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I read Kaje Harper's _Unacceptable Risk_, the first in her Hidden Wolves series, and liked it quite a bit.

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/unacceptable-risk-by-kaje-harper/

1y

@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia

Are you a fan of Chace Verity's books? If so, I have great news for you: they've started Patreon! Sign up if you are interested in Old Hollywood history (and want to support a favorite author)

https://www.patreon.com/ChaceVerity

Bluesky thread, 1 of 2:

Chace Verity @chaceverity.com:
Q) Why are you posting about nonfiction stuff instead of fiction in your Patreon?
A) I'm too disabled by my migraines to write fiction at the pace I would like to write.

Q) How much money do you need for your migraine treatments?
A) $250 Canadian dollars every three months, so, roughly $85 CAD every month.

Q) What is the migraine treatment that costs money for you, who lives in Canada, land of Tommy Douglas and Woodrow Lloyd's universal healthcare?
A) Botox. I'm going through a private clinic to be seen faster, and insurance covers Botox, but I gotta pay my lovely injection lady.

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Bluesky thread, 2 of 2:

Chace VErity @chaceverity.com:

Q) You mentioned on Patreon you're just trialing this treatment for a year?
A) Yeah. It takes p to three sessions to see improvement, which is about nine months, and my prescription is for a year, so I'm going to do this Patreon for about a year. We'll see how things go after that.

Q) How often will you be posting content on Patreon?
A) I'm aiming for four posts a month. Ideally, one a week, but you know, we'll see how it goes. I can't make promises, unfortunately.

Q) Are you going to keep working on fiction while doing this Patreon?
A) Yes! Slowly. As I have been.

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#Romancelandia #RomBkBlog @bookstodon

Because I'm nothing if not predictable, I read _Game Changer_, by Rachel Reid; it's the first in the Game Changers hockey genre romance series.

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/game-changer-by-rachel-reid/

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#Romancelandia @bookstodon #CallToAction #USPolitics #KOSA

(and if you go, "well, I write ~clean~ romance, so it doesn't affect me", please know that fascism never runs out of targets/enemies, and that it *will* affect you sooner rather than later)

https://www.techpolicy.press/house-subcommittee-advances-18-child-online-safety-bills/

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social:
Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!
(preview and link to the article linked in my post)
Timestamp 10:57 AM December 15, 2025

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1y

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Heads up: Ann Aguirre is on tour over the summer; check to see if she'll pop in somewhere near you--and please share.

#SummerOfAlienLove

At the top, on a black background, a 3D image of the book _I Think I'm in Love with an Alien_ on the left and a photo of a middle-aged white lady with brown hair, wearing a purple crochet sweater and floral dress, sitting with her chin propped on her hand (Ann Aguirre) on the right.

Above this, on bold white font, "Ready for a summer of alien love?" and then, between the two images, "meet Ann Aguirre on tour!--Space Con or bust!

In the next section, on a purple background, in a simple white font, Ann's itinerary as follows:

June 17 Bellingham (Village Books) - 6:00pm
June 18 Seattle (Third Place Books) - 7:00pm
June 19 Portland (Grand Gesture) – 7:00pm
June 21 Folsom, CA (Ruby's Bookstore) - 6:00pm
June 22 Lancaster, CA (L'il Bookbug on the Blvd) - 3:00pm
June 23 San Diego, CA (Mysterious Galaxy) - 7:00pm
June 25 Tempe, AZ (Changing Hands) - 7:00pm
June 27 SLC (King's English) - 6:00pm
June 29 Denver, CO (Spicy Librarian) - 6:00pm
July 1 Wichita, KS (Watermark Books) - 6:00pm
July 2 Kansas City, MO (Under the Cover) - 6:30pm
July 8 Tinley Park, IL (Love's Sweet Arrow) - 6:00pm

Bracketing the text are two cute illustrations; on the left: Seeker and Jen in a romance clinch, and on the right, a cartoonish UFO.

