One of the good things about being a reviewer at AAR is that you quite often read books that you otherwise might not have picked up. I have been exposed to a number of new authors and new sub-genres of romance in this way. Elizabeth Berg writes fiction, women’s fiction, and I don’t tend to…
Do you remember the old maternal adage, “It’s as easy to fall in love with a rich man as a poor one”? This question is taken up and explored in depth in Jane Green’s funny and thoughtful new book, Mr. Maybe. Libby Mason has a pretty good life. She’s young, she’s pretty, she’s got good…
In the mood for a nice, comfortable, light read? Better save Forbidden for another day. But if you’re in the mood for a spellbinding story that burns with passions both emotional and physical, the kind that grabs your heart and kicks it around like a plane in turbulence for a few hours before bringing you…
Donna Simpson is showing every sign of becoming one of the best of the new crop of Regency Romance writers. Her new book, Miss Truelove Beckons is the story of a wounded soldier who finds healing and love in the company of the titular heroine. The book also has a subplot featuring Miss Truelove’s cousin…
The first time I read Bliss, I was absolutely intoxicated by it. It absorbed me and kept me completely in its power. For a whole two days all I did was eat, sleep, dream, breathe Bliss. I read it over and over, wondering each time that it should so affect me. Because by any measure…
When I read a long series like the Anita Blake or the J. D. Robb In Death books, I find there will be a few books I re-read once in a while, a couple that I hardly ever go back to, and a couple of books that just knock it out of the park. These…
Untamed was one of those books I just couldn’t put down. I stretched breaks at work, and prolonged my lunch period as much as I dared because I couldn’t bear to stop reading. Whenever that happens, I know I’ve found a keeper. When it happens after eight years of re-reading a book, I know it’s…
An unread Dead Until Dark is a smile waiting to happen. This crossover book is appealing on a variety of levels, which makes for a very nice change. Usually, if I have a long list of things I want to point out, they generally have to do with the problems in a book. Not so…
The third book in Elizabeth Lowell’s Disputed Lands series, Enchanted rounds out the series with a story as gripping and enjoyable as its prequels, Untamed and Forbidden. Like the other two, I’ve been reading and re-reading this book for several years, yet it never fails to keep me eagerly turning pages to rediscover the beautiful…
Egad! Was this the first romance novel? If you’re the sort of reader who takes literary arguments seriously, you’d better grab the Alka-Seltzer bottle before reading on – because this little essay may give you a headache and a stomach ache at the same time. I’m going to try to convince you that perhaps the…
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