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Interviewing Jaci Burton
September 29, 2014Author Jaci Burton has written over forty-five novels and is contracted to write ten more. She writes in multiple genres, from erotic romance to romantic suspense to contemporary romance. She has won the RT…
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Dirty Ideas: Why Motorcycle Clubs?
September 26, 2014This is a guest post from author Jill Sorenson. Her first motorcycle club romance Riding Dirty comes out on October 1st. Jill is giving away a copy of Riding Dirty…
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Molly O’Keefe talks about winning the RITA while not wearing shoes, the Boys of Bishop, her love for The West Wing, AND gives away three books.
September 24, 2014Molly O’Keefe won the RITA this year for her contemporary novel Crazy Thing Called Love. Her latest romance, Indecent Proposal, comes out at the end of this month. I have…
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Yay! We’ve got an exclusive Audiblebook clip from Virginia Kantra’s Carolina Blues and a giveaway!
September 22, 2014We had a lovely chat with Virginia Kantra last week… and Audible noticed. They so liked our interview they featured it on their Romance page this past weekend.
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Confessions of a Settings Junkie
September 15, 2014I feel like I have been waiting on Connie Brockway’s The Songbird’s Seduction forever even though the truth is I have only had it on order since early June. I’m not typically…
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Chatting with Virginia Kantra about her Dare Island series
September 12, 2014Carolina Blues, the fourth book in Virginia Kantra’s appealing Dare Island series comes out next month. Today, Virginia talks with AAR about heroes, sex scenes, and happy endings. Virginia is offering…
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You Never Forget Your First
September 10, 2014Here at All About Romance, our team of reviewers is dedicated to the romance genre. We read, review, and keep up with the goings on of all things romance. We’ve…
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A Formula for Romance… Novels
September 8, 2014Critics of romance novels often cite a long list of problems with the books and one of the most frequently used is that the books are formulaic. Some authors embrace…
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Max de Winter: Dreamboat or Douchebag?
September 4, 2014When I was preparing to write this column I was of the firm opinion that Maximillian de Winter was a definite douchebag. My vague memories of him, from reading the…
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You Want Me to Do What?
September 1, 2014How is going all the way defined between friends? Well, according to Jerry Seinfeld if it is a male/male friendship going all the way is defined as asking a guy…
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Checking in with Sarah MacLean
August 29, 2014I was lucky enough to get a chance to sit down and chat with Sarah MacLean while at RWA. (This was before she won the RITA for best historical romance!)…
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It’s a Lucky Harbor Day: We’ve got Jill Shalvis and a Giveaway!
August 27, 2014Many a romance reader knows Lucky Harbor, the fictional town where Jill Shalvis has set (thus far) nine novels. All good things must come to an end, however, and Ms. Shalivs…
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