Essays & Musings
What We’ve Been Thinking About
Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.
T.J. Kline and Lizbeth Selvig talk horses and cowboys. (Plus, there’s a giveaway!)
February 26, 2016Today, 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, 2016When 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, 2016When 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, 2016Dear 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, 2016When 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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A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Grace Burrowes
February 18, 2016A dark-haired, handsome guy shares domestic life with me, and I treasure him dearly. As romance heroes go, he has some creds. For example, he never says much unless he’s…
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An Interview and a Giveaway with Farrah Rochon
February 16, 2016Farrah Rochon’s newest story, Passion’s Song is out this month as part of the Harlequin Kimani Febraury Lineup. (I’ve written a DIK review of it for AAR). A friends to…
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The Best of 2015: LinnieGayl’s List
February 15, 2016I’m finally coming out of a nearly two-year reading slump, but to do it I had to read a lot of old favorites (Julie James, Lauren Willig, Karen Templeton, Sarah…
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A Blast from our Past: Declarations of Love
February 14, 2016Here’s a column from three years ago. It holds up well, we think. What are your favorite proposals? We at AAR wish all our readers a happy Valentine’s Day! Today is Valentine’s…
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The Birth of a Series: A Guest Post (and a giveaway) by Jodi Thomas
February 12, 2016People often wonder how a series comes about. I’ve written several and sometimes I’ve asked myself the same question. My first trilogy was five books, my second was four and my…
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Court of Thorns and Roses: A Pandora’s Box
February 10, 2016Dabney: Haley picked Sarah Maas’s Court of Thorns and Roses for her best Romance Novel of 2015. Here’s what she said about the book: This is a retelling of Beauty…
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A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Theresa Romain
February 8, 2016A Gentleman’s Game is the story of Nathaniel and Rosalind. He’s a seemingly carefree Thoroughbred trainer and baronet’s son; she’s the baronet’s unlikely secretary. They’re both hiding more than a…
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