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AAR Loves… Representation of Disability and Chronic Illness in Romance (Part Two)

Here, as promised, is Part Two of our latest AAR Loves… list, this time of romances  featuring characters living with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses (Part One can be found HERE.) It’s by no means an exhaustive list (nor is it meant to be), but as AAR’s Disabilities in Romance Special Titles List was last updated in 2013, we decided it was time for an update and for us to draw your attention to some of our favourite romances in this category that have been published since then. […]

By |2019-08-14T17:30:13-04:00August 14th, 2019|Categories: Romance reading, Special Titles Lists|Tags: |4 Comments
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AAR Loves… Representation of Disability and Chronic Illness in Romance (Part One)

AAR’s Disabilities in Romance Special Titles List was last updated in 2013, and a lot of amazing books featuring disabled or chronically ill protagonists have been published or added to our database since then. We wanted to shout out some of our favorites, so welcome to the latest AAR Loves… and this one is a loooong list, so look out for part two soon! […]

By |2019-08-06T14:52:38-04:00August 6th, 2019|Categories: Caroline AAR, Romance reading, Special Titles Lists|Tags: |13 Comments
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AAR Loves… Modern Historicals

There’s a book you love set in 1960, but is it a modern historical? Modern historicals differ from classic contemporaries in that contemporaries were written when the setting was “now,” but to a modern historical author, the setting was “then.” If that 1960 book was written in the sixties, it’s a classic contemp. That same 1960 story written and published a decade later? That’s a modern historical! […]

By |2019-06-06T18:10:28-04:00June 5th, 2019|Categories: Reading, Romance, Romance reading|Tags: |7 Comments
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AAR Loves… Partners-to-Lovers Romances Part One

There are lots of lists for friends-to-lovers stories, but what about partners-to-lovers? Unlike friends, partners have linked up to realize a particular goal. While pursuing this goal, the partners grow to like, trust, and admire each other, and love grows out of this foundation.

Our reviewers love so many of these books that we decided to split the list in half. Part 1 is for partners in law enforcement, the military, and espionage. Many of these books are mysteries and thrillers, and the stories of these characters are often spread out across multiple books. Part 2 will be for other types of partners: dancers trying to win a contest, businesspeople working on a big deal, actors staging a play, etc.

So let’s get started with Part 1! Some of AAR’s favorite law and order partners-to-lovers books are:

By |2019-05-04T13:02:31-04:00April 11th, 2019|Categories: Romance reading|Tags: , |18 Comments
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AAR Loves… Romances featuring realistic parent/child relationships

It’s hard enough to write a powerful, realistic relationship for the protagonists of a romance. Authors who manage to give them truthful relationships to their children or parents as well have truly accomplished something remarkable. Here are some of the books AAR Loves for their realistic depictions of parent (or parent figure) and child relationships. […]

By |2019-05-04T13:01:51-04:00March 27th, 2019|Categories: Romance reading|Tags: |20 Comments
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AAR Loves… Historical Romances starring Scientist Heroines

From Mary Anning to Lise Meitner, from Caroline Herschel to Katherine Johnson, history is full of brilliant women in STEM. Historical romances should be, too! If you’re seeking geologists, biologists, mathematicians, botanists, and more, AAR Loves these great romance reads. […]

By |2019-05-04T13:04:38-04:00February 15th, 2019|Categories: Romance reading|Tags: , , |15 Comments
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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 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 […]

By |2019-05-04T13:04:55-04:00December 3rd, 2017|Categories: Anne Marble, Caroline AAR, Caz AAR, Dabney AAR, Keira Soleore, Kristen D, Lisa F, Romance reading, Shannon AAR|Tags: , |13 Comments
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