Lisa F Archives — All About Romance

Coming Soon… June 2018

Difficult as it is to believe, we’re heading into June and looking ahead to summer – and it’s time for AAR staffers to take a look at upcoming releases and choose the ones we’re most excited about reading over the next few weeks. Just a reminder that this isn’t meant to be an exhaustive list of what’s coming out next month; it’s just a selection, by the reviewing team, of the titles we’re eager to get our hands on and our noses stuck into! You might have some other ideas, and we’re only too happy to hear what those might be – so please do jump into the comments and let us know if you think we’ve missed something we really MUST read 🙂

Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean (19 Jun)

A literal bastard persuades a […]

By Caz Owens| 2018-05-14T09:49:44+00:00 May 14th, 2018|Categories: AAR Shannon, Anne Marble, Books with Buzz, Caroline AAR, Caz AAR, Eagerly Awaiting, EmAAR, Lee AAR, Lisa F, Maggie AAR, Maria Rose, Romance reading, Upcoming releases|Tags: coming soon, new releases|12 Comments

Fond First Times… Our first experiences with romance novels

Most of us remember when we first started reading romance, who introduced us to it or how we discovered it ourselves, and – perhaps even – which book we first read. […]

By Caz Owens| 2018-05-07T15:23:45+00:00 May 7th, 2018|Categories: Dabney AAR, Keira Soleore, Kristen D, Lee AAR, Lisa F, Lynn Spencer, Maggie AAR, Maria Rose, Reading, Romance, Romance reading|Tags: First Romances, reading|29 Comments

Coming Soon… April 2018

Heading into April, AAR staffers are taking a look at the books they’re most looking forward to reading over the next few weeks. By the looks of it, there’s a bumper crop of historicals coming up – there are new titles coming from Anne Gracie, Theresa Romain, Joanna Shupe and Cat Sebastian – plus a couple of long-awaited sequels to books by Kate Claybourn and Ainslie Paton which were chosen as among the Best of 2017. Claybourn’s The Luck of the Draw and Paton’s The Love Coupon are among our most anticipated reads this month; and we’ve got an eclectic mix of mysteries, contemporaries, inspies and YA for you to browse through.

Marry in Scandal by Anne Gracie (3 Apr)

It’s no secret that the marriage of convenience is pretty much my favourite trope in historical romance, so […]

By Caz Owens| 2018-03-31T16:48:57+00:00 March 31st, 2018|Categories: Anne Marble, Books, Caz AAR, Dabney AAR, Eagerly Awaiting, EmAAR, Keira Soleore, Lee AAR, Lisa F, Maggie AAR, Maria Rose, Romance reading, Shannon AAR, Upcoming releases|Tags: coming soon, upcoming books|14 Comments

The “Better Late Than Never” list for 2018

2018 has already started, but there is a whole year of great books ahead of us. I asked my fellow AAR staffers what books they are most looking forward to for the rest of the year and got back a big variety of books. However, several titles were mentioned over and over. Check out what our staff had to say about their most anticipated reads for 2018, and be sure to let us know in the comments if you’re looking forward to these as well, or if we missed something you can’t wait to get your hands on.

~ Haley Kral

Links to bookstores for pre-ordering are given where currently available.

Our Most Anticipated

The Sins of Lord Lockwood by Meredith Duran (Feb 27)

I am an unabashed Meredith Duran fangirl and have loved everything of hers I’ve read. Her writing […]

By Caz Owens| 2018-04-15T13:44:52+00:00 March 2nd, 2018|Categories: Anne AAR, BJ Jansen, Caroline AAR, Caz AAR, Dabney AAR, EmAAR, Haley AAR, Heather AAR, Keira Soleore, Lee AAR, Lisa F, Maggie AAR, Maria Rose, Romance reading, Upcoming releases|Tags: Eagerly Awaiting|9 Comments

Coming Soon… February 2018

Historicals dominate AAR staffers’ lists of which books we’re most looking forward to in February, with new releases from Meredith Duran, Kelly Bowen, Lisa Kleypas and Caroline Linden all scoring high with our reviewers. And alongside those goodies, we’ve got a mix of romance, women’s fiction, mystery and suspense titles for you to consider for your reading delectation next month. Drop by and let us know in the comments whether you agree with our choices or whether you think we’re missing out on something good!

