Coming Soon… August 2018
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Coming Soon… August 2018

A new book from Tessa Dare is obviously a big event for many romance fans, and the AAR staffers are no different, with many of us choosing The Governess Game as one of the titles we’re most looking forward to reading in August.  In fact, we’re looking forward to quite a few historicals this month…

“I couldn’t put it down…”  What was YOUR last unputdownable read?
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“I couldn’t put it down…” What was YOUR last unputdownable read?

The unputdownable read…  it’s kind of the holy grail of books, isn’t it? That book that hooks you in on the first page and doesn’t let you go until the last; the book you enjoy so much that you can’t stop turning the pages even as you wish you could read more slowly because you…

Congratulations to the 2018 RITA and Golden Heart Finalists!
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Congratulations to the 2018 RITA and Golden Heart Finalists!

March is an exciting month for romance writers, as it’s when the Romance Writers of America announces their finalists in the RITA and Golden Heart contests for published books and unpublished manuscripts, respectively, submitted in the fall of the previous year. Excitement builds up over the day of the announcement as writers get calls from the RWA…

Reading Resolutions for 2018
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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 a reread for four years (that’s the easiest time for me to calculate since it’s when I moved). I…

Romancing it Royally – Some of our favourite Royal Romances
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Romancing it Royally – Some of our favourite Royal Romances

With the recent engagement of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, royal romance is on our minds. Here are some of AAR’s favorite royal stories, real and fictional, for anybody else in the mood. Caz: One of the things that made the books that make up Lilah Pace’s His Royal Secret/His Royal Favorite duology such great…

Yeah, thanks, NYT. We’ll take it from here
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Yeah, thanks, NYT. We’ll take it from here

Hope. Escape. Fun. Happiness Something just for me. Taught me about respect. Joy. Taught me that I deserve a happily ever after, too. I spent the spring and summer of 2016 listening to women about why they read romance novels. I ran a research project that was specifically interested in how women who see themselves…

The Book Blind Taste Test #3
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The Book Blind Taste Test #3

It’s time for another go-round in our occasional series of AAR’s adventures in blind book taste testing.  This time,  Lynn and Kristen describe two success stories and books they’d recommend. Lynn: Dangerous Games by Tess Diamond Romantic Suspense Summary: The hero and heroine are both outsiders of a sort. Maggie Kincaid survived a childhood kidnapping…

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