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The Best of 2015: Alexandra’s List

When I chose Dark Horse by Michelle Diener as my favorite romance of 2015, I mentioned that I often have trouble thinking back to books I loved early in the year when choosing these things. Today when I sat down to pick my overall top books of 2015, I made a conscious effort to search through some of our 2015 reviews and my own book release calendar in order to remember all of the books I enjoyed this year. Here are the top ten of my favorites, in no particular order:

Dark Horse by Michelle Diener. As I said in our earlier blog, for me this book had everything. Rose MacKenzie is amazing as the first human to enter alien society. Abruptly abducted from Earth, held captive, and then suddenly free with the human-like Grih, she remains so calm and reasonable. So many adventures, so many awesome characters…yes, […]

AAR Picks the Best of 2015

Each year, we ask the AAR staff to pick the best romances published this year. This year, we’ve included picks from some of our favorite guest reviewers as well.

Here are the AAR picks for 2015:

Mary: I pick Carla Kelly’s Doing No Harm. (My DIK review is here.) Doing No Harm has all of the elements of a romance that will stand the test of time. Great characters, a great story about a time in history that doesn’t get the attention it deserves (Highland Clearances), and a love that develops from genuine friendship. It tells us that heroes/heroines can be found in unlikely places and although none of us can save the world, we can all do our part. The writing is lovely and has poignancy that brings both sad and happy tears. […]