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An AAR Gift Guide: Romantic Mysteries
December 2, 2015AAR 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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Best Contemporary Romance of 2015 So Far Is……..
November 29, 2015Next up in our series of posts leading up to the Annual Poll for the best in romance published in 2015 is the Best Contemporary Romance category. Julie James has…
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Best Debut Romance Author of 2015 So Far Is……..
November 23, 2015I’ll admit it; I tend to shy away from new authors. Give me a choice between a comfort read and an unknown quantity and I’ll almost always choose the comfort…
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Santa Baby, Bring Me a Love Story
November 20, 2015I have always been a sucker for a holiday romance. There’s something about the holidays that allow me to access the over-the-top, gushily sentimental core of my heart that is…
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Meatworks: A Guest Pandora’s Box
November 15, 2015Hello everyone and welcome to our monthly AAR blog column. The basic idea is we choose a book every month and have a discussion about it. We being Elisabeth Lane…
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It’s a VERY big sale at Harlequin!
November 13, 2015Like many other romance fans, I’d heard about the big Harlequin sale that started on November 10. Harlequin has been selling eBook editions for 10 years. They’re celebrating by having…
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Our November Newsletter is online!
November 11, 2015Welcome to November! We usually only send out our monthly newsletter but we thought we’d start posting it here as well. AAR’s Anne Marble puts these together every month! Enjoy! (Wanna sign…
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The Best Romance Short Story/Novella of 2015 So Far Is……
November 6, 2015After a rather unexpected long break for some real life events, I’m ready to start again with our series of posts about the best of romances published to date in…
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An Interview and a Giveaway with Lucinda Brant
November 4, 2015AAR’s Caz interviews author Lucinda Brant today. Ms. Brant has generously offered a lucky winner the choice of an audiobook or eBook of her latest release Deadly Peril. To win,…
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Steps to Being a Modern Gentleman: A Rebuttal
November 2, 2015After being confused, appalled and annoyed by the various items on this list I determined to write my own guide to being a gentleman. After all, as a romance reader I am…
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31 Awesome Queer Romances You Should Read
October 30, 2015I owe Alexis Hall a huge favor. I thought it would be lovley if we ended our Queer Romance Month Friday series with a list of LGBTQ+ books everyone should read. I also had…
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Someday My Print Will Come Back
October 28, 2015I bought my first eBook in 1999. Back then, eBook publishing was like a frontier. Most publishers e-mailed the books to you, and the process wasn’t automated, so if you…
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