Hey Dabney, what’s your favorite contemporary romance written in the past five or so years? Oh, no question, it’s Sally Thorne’s The Hating Game. I ADORE that book. So you must be a Sally Thorne fan then, right? Um… no. 100% no.
While I love me some romance, I’m a catholic reader: I like all kinds of stories. And, in 2021, I read so many great books. Honestly, I can’t remember a more rewarding reading year. So picking just one is like….. However, that’s soft thinking. So, despite the fact that I loved ALL THE…
Happy New Year! Given that I’ve never been able to keep a New Year’s resolution going for a whole year, I’ve given them up. Instead, I’ve become goal oriented. It’s a lot easier. In 2022, my biggest goal is to care less about politics–believe me, in my case that’s a good thing–and to do more…
Whoa–2021 is almost in the books. Thus, it’s times to think about what we hope for in romance next year. Everyone’s likes and loves are personal and my list is just that. What’s on your list? Less lecturing, more laughter. It’s been a rough couple of years. For me, romance continues to be a balm….
This time last year, I hoped that the worst of 2020 wouldn’t follow me into 2021. And while that didn’t happen, I did find much to celebrate in 2021 perhaps because the past two years have taught me to find joy, laughter, and love wherever I can. Here are a few things that made my soul…
There are few greater reading pleasures–for me–than diving into a beloved series. In the past 18 months, I’ve listened to all the Harry Potter books, inhaled series by Karin Slaughter, Maria Vale, Eve Silver, Kelley Armstrong, Madeline Hunter, Anne Stuart, Holly Black, and Carolyn Crane, just to name a few. Given the choice between a…
I’m always interested to see what AAR readers buy through the links on our site and in our newsletter. After looking over the data from Amazon for our account, it’s clear this is the year of historical romance. Out of our top ten best sellers, eight are historical romances. (I’m including Sherry Thomas’ Murder on…
I spent Thanksgiving or, as non-Americans would call it, yesterday, with a part of my extended family. We had two intense discussions. We almost came to blows over who should be cast as the next James Bond—James Norton, duh—and had a generational divide over what makes one happy.
Tomorrow, I’m taking the train from North Carolina where I live up to Washington, DC to spend the weekend there. It’s been a tough week here–I had to put Sophie, my dog of ten years, to sleep yesterday and my husband and I want to distract ourselves from our now too quiet home. I love…
We’ve discussed here how we feel about consent in romance–in general, good–although there are those, me among them, who feel constant questions in a love scene are hard to do well. For the sake of this week’s discussion, let’s agree asking for consent is a given. And that’s good. What doesn’t appear to be a…
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