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…

Heroes and Heroines in Romance Novels with Unusual Occupations
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Heroes and Heroines in Romance Novels with Unusual Occupations

I’ve been developing our “unusual occupations” tag, and I need your help! I stated by visiting our old Special Title listings for Unusual Professions. Let me tell you, some of those jobs are a LOT more popular than we evidently thought. We have characters on that list who are, for example, archaeologists, paleontologists, and botanists….

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!),…

Navigating Indies – How do you find good independent authors?
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Navigating Indies – How do you find good independent authors?

I often have no idea if I’m reading an indie (independently or self-published book) or not  – and you may not, either. Many of the old cues, like schlocky covers, aren’t giveaways anymore. Although a more expensive ebook (say, $7.99 USD and up) is usually traditionally published, the less expensive ones could go either way.

“Men and women can’t be friends…”  or can they?
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“Men and women can’t be friends…” or can they?

In Mary Balogh’s 1997 Trad. Regency The Last Waltz, Gerard Percy is living and working in Canada when he learned that he has unexpectedly inherited an earldom. He returns to host a Christmas party at his new estate, to which he invites his Canadian friends, brother and sister Andrew and Jeanette Campbell.

The Best of 2019 – Em’s List
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The Best of 2019 – Em’s List

I’m not going to call my reading year a disappointment.  It wasn’t.  I liked a lot of books.  Unfortunately, many anticipated big releases were disappointing, and I returned to old favorites when I was underwhelmed by my TBR.  Some of those titles were just as good as I remembered; quite a few weren’t.  Anyway, after…

The Best Romances of 2019…. so far!
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The Best Romances of 2019…. so far!

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