The AAR Top Ten Romances (2018) … with a new number one!

May 28, 2018

Thank you to all–the thousands of you–who voted in the AAR Top 100 Romances poll. This is a reader determined poll and we are thrilled so many participated. (All totaled,…

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Round Four of the Top 100 Romances Poll: Picking the Top Ten

May 20, 2018

We had over 5000 votes in the past three rounds of the AAR Top 100 Romances Poll. From those, we have our list of our readers’ favorite one hundred romances….

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How a People-Pleaser Found Her Voice By Kristen Granata (and a giveaway!)

May 17, 2018

I first started writing Collision while sitting on my couch in a sling just after shoulder surgery. I had not turned thirty yet, and in addition to the excruciating shoulder…

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It’s time to pick the Top 100 Romances! Round Three of the Poll is up!

May 10, 2018

We had well over 3,000 votes in the first two rounds of this poll – wow! We knew you all were passionate about romance, but wow! We’ve now taken the…

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The Art of Love: A Guest Post by Suzette D. Harrison

May 9, 2018

1930S – BOOTLEGGERS, PROHIBITION AND ROMANCE The Art of Love is Suzette Harrison’s contribution to the Decades: A Journey of African-American Romance project. For readers who may be unfamiliar with…

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Round Two of the Top 100 Romance Poll closes on Monday….

May 5, 2018

Below you’ll find the top 250 books from all the write-in​s​ from Round ​One​. ​Choose AS MANY of these as you’d like. Please pick your personal favorites, as well as…

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There’s a new book service in town: RomanceBookCloud!

May 1, 2018

Today at ARR, Ron Z., the publisher of RomanceBookCloud shares the story behind his new cloud-based reading service.

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A SENSE OF PLACE: A Guest Post and a Giveaway by Elizabeth Essex

April 27, 2018

My current release, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Marry was written as an ode to travel—my hero and heroine, Ewan, Duke of Crieff and Lady Greer Douglas, each embark upon…

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Coming soon…. Round Two of the 2018 Top 100 Romances Poll

April 22, 2018

Round One of the 2018 Top 100 Romances poll is now closed! Thank you to the many many of you who participated! We had nearly 6,500 write-in votes, with 2400…

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Erica Taylor: “You’re a Duke, Andrew,” and How Regency is my Fan Fiction

April 22, 2018

When I was in college, I wrote Harry Potter fan fiction. It’s still posted online, but please don’t try and find it. And if you do, don’t tell me you…

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Last Chance to Vote!

April 20, 2018

Hundreds of you have voted and we are slowly sorting through thousands of write-ins. (Big thanks to our staff!) Round One will close on Sunday at midnight EST. If you’ve…

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Making the world a better place: A guest post by Laurie Winter

April 19, 2018

One of the things I love most about reading and writing is the power of words to invoke change. Stories can inspire and move people to action. Not that every…

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