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I read Ashley Weaver's _One Final Turn_, the final entry in the Electra McDonnel's series of historical suspense.

#RomBkBlog #Romancelandia @bookstodon

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/one-final-turn-by-ashley-weaver/

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Firefighter Love: Curvy Girl Alpha Male Romance (Curvy Temptations) is a younger man / older woman age gap romance I narrated as Eden Cavell for Kelsie Calloway.

When a hot young firefighter moves back to the small town where he grew up, he finally gets a chance to ask out his childhood crush: his best friend's big sister!

The male lead is super sweet and it's a big-hearted, wholesome story (with a red hot finale).

"Firefighter Love: Curvy Girl Alpha Male Romance (Curvy Temptations)" is available as an audiobook on Audible, Amazon & Apple Books. It's also available in ebook and paperback formats on Amazon.

(If you've ever wondered what I sound like as the voice of a hunky young firefighter, here's where you find out!)

https://geni.us/FFLo

@audiobooks @bookstodon @romancelandia

#Romance #Romancelandia #Audiobook #Audiobooks #Bookstodon #Romance #RomanceBooks #FirefighterRomance #BBWRomance #AgeGapRomance

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Found via Olivia Waite (genre romance author, genre romance book reviewer at the New York Times Book Review)

https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/po/

(Nota bene: I don't subscribe to the NYT and only read through gifted links; I wish good writers could stop taking NYT money, because the NYT is a fascist propaganda outlet.)

#Romancelandia @bookstodon

Bluesky posts:
Jude Doyle @judedoyle.bsky.social:
"Publishing this early, so that I'll stop messing with it: on that Kelefa Sanneh "no more mean criticism" article, the long death of poptimism, and why I can manage to hate both Robert Christgau and Taylor Swift."
(Includes link preview to the piece, "Poptimism at itself", linked in my post)
Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com:
"This is a great essay, and believe me I have a lot of adjacent thoughts about the responsibility of critiquing a low-status art form in high-status outlets. Mostly about romance, not pop versus rock, but a lot of the same kind of tensions apply (mass versus niche appeal, misogyny, branding).

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Another giant introduction

Hi everyone! I don't know what happened to my pinned introduction, so here is a somewhat new one.

I've been here in the Fedi since 2017. You can listen to an interview at the link below.

I'm a blind and gay writer. I keep a blog. I call it my soul on the internet because you won’t get the same thing every time. I write huge rants. I write short narrative stories about eating ice cream like it's the first time I'm having an orgasm. I write lyrical musings about crying in the shower. I pen essays about battling with a smart fridge. You'll never get just one thing with me and my website.

As for fiction, I write M/M Romance featuring blind and or disabled people, because disabled people deserve happy endings too. My romances generally always have a HEA instead of an HFN. I'm not the best with series. I also tend to enjoy doing novellas rather than full length novels, but I do novels as well. It's just that novellas are my comfort zone.

My Romances are quite angsty. They ask a lot of questions of the reader, and they feature things I'm extremely proud of, like in my young adult Romances I feature things like supportive gay dads to a teenager. I don't shy away from potentially triggering subjects because it mirrors my own life.

That being said, if you don't like angsty Romances, I'm probably not your author but I also pen happy Romances too, like one I just finished where a Chef that's lost his sense of taste falls in love with a Blind taste tester because of a job he put out onto the internet. I love exploring dynamics such as that in a very slow, character centric, way.

My blog/website has everything about me. It's the best way to get inside of my head. I don't use video based spaces often because I'm blind so video spaces really don't interest me.

My blog is also a podcast for folks that prefer listening to reading.

I listen to podcasts religiously, especially fiction podcasts. Podcast audiobooks. Fiction audio dramas. All kinds of fiction podcasts.

I'm an audiobook reader.

I love reading character driven stories.

Some additional things that bring me profound joy.

Boy bands. Anime. Video games. Nerd media. Cookies. Video game music. Chocolate. Ice cream. Cats. Listening to audio only let’s Plays via podcasts. Cookies. Yes, I said it twice! That's how much I love them!

I rarely wear clothes that match. I wear things for comfort. Fabrics that feel good to me.

I take extensive social media breaks, especially in the summer/fall time because that's when I'm doing events, hanging out with offline people, and terrorizing my local town.

I'm huge into local activism and local change because I believe that all local progress, especially on a mass scale, will cause national politics to buck up and maybe actually do things for its voter base.

I'm a tech geek that hates everything tech culture. I also hate everything hustle culture. Influencer culture. Bletch.

As for links, the only two links of mine you'll need are below but I also included an interview link.

