I picked this up because both narrators are fantastic, but had way more fun with this than I thought I would! City of Thorns, by C.N. Crawford. https://share.libbyapp.com/title/9887545 #Books #Romance #RomanceLandia
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I had forgotten to review this movie!
Once again, I find myself at ods with Goodreads and not just because Gabriel Michael is the voice of the love interest, but I had loads of fun with this book! Even after completing the book, absolutely none of the good reads reviews made any sense to me whatsoever. Give this a try if you want a very lighthearted, comedic, paranormal romance with a awkward protagonist trying to solve the death of her mother, a extremely deliciously cute and witty deamon that tries to be brooding, and a lot of psychology humor. https://share.libbyapp.com/title/9887545 #Romance #RomanceLandia #Audiobook #Audiobooks
"This is making my heart beat faster, almost like a… like a warning. As if something bad is about to happen.” My eyes widened.
“Yeah. That’s anxiety. Are you feeling anxious for my safety, or are you worried you’ll be caught out?"
His gaze shuttered. “Don’t be ridiculous. I’m a lethal four-hundred-year-old demon of chaos, imbued with godlike powers. I fear nothing.”
This is so funny and cute!
My only head shake, was about the D Day jokes but even so, this is so fucking fun!
Tried tackling the grumpy and sunshine trope but I keep making my grumpy hero two grumpy, so much so that even I hate him as an author. How do others keep the balance? Nothing I am doing regarding this trope seems natural. It feels like I’m swinging a hammer way too far to the left, and then when I try and correct it, it goes way too far the other way. Are there like romance writing exercises you did to help you flush out these tropes? #AmWriting #Romance #RomanceLandia
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!
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@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."
Other #Romance authors I have a lot of low income people on my newsletter that are huge Romance fans like me, so I'd love to highlight some of your free offerings, if you have a free discount period going on right now, let me know. I am in a tad of a writing slump this month so wanna promote other's work instead. #RomanceLandia #Author #Authors
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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!
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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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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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."
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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
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Well damnit. I hate it when better authors have similar ideas! I completed a fluffy ROM COM where there's an apartment complex that's a magical matchmaker, Grumpy VS Sunshine Trope, Disability smut/sex, and of course, cookies and newspapers in Braille that tell the gay guys what to do and I found this, which is similar, but far more funny https://www.hoopladigital.com/audiobook/the-cupid-chronicles-courtney-walsh/19245957 #Romance #RomanceLandia
I have a lot of thoughts about that Daniel Green video where he covers that absolutely shit article by the New York Times about the Romance author turned prompter. His comment section is full of the anti-romance slop I see on a daily basis, but even he, in the video, fell into the trap that Romance is just bland formulaic porn, which, yawn, but the most interesting thing to me about this whole thing is the author just giving up. Quite literally. She just chose to quit playing the game, quit trying to improve, she just chose to quit writing altogether because the industry could not support her at all so now she generates everything. I honestly can’t express how sad that is. I can’t even put into words house sad that is. There is a much larger story here than her just using an LLM, except of course, the New York Times has terrible reporters that don’t know how to ask complex questions so the article reads like a vapid snooze fest. The whole thing just makes me profoundly sad! And I hate this whole thing is just another excuse to shit on romance reader some more. This prompter even said, I don’t need to worry, because in a few years, readers won’t care about what they are reading. I can’t express how profoundly sad this whole thing makes me. It reminds me of that Buttondown article that I can’t locate at the moment, it said something to the effect of, caring about anything today is a radical act. #Romance #AI #LLM #Author #RomanceLandia
I do have to thank #AI for one thing. Some bit of writing that is just obviously fun or a torrent of vast emotions? Something that was clearly written because the author really enjoyed it? I’m loving that kind of beautiful art even if it has plot holes. I read a #Romance book recently where it was a joy to feel where the author was going, even if they swerved the Grumpy character archetype a little. I just really enjoyed reading this thing that I know the author had a really good time creating. The #AIHype helped me appreciate fun more among all the generated text that is generated to just put content out there. The Cupid Chronicles
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/3CA4ECFF-3750-49DF-A2C3-5ABF620847B7 #RomanceLandia
Ugh! I can't write the Grumpy archetype. They always end up sounding super scary but are marshmallows on the inside. Note to #RomanceLandia don't read me if you like a genuine grumpy character. I turn them into people where their barks are far worse than their bites. #Romance #AmWriting
I'm that kind of Romance writer where I write books ahead of time, like 5 or 10, and then go about releasing them. My media interviews will go like this.
Book media: You're so productive! What's your secret? You release like 20 books in the same year!
Me: Write the books over five years ago!
Yes, I am *that* slow of a writer.