Jumping the Shark

May 1, 2014

AAR ran a style poll back in 2002 which had completely slipped my mind until I clicked on it by accident the other day. (Take a look; it’s got some…

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Some Titles Never Get Old

April 23, 2014

One of the great pleasures of revising AAR’s Special Titles Listings is the re-discovery of old books. A reader nominates a title, or I spot it already on the list…

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Westerns AAR Loves

April 18, 2014

When AAR ran the Top 100 romances poll, our reviewers blogged their personal Top 10s weekly to share some of their favorites. Since the mini-polls are smaller, we consolidated a…

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Mixed martial arts, football, rugby, tennis, baseball, hockey—oh my!

April 14, 2014

Do you love sports romance? Today, Carina Press published six new sports romances, and the authors are here interviewing their sports-star characters. Batter up!

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Reviving the AAR Mini-Polls: Your Top 10 Favorite Frontier/Western Romances

April 11, 2014

Back last fall when we were feeling inundated with the Top 100 Poll, several readers asked if we would consider reviving the AAR Mini-Polls, or “Top Ten Polls.” Our rather…

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An interview with Elizabeth Essex

April 9, 2014

I recently had the good fortune to listen to Ms. Essex read from her latest novel, After the Scandal, at my local Lady Jane’s Salon. There, I asked if she’d…

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How Pregnancy Changed One Reviewer’s Romance Reading

April 4, 2014

I knew pregnancy was going to change my life, but it came as a surprise to me that pregnancy changed my romance reading. I haven’t read books, especially historicals, in…

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Music of the Soul

April 2, 2014

Rita Dove said that “Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.” I totally agree with that. Whether it is painting a beautiful picture or capsulizing an ugly…

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Jonesing for Jocks

March 31, 2014

Currently I am assiduously avoiding sports. Literally. Much of my family is in another room swearing at the television as my husband’s alma mater fights to move forward in the…

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I Wish You’d Come Back Revisited

March 28, 2014

 What a difference two years makes.  Almost to the day two years ago I wrote a blog about authors, or author styles, I wished would come back to us readers.  I wasn’t…

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AAR takes on graphic novels

March 24, 2014

I’m very excited to announce that AAR will be reviewing romance graphic novels. We’ve reviewed a few in the past, but this will be an organized effort. What is a…

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Five Special Title Lists Open for Submission

March 17, 2014

After a brief break we’re happy to announce that this morning five Special Title Lists are open for new submissions: (1) Spies, P.I.’s, & Warriors; (2) War; (3) Cons, Burglars, and…

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