The bottom is a custom pattern in teals and purples based on Seeker's scale patterns. It's cool and vaguely dragonish.

Bottom left: Bestselling author USA Today
Bottom right: The New York Times bestselling author

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#Romancelandia #RomBkBlog @bookstodon

I read _An Act of Foul Play_ by T.E. Kinsey, the ninth in the Lady Hardcastle series of historical cozy mysteries.

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/an-act-of-foul-play-by-t-e-kinsey/

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#Romancelandia @bookstodon #GenAI #Libby #Audiobooks

ICYMI: how to spot GenAI audiobooks on LIbby

https://mashable.com/article/how-to-spot-ai-audiobooks-libby

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Celebrating 30 years of _Indigo_ with Beverly Jenkins!

A virtual chat hosted by Georgia Southern University.

#Romancelandia @bookstodon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=867Ddlf0RqA&t=4s

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248d

Book Promotion: When a world is broken who or what can put it back together? Not Miralees she's just an acrobat with her family troupe but is that all?

Read "Dragons of the Wounded Land"
#romantasy #fedibookfair #dragons #heroines #lesbian #monsters #romancelandia #fantasy #epic #goodbooks #phantastik #sapphic #amreading #wlw #writing #sorcery #audiobook #readers #reading #secondaryworld #magic #lesfic #legendary #boost (a457) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCDHT9RF?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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#Romancelandia @bookstodon #HeatedRivalryShow

Breaking my own "do not share The Guardian articles" (IFKYK), to share a very good take on "Heated Rivalry" and m/m in general.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/13/why-do-women-like-heated-rivalry

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236d

Via @SuperWendy "Sweet baby Jesus lying in the manger, I need to start reading. The first #TBRChallenge of 2026 is Wednesday, January 21! This month's optional theme is Still Here. Deets at the blog."

#RomBkBlog #Romancelandia @bookstodon

https://wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/reminder-tbrchallenge-day-is-january-21.html

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1y

@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia

Via Dr Laura Vivanco, this article in the Arkansas Press Democrat about genre romance. (I have THOUGHTS)

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/arkansas-democrat-gazette/20250608/283918823788133

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@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia

I had forgotten to review this movie!

#RomBkBlog

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/dungeons-dragons-honor-among-thieves-2023-sort-of-a-movie-review/

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Today is release day for _The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses, by @older, and...

I inhaled it in one go, haven't had the headspace to write something coherent, other than: The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses is SO GOOD! So many feelings! The worldbuilding, the language, the RELATIONSHIPS. Go, get your copy, borrow from the library, READ IT!

@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia

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1y

@romancelandia @bookstodon #Romancelandia #SALE

@ScribblingSandy's "The Gladiator's Passion" is on sale for US99c

https://buy.bookfunnel.com/qzyg52t44f

Thinking about why I love this book so much; it's because of the characters. Maius is such a cinnamon roll, and Caomh has been so damaged. It isn't enemies-to-lovers because no matter how prickly Caomh can be, Maius never sees him as anything but himself.

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/07/22/the-gladiators-passion-by-sandra-schwab/

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1y

#PSA #Romancelandia #BlackRomance @romancelandia @bookstodon

Via author D.L. White: "HUGE exclusive Black Romance book giveaway is STILL live. You won't find these eBooks anywhere else."

https://claims.prolificworks.com/gg/JPoM6EV6IIWOMGzFj2TT

Banner for the Book Baes and HEAs, Black romance exclusive promotion site linked in my post, showing a Black couple against a beach at dusk (or dawn?); he is holding her face gently between his hands and leaning forward to kiss her forehead; she has her hands on his chest, one of them just visible where it holds his coat front.

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1y

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The Bree half of Kit Rocha has just been hit with unexpected medical expenses (insurance denying payment of doctor ordered tests). To bridge the gap quickly, she's running a 20% off sale in her etsy story.

https://thebrokencircle.etsy.com/

You can see pictures of some of the things she's offering in this Bluesky thread:
https://bsky.app/profile/mostlybree.kitrocha.com/post/3lq6ca2hqz22r

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I read Benedict Brown's _Murder at Everham Hall_, the first in his Marius Quin series of historical cozy mysteries.

