You’ve seen ours–it’s your turn to share! What were your top reads of 2023?
(And, if you’d like to see all our choices for Best of 2023 in one place, you can see them all here.)
You’ve seen ours–it’s your turn to share! What were your top reads of 2023?
(And, if you’d like to see all our choices for Best of 2023 in one place, you can see them all here.)
It’s the eternal question, right? What do women want? I sure as hell don’t know. In fact, I doubt there’s a consensus from females writ large on much of anything. I only know what I want and, as a romance reader, it is not another bad boy.
While the first romance that ever really registered with me is Sweet, Savage Love (and I attribute that to it being the first book in which the sex was varied and, for the time, explicit), the first romance novel I read was–and I have no idea which–one of Barbara Cartland’s 723 books. I read hundreds…
We asked readers to take a short survey about what they read, what they want, and how they use All About Romance. Sixty people responded. The goal was simple: to gather concrete, specific feedback from people who actually use the site. This summary presents the results. All numbers below are drawn directly from the data,…
2022 was not my best year for romance reading. I read only three DIKs published in 2022 and, when I look at my Goodreads list, there isn’t a single five star read from books out last year–almost all the books I adored are from earlier years. That said, the year did offer books I enjoyed…
Over 1100 votes later, AAR readers have picked eleven books to compete for the Best Book of 2020. (I’d hoped for ten, but two garnered the same number of votes.) It’s a great list. All but one of the nominated romances received a DIK at AAR and the one that didn’t got a B+. This…
I’ve always loved romantic suspense. Done well, it offers the joys of a thriller wrapped around a love story that complements rather than distracts from the danger. Linda Howard, for instance, made her name with books like Dream Man and Mr. Perfect that still stand for many as benchmarks for a sexy blend of romance…