A Seditious Affair, which was awarded a coveted A+, was voted tied…

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Dee Ernst on Writing, Getting Older, and Lessons Learned (and a giveaway!)

May 16, 2016

I began writing when I was in my forties, and I began for one important reason — I couldn’t find any books that I really enjoyed reading. I was a…

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DIKlassic: Never Love a Cowboy by Lorraine Heath

May 11, 2016

Reviewed on April 20, 2000 Grade: A Setting: Post-Civil War Texas Sensuality: Warm Never Love a Cowboy is the kind of book that makes me wonder why I’m not more familiar with…

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Linda Howard's Troublemaker: A Pandora's Box

May 9, 2016

Today, AAR reviewers Maggie Boyd and Mary Skelton tackle Troublemaker, the latest book by New York Time’s bestseller Linda Howard. Here is Maggie’s summary of the novel: Isabeau “Bo” Maran…

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O Harlequin, Where Art Thou? asks Michele Mills

May 5, 2016

Once upon a time, back in the dark ages of the late eighties, I read a Barbara Cartland. I figured, why not give it a go? I’d heard Ms. Cartland…

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A Guest Post and Giveaway from M.L. Buchman

May 4, 2016

The Three Components a Firehawks Book Must Have When I first conceived the Firehawks series, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I never do at the beginning…

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Deadly Peril: An Audio DIK

May 3, 2016

Narrated by Alex Wyndham We first meet Alec Halsey in Lucinda Brant’s Deadly Engagement, where he investigates the death of a friend, and then again in Deadly Affair, with another murder…

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And the most reviewed authors at AAR are….

May 1, 2016

One of the features I love most about AAR is the extensive, easily searchable review database. There are literally thousands of romance reviews at my fingertips and anytime I need…

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Metaphor Sex is the best!

April 27, 2016

On the strength of Maggie Boyd’s DIK review, I tried Uprooted by Naomi Novik. I found one of my favorite writing ideas in there: metaphor sex! I’m not talking about…

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A guest post (and a giveaway) from Jodi Thomas

April 26, 2016

When I begin working on a new story I always do something I call “walking the land.”  I take a few weeks, or sometimes a few months and wander through…

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The Weekend DIK: The Glittering Court

April 23, 2016

Fans of Kiera Cass’ Selection series won’t want to miss The Glittering Court, book one in Richelle Mead’s trilogy of the same title. It’s a captivating story of forbidden love…

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