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Santa Baby, Bring Me a Love Story

Santa Baby, Bring Me a Love Story

November 20, 2015

I 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

Meatworks: A Guest Pandora’s Box

November 15, 2015

Hello 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!

It’s a VERY big sale at Harlequin!

November 13, 2015

Like 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!

Our November Newsletter is online!

November 11, 2015

Welcome 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……

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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?

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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