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Author Jennifer Wilck talks about writing atypical characters (plus a giveaway!)
Adam and Dina, the hero and heroine of Learning to Love, were not my typical characters, and presented challenges when I was writing them. Don’t get me wrong, I loved developing them, but they weren’t “easy”…
Perfect Gifts for the Awkward-to-buy-for Teen in your life
We’ve all heard the statistics: 70% of gift cards don’t get used. Your hard-earned cash sits in someone’s wallet till it expires, leaving both giver and receiver feeling a bit miffed. We often give gift cards,…
Coming Soon… December 2018
Incredibly, it’s time for the final Coming Soon of 2018! As always, the AAR team has had a good look around at the books being released over the next few weeks, and chosen the ones we’re…
November TBR Challenge… time to judge a book by its cover
We know, we know. All our lives we’ve been admonished to, “Never judge a book by its cover.” However, this month is the exception at TBR Challenge, where we have been challenged to read a book…
Dabney explains romance to Survivor fan favorite Erik Reichenbach
Confession: I’ve never watched an episode of Survivor which is uncool because my nephew by marriage Erik Reichenbach has been on the show twice.
Burning Books–AAR Looks at the Hottest Books We’ve Reviewed
Whatever else has changed in romance, one thing is clear. Books are more explicit than they used to be. Over the years, AAR has given a Burning designation to 361 books. Of those, 15 got Fs,…
Buried Trash or Buried Treasure #2 – Adventures in Vintage Romance
I’m continuing my way through the pile of 1990s romance novels I bought at a thrift store a few weeks ago, and I’m starting to notice a pattern: depictions of sex and sexuality from the 1990s…
