The King of Halloween and Miss Firecracker Queen by Lori Leachman

April 5, 2018

It is amazing how revealing and enlightening funeral celebrations can be. Long-held secrets may finally be shared. The truth of a particular situation is told. Long-simmering resentments are aired, or…

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Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: A guest post and a giveaway by Susan Cliff

April 3, 2018

Hello AAR! It’s release day for Navy SEAL Rescue, the second book in my Team Twelve series. This story features an Iraqi doctor heroine and a Navy SEAL/mountain climber hero….

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Decades: History has never been so romantic! A Journey of African American Romance

March 22, 2018

Note: A Secret Desire by Kaia Danielle was released in February 2018. It’s the second book in Decades: A Journey of African American Romance, a series developed by award-winning author…

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Miss Kitty says There’s More to Paranormal Than Fangs and Fur

March 9, 2018

Introducing Miss Kitty Hello darlings! An avid reader of mystery and women’s fiction, with a decided preference for stories with romantic elements, Miss Kitty is here to provide you with…

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Any Resemblance to Actual Persons is Purely Purposeful

March 7, 2018

Open any novel, and you’ll probably see this disclaimer-This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination…

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A guest post and a giveaway from Kate Carley

March 5, 2018

When was the last time you hung out with your best girlfriends? For me, it seems as if it’s been ages ago. The fact is, I tend to be a…

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Caroline Linden on math and romance

February 27, 2018

Math and romance are inextricably connected for me. Let me explain. The fall of my sophomore year of college, a guy asked me out. He was athletic and funny, crazy…

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Dreams: A Guest Post (and a giveaway by Leslie Hachtel)

February 19, 2018

Dreams. The stuff some reality is made of. My name is Leslie Hachtel and I am the author of The Dream Dancer. So many times, people ask me where the…

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Confessions of an Anxious Writer

February 15, 2018

I think I was probably always a bit of a worrier. When my first baby was born, however, the worry kicked into high gear. And when my second baby was…

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Adam and Eve sells sex toys and makes the world a better place

February 14, 2018

If you want to spice up your Valentine’s Day, you can’t go wrong with Adam and Eve. We’re running this column again because we love this company… and you! In…

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AAR’s Top Picks for 2017

February 10, 2018

Each year we ask our staff to share the romance, the one romance, they read this year they’d pick as their favorite. This year, they’ve picked more contemporary romance than…

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AAR picks the very best of 2016

February 9, 2018

We thought we’d republish this–we’re about to release our top picks for 2017. Did you read any of these? Think we picked well? (originally published on January 4, 2017) Each…

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