A Duke in the Night by Kelly Bowen

The small glimpse I got of the Haverhall School for Young Ladies in Ms. Bowen’s last novella was extremely intriguing, so I’m excited to begin this new series. – Alex

The underpaid educator in me has a weakness for teacher heroines, so I’m ready for a […]

By Caz Owens| 2018-01-26T18:47:12+00:00 January 26th, 2018|Categories: Caz AAR, Dabney AAR, Eagerly Awaiting, EmAAR, Heather AAR, Keira Soleore, Lisa F, Maggie AAR, Maria Rose, Romance, Romance reading|Tags: coming soon|15 Comments

The Best of 2017 – Lisa’s List

2017 has brought a lot of wonderful romance and a lot of wonderful literature into my life. Here’s a list of my favorite reads of the year!

Falling For Trouble by Sarah Title

Have I mentioned that I love Sarah Title and think she writes the best light hearted humorous small town romances I’ve ever seen in my life? This one’s the story of a failed rock star and a small town librarian, and it’s amazing.

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Beauty Like The Night by Joanna Bourne

Bourne’s spy romances have become breathtaking treats and this sixth installment in her […]

By Lisa Fernandes| 2017-12-08T17:09:16+00:00 December 5th, 2017|Categories: Best of List, Lisa F, Romance reading|Tags: Best of 2017|12 Comments

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 reads is that the author chose to set her story in a Britain I was able to easily recognise as the one in which I live while at the same time creating a very believable ‘alternate’ Royal Family. (There’s none of that carving off bits of Scotland and giving them names that sound like supermarket chains or making the Isle of Man into a […]

By Caroline Russomanno| 2017-12-02T15:41:20+00:00 December 3rd, 2017|Categories: Anne Marble, Caroline AAR, Caz AAR, Dabney AAR, Keira Soleore, Kristen D, Lisa F, Romance reading, Shannon AAR|12 Comments

Coming Soon… November 2017

It’s not all that often that there’s a hands-down favourite when it comes to a post like this, but a new book from Loretta Chase is a red-letter day on any romance reader’s calendar and many of us here have put a big red circle around 28th November, which is when her latest release, A Duke in Shining Armor is hitting the shelves and our e-readers. Also coming in November is the next in Mary Balogh’s Westcott series, Someone to Wed, along with Loreth Anne White’s next Angie Pallorino novel and the next instalment – Undercover Attraction – in another favourite series, Katee Robert’s The O’Malleys.

Whatever your preference, there’s a lot to look forward to in November, ready to curl up with on those long, cold winter evenings.

What are you most looking forward to reading in the weeks ahead? Drop by and let us know in the comments.

By Caz Owens| 2017-10-18T21:24:06+00:00 October 16th, 2017|Categories: AAR Shannon, Alexandra AAR, Anne Marble, Books with Buzz, Caz AAR, Dabney AAR, Eagerly Awaiting, EmAAR, Keira Soleore, Lee AAR, Lisa F, Maggie AAR, Maria Rose, Mary Dube, Romance, Romance reading, Upcoming releases|3 Comments

Coming Soon… September 2017

While we AAR staffers have fairly diverse tastes on the whole, there are some books and authors that pull us together for various reason – we like the authors, we like their writing, we like their storytelling – and into genres that sometimes we don’t read very often. This month, the big draws appear to be historicals, with new titles from Sherry Thomas, Katharine Ashe and Juliana Grey all eagerly awaited by many of us.

A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (5 Sept)

I was fairly bowled over by A Study in Scarlet Women and am sure this second instalment in the Lady Sherlock series won’t disappoint. Our heroine is approached by the wife of her dearest friend to find the man she loved years before… but there’s bound to be a lot more to it than […]

By Caz Owens| 2017-08-24T23:37:51+00:00 August 25th, 2017|Categories: AAR Shannon, Caz AAR, Dabney AAR, Eagerly Awaiting, EmAAR, Keira Soleore, Kristen D, Lisa F, Maria Rose, Romance, Romance reading, Upcoming releases|Tags: Eagerly Awaiting|7 Comments

Coming Soon… August 2017

AAR staffers have taken a good look at the wealth of new books being published in August and decided which ones are most likely to make the biggest dents in our bank balances! Joanna Bourne is at the top of several of our lists, closely followed by Tessa Dare, Shana Galen, Layla Reyne and K.J Charles, among others. Here are the books we’re most looking forward to reading next month. How about you? Do you agree with our choices or think we’ve missed out on something really good? Jump into the discussion in the comments.