#romance book recomendations

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Romance Book Recommendations

Here is a complete guide to books I would recommend without question to anyone looking to read romance. This was, in fact, the shortest I could get it so have fun!

Straight Sci/Fi Fantasy romance The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole that time i got drunk and saved a demon by kimberly lemming Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert

Straight Historical Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins The Duke who didn't by courtney Milan Unclaimed by Courtney Milan

Trans Historical A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall M/F (transfemme) Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian M/N Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall N/N

Sapphic Historical

The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley The Lady’s Guide To Celestial Machanics by Olivia Waite That Could be Enough By Alyssa Cole

Gay Historical The Gentleman's Book of Vices by Jess Everlee The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian Slippery Creatures by K.J. Charles Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat sebastian Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian

Sapphic Fantasy Romance Walk Between Worlds by Samara Breger The Rogue Crown by A. K. Mulford (third book in a series first two have m/f pairings) A Song of Silver and Gold by Melissa Karibian Can’t spell treason without tea by Rebecca Thorne A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

Trans Fantasy Romance The Demon's Bargain by Katee Robert F/N The Evergreen Heir by A. K. Mulford N/M

Gay Fantasy Romance Socially Orcward by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey Red Heir by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey a marvellous light by Freya Marske wolfsong by t.j. klune (series) A Veil of Gods and Kings by Nicole Bailey (series) A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows (read TW) Witchmark by C. L. Polk (series) Reforged by Seth Haddon Frostbite by J Emery A Rival Most Vial by R. K. Ashwick The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles Bisclavret by K L Noone Human Enough by E.S. Yu From The Dark We Came and Help Wanted by J. Emery

Poly Fantasy Romance Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert Elf Defence by Lisa Henry & Sarah Honey

Sapphic Contemporary Romance D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

M/F Contemporary Romance (Some Bi and Ace) A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone Scandalized by Ivy Owens A Thorn in the Saddle by Rebekah Weatherspoon The Comeback by Lily Chu Forget Me Not by Julie Soto Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Take a hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert Haven by Rebekah Weatherspoon Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon Xeni by by Rebekah Weatherspoon Trade Me by Courtney Milan The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann

Gay Contemporary Romance A Dash of Salt and Pepper by Kosoko Jackson The Missing Page by Cat Sebastian Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun The Hate Project by Kris Ripper Counterpoint by Anna Zabo Just Like That by Cole Mccade Syncopation by Anna Zabo

Poly Contemporary Romance The Life Revamp by Kris Ripper

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GUYS!!

please comment any romance/romantasy (romance + fantasy) book recs you have 🙏😩

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Jay pauses, turning to face Stygian. "Did Techtra leak your secret identity?"

"I—yes. She did."

Green locks with red as hero and villain meet each other's gazes. Jay smiles, feeling something like exhilaration flutter inside him.

"Can we stop this farce, then?"

"I don't—farce?"

"I don't want to pretend to hate you anymore."

"...pretend?"

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The Shift Key: Book 1 of Key Connections

Summary:

Humans have long since roamed the Earth, but beside them there has always been... The Others.

As the first human to work for Ironside Security's cyber division, Raina knows she has a precedent to set. With a shiny new degree and the knowledge that she is the best at what she does, it should be easy so long as she follows the rules.

One assignment is all it takes to ruin her carefully made plans.

What happens when a stubborn techie and a surly tiger cross paths?

Soren had thought the hardest part about becoming the Warden of the Northern region would be keeping his temper in check. Then when people start mysteriously disappearing, his responsibilities put the one person he thought he'd never see again directly in his path.

One mistake could send her back into his memories.

Preorder:

This is my first book and as of right now I'm shooting to have it done by end of year! Please check it out, and enjoy the first ever excerpt below the cut!

Excerpt:

“Soren, just because no one else has physically touched the cameras, doesn’t mean that they can’t just hack the cameras.”

She was back around, hands flying across her keyboard before she could get anxious over how he would take that news. She was already in the midst of pulling up the information on each camera stream access when she heard the sound of something breaking.

