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Any Resemblance to Actual Persons is Purely Purposeful

Open any novel, and you’ll probably see this disclaimer-This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner.…

A guest post and a giveaway from Kate Carley

When was the last time you hung out with your best girlfriends? For me, it seems as if it’s been ages ago. The fact is, I tend to be a bit of a homebody, and it’s…

The “Better Late Than Never” list for 2018

2018 has already started, but there is a whole year of great books ahead of us. I asked my fellow AAR staffers what books they are most looking forward to for the rest of the year…

A Love Letter to Romancelandia

I’m a lover of documentaries and of the Romance genre, so when buzz started on Twitter that the film Love Between the Covers was available to stream through Amazon, Netflix, and iTunes I had to watch…

Caroline Linden on math and romance

Math and romance are inextricably connected for me. Let me explain. The fall of my sophomore year of college, a guy asked me out. He was athletic and funny, crazy about sports and always ready with…

Coming Soon… March 2018

We are excited about March! There are new releases from Alisha Rai, Simone St. James, Penny Reid, Anna Lee Huber and Patricia Briggs, to name but a few.  The AAR staff has picked the contemporary romance,…

February TBR Challenge – Backlist Glom

This month’s prompt for the multi-blog TBR Challenge is one that is fairly simple for a lot of voracious readers. We simply have to choose a book from an author represented more than once in our…

Dreams: A Guest Post (and a giveaway by Leslie Hachtel)

Dreams. The stuff some reality is made of. My name is Leslie Hachtel and I am the author of The Dream Dancer. So many times, people ask me where the idea came from. Well, this idea…

The Best of 2017 – Shannon’s favourite mysteries & thrillers

I definitely love a good romance, but I’m also a huge fan of mysteries and thrillers. So, since I read so many great ones in 2017, I figured I’d compile a list of the ones I…