#MANGOS AND MISTLETOE BY ADRIANA HERRERA

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Sully Morales x Kiskeya Burgos

[bookthorns]

The Hoemance Book Club's December 2022 Read: Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera ❄️🎄🧁

The Hoemance Book Club’s December 2022 Read: Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera ❄️🎄🧁

Hey everyone, welcome or welcome back to my blog! Back in 2021 Rebecca and I started The Hoemance Book Club and we’ve absolutely loved discussing romance books with our book club every month with everyone on our Discord! We’ve read so many exciting romances lately and we can’t to read some new favourites this year too! Earlier this year we read some real bangers like Weather Girl, Book Lovers…

[lgbtqreads]

Do you know any LGBTQ+ holiday books or winter books?

Sure do! You can find these here: https://lgbtqreads.com/romance/by-tropearchetype/

F/F

Matzo Match by Roz Alexander

Higher by Roz Alexander (Rosh HaShana)

A Masc for Purim by Roz Alexander

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow (YA)

Snow Globe by Georgia Beers

All I Want for Christmas by Georgia Beers

Checking it Twice by Lucy Bexley

*Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake

Take Me Home by Lorelie Brown (Thanksgiving) (Amz)

*Most Wonderful by Georgia Clark

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

Mistletoe by Lyn Gardner

Season of Love by Helena Greer

Mangos & Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

Under a Falling Star by Jae (Christmas)

Under the Mistletoe by Everly James

In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae (Christmas)

Collie Jolly by Leigh Landry (Christmas)

All I Want for Christmas by Clare Lydon

All I Want for Valentine’s by Clare Lydon

Christmas in Mistletoe by Clare Lydon (Amz)

Holly and Ivy by TB Markinson and Miranda MacLeod

Stocking Stuffers by Erin McLellan

Party Favors by Erin McLellan

The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish

The Christmas Ball by Lily Seabrooke

Silent Night by Lily Seabrooke

Eight Kinky Nights by Xan West (Chanukah)

M/M

The Geek Who Saved Christmas by Annabeth Albert

Catered All the Way by Annabeth Albert (Christmas)

A (Fake) Boyfriend for Christmas by Sean Ashcroft

Faux Ho Ho by ‘Nathan Burgoine

Felix Navidad by ‘Nathan Burgoine

Hearts Alight by Elliot Cooper (Hanukkah) (Amz)

Real World by AJ Cousins (Christmas)

Glass Tidings by AJ Cousins (Christmas)

You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky

Candy Hearts by Erin McLellan

His for Hanukkah by Reese Morrison  – T (Amz)

A Boyfriend for Christmas by Jay Northcote

A Family For Christmas by Jay Northcote

What Happens at Christmas by Jay Northcote (Amz)

The Longest Night by EE Ottoman – T

The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish

Finding My Elf by David Valdes

Kissing Santa Claus by Max Walker

Red Envelope by Atom Yang (Lunar New Year) (Amz)

M/F

The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese – DF

Bottle Rocket by Erin McLellan – BM

F/NB

Christmas Inn Maine by Chelsea M. Cameron (Demigirl)

NB/NB

A Very Enby Christmas by Eli Wray

M/F/M

Her Christmas Cookie by Katrina Jackson

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🔪 What to Read After Watching The Bear (Queer Edition)

🦇 You bookish bats know I love a foodie romance (which is why I created my first "What to Read After Watching" list for The Bear last year). After watching The Great North episode of Ham and Crispin "yes chef" and "corner" -ing adorably, I realized I had to make a queer version. So here are a few queer books you should consider reading after watching The Bear!

🧁 Be sweet! Comment a "YES CHEF" if you love this list!