Temen’s following gasp but lack of reprimand confirmed that it was probably Soren who had caused the ruckus, as Raina couldn’t imagine Temen letting anyone else get away with it.

Raina felt more than saw Soren come up behind her, her back heating with his proximity. His shadow fell over her shoulder, and she fought down a shiver when he gripped the back of her chair and his knuckles brushed her back.

“Rain, I need you to explain exactly what you mean by that.“

She hadn’t been so close to a man since her brief stint in the dating scene during her undergraduate studies, and she rationalized that was why her entire body suddenly felt like her skin was far too tight.

‘Oh I need you far, far, away from me,’ she thought to herself as she turned her nervous energy into her job.

“What I mean,” she started quickly,” is that if you wanted a truly isolated camera system you should have gone a little more old school and kept it to physical tapes. Downside to that would be the endless reels you’d need to keep confidential, but then,” she said, beginning to punctuate each word with a quick snip and enlargement of specific text-

“-you wouldn’t have this problem.”

Before them were a series of IP addresses that Raina had surmised did not match anyone currently allowed access to the feeds.

She had thought jumping ahead of the curve and showing him the problem would get him out of her space faster, but instead he leaned far enough in that she could feel his hard stomach against the back of her head. Suddenly he was close enough that she could smell him: clean, woodsy, and something that was utterly Soren.

The unexpected familiarity of it broke something in her, the crack beneath her rib cage as sharp as any bone. This was why she hadn’t wanted to come back. At sixteen she had been afraid she couldn’t live without him. Now she was twenty six, and once again she wanted nothing more than to turn into his arms and bury herself in him.

Worse, he wasn’t even in his furry form.

“You wanna translate for me?”

She could practically feel the bass in his voice, the rough under current of his near constant growl rolling through her and making her nipples peak against her will.

There was one haunting second where he leaned in impossibly closer, the heat between them suddenly stifling, everyone else forgotten to her human senses except for the shifter caging her in. She felt trapped in way she couldn’t decide if she loved her hated.

When she saw him brace a hand beside her keyboard, she fought not to think about how the too sharp tips of his claws would feel against her skin.

She was a scant second away from embarrassing herself in front of her entire team when she managed to find the will to bring her chair back in a hard spin, jumping up and knocking him off her.

He was, of course, staring at her with a shit eating grin. Those bright blue eyes of his were shining with the same heat currently burning through her body, so she opened her mouth and killed it as brutally as she killed.

“Translation? Those are all the times someone has accessed your security feeds without your permission.”

The smirk finally fell off his face, but it didn’t make her feel better.

“Who?” he questioned.

Raina eyed him for a second, trying to decide the best way to approach the situation.

“Right now I just know that the feeds were accessed, the who will take more time,” she told him truthfully. She had automatically ran the addresses as soon as they were tagged as unknown, but they had all been fake.

Evidently having finally decided it was safe to join the conversation, Temen said asked “How much time?”

Raina understood the severity of the situation given the fact that the creeps they were looking for where in the people snatching industry. It was a time sensitive situation, and as Raina ran through the possibilities in her mind, the options were not looking pretty.

She could do it for sure, though requesting the necessary access to certain databases would take time. That was what she couldn’t accurately gauge, as her first instinct was to bypass those databases to get to what she wanted. One route was right, and one was illegal.

She knew the right thing to do, though.

Her mouth had barely opened to tell them it would take 5-7 business days to get the proper clearences before Soren was once again demanding her attention. He was in her space in seconds, large body moving with grace.

“You can do it now cant you?”

From inches away, he looked down on her, gaze sure.

So she sidestepped towards her team lead like a coward and shook her head.

“No, I can’t-“

“Can’t or won’t?” he pressed, moving forward.

She threw up her hands in defeat, as if that would stop him.

“Soren its not legal for me to-“

“Legal?” he bit out, voice dropping into something less human, “Since when have the rules ever stopped you?”

