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A Retro Write: Yes We Can! Our favorite Activist Heroines

ByCaroline Russomanno 06/19/202106/19/2021

originally published on February 3, 2017 Women have a long history of standing up for their beliefs, and there are great romance novels starring heroines doing just that. American and British suffragettes (or suffragists), Civil Rights activists, lawyers, writers, organizers, and military rebels – you’ll find all of them here, and more. Let these ladies…

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AAR Loves… Historical Romances starring Scientist Heroines

ByCaroline Russomanno 02/15/201905/04/2019

From Mary Anning to Lise Meitner, from Caroline Herschel to Katherine Johnson, history is full of brilliant women in STEM. Historical romances should be, too! If you’re seeking geologists, biologists, mathematicians, botanists, and more, AAR Loves these great romance reads.

Refugee Heroines

ByCaz Owens 02/22/201705/04/2019

Regency spy novels are chock full of French emigrés fleeing the Revolution, but more recent stories of migration, including refugees, can be a little harder to find. Here are some post-World War II stories of heroes and heroines either living in areas of crisis, fleeing them, or encountering other characters who have done both. We…

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Heroines and Aging: A Bit Painfully

ByLynn Spencer 07/05/201306/23/2017

Back in July of 2006, Robin Uncapher wrote an At the Back Fence column (#232) that is so timely for me as to be kind of eerie. She discussed the role age plays on romance novels: in who buys them, in how the age of the heroine is perceived, in what is considered acceptable versus…

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Romance Heroines and Exercise

ByAAR Admin 08/27/201206/23/2017

I’ll admit it’s not easy staying in shape, and at times I seem to be fighting a losing battle. In the middle of the winter, curling up with a good book is much more appealing than going out for a long walk on a sub-zero day. But on most days I do try. In nice…

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When TSTL Works

ByLynn Spencer 03/18/201106/23/2017

Over the years here, we’ve said quite a bit about the TSTL(Too Stupid To Live) nutter, one of the heroines we love to hate. And I have long been among those who have hated them most fervently and vocally. The mere letters of this acronym bring to mind so many rage ridden reading moments it’s…

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Kiss and Tell

ByLynn Spencer 11/08/201006/23/2017

I read Surrender of a Lady recently, and as I read it, the heroine’s past really stuck with me. For those not familiar with Tiffany Clare’s debut, it centers on a heroine sold into slavery in a Turkish harem. Her owner runs a pleasure garden, and the girls are expected to entertain the men who…

Characters | Heroines | Jean AAR | Reading | Romance reading

Perfectly Perfect Heroines

ByAAR Admin 06/03/201006/23/2017

Confession: I’m not perfect. Well, duh, you say. No one is. But judging by some of the romances I read, I’d never know that women lead imperfect lives. I’m not talking about historicals, which are a little different. Considering I already have to put myself – a second-generation academic Chinese immigrant – into the place…

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The Face of a Hero

ByLynn Spencer 04/26/201006/23/2017

During my book club’s latest meeting, a friend who’d seen the play version of a novel most of us had read, showed around some leaflets of the production and asked whether the two actors who played the leads were in accordance with how we’d imagined them. This lead to a rather funny moment, because of…

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Placeholder Heroines

ByLynn Spencer 03/03/201006/23/2017

I came across a link to an article from last year that still annoys me, so it got me thinking about a topic that comes up in romanceland from time to time – the placeholder heroine. This idea seems to come from two main sources. There is the discussion in Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women…

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