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Milla Vane talks gods, maps, and dragons! (Plus, a giveaway!)

We so enjoyed our interview with Milla Vane about A Heart of Blood and Ashes, Book One in her A Gathering of Dragons series, that we wanted to talk with her about Book Two, A Touch…

the ask@AAR: What’s the funniest romance you’ve ever read?

I’ve spent the past two weeks first moving and then unpacking and unpacking and unpacking. I have the bandwidth of a plinth and the patience of a nap-deprived toddler. I’d could us a good, easy laugh.…

July 2020 TBR Challenge – Family Ties

This month’s TBR Challenge post is smaller than usual, as Lynn wasn’t able to make it this time around, so Caz is flying solo this month. The “Family Ties” prompt offered plenty of scope; families often…

Music Sets the Tone: A Guest Post by Kim Sakwa

Music is one of the most important elements in my writing process. And the music that inspires the stories of my characters differs vastly from one book to the next. I’m not sure why this is…

the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite road trip/travel romance?

My husband doesn’t want to fly until there’s a vaccine for COVID and so the trips we usually take in the summer are cancelled. We love our beautiful little town but oh how I wish we’d…

The Wayback on Wednesday: Chatting with Sherry Thomas and Joanna Bourne

Joanna Bourne & Sherry Thomas published on June 26, 2008   With The Spymaster’s Lady and Private Arrangements these new authors exploded (almost literally considering the volume of the online buzz) onto the scene by delivering…

WHY ROMANCE? A guest post by Alexandra Y. Caluen

Romance novels, and romance writers, still get a lot of no respect. Why would any self-respecting, trained historian with a fairly intellectual job choose to write romance, knowing that a lot of people – even people who read…

the ask@ARR: How do you feel about updated romances?

Lisa Kleypas has released a revised and updated audio edition of Mine Til Midnight originally published in 2007. The book is the first in her Hathaways series. Here is the Amazon blurb for the current Kindle…

the Wayback on Wednesday: The Allure of the Medieval Romance by Shana Abe

published sometime in 2003 I must confess that as a child I never really dreamed about being a princess, a damsel in distress, a beautiful medieval lady rescued by her knight. I was a tomboy growing…