I’ve just finished rereading one of my favorite books by Meredith Duran–Written on Your Skin–for an upcoming review. I adore Phin Granville as a hero–he’s complex, strong, brilliant, and willing to work to win the woman he very slowly realizes he loves. He and Julian Sinclair, the hero of Duran’s sublime The Duke of Shadows…
A few months ago, Slate wondered if billionaire heroes were finally out in romance. Regular romance heroes could have told them, duh, yes. Other than Annika Martin’s Billionaires of Manhattan series, AAR hasn’t reviewed a romance with Billionaire in the title in five years. I occasionally run across them in contemporary romances but, even there,…
I just watched the Netflix romcom The Family Affair. If you haven’t seen it, it’s fun. But I found myself distracted in the movie by Nicole Kidman’s weird face and, whenever he took his clothes off, Zac Efron’s absurdly jacked body. Here’s the trailer: Now, I do like a well-constructed man–at my age, ogling seems…
My husband and I recently celebrated our ninth anniversary of marriage, and as he and I reflected on our courtship and especially our early married days, including starting a family together, I’ve felt such gratitude and love for him. He is the flawed hero in our love story, and I’m the stubborn, willful heroine.
Back in 2006 (!) we did a minipoll on favorite heroes in romance. 13 years ago, AAR readers picked, in order, Roark (In Death series), Jamie Fraser (Outlander series), Sebastian Ballister (Lord of Scoundrels), Derek Craven (Dreaming of You), Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice), Rupert Carsington (Mr. Impossible), Harry Braxton (As You Desire), Matthew Farrell…
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