Written by Dabney GrinnanRomance has always had a complicated relationship with sex. Not with desire—that’s a given—but with how desire is handled on the page. Is it explicit? Is it suggestive? ...
Romance novels are all over the big and small screen. Bridgerton, Virgin River, The Hating Game, One Day, Red, White & Royal Blue—they’ve all drawn huge audiences and proved, again, what ...
Thank you to everyone who filled out our survey. Sixty readers responded. That number represents a small portion of AAR’s audience, but the feedback was thoughtful, detailed, and deeply engaged. ...
I think I do. It’s not the most common beginning to a love story, but I have seen it happen. And when it does, it deserves to be taken seriously. Love at first sight is not magic, and it is ...
We asked readers to take a short survey about what they read, what they want, and how they use All About Romance. Sixty people responded. The goal was simple: to gather concrete, specific feedback ...
Romance powers Kindle Unlimited. The genre fills the platform’s most-read lists and delivers the kind of constant engagement that makes KU financially viable. At a glance, that dominance looks ...
At All About Romance, we’ve built our reputation on honest, thoughtful engagement with the genre, but that only matters if we’re meeting the needs of the people who come here. Romance ...
Romance heroes used to smolder. Now, it feels as though half of them want to hold your purse while you process your feelings, and the other half want to handcuff you to a headboard and call it ...
Fairy tales, like myths, have always been used to teach us how to behave. Snow White is rewarded for her beauty and domesticity. Sleeping Beauty is punished for disobedience, then “rescued” by an ...
This week, my book club met to discuss The Lost Apothecary. Almost all found it deeply annoying. The past timeline—murder, poison, betrayal—had some narrative pull. But the present-day plot never ...
Sometimes, a book is more than just a book. It’s a refuge. Lately, almost everyone I know feels anxious and uncertain. Right now, life feels like a pressure cooker—though, let’s be honest, ...
Tell the truth: Do you wish we could go back? Because lately, it feels like many of us are looking to the past with longing. We pine for yesterday somehow feeling that the past was better—love was ...
