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

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…

The Wayback on Wednesday: All About Romance Celebrates PRIDE 2018
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The Wayback on Wednesday: All About Romance Celebrates PRIDE 2018

LBGTQ+ PRIDE is celebrated in many countries throughout the world in June, and here at AAR, we’re doing our bit to celebrate the idea that Love is Love is Love and that romance is for everyone by choosing our favourite queer fiction and queer romances. We could all have chosen more than one (or two!),…

Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in May 2019
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Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in May 2019

There are a lot of romances we’re eager to read coming out in May, but there’s one real stand-out that’s sure to make a big splash, Helen Hoang’s follow-up to her hugely successful 2018 début, The Kiss Quotient. In The Bride Test, she takes the arranged marriage trope out for a spin and we’re sure…

Audible’s Romance Package and how it’s turned me into an audiobook fiend!
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Audible’s Romance Package and how it’s turned me into an audiobook fiend!

For my professional life, I travel about forty weeks a year. It’s… a lot. My husband and I joke that I should just perpetually forward my mail to various Hiltons around the world. And I’ll be honest, hours upon hours of hotel TV is not my jam. There is only so much Investigation Discovery I…

Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Looking Forward to in March 2019
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Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Looking Forward to in March 2019

March brings another lot of exciting new releases, and as usual, AAR staffers have chosen the books they’re most looking forward to reading over the next few weeks.  We’ve a fairly broad range of titles for your consideration – mysteries, contemporaries, historicals, sports, paranormals, suspense – and would love to hear from YOU about what…

Coming in 2019 – The Books We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading This Year!
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Coming in 2019 – The Books We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading This Year!

Well, we’ve already chosen the books we’re most looking forward to reading in January and February 2019, and we’ll continue to update you with our regular monthly look at what’s Coming Soon… but what about what’s Coming Not So Soon?  AAR staffers have looked through the new release lists for the next few months and…

The Best of 2018 – Kristen’s List
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The Best of 2018 – Kristen’s List

Humans learn through stories – the ones we tell ourselves, the ones we’re told, the ones we tell about others. This year, Netflix gifted us all with Hannah Gadsby’s brilliant Nanette (which you must watch if you haven’t!) that makes that point achingly well. After watching it, I spent a lot of time thinking about the stories…

Coming Soon… October 2018
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Coming Soon… October 2018

Here we are, heading into the back end of the year with our regular monthly look at the books we’re most excited about reading over the coming weeks.  As usual, this is just a small selection of the books released every month – we can’t include them all, so please drop by and let us…

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