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Thoughts on books, reading, culture, and the literary life.

The Best Romance Short Story/Novella of 2015 So Far Is……

November 6, 2015

After 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, 2015

AAR’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, 2015

After 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, 2015

I 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, 2015

I 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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Why You Can’t Set a Wax Play Scene on Shabbos

October 26, 2015

And other things I learned while writing a BDSM erotic romance set in an Orthodox Jewish Community A Guest Post by Tamsen Parker (Ms. Parker is giving away a signed…

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On “Say Yes to the Dress”

October 25, 2015

I’ve watched almost no reality TV. I watched the finals of the first four seasons of American Idol, some scenes from the two Survivor seasons my niece’s husband was on, and the episodes…

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Queer Romance: Where Do We Go From Here?

October 23, 2015

For our final QRM-themed piece for the AAR blog, Alexis Hall is joined by Roan Parrish, EE Ottoman and Santino Hassell. They’re going to be talk about where they think the genre is…

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Revel with a Cause: The Outback Bachelor Ball

October 19, 2015

When Karina Bliss, Joan Kilby and Sarah Mayberry got together to write a series of linked novellas, they knew they wanted to do something in the Outback, and they knew…

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Queer Romance Week: A Queer Fantasy Roundup

October 16, 2015

Every Friday in October, AAR will run a guest post as part of our participation in Queer Romance Month. Today Ginn Hale, Nicole Kimberling, Astrid Amara and Langley Hyde are here to…

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When Names Are a No-Go

October 12, 2015

A few years ago I picked up a well-reviewed historical – I can’t remember the title anymore but I think it was a Western – and DNFed the book. There…

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Queer Historical Romance: A Roundtable

October 9, 2015

In celebration of Queer Romance Month, Joanna Chambers, Alex Beecroft and KJ Charles are here to discuss queer historical romance. KJC: So, let’s kick off with a thing I see…

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