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On “Say Yes to the Dress”

I’ve watched almost no reality TV. I watched the finals of the first four seasons of American Idol, some scenes from the two Survivor seasons my niece’s husband was on, and the episodes of The Voice when a kid who went to…

Queer Romance: Where Do We Go From Here?

For our final QRM-themed piece for the AAR blog, Alexis Hall is  joined by Roan Parrish, EE Ottoman and Santino Hassell. They’re going to be talk about where they think the genre is and where they hope it’s going.  …

TBR Challenge – Keep Me in Suspense

I’ve been looking forward to this month’s TBR prompt for a while. Even though I read fairly widely across romance, historical romance and romantic suspense remain my first loves. And I’ve been dying to read some…

Revel with a Cause: The Outback Bachelor Ball

When Karina Bliss, Joan Kilby and Sarah Mayberry got together to write a series of linked novellas, they knew they wanted to do something in the Outback, and they knew they wanted to find some place…

Queer Romance Week: A Queer Fantasy Roundup

Every Friday in October, AAR will run a guest post as part of our participation in Queer Romance Month. Today Ginn Hale, Nicole Kimberling, Astrid Amara and Langley Hyde are here to discuss queer fantasy romance. This piece…

When Names Are a No-Go

A few years ago I picked up a well-reviewed historical – I can’t remember the title anymore but I think it was a Western – and DNFed the book. There was nothing wrong with the book,…

Queer Historical Romance: A Roundtable

In celebration of Queer Romance Month, Joanna Chambers, Alex Beecroft and KJ Charles are here to discuss queer historical romance. KJC: So, let’s kick off with a thing I see a lot. Many readers of queer…

Edward is Edythe and Bella is Beau: Discuss

On Tuesday, in honor of the 10th anniversary of Twilight, author Stephenie Meyer released a version of the book with 400 pages of new content. Twilight Reimagined: Life and Death tells the story of Edythe and…

Eagerly Awaiting October Books

As October has come rolling in, it’s time to start sinking into all of those tempting new books. Many on our staff have been looking forward to The Legend of Lyon Redmond from Julie Anne Long,…