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Hi guys :D I wanna ask if some of you have any recommendations on romance book? I have a friend that requested some and I wanted to help her :3

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book recommendation list #3

• howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones [fantasy]

• the little prince by antoine de saint-exupéry [french classics]

• mort by terry pratchett [sci-fi&fantasy]

• sturdust by neil gaiman [ya&fantasy]

• five feet apart by rachael lippincott [romance]

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Book Review: King Of Wrath - By Ana Huang (Billionaire Romance - King of Sins Series)

❝Somehow, somewhere along the way, I’d fallen in love … Not like or lust. Love, in all its terrifying, unpredictable, unwanted glory❞ Synopsis: She’s the wife he never wanted…and the weakness he never saw coming. Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant. Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. The billionaire CEO never planned to marry—until the threat of blackmail forces…

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Review : Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ 4.5 Stars

The second book in Alexis Hall’s “Winner Bakes All” series takes place in the same world as Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake, and is set on the same Bake Expectations competition show with the same hosts, judges & producers (Jennifer Hallet and her non-stop cursing is still my favorite), but it has very different themes and a different story structure to Rosaline.

I wouldn’t consider this to be a full-fledged romcom. Yes it’s very funny at times and had me cackling, but Paris has severe anxiety which reminded me of The Charm Offensive with its mental health rep. It’s intense to read with well-written anxiety spirals and an on-page panic attack, so please go in gently. There is way more off-camera and post-filming life instead of every show detail, which I loved. Now that we know this baking world, Hall decided to take a turn and talk about other things instead:  how anxiety affects you and the people around you, being Muslim and queer, being white and privileged, but not happy. Being diagnosed with GAD and learning coping mechanisms. It is deftly blended together.

Paris falls for Tariq, a fellow contestant who is a queer Muslim man with strong religious beliefs.  They are both 20 and still figuring themselves out. Although there is no sex in this book, I found refreshing for a romance novel and right for the story, and it shows that a romantic connection can exist without it. But there is lots of kissing, talking and banter. Tariq is the cutest thing ever with his nicknames “Honey” and “Angel Cake”, his personal style of mixing patterns and his rainbow nail varnish! Tariq’s own self-worth becomes a safe space for Paris and helps to calm him down. And Paris’s roommate and best friend Morag, the self-titled Glaswegian sex goddess, is one of the best side characters I’ve read lately.

From their very first encounter The BanterTM  is so good. Hall writes some of the best banter I’ve ever read and it’s in this book as a way to break up the intensity. It filled me with such joy I had a smile on my face as I was reading it and had me cry laughing at moments. Why are there so many euphemisms and puns in baking terminology? It’s endlessly funny.

If you are a fan of  The Charm Offensive or The Heart Principle where a delightful story is wrapped in depicting mental health issues, I would recommend this book. It felt very true to life.

PUB DATE:  NOVEMBER 1, 2022

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I was delighted to receive this ARC. Thanks so much to NetGalley and Forever !!!

[teenagemilkshakefan]

THINGS WE NEVER GOT OVER

my very first over 450+ page book that i could finish without getting bored!!!!

like srsly this book was absolute goals and obviously the characters were literally *chef's kiss*. knox got me panting while naomi gave the shy but badass vibe and waylay was like a literal cinnamon roll, god the gem of a guy stef is or godamn it the protectiveness (not to be mistaken for possesiveness) was so damn cute like gawd i am waiting for some time so that i forget the book and can reread it.

it was hilarious , sad, madenningly hot and amazing af...!!!!!

i am now literally bating my breath for lucian and sloane's story like srsly the banter they had and the stuff we know but kinda don't know is agitating (in a sweet way).

loves the whole honky tonk dramaaa. the period , the cold shoulder god this was srsly one of the best book i read this year.

now i know my very 1st statement had some of you rolling so please recommend me some gems like aforementioned to change that.

btw skimmed the 2nd part - things we hide from the light, can't say i loved it- it was ok-ok.

