The Way Back on Wednesday: Alex Markov: Dreamboat or Douchebag?
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The Way Back on Wednesday: Alex Markov: Dreamboat or Douchebag?

(originally published on June 3, 2016)  In another of our occasional series in which we discuss the merits – or lack thereof – of fictional heroes and heroines, AAR staffers turn their attention to Alex Markov of Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Kiss An Angel taps into the classic “arranged marriage” trope. The two protagonists,…

The Way Back on Wednesday: A Few Historical Characters I Miss
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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 of the reading world wants – at least according to some publishers. I’m hearing from certain writer friends who…

Winsome or Loathsome: Daphne Bridgerton
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Winsome or Loathsome: Daphne Bridgerton

Given the phenomenal interest in Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series, we thought it would be fun to republish this! originally published on March 2, 2015 Welcome to our new column, Winsome or Loathsome. (I was rooting for Dreamgirl or Disaster but was outvoted.) Like its counterpart, Dreamboat or Douchebag, this column will look at well-known heroines and…

Anticipating Matilda – Mary Balogh’s next heroine
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Anticipating Matilda – Mary Balogh’s next heroine

When I read Mary Balogh’s Only Beloved, the seventh and final book in Mary Balogh’s Survivor’s Club series which took as its heroine Dora Debbins,  a thirty-nine-year-old spinster, who had “lost all hope of marriage,” I thought good on Balogh, venturing into rather virgin territory where women of a certain age, cherished within their family,…

Can we be BFFs? Or, ah, can I be you? (the TV version)
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Can we be BFFs? Or, ah, can I be you? (the TV version)

Jenna’s recent Laminate Freebie List post started a fair bit of discussion on the site and behind the scenes at AAR, and we began to discuss the possibility of making some other lists, and talking about what we’d do if we did.  In the end, we’ve rolled two of our most popular suggestions into one,…

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