Kristan Higgins talks about adoption, family, and why romance and women’s fiction aren’t that different

Kristan Higgins talks about adoption, family, and why romance and women’s fiction aren’t that different

Dabney: Kristan, thank you so much for talking to me. I’ve loved so many of your books–thank you for all the joy you put into the world! One of your many gifts is to take topics that elicit deep emotions and present them in compassionate ways that limn the joys life offers. In A Little…

Return to the Tropical Romance Book Club – an Interview with Hana Sheik
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Return to the Tropical Romance Book Club – an Interview with Hana Sheik

Due to.. uh… (gestures widely at everything), AAR’s Tropical Romance Book Club has been on hiatus for a long time. I’m very excited to bring it back with a conversation with Hana Sheik, the Somali-born, Canada-raised author whose debut for Harlequin – Second Chance To Wear His Ring – is set in Somaliland and Ethiopia….

Her Heart For a Compass – An Interview with Marguerite Kaye

Her Heart For a Compass – An Interview with Marguerite Kaye

Last week, Evelyn and I reviewed Her Heart for a Compass, a work of historical fiction based on the life of Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott, an ancestress of the book’s author, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.  When the book was announced earlier this year, I was excited to see that the it had been…

Introducing… Minerva Spencer
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Introducing… Minerva Spencer

On Friday, I reviewed début author Minerva Spencer’s Dangerous, book one in her series, The Outcasts. I remember being a bit sceptical when the book first appeared on my radar;  I’ve become increasingly wary of historical romances touting danger and adventure over the past couple of years, as so many of them have been disappointing…

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Talking with Sherry Thomas at #RWA16

I read my first Sherry Thomas book–Private Arrangements–in 2009 and that was it for me. So when Berkley asked if I wanted to interview her at RWA, I had to restrain myself from not replying yesyesyesyes… in ALL CAPS. Sherry’s journey as a writer fascinates me. As her website says, “English is Sherry’s second language—she has come a…

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