What’s Up at AAR

March 12, 2016

Hello again, everyone! It’s our round-up of some of what we’ve been doing. We’ve got lots and lots of Best of 2015 lists! And fresh content for you to enjoy. Here’s…

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A Lambda Awards Roundup

March 10, 2016

The 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards–or the “Lammys,” as they are affectionately known–kick off another record-breaking year with this week’s announcement of the finalists. They were chosen from a record 933…

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Does Size Matter?

March 8, 2016

I’ve read some pretty long books in the course of my life. Tolstoy’s War and Peace with the original French quotes included – 1,296 pages. The Far Pavillions by M….

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Lessons of Politics, Lessons of Love: A Guest Piece (and a Giveaway) from Roan Parrish

March 3, 2016

Colin Mulligan cares (a little too much) what his father thinks. He cares about cars. He cares about football. But when Out of Nowhere begins, he doesn’t really care about…

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Merry (and not so merry widows): A guest post by Megan Mulry

March 2, 2016

In my latest book, Encore, both of the main characters are widowed, so I became fascinated with all sorts of ideas about loss and redemption and second chances while I…

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Career Matches in Real Life

February 29, 2016

Bloomberg recently released a statistical report which examines marriage patterns by occupation in the United States. Who do female doctors marry? Male doctors? Female and male lawyers? It’s a fun…

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And the Nominees Are….

February 26, 2016

Several readers asked for a list of the nominees in this year’s Annual Reader Poll. Here you go! And if you’ve not yet voted, please do. Here’s the link. Best…

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T.J. Kline and Lizbeth Selvig talk horses and cowboys. (Plus, there’s a giveaway!)

February 26, 2016

Today, authors T.J. Kline and Lizbeth Selvig interview each other about their horses, their books, and why readers so love cowboys. Each author is giving away a copy of her…

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Annual Poll Update: It’s a Runoff!

February 24, 2016

When AAR conducted its first Annual Reader Poll for the best in romances published in 1996 things were a lot different on the web. AAR was one of the few…

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Courtship, Darcy style: A Guest Post (and a Giveaway) by Maya Rodale

February 24, 2016

When one sets out to write a romance novel based on/inspired by Pride & Prejudice and Bridget Jones’s Diary, one must read such works for “research.” What I noticed upon…

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A Guest post and Giveaway by Elizabeth Michels

February 22, 2016

Dear Romance Readers of the World, Pull up a chair and we’ll have a nice chat.  I’m so happy to be here today to tell you about the first book…

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The Best of 2015: Anne’s List

February 19, 2016

When I look back at my favorite reads of 2015, most have one thing in common. They were published before 2015. From guilty pleasures like The Selection series (yes, I…

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