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the ask@AAR: Who are the best parents in romance? Why?
Peeps–my kids are driving me just a little bit nuts. Two of my adult children are temporarily living with us in our three bedroom condo–and one of them has an extremely energetic dog. And while both…
July 2021 TBR Challenge – Secrets and Lies
With a TBR Challenge prompt like “Secrets and Lies”, we couldn’t help but dig into the romantic suspense side of our respective TBR queues. Lynn came up with an inspy romantic suspense that had an unusual…
Are billionaires the new dukes? Or do we hate both these days?
According to Wikipedia, there are around 2700 or so billionaires in the world. Several of them are determined, after mastering our world, to take their empires to other worlds. Many a critic has said, good, get…
the ask@AAR: What’s the most important characteristic a lover can have?
When my husband and I were first dating, we’d have this satisfying conversation about relational deal breakers. (We’d proverbially pat ourselves on the back because we, of course, did not have each other’s “I simply couldn’t…
The Way Back on Wednesday: A Few Historical Characters I Miss
originally published on March 23, 2009 One of the perennial favorite topics around AAR is the lack of historical accuracy in today’s historical romances. Still, there is what AAR readers want and then what the rest…
Romances with football–soccer for our US readers!–or tennis players?
This past weekend was a biggie for sports watchers. (Just ask Tom Cruise–he was seen at the Wimbledon finals AND at the Euro 2020 final game.) Novak Djokovic won at Wimbledon which gives him a record-tying…
the ask@AAR: Is it OK for lovers to lie to one another?
My book club just read Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter and, in our meeting, we had a long and heated disagreement discussion about whether or not and/or when it’s OK to lie to one’s children.…
