Best of 2022 – Our Best Belated Reads
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Best of 2022 – Our Best Belated Reads

Best Belated Reads, which describes favorite reads of a year published in a different year, is always one of my favorite posts to write. Romance has such a deep backlist, and so many excellent works are released every year, that it’s impossible not to have wonderful stories pass me by. It is always a joy…

Setting Smackdown: Georgian Vs. Victorian
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Setting Smackdown: Georgian Vs. Victorian

If you’ve been in Romancelandia for longer than twenty minutes, you have probably noticed that the Regency reigns supreme when it comes to historicals. (Yes, for the purposes of romance settings, we’ll consider “long Regency” books to be Regency – that is, books set from around 1795 to the coronation of Victoria in 1837, despite…

DIKs around the USA
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DIKs around the USA

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AAR Loves… Fantasy Romance
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AAR Loves… Fantasy Romance

I originally came to romance through fantasy novels with what AAR would now describe as “strong romantic elements.” (Ok, yes, and X-Files fanfiction. It’s a strong overlap).  Back before YA got its own major marketing classification, a lot of us teens who were good readers but cognitively still kids found that speculative fiction was a…

Happy Pride!
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Happy Pride!

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Celebrating AAPI Month 2022 – Great reads by Asian and Pacific Islander heritage authors
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Celebrating AAPI Month 2022 – Great reads by Asian and Pacific Islander heritage authors

May is celebrated as AAPI Heritage Month in the United States. Here, we uplift and celebrate books by authors of Asian descent and Pacific descent which we have loved since we made our last AAPI Heritage Month list in 2021! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW

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