I’ve been reading romance novels for a long time. A long time. Now, it’s true that for the first twenty-five years or so of my personal romance reading, there wasn’t any place for discussion of what I liked and disliked as there is now on the Internet. I simply read what was available to me and accepted the stories for what they were. […]
In more than one of my columns, I’ve talked about how broadly the definition of a romance novel should be extended. Some romances read to me like historical, epic fiction, others as suspense novels with some romance thrown in for good measure. In some cases the author is truly trying to write a romance but separates the lead characters for so much of the book that it leaves me wanting. […]
published on June 9th, 2009
Three of AAR’s publishers are buzzing – literally – about Bound by Your Touch, Meredith Duran’s new historical novel to be released at the end of June.
Here’s what Blythe had to say: “For me, it’s all about the hero – he was completely delicious. The book is just plain encouraging; sometimes it’s easy to think all the really good books have been written already, and there’s nothing else out there.” […]
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 compulsively readable and meaty historical romance with complex, flawed characters – the kind of characters we see all too rarely these days. […]
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 up with a big sister who could kick my butt at any given time (so I had to fight for myself), and a brother nearly my age who had no interest in “girly” things of any kind. […]
from October 30, 2006
So far I’ve finished the first seven books in J.D. Robb’s In Death series, as well as the short story that comes between books seven and nine. Obviously with three DIK’s so far, it’s clear I’m enjoying myself. […]
Something wonderful happens when you mention Georgette Heyer to writers and readers. They start to smile (you can feel it in e-mails). They can’t wait to tell you how they first discovered her books, where they were, which ones they read first. This is an author that changes people’s lives because she is responsible for inspiring so many of the best romance writers writing today. […]
January 1, 2001
Happy New Year, everyone! Today we announce the winner in our second annual Reviews Parody Contest. I got a tremendous kick out of each and every entry in the contest (and our reviewer “samples” too), didn’t you? […]
Since we have our Good Time Book Club coming up on May 10th and are reading Crusie’s Manhunting, I thought this interview with her from 2004 would be a fun read! […]
(originally published on February 15, 2000)
Here’s the link to this page which has not just the romance novels our readers picked–over 20 years ago!–as the best romance novels of the year( 1991), but also lists the best characters and the year’s worsts. […]