When the month’s TBR prompt is “baggage”, you know that you’ll be dealing with emotional stories. While Lynn’s pick is much lighter than Caz’s, both feature characters that need to deal with their pasts in order to have a future together. So, when you think of “baggage,” do you need a real tearjerker of a…
Shipboard settings are a delightful mashup of forced-proximity and neighbor tropes, and the ships themselves can be anywhere – a river, an ocean, space, or the sky! So when it comes to ships, do you prefer yours to set sail or countdown for launch? Here’s a handy quiz to help you decide! Would You Rather……
There’s a good selection of new romance, mystery and women’s fiction titles due for release in March, and the AAR team has once again been hard at work choosing the ones we think are most likely to be good bets. We’ll be reviewing quite a few of these, so don’t forget to check back near…
In my neck of the woods, it’s been cold enough to bring miserable rain, but no snow. The February blahs are setting in, and a getaway sounds like just the ticket. Since the TBR Challenge promised a getaway in book form, we found some contenders. Caz went for a big trip to Australia, and I…
Best Belated Reads, which describes favorite reads of a year published in a different year, is always one of my favorite posts to write. Romance has such a deep backlist, and so many excellent works are released every year, that it’s impossible not to have wonderful stories pass me by. It is always a joy…
It’s Black History Month in the United States, and AAR is celebrating by revisiting our DIKs by Black authors (of any country) reviewed since last February (to see previous Black History Month posts, visit 2022 and 2021). Please enjoy!
Each year, in January, the AAR staff comes up with lists of their favorite books published in the previous year–this year, these lists have the tag #Best of 2022. For 2022, we chose 87 books–we’ve conveniently put them all into an Amazon storefront! Then, we ask each reviewer to choose their Best book of the…
February brings an interesting mix of new releases to look forward to – contemporary and historical romances, women’s fiction and mysteries, with a couple of paranormals and sci-fi romances in there, too. Quite a few of these titles are out with the reviewing team, so look out for our thoughts over the next few weeks…
It’s 2023, and time for a fresh start to the TBR Challenge year! This month’s prompt is “starting over”, and we both found great ways to explore that theme. Lynn read a contemporary category romance featuring a heroine in need of a fresh start, both personally and professionally, while Caz picked up a historical m/m…
I had a more than decent reading year in 2022. Looking back through my reviews I can see I’ve been lucky enough to read a lot of good books, but when I came to put this list together, I realised that while I’ve given a lot of B/B+ grades, I haven’t given all that many…
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