I #read Finding A Purple Unicorn by Sean Michael (#book 3/Starting Over). This MM single dads #romance is by far my favorite of 2024 so far. It was fun & #reading it went by fast. TW for custody argument, ex drama, & a neglectful parent (not a main character). Also some bdsm/spanking references. No need to read the first 2 #books. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3OUXqdU
I #read A Masquerade With a Marquess (#book 8/Lords of Temptation). The blurb is a little off - the MMC does marry the FMC knowing she's blind, but also for all the wrong reasons. TW for jealousy and paternal abuse. I may follow up with more from the series, not sure yet. #regency #romance #romancelandia #reading @romancebooks
I re-#read as #audiobook Four In Hand by Stephanie Laurens. This #regency #romance has very little sex in it & a lot of flirting. It follows 4 sisters in one shorter #book - it was one of her earliest #books. I like this type of writing but I know it's out of date. #romancelandia #romancebooks #reading @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3Ot9hQk
I #read Twins for the Wild Orc by Michele Mills (Sweet Monster Treats). If Mills wrote it, I'm probably going to ❤️ it, & I did (even orcs). Besides the title trope of unplanned babies, the #book is a reunion #romance meant for #reading at Halloween. Short & charming. #books #romancelandia #romancebooks @romancebooks https://amzn.to/49eUXCZ
I #read via #audiobook Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper (#book 2/Mystic extra. Bayou). Bear shifter Zed falls in love (first) with a commitment-phobic energy witch. This #romance is in the Audible Premium Plus catalog, so I didn't pay extra. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ #romance #reading #books #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3Hcuvh8
I #read Seeing Blind by Poppy Dale. This M/M 🏳️🌈 #romance from 2021 has one MC with a severe case of prosopagnosia (face blindness). It's charming. TW for homophonic parent, secrets, dating apps, & online relationships. #book #books #reading #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3Hfhqna
I #read Gnome Sweet Gnome by Elva Birch (#book 2/Lawn Ornament Shifters) today because rn it’s #free (not sure how long that will last), and because the cover & title made me laugh. This shorter-length Christmas story takes rom-com almost to absurd #romance. Get ready for a jewel thief owl shifter to meet her mate as a Norwegian gnome factory owner. #reading #books #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3NlwpzF
I #read Claimed by the Barbarian Warlords by Charmaine Ross (#book 1/Stolen Planet). I think it’s great when FMCs assert & fight for their own agency, but the burden of assholery behavior that provokes the fight for independence often rests on the MMC(s) in that plot line. This is the case for this story. I wanted to kick the alien warlords for being dumbasses for 75% of the book. #reading #books #romance #romancelandia #romancebooks @romancebooks https://amzn.to/47O0TTb
I #read Snowed In With A Dragon by Sara Ivy Hill. This Christmas #book of a sweet stalkerish dragon who waits for his girl until her boyfriend cheats on her is a little red-flaggy if you want your #romance to be perfectly socially acceptable. Hill does honor consent. #reading #books #romancelandia #romancebooks @romancebooks
If you read sci fi #romance, today’s your day. 30 free #books (electronic) on Dec 7:
I’ve #read as an #audiobook Lucifer by DB Reynolds (#book 11/Vampires In America). Said this before & will say it again, one of my favorite series & one of my favorite #books in the series. But start at the beginning, or at least with Jabril. #romance #reading #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3uuY1v
I #read Trouble For My Troll by Honey Phillips last night as a bedtime #book. This standalone #romance from the Fairhaven Falls world is a small-town monster #romance about a troll who isn’t very troll-like tbh. But I liked it. #reading #books #romancebooks #romancelandia @romancebooks
I #read as #audiobook Darkness Dawns by Dianne Duvall (#book 1/Immortal Guardians). This is a #repeat series for me. Paranormal vampire hunters fall in love & save the world, one book at a time. #reading #romance #books #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3R5EZVy
I #read as #audiobook Band Sinister by KJ Charles (2018). This 🏳️🌈 M/M historical #regencyromance is mis-titled, but otherwise is charming. It was in the Audible Premium Plus catalog, so I didn’t pay anything extra for it. #book #romance #reading #books #romancelandia @romancebooks
I #read Christian by DB Reynolds (#book 10/Vampires In America). This is one of my favorite #books in one of my favorite series. That’s all. I’m willing to listen to the #audiobook a lot more than I actually do. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #reading #romance #romancelandia #romancebooks @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3Qw3F7S
I stayed up Way Too Late last night #reading Little Dove by Layla Frost. There are a couple of 🚩TWs in this casino owner #romance - he abducts her before her 18th birthday and murders her deadbeat father. But he doesn’t touch her or ask her to call him Daddy until she’s 18 (barely). No age play, he’s just a straight up obsessive control freak. I loved it and may buy the audiobook later. #book #books #read #romancebooks #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/40APL96
I #read Lauren’s Barbarian by Ruby Dixon (#book 1/Icehome - an Ice Planet Barbarians spin-off) as an #audiobook. I meant to buy Willa’s Beast so I was surprised when I started listening, but it’s Ruby Dixon, so I couldn’t go wrong! In this installment, Lauren gets separated from the group, ends up in a deserted island, and resonates to a blue 4-armed alien who she can’t speak to. #romance #books #reading #romancebooks #romancelandia @romancebooks
I #read Wicked Prince by Laylah Roberts (#book 3/New Orleans Malones) over the last 2 nights. This slow-burn, relatively sweet #romance (until near the end) is somehow spanking/kinky as well. TW for childhood trauma, assault, and sexy feet. #reading #books #romancebooks #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3FzW6It
Over the weekend, I #read as #audiobook Vincent by DB Reynolds (#book 8/Vampires in America). Again, my favorite vampire #romance series, and one of my favorite #books in it. #reading #romancebooks #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3rZxJRl
I #read The Broker by Tara Crescent. This #book is not listed as part of a series but follows the characters in The Thief. This friends-to-lovers mafia #romance is set in Venice. TW for a child abduction (she’s not hurt). #reading #books #romancebooks #romancelandia @romancebooks https://amzn.to/3FqEONJ
She/her/hers. Ally & bi-curious. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Romance lover. Part-time author. If I could, I'd live in libraries, museums, forests & beaches. Kinkster. You might know me as a serene sparkle from the x🐦. Married to @Firemn\_Chris. linktr.ee/elleqsabine