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…

Read Article

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…

Read Article

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…

Read Article

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…

Read Article

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…

Read Article

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

February 2, 2021

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” border_style=”solid” type=”legacy”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_3″ align_self=”auto” content_layout=”column” align_content=”flex-start” content_wrap=”wrap” spacing=”” center_content=”no” link=”” target=”_blank” min_height=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” sticky_display=”normal,sticky” class=”” id=””…

Read Article

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…

Read Article

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…

Read Article

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…

Read Article

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.)…

Read Article

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…

Read Article

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:…

Read Article