Blog Archive
Living Life Resiliently – A Guest Post by L.J. Evans
I write contemporary romance that’s driven by music and by characters who live life resiliently. Why do I write emotionally driven books? Well, it’s because people amaze me. And I don’t mean that in the way you…
“I couldn’t put it down…” What was YOUR last unputdownable read?
The unputdownable read… it’s kind of the holy grail of books, isn’t it? That book that hooks you in on the first page and doesn’t let you go until the last; the book you enjoy so…
Maggie and Shannon Talk Mysteries…
Sales figures for books in the digital age can be tricky. That’s because independently published e-books can sell quite well without making a great deal of money for the author or affecting print sales at all.…
AAR’s Top 100 Romances: 2018
Welcome to the results of the 2018 AAR Top 100 Romances Poll. This is a reader generated poll we do every five years or so. This year, we had over 5000 votes and so many marvelous…
The AAR Top Ten Romances (2018) … with a new number one!
Thank you to all–the thousands of you–who voted in the AAR Top 100 Romances poll. This is a reader determined poll and we are thrilled so many participated. (All totaled, we had well over 5000 votes!)…
Fond First Times… Our first experiences with romance novels, part two
In part two of our reminiscences about our first experiences with romance novels, AAR staffers are here to share more of our stories about our first romances, when we read them, who we read them with…
A Multicultural Challenge
a Blog Blast from the Past originally published on December 14, 2012 Prior to this challenge, I had read only a handful of romances starring African American characters. My favorite of those books wasn’t even technically…
Choose Your Own Path to True Love! Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris talk about My Lady’s Choosing
Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris are the authors of My Lady’s Choosing, a Choose Your Own Adventure – style romance novel set in Regency England – or maybe Scotland, or even Egypt, depending on your path!…
