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Let’s talk about Mary Balogh
Guess how many times AAR has reviewed Mary Balogh? 20? 30? 50? 60? Nope–we’ve written 69 reviews of Balogh’s works. She’s written 120. Our first review was in August of 1997, over 23 years ago, a…
the ask@AAR: Is Romance body positive?
In some ways, it seems as if it’s never been better to be fat. Body shaming is frowned upon–publicly at least–, Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue has plus sized models, Hollywood loves Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer,…
Welcome to the Rebellious Sisterhood: A Guest Post by Bronwyn Scott
It’s time to welcome in the 2021 series, the Rebellious Sisterhood. The series features three female artists looking to make a mark on the world and live life on their own terms. Book 1 features Artemisia…
AAR Readers Pick the Best Book of 2020
Over 1100 votes later, AAR readers have picked eleven books to compete for the Best Book of 2020. (I’d hoped for ten, but two garnered the same number of votes.) It’s a great list. All but…
Romantic Blends: A Guest Post and a giveaway by Kate Lansing
A Pairing to Die For, the second book in my Colorado Wine Mystery series, recently released and in it, my main character must defend her dashing chef boyfriend when he is shockingly accused of murder. While…
Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in February 2021
There are a LOT of books coming out this February – things seem to have kicked up a gear following a bit of a slow-down at the end of 2020 and now we’ve got a glut…
Bridgerton Season Two: Thoughts?
This week, Netflix announced–woo hoo!–there will be a second season of the wildly popular Bridgerton featuring, as was predicted, Anthony, the hero of The Viscount Who Loved Me. I confess: I am excited. I enjoyed season…
