This was one heck of a weird year, and yet it was filled with wonderfully smooth and solid writing. I had to do a bit of judicious trimming to get to ten favorites this year, but I managed. These books are listed in no particular order of preference and all are excellent.
Friends, I wouldn’t say this was my best year of reading. I read a lot of good books, but very few great ones. Here are my favorites in no particular order. Relative Justice and Custody Battles, Hazard and Somerset: Arrows in the Hand by Gregory Ashe. I want to tell you I love this newest Hazard…
2021 was a rollercoaster of a year for me – and I would imagine for many others. Regardless of where on the political spectrum you fall, you were no doubt affected by the controversies surrounding the events at the U.S. Capitol in January, the vaccine debates that have raged the world over since the spring…
After discovering a love of Harlequin Historical romances last year, I began really reading them this year and tried several new-to-me authors. This is reflected in my Best Of 2021 list as three of my four favorites were published under that banner. A Nun for the Viking Warrior by Lucy Morris I purchased this book…
I am a voracious reader, and while I love biographies and thrillers, romance is my go-to. Specifically, romantic suspense followed by contemporary romances. This year has been a good one, literatively speaking.
October may be a bit too early for AAR’s “Best romance novels of 2021” columns, but knowing that those are around the corner, I always like to stop and take stock of my “Best romance novels of 2021… so far.” I see it as a time to suggest a few last-minute books for your TBRs…
Twenty years ago, these are the books AAR readers picked as the best of the year…. (a column from March 1, 2001)
After three rounds and thousands of votes, the winner (by a landslide) is: Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan We are not surprised. The book got a glowing review here and our readers have raved about on the site. Congratulations, Ms. Ryan! Tomorrow we will share the list of the other nine books that round out…
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 one of the nominated romances received a DIK at AAR and the one that didn’t got a B+. This…
While the AAR staff each shares a list of books published last year they love, every year they are asked to come up with their FAVORITE read. This year, after being informed that “No, you cannot pick an author or a series,” most of our reviewers did indeed pick just one. Here are their choices….
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