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A Guest Post and a Giveaway from Rose Lerner
January 1, 2016[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][trigger warning: discussion of sexual harassment/assault] Happy…
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AAR Picks the Best of 2015
December 30, 2015Each 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, 2015He 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, 2015Following 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, 2015One 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, 2015The 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, 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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Funniest Romance & Biggest Tearjerker Romance of 2015 So Far Are…
December 4, 2015Next 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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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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