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Decades: History has never been so romantic!

Decades: A Journey of African American Romance by Wayne Jordan Years ago, Harlequin in its American Romance line published a 12-book series, A Century of American Romance. Each story was set in the 20th century and…

The Best of 2017 – Alexandra’s List

2017 was an unusual reading year for me. Outside of the plethora of romance novels that have fallen into my hands, most of my ‘new books’ have been classics that I’m finally taking out of the…

Elizabeth Bright ponders the possible sexism of the HEA… and has a giveaway.

I was a thousand feet above the ground with blood seeping from a scrape along my elbow when I finally told my close friend the secret I had been carrying for months now: I had written…

The Best of 2017 – Lynn’s List

2017 wasn’t my greatest reading year of all time, but it was far from being my worst. I read some really good books this year, but a lot of my best reading came from the depths…

The Best of 2017 – Haley’s List

I think last year I started my Best of 2016 list by saying I felt that I hadn’t read as much that year and so I had fewer great books to choose. Well, if I thought…

The Best of 2017 – Anne’s List

This year, my rest reads were psychological suspense and thrillers. Yikes! No wonder I jump every time I see a shadow. Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent Our own Kristen Donnelly said “I have been harping on…

The Best of 2017 – Maria Rose’s List

Narrowing down the choices for my top ten best reads of any given year is no mean feat. Though I read less books overall than in my previous 3 years (topping out at about 300), seven…

The Best of 2017 – Melanie’s List

I’ve been a bad reader this year, so it was a bit of a struggle to go through and pick out the best from this past year. There were some books, though, that really stood out.…

Reading Resolutions for 2018

AAR staff have been making plans to be their best reading selves in 2018. Here are some of our reading resolutions: Caroline: My resolution is to reread books that have been on my keeper shelf without…