Mary Higgins Clark: The Queen of Suspense
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, last week, of Mary Higgins Clark, the author of 51 suspense novels all of which were bestsellers.
- Anne Marble | Best of 2019 | Best of List | Best of Romance | Caz AAR | Charlotte AAR | Dabney AAR | Evelyn AAR | Lisa F | Lynn AAR | Maggie AAR | Maria Rose | Romance reading
Our Favorites: The Best Romance Novels of 2019
We call this annual column The Best Romance Novels of a given year and it is, but with a caveat. Each reviewer picks a single book she thought was the best – defined as excelling all others. Thus this is a list of individual choices rather than a voted on list by the staff.
The Best of 2019 – Maggie’s List
2019 was my year of the B romance novel. Book after book it was a case of “I love everything about this story except. . . .” or “This novel was almost a DIK but. . . .” Fortunately, there were just enough exceptions to that list that I could come up with ten truly…
- BJ Jansen | Books with Buzz | Caroline AAR | Caz AAR | Eagerly Awaiting | Keira Soleore | Maggie AAR | Maria Rose | Romance | Romance reading | Shannon AAR | Upcoming releases
Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Looking Forward to Reading in September 2019
Difficult to believe as it is, we’re heading into tbe back-end of the year now, as Autumn/Fall will shortly be upon us and we’ll be looking ahead to the books we want to curl up with on those long winter evenings! Before that, though, we’ve got the final days and weeks of summer to look…
Besties and Brujas – Maggie & Shannon talk the Domestic Thriller
Last year’s trend amongst suspense and mystery novels seemed to be the domestic thriller. Books like Lisa Jewel’s Then She Was Gone or the outstanding Our House by Louise Candlish, focused on families in the middle of a dark crisis. Towards the end of the year, the focus seemed to be leaning more towards friends…
- Alexandra AAR | BJ Jansen | Caroline AAR | Caz AAR | Eagerly Awaiting | EmAAR | Haley AAR | Keira Soleore | Kristen D | Lisa F | Maggie AAR | Maria Rose | Romance reading | Shannon AAR
Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in May 2019
There are a lot of romances we’re eager to read coming out in May, but there’s one real stand-out that’s sure to make a big splash, Helen Hoang’s follow-up to her hugely successful 2018 début, The Kiss Quotient. In The Bride Test, she takes the arranged marriage trope out for a spin and we’re sure…
- Anne Marble | BJ Jansen | Books with Buzz | Caroline AAR | Caz AAR | Eagerly Awaiting | EmAAR | Haley AAR | Keira Soleore | Kristen D | Lisa F | Maggie AAR | Maria Rose | Romance reading | Shannon AAR | Upcoming releases
Coming in 2019 – The Books We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading This Year!
Well, we’ve already chosen the books we’re most looking forward to reading in January and February 2019, and we’ll continue to update you with our regular monthly look at what’s Coming Soon… but what about what’s Coming Not So Soon? AAR staffers have looked through the new release lists for the next few months and…
- Caroline AAR | Caz AAR | Eagerly Awaiting | EmAAR | Keira Soleore | Lisa F | Maggie AAR | Maria Rose | Romance reading | Shannon AAR | Upcoming releases
Coming Soon… the romances we’re looking forward to in February 2019
From the grey days of January into the grey days of February, (in my part of the world at least!) it’s the ideal season to curl up with a good book, your favourite snacks and tipple and settle down for a really good read! AAR staffers have picked the titles they’re most anticipating next month…
The Best Mystery & Suspense Novels of 2018
The suspense market is so glutted right now that is easy to find amazing books to fill your shelves. It is equally easy to find books which sound intriguing but wind up being deeply disappointing. To help you separate the gold from the dross, Shannon and I have compiled a Best Of List sure to…
- Caroline AAR | Caz AAR | Eagerly Awaiting | EmAAR | Keira Soleore | Lisa F | Maggie AAR | Maria Rose | Romance reading | Shannon AAR | Upcoming releases
Coming Soon… January 2019
Another month – another YEAR – and it’s time for another of our regular looks at the upcoming books we’re most excited about. It’ll come as no surprise that Sally Thorne’s 99 Percent Mine is at the top of many of AAR staffers’ lists of their most anticipated books; The Hating Game was such a…
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