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A guest post by Aussie Author Louise Cusack

A guest post by Aussie Author Louise Cusack

July 10, 2017

Hello, everyone! I’m thrilled to have the chance to guest blog for AAR and to share my Husband Series with you. This four-book series of sexy romance novels is about…

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The Anti- Alpha Male: A guest post by Christopher Harlan

The Anti- Alpha Male: A guest post by Christopher Harlan

July 8, 2017

A New York Times article that caught my attention long before I started the Impressions Series is titled “Tapping Your Inner Wolf” In it the author describes observations made of a…

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Mourning dress in Jane Austen’s time: A guest post by Candice Hern

Mourning dress in Jane Austen’s time: A guest post by Candice Hern

July 6, 2017

This month marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death. With that in mind, I thought I’d tell you a bit about mourning customs of that time, specifically in terms…

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Avon Gale on queer representation in sports romance.

Avon Gale on queer representation in sports romance.

June 29, 2017

Hi! I’m Avon Gale, and I’m here today to talk a little about queer representation in sports romance. As a queer person, and a writer of sports romance, this is…

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Good News and Bad about Polls

Good News and Bad about Polls

June 18, 2017

It’s clear to us we don’t have the manpower to do our usual reader’s pick the Best of Poll for 2016. We’re bummed about that but it is what it…

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A First Chapter from Bronwen Evans: Addicted to the Duke

A First Chapter from Bronwen Evans: Addicted to the Duke

June 10, 2017

Prologue The Greek isle of Mykonos: August 1811 Alexander Sylvester Bracken, the Marquess of Tavistock, heir to the Duke of Bedford, on no account considered himself a hero. In all…

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Layla Rayne shares three fictional partnerships she loves

Layla Rayne shares three fictional partnerships she loves

June 9, 2017

Thanks so much AAR for having me as a guest blogger today. I’m delighted to be here to chat about my male-male romantic suspense series, Agents Irish and Whiskey. For…

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The Best of All Worlds: A Guest Post by Sherry Thomas

The Best of All Worlds: A Guest Post by Sherry Thomas

June 6, 2017

Judith of Binge on Books and Open Ink Press emailed me February of last year and told me about an unusual project she was planning. The aim of the Sight…

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Romantic Gestures: It’s the Thought That Counts – by Roan Parrish

Romantic Gestures: It’s the Thought That Counts – by Roan Parrish

June 5, 2017

I’ve never gotten a Valentine from anyone except my parents and my first through third grade classmates, back when you had to give a card to everyone, and I’ve been…

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Table-Rapping: The Secrets of Victorian Spiritualism by K.J. Charles

Table-Rapping: The Secrets of Victorian Spiritualism by K.J. Charles

June 2, 2017

available at Amazon, iBooks, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo It was tough being a Victorian. In the nineteenth century, change—technological, scientific, cultural, religious—was accelerating at a previously unthinkable pace. Alfred,…

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Is Hot the new Warm?

Is Hot the new Warm?

May 18, 2017

One of the things readers consistently tell us they like are our sensuality ratings. They’ve been a part of AAR since its inception and we think they help readers find books they…

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A Love for American Historical Romance: A Guest Post by Holly Bush

A Love for American Historical Romance: A Guest Post by Holly Bush

May 12, 2017

I confess, I’m a complete sucker for a Regency romance. Give me a duke, a marriage of convenience, or a governess to lover trope, with all the accompanying bothersome rules…

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