Michelle Diener’s Dark Deeds: A Pandora’s Box

January 8, 2016

Today, Maggie and Alexandra tackle the second book in the Class 5 Series by Michelle Diener, Dark Deeds. The first book in the series,  Dark Horse, made both of their Top Ten…

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The Best of 2015: Maggie’s List

January 6, 2016

Last year I defined a DIK as “a book that delights me, with characters I at least like (but normally, I love them) and a romance that leaves my heart…

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Writing Communities: A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Jennifer Lohmann

January 4, 2016

One of the things I like in a good contemporary romance is how real the characters feel. In a contemporary, the setting is familiar and the technology and manners and…

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A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Rose Lerner

January 1, 2016

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AAR Picks the Best of 2015

December 30, 2015

Each year, we ask the AAR staff to pick the best romances published this year. This year, we’ve included picks from some of our favorite guest reviewers as well. Here are the…

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Jane Ashford: Five Reasons to Love My Latest Hero (and a Giveaway!)

December 28, 2015

He cares about other people. He goes out of his way to help his brothers when they turn to him for aid with dilemmas big and small. Nathaniel likes making…

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Lady Breakwynd’s Boxing Day Bulletin: A Truely Tropeful Holiday Missive

December 26, 2015

‘Tis been quite a year for us here in our small town of Sandy Balls. And to think, a year ago, I despaired of my daughters Arabella and Lavinia finding…

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An AAR Gift Guide: Children and YA

December 18, 2015

Following on from our Gift Guide for lovers of Romantic Mysteries, we’re now presenting some ideas for you if you are going to give books as gifts to Children and…

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Mind your language! A Guest Post by KJ Charles

December 14, 2015

One of the joys, or not, of writing historical romance is the language choices it requires. Obviously, if you’re writing an Anglo-Saxon romance, you’re going to have to go for…

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Life and Death: It’s No Twilight

December 11, 2015

The tenth anniversary edition of Twilight arrived on the shelves several months ago containing the bonus feature of Life and Death, a gender swap retelling of Twilight. The tales are…

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An AAR Gift Guide: Science Fiction

December 9, 2015

AAR is running a series of blog posts on books we love which you might want to give as gifts. These books may be recent or classic, reviewed or unreviewed,…

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Funniest Romance & Biggest Tearjerker Romance of 2015 So Far Are…

December 4, 2015

Next up in our series of posts leading up to the Annual Poll are romances in two categories that touch readers’ emotions: romances that make you laugh – Funniest Romance…

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