I really wanted to love this book. Alas!

#RomBkBlog #TBRChallenge

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/05/29/murder-at-everham-hall-by-benedict-brown/

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1y

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If you are interested in genre romance beyond reading it for pleasure, and you don't yet follow the Teach Me Tonight blog, may I suggest you remedy that by starting to follow it now?

https://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/2025/07/new-publications-meaning-of-life-and.html

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Long time Dear Author blog contributor Janet (also known elsewhere online as Robin) has suffered a string of medical crises over the past few years, which have been compounded by unemployment. If you can, please donate to her GFM--no matter how small the amount, it adds up.

Please share and boost.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-robin-access-the-care-she-needs-during-a-critical-time

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#PSA #Romancelandia @romancelandia @bookstodon

Via Victoria Dahl aka Victoria Helen Stone: "ALERT! If you get an email from someone claiming to be me and wanting to “chat with fellow writers” or “talk about your writing journey” IT IS NOT ME! It’s a phishing scam. BLOCK & REPORT. Some clues: I don’t have a gmail account & I never want to chat. I’ve reported to Google, so fingers crossed."

Please boost and share!

#Scam #Phishing #Impersonation

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1y

Quick reminder that if you want magical libraries, disaster bisexuals with knives, historical urban fantasy set in the '60s, m/m romance, a wide assortment of mythological characters, and some demons, the whole series is still 75% off on Smashwords! Get over 1k pages of queernorm escapism for under $5.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/101754

#bookstodon #books #romancelandia #mmRomance #urbanFantasy #historicalRomance #sw2025 @lgbtqbookstodon @romancelandia

Wisconsin Gothic
Urban fantasy/queer historical romance for once and future academics who enjoy a good Shakespeare joke and wish magic was real.

The picture has the covers of the four books with a colorful squiggle connecting them.

Book 1: Dionysus in Wisconsin, by E. H. Lupton
The cover is black figure art of two men, one seated and dressed as Dionysus, one standing, wearing jeans and a leather jacket.

Book 2: Old Time Religion by E H Lupton. Done in Greek red figure style, two men are standing side by side, one dressed as Dionysus supporting one shirtless in jeans, holding an athame.

Book 3: Troth, by EH Lupton. An arrow picture with these words and arrows pointing to the book: spiders; cohabitation; unruly ghosts; petty theft; peace and love.
The cover is two men, one dressed as Dionysus, one in a leather jacket and jeans, both facing left. A spider is descending from the top and Dionysus is pointing at it.

Book 4: Lazarus, Home from the War, by E. H. Lupton. A vaguely Greek red-figure cover. Laz reclines on one elbow, extending a hand and a come-hither look to Eli. Eli is skeptical and not come-hithering at the moment.

75% off in July at Smashwords

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139d

So the genre romance reviewing blog The Book Binge, is gone too?

#Romancelandia @bookstodon

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128d

"Black romance deserves to be the thesis and not the footnote, and we deserve to be in all spaces"

#BlackRomance #UrbanRomance #Romancelandia @bookstodon

https://baltimorebeat.com/black-urban-romance-deserves-to-be-taken-seriously/

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Urgent: please help both Bree and Donna (who are Kit Rocha) survive while they fight Alabama--the state froze all of Donna's accounts, took Bree's savings and froze Donna's son's accounts, where his paychecks go via direct deposit. (They have a lawyer to fight this)

Link to the Bluesky thread where she explains:
https://bsky.app/profile/mostlybree.kitrocha.com/post/3mkb2laxmwc26

Link to Bree's ko-fi, which is apparently the only one they still have access to:
https://ko-fi.com/kitrocha

#KitRocha #MutualAid #Romancelandia @bookstodon