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The Wayback on Wednesday: All About Romance Celebrates PRIDE 2018

ByCaz Owens 06/02/202106/01/2021

LBGTQ+ PRIDE is celebrated in many countries throughout the world in June, and here at AAR, we’re doing our bit to celebrate the idea that Love is Love is Love and that romance is for everyone by choosing our favourite queer fiction and queer romances. We could all have chosen more than one (or two!),…

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The Best of 2020 – Shannon’s List

ByShannon Dyer 01/03/202112/31/2020

2020 was a strange year for so many of us, and I’m beyond grateful for all the phenomenal books that helped me make it through the chaos. Below, I’m highlighting a few of my favorites in no particular order. The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon This was an utter delight from start to finish. I…

Mary Higgins Clark: The Queen of Suspense

ByCaz Owens 02/02/202002/07/2020

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.

Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in February 2020

ByCaz Owens 01/29/202009/07/2020

The best thing about the long, dark, cold evenings is being able to curl up with a good book! Every month, AAR staffers comb through the lists of upcoming releases to find the ones we think we – and our readers – are most likely to enjoy, and now it’s time to look ahead to…

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The Best of 2019 – Shannon’s List

ByCaz Owens 12/22/201912/23/2019

2019 was full of great reads for me, and choosing my favorites was no easy feat. Even so, here are some of the best books I’ve read this year in no particular order.

Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Looking Forward to Reading in September 2019

ByCaz Owens 08/24/201908/23/2019

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…

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Besties and Brujas – Maggie & Shannon talk the Domestic Thriller

ByCaz Owens 04/22/201904/21/2019

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…

Coming Soon – The Romances We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading in May 2019

ByCaz Owens 04/19/201906/23/2019

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…

Coming in 2019 – The Books We’re Most Looking Forward to Reading This Year!

ByCaz Owens 02/04/201902/04/2019

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…

Coming Soon… the romances we’re looking forward to in February 2019

ByCaz Owens 01/25/201902/11/2019

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…

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