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Love Historical Romance? Write for AAR.
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the ask@AAR: What are your favorite non-traditional historical romances?
In last week’s the ask@AAR, many of you longed for historicals featuring untraditional stories. So we want your recs. What historical romances with non-wealthy, non-aristocrat, non-white, non-heteronormative leads–or any other nontraditional aspects–do you love?
