A Giveaway and Advice: Never Give Up on Your Dream
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A Giveaway and Advice: Never Give Up on Your Dream

My journey to publication evolved over time, but it wasn’t until almost ten years ago that I became serious. I already had the equivalent of about 200,000 words on my computer and after achieving a degree in Creative Writing from New York University I was able to convert all those words into something that was…

Happy Valentine’s Day. We’re giving away a box of books!
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Happy Valentine’s Day. We’re giving away a box of books!

It’s Valentine’s Day, that 24 hours each year the world celebrates romantic love. AAR’s a big fan of romantic love–we’ve been writing about it and celebrating it since the early 90s. Over the years, we’ve published thousands of reviews and blogs, conversed online with countless readers, and chatted up hundreds of authors.

An Interview with Julie Anne Long… and a giveaway!
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An Interview with Julie Anne Long… and a giveaway!

Readers of historical romance are thrilled that Julie Anne Long, after a successful stream of contemporary romance novels, has returned to writing HR. Lady Derring Takes A Lover, due out on February 26th, is the first in a new series, The Palace of Rogues. We’ve read and and loved it–our DIK review may be found…

Pick up a Pen! by Holly Bush (with a giveaway)
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Pick up a Pen! by Holly Bush (with a giveaway)

I’ve been writing for about thirty years on and off and before that I wrote a little for pleasure in high school and college when I wasn’t writing papers for classes. I’ve written some long stories, like my new historical romance For Her Honor, a few essays on mostly political subjects, and an occasional family…

Austen Heroines Say Yes to the Dress by Abigail Wilson. Plus a giveaway!
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Austen Heroines Say Yes to the Dress by Abigail Wilson. Plus a giveaway!

Would Austen heroines say yes to the dress? Or more Regency era appropriate, would they be down with the gown? “I remembered afterwards…that the wedding need not be put off, for Mr. Darcy might have done as well.” “Mr. Darcy!” repeated Elizabeth, in utter amazement. “Oh yes! He was to come there with Wickham, you…

An Interview and a Giveaway with Jayne Ann Krentz
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An Interview and a Giveaway with Jayne Ann Krentz

Jayne Ann Krentz, under a series of names, has written 183 books, 14 of which have been DIKs at AAR. Her latest Krentz book is the third and final book in a series featuring three foster brothers whose childhoods were destroyed by a very evil guy named Quentin Zane. I hadn’t read the first two…

Jenny Holiday on “Prickly Presenting” Heroines (and a giveaway!)
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Jenny Holiday on “Prickly Presenting” Heroines (and a giveaway!)

I was messaging with a reader on Twitter the other day, and she used a phrase that I found delightful—and that has been stuck in my head ever since: prickly presenting. (Shout out to @EisReading!) She was talking about Wendy Liu, who was a secondary character in my last book, One and Only, and is…

A SENSE OF PLACE:  A Guest Post and a Giveaway by Elizabeth Essex
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A SENSE OF PLACE: A Guest Post and a Giveaway by Elizabeth Essex

My current release, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Marry was written as an ode to travel—my hero and heroine, Ewan, Duke of Crieff and Lady Greer Douglas, each embark upon a Grand Tour of the European Continent in search of erudition and enlightenment. Now, I have never made a Grand Tour, but love to travel—my…

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