Welcome to the AAR Roundtable Discussion on Inspirational Romance novels! According to RWA these books make up 17% of print sales and 14% of e-book sales of all romance novels sold annually. Reviewers Maggie Boyd, Kristen Donnelly, Lynn Spencer and Caz Owens talk about their first experiences reading Inspirationals–often called Inspys– what draws them to…
K.C Bateman’s To Steal a Heart was undoubtedly one of the best début historical romances I’ve read recently, and I’ve been looking forward to her next book – A Raven’s Heart – ever since. I asked Ms. Bateman to tell AAR a little more about herself, her books… and her alter-ego as an antiques expert!…
Christmas at Eden Manor Noelle Adams His Best Mistake Diane Alberts His Illegitimate Heir Sarah M. Anderson Fall into Love anthology Melody Anne et al Luxe Two: A La La Land Addiction Ashley Antoinette Sweetly, Deeply, Absolutely Kira Archer Into the Light Kathryn Ascher Somebody Like You Lynette Austin One Christmas in Paris Mandy…
This month’s TBR Challenge is a wild card. When told to go whereever my mood takes me, I find myself overwhelmed with choice since I have quite a sizable TBR pile these days. For this month’s read, I decided to dive into a box of old Coventry romances from the 1970s that I picked up…
The Soldier’s Scoundrel, Cat Sebastian’s début novel for Avon Impulse, is a male/male historical romance set in early nineteenth century England. It is also, I believe, the first such book released under the Avon imprint. I was able to get hold of an advance copy to review (look for that next week) and was immediately impressed…
August’s TBR Challenge prompt is “Kickin’ it old-school” and it’s a prompt I always enjoy as it gives me the opportunity to pick something from the TBR Pile of Doom, which still looms large next to the bed. I went for Tangled by Mary Balogh, a standalone title originally published in 1991 which features a…
AAR staffers Anne, Caroline, E.B, Keira, Maria Rose, Mary and Sara share their thoughts on some of their recent reads in another of our occasional series of mini reviews. Anne’s Read: The Governess Comforts the Disconsolate Duke by Abigail Haversham (0.99 at Amazon) I looked forward to reading this Regency novella about a hero recovering from…
The 2016 RITA awards were announced last week, and now it’s time to get a little nostalgic for this month’s TBR Challenge. In years past, I’ve gone all the way back to the first awards handed out in 1982 to read my pick. However, this time around, I went with something much more recent – The…
In advance of RWA2016, AAR staffers have been taking a look at some of the books nominated for RITA awards. In our post yesterday, you’ll find a number of mini reviews of some of the titles featured in the various Contemporary Romance categories. Today, BJ, Caz, Maria Rose, Sara and Shannon review some of the…
In advance of RWA 2016 next week and the announcement of the winners of the RITAs, the AAR team has taken a look at some of this year’s nominees. The full list of nominated titles can be found here. Have you read many on this year’s list? And if you’ve read the same listed books…
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