the ask@AAR: What’s your favorite romance featuring musicians?

February 26, 2021

Even before COVID-19, I worked at home. I’d get the kids ready and to school, wave my husband off to work, walk the dog and then settle down with my…

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the ask@AAR: Do we need to change our name?

February 19, 2021

This week an author we’ve reviewed frequently declined to discuss her latest work of women’s fiction with us. Her reason? ….AAR is not the place to discuss this book, simply…

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In 2000, our readers loved….

February 16, 2021

Twenty years ago, these are the books AAR readers picked as the best of the year…. (a column from March 1, 2001)

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Words on Love… for Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2021

Ever since the start of 2020, I’ve been–more or less–posting a poem a day on Facebook. It’s been a wondrous gift. A poem, short and searing, takes just a few…

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the ask@AAR: If you could give your partner (or your dream date) one romance novel, what would it be?

February 12, 2021

In 2010, when I’d fallen deep deep deep into the wonderful world of romance novels (as an adult), my husband got curious. “What do you love about them?” he asked….

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How’s everyone doing?

February 10, 2021

Incredibly, we are well into 2021. We, more or less, survived 2020. So that’s good.   So, now that that dumpster fire is done, how are you doing? What’s bringing…

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Here are the books you picked as the Best of 2020!

February 8, 2021

  Here are the books readers picked as the ten best books of 2020. Ms. Ryan’s Queen Move came in at the top–the rest of the list is in no…

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And the Winner of the AAR Best Book of 2020 Poll Is….

February 7, 2021

After three rounds and thousands of votes, the winner (by a landslide) is: Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan We are not surprised. The book got a glowing review here and our…

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the ask@AAR: How do you feel about multiple reviews?

February 5, 2021

An ongoing consideration at AAR is whether or not it’s worth doing more than one review per book. Typically, we have a list of books reviewers can choose from and…

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The books AAR readers bought in 2020

February 4, 2021

Each year, we look back at the data we have from Amazon and assess what our readers bought via our links. (We only see purchased books that were purchased directly…

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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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