🔪 Bloom - Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheau 🔪 Chef's Kiss - TJ Alexander

🔪 Love & Other Disasters - Anita Kelly 🔪 Café Con Lycee - Emery Lee

🔪 Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake - Alexis Hall 🔪 The Romance Recipe - Ruby Barrett

🔪 Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree 🔪 Queerly Beloved - Susie Dumond

🔪 The Dos and Donuts of Love - Adiba Jaigirdar 🔪 The Heartbreak Bakery - A.R. Capetta

🔪 Fake Dates and Mooncakes - Sher Lee 🔪 Served Hot - Annabeth Albert

🔪 Mangos and Mistletoe - Adriana Herrera 🔪 Idlewild - Jude Sierra

🔪 Chef's Table - Lynn Charles 🔪 Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble - Alexis Hall

🔪 Triple Sec - T.J. Alexander 🔪 You Had Me At Happy Hour - Timothy Janovsky

🔪 A Bánh Mì for Two - Trinity Nguyen 🔪 Lavash at First Sight - Taleen Voskuni

🔪 Chef's Kiss - Jarrett Melendez, Danica Brine, Hank Jones, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou 🔪 The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich - Deya Muniz

[read-alert]

Happy Lesbian Visibility Week! 📚📖🏳️‍🌈

Again, I'm not 100% certain these all feature characters who identify specifically as lesbians, especially given that I haven't read them yet, but they are all sapphic. Full titles under the cut!

Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C Higgins

Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier

Alice isn't Dead by Joseph Fink

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

How to Succeed in Witchcraft and Aislinn Brophy

D'Vaugh & Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C Higgins

Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde

Second Night Stand by Karelia & Fay Stetz-Waters

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

The Art of Saving the World by Corrine Duyvis

The Final Strife by Saara el-Arifi

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

The Divines by Ellie Eaton

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

The Dyke & the Dybuk by Ellen Galford

The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley

Boyish² Butch x Butch Yuri Anthology by Akizora Sawayaka, Hanakage Alt, Nekobungi Sumiro, et al

Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alisom Bechdel

A Masc for Purim by Roz Alexander

Chlorine by Jade Song

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

Ice Massacre by Tiana Warner

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember

The Little Homo Sapiens Scientist by SL Huang

The Siren, the Song, and the Spy by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

[thelesbianpoirot]

Lee Winters, Kris Bryant and Melissa Tereze are just a few lesbian writers that write rich/dominant older woman stuff (I personally don’t enjoy their stuff as it’s very basic, bland writing and with the last author straight up smut with little plot which I need to get invested) but if you want adult normie lesbian writing that isn’t the usual soft queer lesbian shit this is it. For slightly better lesbian romance in color, there’s Meka James’ Being Hospitable series as well as Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera who writes a whole bunch of sweet but not watered down lesbian stuff. When I first came out i was reading anything lesbian and these aren’t winning any major book awards lol but they’re all strictly about female characters and exactly what they say on the tin plot wise.

I'll check out the rest! BEING HOSPITABLE IS THE SHIT! It is so fucking sexy, I've read it a million times, many times I just skipped to the sex scenes because I know the plot. Mangos and Mistletoe is very cute because I relate to it a lot. The rest I will have to google. I don't need it to be dom/bsdm stuff, because more than pissed off at the abuse of women, I just cringe at Bdsm practices and terminology. Good sex isn't totally rehearsed joyless and painful. But I love an older woman, I love a bit of toxic intensity, fictional cheating (real cheating makes me want to kill), love is my drug type of MESS and DRAMA.

[sapphicreadsdb]

Do you know of books where the protagonist and deuteragonist are rivals and have known each other mostly their whole life and they become lovers when they reach their adulthood (not necessarily adulthood, any other age is fine too)

Sorta like childhood friends who are also rivals and become lovers

i don't have any childhood friends/rivals to lovers but i do have rivals to lovers

night tide by anna burke

i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

amelia westlake by erin gough

cow girl by kirsty eyre

future leaders of nowhere by emily o'beirne

tell me how you really feel by aminah mae safi

i kissed alice by anna birch

mangos and mistletoe by adriana herrera

i think i love you by auriane desombre

hani and ishu's guide to fake dating by adiba jaigirdar

[averyqueerchristmas]

I have lists for Queer Holiday Films and TV Shows, so if you're a reader here's a list of some Queer Holiday Books! (Some of these are short stories).

Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochran - WLW

You're a Mean One Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky - MLM

The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish - MLM & WLW

Mangoes And Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera - WLW

Faux Ho Ho by Nathan Burgoine - MLM (five of the books in his 'Little Village Series' are Queer Holiday romances)

Written In The Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur - WLW

A Christmas Parranda by Andrea Beatriz Arango - WLW

The Geek Who Saved Christmas by Annabeth Albert - MLM

In The Winter Woods by Isabelle Adler - MLM

Being Merry by Meka James - WLW

His Christmas Sweater by C.M Valencourt - MLM

The Bluest Christmas by Deja Elise - WLW

The Holiday Treatment by Elle Spencer - WLW

The Christmas Lights Battle by Skylar M. Cates - MLM

Collie Jolly by Leigh Landry - WLW

In The Event Of Love by Courtney Kae - WLW

This Winter by Alice Oseman - Queer

Let Your Hearts Be Light by Fae Quin - Gay

[bookaddict24-7]

AUTHOR FEATURE:

﹒Adriana Herrera﹒

Seven Books Written By this Author:

A Caribbean Heiress in Paris

Mangos and Mistletoe

American Dreamer

Here to Stay

Her Night With Santa

Finding Joy

One Week to Claim It All

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Happy reading!

[lifblogs]

The Queer Books I Want to Read From @themargherita-s’ List:

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

The Orchid & The Lion by Gabriel Hargrave

Angels Before Man by Rafael Nicolás

Let’s Bake a Deal by J. D. Cadmon

Do You Ship Us? by Claire Rosalind

They Call Him Lucius by L. B. Shimaira

A Veil of Gods and Kings by Nicole Bailey

Shake Things Up by Skye Kilaen

Always Be Your Baby by illustraice

I’m wary of The Orchid & The Lion because it’s getting bad reviews from sex workers, and the main character is supposed to be a sex worker. I’m honestly just curious at this point.

Whumpers, They Call Him Lucius looks like a whumper’s dream come true!

[brisownworld]

Merry [almost] Christmas!! This is my absolute favorite time of year, despite now living in Los Angeles and not getting the experience the best part of the season (aka chunky sweaters and snow), so of course I have been reading plenty of holiday romances to try and make up for that. It may be sunny outside my window, but in my heart and on the page, it’s a winter wonderland, baybee! Read the full reviews in the link above!

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren. The supernatural element? A time loop. The setting? A cabin where heroine Maelyn Jones, her family, and their close-knit group of family friends gather every year for Christmas. The situation? After hooking up with the wrong family friend (Theo) despite her long-standing crush on Andrew (his brother) and discovering that the beloved Christmas cabin is being sold after this season, she’s given a surprise second chance when, upon driving away after the holiday, time resets, and she’s back at the beginning of the trip.

Rating: 5/5

How hot? 🔥🔥🔥

Loving the Mountain Man by Adriana Anders. After a near-death experience followed by a daring rescue, our lovebirds Christa (a city girl marketing professional) and Micah (a disabled vet living off the grid) are stuck in Micah’s tiny mountain cabin until a massive Christmas storm clears enough for Christa to make it back into town. There’s immediate attraction, because she’s adorable and he’s a ripped survivalist, but both are hesitant to act on it.

Rating: 4.5/5

How hot? 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera. When two queer Dominican bakers with very different relationships to kitchen skills and their culture end up paired off during a holiday televised baking competition in Edinburgh, they must learn to find common ground in spite of seemingly insurmountable odds. It doesn’t help that there’s an instant attraction neither of them is ready for or hopeful about the future of.

Rating: 4/5

How hot? 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[bookclub4m]

Episode 168 - Holiday Romance

It's Valentine's Day, so this episode we’re talking about Holiday Romance! We discuss what counts as a holiday, Christmas, nostalgia, 1st vs. 3rd person narration, and how all the stories we read are “fine.” Plus: There’s only one bed!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Kiss Her Once for Me by Alison Cochrun

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Someone to Trust by Mary Balogh

Yule Planet by Angel Martinez

Alaskan Holiday by Debbie Macomber

Other Media We Mentioned

The Red Satin Collection by Giselle Renarde

The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (the Hanukkah one Jam mentioned)

Casper Gets His Wish by R. Cooper (the elf one Jam mentioned) (from Episode 063: Cheap eBooks)

The Frontier Romance: Environment, Culture, and Alaska Identity by Judith Kleinfeld

Links, Articles, and Things

Hark! Episode 328: Brand Synergy

When Is ‘Cuffing Season?’

