Blog Archive
Linda Howard's Troublemaker: A Pandora's Box
Today, AAR reviewers Maggie Boyd and Mary Skelton tackle Troublemaker, the latest book by New York Time’s bestseller Linda Howard. Here is Maggie’s summary of the novel: Isabeau “Bo” Maran is surprised – and displeased –…
O Harlequin, Where Art Thou? asks Michele Mills
Once upon a time, back in the dark ages of the late eighties, I read a Barbara Cartland. I figured, why not give it a go? I’d heard Ms. Cartland was related by marriage to Princess…
A Guest Post and Giveaway from M.L. Buchman
The Three Components a Firehawks Book Must Have When I first conceived the Firehawks series, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I never do at the beginning of a book. That’s actually a…
Deadly Peril: An Audio DIK
Narrated by Alex Wyndham We first meet Alec Halsey in Lucinda Brant’s Deadly Engagement, where he investigates the death of a friend, and then again in Deadly Affair, with another murder and a mystery. Now, Alec is…
And the most reviewed authors at AAR are….
One of the features I love most about AAR is the extensive, easily searchable review database. There are literally thousands of romance reviews at my fingertips and anytime I need a book recommendation, that’s where I…
The Weekend DIK: The Earl Takes All
I’ve been desperate to read The Earl Takes All since I finished Falling into Bed With a Duke, the first book in Lorraine Heath’s Hellions of Havisham Hall series. Even though at that point no synopsis…
Metaphor Sex is the best!
On the strength of Maggie Boyd’s DIK review, I tried Uprooted by Naomi Novik. I found one of my favorite writing ideas in there: metaphor sex! I’m not talking about sex scenes written with metaphors (“velvet…