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Upcoming Romance Releases: Spring 2026

by Júlia After the busy holiday season, you might think that January is a slow month for booksellers—but quite the opposite. It’s the perfect time for us to dive into publishers’ presentations and newsletters, and prepare for another year filled with exciting new titles. And yes, my upcoming order lists [...]

2026-02-11T18:36:24+01:00Tags: , , |

Book Review: A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sera Swan was once one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very recently) dead, lost most of her magic, befriended a semi-villainous talking fox, and was exiled from her magical Guild. Now she (slightly reluctantly [...]

2026-02-09T10:23:44+01:00Tags: , , |

Valentine’s Day Origins

by Lília This year, we wanted to explore the history of Valentine’s Day. I initially thought it was more of a commercial idea invented by Hallmark in recent decades. I was very surprised to discover that it is actually linked to probable historical events, and that its history is a lot [...]

2026-02-11T17:39:10+01:00Tags: , , |

ABC Bestsellers – January 2026

by Lília January was a remarkable month, with three titles by Rachel Reid making it into our bestsellers: Heated Rivalry, Game Changer and The Long Game. Part of the Game Changer series of books, they were already a big success among romance readers around the world, but became an even greater [...]

2026-02-11T18:36:25+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

New genre watch: Crimance

by Naomi Watch out, kids! There's a new genre in town. It's a combination of crime fiction and romantic fiction, called 'crimance.' I didn't invent this name, I promise. I first came across it in the description of A Cinnamon Falls Mystery by R.L. Killmore. (The name has to be a nom [...]

2026-02-11T18:36:26+01:00Tags: , , , , |

Minnesotans in Literature

Minnesota madness: authors (and habits) from the prairie Originally from Minnesota, ABC's owner Lynn wrote about this now-topical subject and gives us a roundup of some of the beloved authors who hail from her home state. By Lynn If you've been watching the courageous, caring people of Minnesota these past weeks, [...]

2026-02-11T18:36:26+01:00Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Goodbye to Betty and María

by Sophie In 2010, the ABC acquired two Espresso Book Machines that promised to print books on the spot. And print they did! Our María, who up until then had worked in the Amsterdam store as stock buyer for the Western Philosophy and Cookbooks sections (among many other duties), soon [...]

2026-02-13T10:36:08+01:00Tags: , , , |
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