the ask@AAR: Does Historical Romance have a quality problem?

October 18, 2019

We listen to you, we really do. And we’ve noticed that you, along with several of our reviewers, aren’t all that happy with most – not all, but most –…

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the ask @AAR: What’s your favorite trope?

October 11, 2019

Secret baby, friends to lovers, amnesia, arranged marriage, opposite attract, road trip romances… there are many tried and true tropes found again and again in romance. Which ones do you…

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the ask @AAR: What book/series/genre do you just not get?

October 3, 2019

There are books, authors, series, and even whole genres that I just can not, no matter how many times I give them a whirl, find interesting. Last year one of…

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the ask @AAR: Do age differences in romance bother you?

September 26, 2019

Several years ago, my daughter explained to me the age rule. For those of you unfamiliar with this, here’s a summary of what Wikipedia says: The Half-age-plus-seven rule (“never date…

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the ask@AAR: What can’t you forgive?

September 21, 2019

They were estranged, she briefly took another lover. They were young, in an argument, she hit him. She asked him who he was, for reasons he couldn’t say, he lied….

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the ask @AAR: Must romance include birth control?

September 19, 2019

They kiss. His hand slips beneath her skirt. She fumbles with the zipper of his pants. Mouths fused, they tumble to the bed. Their clothes melt away and finally, oh…

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the ask @AAR: Greatest Series in Romance

September 9, 2019

We all, I suspect, have read at least one series in its entirety. (Although I can’t imagine having read all 49 of the In Death books. 49!) For the purpose…

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the ask@AAR: Cartoon Covers

September 6, 2019

We have so much fun chatting with readers (in the comments). So we’re introducing a new regular mini blog: the ask @AAR. We’ll post a question and you, beloved readers,…

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Looking for Love on Every Deck

September 4, 2019

I just went on my first ever cruise and, whoa, it’s the perfect setting for a romance novel. (I was traveling with my daughter and not my husband so no…

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Sylvia Day talks to AAR about Butterfly in Frost. Plus, a BIG giveaway!

August 27, 2019

Prolific author Sylvia Day has a new book out. We had some questions for her and she–which is just lovely–has a fab giveaway for AAR readers.

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Announcing the AAR Private Facebook Group: A Safe Space to Discuss Romance

August 2, 2019

Last year, when AAR published its latest Top 100 Romances List, many got furious at us for doing so in a way that didn’t encourage diverse romance. We took those…

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The 2019 RITA® Award winners!

July 27, 2019

Romance Writers of America (RWA), the trade association for published and aspiring romance fiction authors, announced the winners of the 2019 RITA® Awards on Friday, July 26, at a black-tie awards…

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