My podcast, https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/

My website. https://sightlessscribbles.com/

Interview with me on Fediverse #Accessibility https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/robert-kingett-accessibility-in-the-fediverse

#Intro #Introduction #Introductions #Fediverse #Mastodon #Romance #RomanceLandia

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Via The Smut Report, a solid piece, that includes the statement, "we firmly believe that all books are political (in that they can not be separated from the conditions under which they are written)"

Word.

https://smutreport.com/2025/09/02/author-spotlight-alyssa-cole/

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42d

I read Meg Black's Witchy Stitching, an introduction to cross stitch.

#RomBkBlog #Romancelandia @bookstodon

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/witchy-stitching-by-meg-black/

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I read Kate Clayborn's _Love At First_ (my second read by the author), and I cried.

#RomBkBlog #TBRChallenge #Romancelandia @bookstodon

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/love-at-first-by-kate-clayborn/

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I read Cathy Pegau's latest release; _A Murderous Business_ is a historical mystery and ::fingers crossed:: hopefully just the first in the Harriman & Mancini series.

#Romancelandia @bookstodon #RomBkBlog

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/10/15/a-murderous-business-by-cathy-pegau/

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Today is legendary genre romance editor Vivian Stephens!

You can learn more about her by listening to this two-part interview at the Black Romance podcast:
Part 1: https://blackromancepodcast.libsyn.com/vivian-stephens-part-one-0
Part 2: https://blackromancepodcast.libsyn.com/vivian-stephens-part-two-0

Ms Stephens is experiencing health challenges, and we can help her, and express our gratitude for all her contributions to the genre we love, by donating to her GFM:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-vivian-stephens-a-romance-pioneer-in-need

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I read T. E Kinsey's _Rotten to the Core_, the eight in the Lady Hardcastle series of cozy historical mysteries.

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/rotten-to-the-core-by-t-e-kinsey/

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Friends, there's a not-so-good update on Robin/Janet, formerly with the Dear Author blog; if you ever read and appreciated Robin/Janet's great contributions to genre romance, both as a reviewer and as a critic, please consider chipping in to help her get all the help she needs.

#Romancelandia #Reading @bookstodon

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

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Via Bookstore Romance Day, here's a great conversation between genre romance authors: the promise and peril of magic lost or found in fictional worlds.

Sign up at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lost-found-magic-tickets-1762356127619?aff=oddtdtcreator

Pale blue background. At the top left is the black silhouette of a hand facing downward with golden sparkles spilling from it. At the lower right is a black silhouette of a hand facing upward with golden sparkles rising from it. Gold text at top reads "Lost & Found Magic" Dark blue text below reads "A Virtual Conversation With Olivia Waite, CL Polk, Leslye Penelope, Jessie Mihalik, Eva Leigh, Kit Rocha, Stephanie Burgis" Lighter blue text reads "Sat. Nov. 1 at 3 PM Eastern on Zoom"

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Great news from Suz Brockmann!

--new book
--protesting being very American (join!)
--sale on Suz's two paranormal books

...did I mention NEW BOOK?

(subscribe to Suz's newsletter 👇🏽 )

https://newsfromsuz.beehiiv.com/p/three-big-things

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Via Dr Laura Vivanco, genre romance scholar: "Amy Krug from the University of Dayton got in touch about their library's popular romance novel collection, which is being created by her students"

Given Ohio's general political fuckery, this is truly great.

https://teachmetonight.blogspot.com/2025/10/romance-at-university-of-dayton.html

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The weather (in the Northern Hemisphere) is getting chilly, so it's a great time to warm up with a Mountain Man!

My best-selling romance audiobook of 2024 was Taken by the Mountain Man by Kelsie Calloway, which I narrated as Eden Cavell.

Lily is a divorced single mom starting over in a small mountain town… hoping for a second chance at romance with her brother's hot best friend Beckett! She can't forget their kiss under the mistletoe last Christmas. Maybe this is the year she can make her dreams come true.

Kelsie Calloway writes big-hearted, high heat romances with determined female leads, sweetheart male love interests, and sizzling sex scenes. Lily is a protagonist you can cheer for and Beckett is the kind of guy you'd hook up with your sister (if you weren't single yourself).

If you like second chance romance, brother's best friend romance, mountain man romance, or just plain spicy romance, this is a bestseller for a reason.

At 42 minutes, you can listen to this in one go and it makes a good bedtime story.

Available in audiobook on Apple Books, Amazon and Audible, plus in ebook on Amazon.

https://geni.us/TBTMM

@audiofiction @bookstodon

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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.

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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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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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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I had forgotten to review this movie!

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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@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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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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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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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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