Have you read these books? Here are some Black authored romances we loved in 2020.

February 2, 2021

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Let’s talk about Mary Balogh

January 31, 2021

Guess how many times AAR has reviewed Mary Balogh? 20? 30? 50? 60? Nope–we’ve written 69 reviews of Balogh’s works. She’s written 120. Our first review was in August of…

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the ask@AAR: Is Romance body positive?

January 29, 2021

In some ways, it seems as if it’s never been better to be fat. Body shaming is frowned upon–publicly at least–, Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue has plus sized models, Hollywood…

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Welcome to the Rebellious Sisterhood: A Guest Post by Bronwyn Scott

January 28, 2021

It’s time to welcome in the 2021 series, the Rebellious Sisterhood. The series features three female artists looking to make a mark on the world and live life on their…

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AAR Readers Pick the Best Book of 2020

January 27, 2021

Over 1100 votes later, AAR readers have picked eleven books to compete for the Best Book of 2020. (I’d hoped for ten, but two garnered the same number of votes.)…

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Romantic Blends: A Guest Post and a giveaway by Kate Lansing

January 26, 2021

A Pairing to Die For, the second book in my Colorado Wine Mystery series, recently released and in it, my main character must defend her dashing chef boyfriend when he…

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Bridgerton Season Two: Thoughts?

January 24, 2021

This week, Netflix announced–woo hoo!–there will be a second season of the wildly popular Bridgerton featuring, as was predicted, Anthony, the hero of The Viscount Who Loved Me. I confess:…

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the ask@AAR: Do you watch The Bachelor? Or other reality TV shows?

January 22, 2021

I am blessed with a lovely daughter who, despite all attempts on my part to discourage her, keeps encouraging me to watch The Bachelor (and its gender flipped twin, The…

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Writing to a Soundtrack: A Guest Post by Alexandra Y. Caluen

January 19, 2021

I’m a longtime fan of a series by Carrie Vaughn about Kitty the werewolf. Kitty works in radio, and each book leads off with a short playlist. I always liked…

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The Best Book of 2020: Round Two

January 18, 2021

And it’s down to 25 books. Hundreds of you picked your favorites in Round One and now it’s time to whittle the list down to your top ten. You may…

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the ask@AAR: What’s your least favorite insult leveled at romance?

January 15, 2021

Elaine S, a long time AAR reader and commenter, recently sent us an exceedingly irritating article from Britain’s the Daily Mail about the upcoming romance to be published by the…

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The Best Book of 2020? The readers decide!

January 13, 2021

Over the past year, we’ve reviewed and discussed hundreds of books published this year, some of which we loved. We’ve shared with you our reviewers’ Best of 2020 lists–the AAR…

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