New Christmas Movies You Can Stream This Season (2022)

How to watch all 172 new Christmas movies in December

Quiz: What Queer Holiday Romance Should You Read?

Escape from the Holidays

24-hour comic (Wikipedia)

20 Holiday Romance books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

The Holly Dates by Brittainy C. Cherry

Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon

Sweet on You: A Filipino Romance by Carla de Guzman

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

Kwanzaa Angel by Shirley Hailstock

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

Amor Actually: A Holiday Romance Anthology by Adriana Herrera, Alexis Daria, Diana Muñoz Stewart, Mia Sosa, Priscilla Oliveras, Sabrina Sol, and Zoey Castile

Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert

Tempted at Midnight by Cheris Hodges

One Christmas Wish by Brenda Jackson

Grand Theft N.Y.E. by Katrina Jackson

Gettin' Merry: A Holiday Anthology by Beverly Jenkins, Francis Ray, Geri Guillaume, and Monica Jackson

A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli

Holidays with the Wongs by Jackie Lau

Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough

Also published under the title The Boy From the Mish

The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo

Right Beside You by Mary Monroe

Love Me This Christmas by Jasmine Nicole

The Christmas Clash by Suzanne Park

All I Want Is You by Kayla Perrin and Deborah Fletcher Mello

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Join us again on Tuesday, February 21st it’s time for What is a book? (part 2)!

Then on Tuesday, March 7th we’ll be discussing the genre of Gender Theory and Gender Studies! 

[lgbtqreads]

Hello, sorry to bother you here I'm just wondering... I was looking at your website, specifically the "Can, UK, and Aus-Based Fiction by Province/County/State" section and is there really no Scotland based stories?

Ooh, that's actually an error in the title of the page - it should be (and now is) "Can, Eng, and Aus-Based." I was getting a bunch of Scotland requests so I changed the Setting by Country page to include it and updated that page title to Eng, but forgot to change this one.

Anyway, for ease of access if you're looking for Scotland-based stories, here you go:

Summer at the Scottish Castle by Rachel Bowdler - P

Out of the Blue by Sophie Cameron (YA)

Last Bus to Everland by Sophie Cameron (YA)

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins (YA)

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera (Amz)

*All the Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor (YA)

[kappabooks]

Holiday Romance Books | Top Ten Tuesdays

My TTT post for the week is up and today we're talking holiday romances!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week’s topic is “holiday freebie” so here are 10 holiday romances, many of which are on my TBR for this month! Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera Wrapped Up…

[betterbooksandthings]

“Looking for loaves, loves, and laughter? Do I have the books for you! Culinary romances feed the stomach and soul with their delicious mix of hot food and even hotter relationships. You come to them to read about the trials and tribulations of the restaurant industry. From opening bakeries and restaurants to maintaining them, making money and food is objectively hard. Add in the complications of celebrity chefs, reality baking competitions, and other famous employees and you have a blend of messy but delectable romances. After all, food is the gateway to the soul.

Now, culinary romances are not a new invention. I have, however, noticed an uptick in the number of culinary romances published, and I am not alone. Bettina Makalintal’s Eater article even noted, “Move over, bodice rippers. It’s all about apron tuggers now.” I cannot argue with her point that there are more and more culinary romances hitting the shelves, and many of them are queer or racially diverse.

Culinary romances give authors the ability to showcase food culture and the ways food is sold to the public. From celebrity chefs, to cooking contestants, to chefs that run businesses, part of a character’s success relies on the way they market themselves and their food to their intended customers or audience. Then throw cultural identities and work-love life balance into the mix and you have yourself a compelling romance. Given the size of the sub-genre, I only included a selection that are sure to leave you hungry for more.”

[therefugeofbooks]

I've finished my first Christmas book of the season! Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera was a funny and light read and as the main characters were in a cooking competition, it made me crave seasonal deserts all the way to the end!

It was so cool to see Latinas celebrating their culture (and making amends with it) far away from home. It was cute and had all the tropes and cute moments of a Christmas romance. Although there's a lot of sexual content I was not aware of. Check the warnings, guys 🤣

Thanks again for the rec @jorammiireads 🖤

Happy reading and read diverse Christmas stories 🤶🏽