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You guys really love historical romance!
We will be launching our poll for the 2024 AAR Top 100 Romances list later this week. There will be 200 books to choose from, taken from a combination of the last AAR Top 100 Romances list, reader nominations, and reviewer favorites. I analyzed the list for genre–and it didn’t surprise me historical romances were…
Read any Romantasy lately?
The two best selling fiction works at Amazon in 2023 were Fourth Wing and Iron Flame both of which are–and I so don’t love this mashup–romantasy. Also in the top 25 was A Court of Thorn and Roses–that whole series sold a boatload. If you look at just the best-sellers in romance, romantasy ruled on…
And the next AAR Good Time Book Club pick is….
The (very close) votes are in and we’re reading Elizabeth Kingston’s The King’s Man. (Here’s our B+ review.) Here’s the summary from Amazon (right now, the ebook is 2.99):
Maya Rodale talks about Dangerous Books for Girls
This book is on sale right now to celebrate its tenth anniversary. (This piece was originally published on June 15, 2015.) I interviewed Maya again, in 2023, when she put out a revised edition. I was at an absurdly hip underground pop-up dinner (eleven tiny courses based around the 1968 Volkswagen bus) and seated across from a…
You guys really like historical romance!
As we approach the end of the year, I start running reports–how we’re doing financially, what pages readers visit the most, etc…. One I run each year that becomes less and less accurate thanks to Kindle Unlimited–Amazon releases no numbers for books borrowed in that program–is what books did we sell the most of? Thus…
A (not grumpy) guest post and a giveaway by Nicole Helm
There are two types of romance readers in the world. Readers who hear the words ‘grumpy hero’ and go on with their day, and the readers who hear ‘grumpy hero’ and stand to attention and yell TELL ME EVERYTHING. I’m a tell me everything kind of girl. When I say grumpy heroes are my jam,…