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"The book has seen immediate success in 2023, debuting as a number one New York Times bestselling novel. Readers love the irreverent fantasy world and the witty characters trying to make a living in a villain’s evil lair. Sure, the villain equips the lair with a top-notch break room, HR, and healthcare, but there are still the trappings of a villain’s daily activities, reminding employees they work for a bad guy. If you, too, can’t get enough of this world, read on for eight funny, romantic, and fantastical books like Assistant to the Villain!

The following books like Assistant to the Villain give readers who are eagerly awaiting book two something to read in the meantime. They are a combination of fantasy romance books that have a dash of action, romance, and comedy to keep any Hannah Nicole Maehrer fan happy. I am head over heels for the odd little subgenre myself, so I guarantee these books like Assistant to the Villain will hit the spot."

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✨️💗Nathaniel McLaren, conde de Warrington, es miembro de una numerosa familia. El sueño de su madre es verlos a todos sus hijos casados con su verdadero amor, pero una de sus hermanas, Maggie, se estaba quedando atrás en encontrar marido, siendo que ya era su quinta temporada y aún el indicado no había aparecido. Nathaniel al ver que el tren de la oportunidad de contraer matrimonio se le estaba escapando a su hermana, él decide idear un plan, y por fin, hacerse cargo de su familia, decide entonces proponer matrimonio a la joya de la temporada, lady Katherine, hija del duque de Bath. Ella sin pensarlo lo acepta, y las oportunidades se le abren a su hermana de encontrar marido. Todo esto Nathaniel lo hace para complacer aquel deseo inquebrantable de su querida madre. Pero en los planes del conde no estaba el de que una amable y bella institutriz, apareciera en su vida y lo ponga todo de cabeza para él.

Serena Edwardes, era la nueva institutriz de la casa de los McLaren: dulce, inteligente y cordial, conquista a todos los miembros de la familia hasta el señor de la casa; lord McLaren. Con un pasado triste y oscuro, ella decide salir adelante trabajando y cumplir su único sueño: tener una casa para ella sola al que llamar hogar, pero nunca se había imaginado que en su nuevo trabajo, aquel sueño se iría esfumado poco a poco, cuando empieza a encontrar a Nathaniel McLaren atractivo, y enciende una chispa de deseo en su interior.

Ninguno de los dos pensaba en que alguien vendría a arruinar sus planes, pero lo que ambos no sabían era que ese "algo", a ambos le agradaba y le gustaba. Los dos empezaran a experimentar sensaciones nunca antes vividas, hasta llegar a conocer el significado del: AMOR.✨️💗

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I need to read a book about a romance with a viking to maybe feel some warm in my heart. If anyone knows about a good one pls tell me 💜

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I NEED BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS, ANYTHING PLEASE

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Love Redesigned by Lauren Asher

Lauren has done it once again i have fallen in love with both Dahlia and Julian. I mean who wouldn’t fall in love with these two. As i read more of Laurens books i find it harder and harder to find a favorite because all her books are so different and you end up loving them all. But Julian is definitely my favorite MMC that Lauren has created.

I may have teared up a couple times through out the book but i was definitely not going to let that stop me from finishing this book. I was hooked from the first page and never wanted it to end. If you love second chance, child hood rivals to lovers, billionaire MMC and small town romance this book should definitely be at the top of your TBR.

This book is much more realistic compared to the other 2 series Lauren has written and she has managed to tackle topics that real people tackle such as depression, anxiety, death of a parent and infertility.

Thank you Valentine PR and Lauren Asher for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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He takes another step closer. I step back automatically, the bamboo stalks rising up around me, brushing my cheek. he stops. Release his grip of my wrist, only to bring his hand up to the curve of my jaw, and it's all I can do not to dissolve right there or utter something incredibly dangerous and sincere. "So you don't have any feelings for me?" he asks, his voice dipping into a low register I've never heard before. "Not even a little?" he keeps his gaze on me, but his fingers trail down a soft vulnerable spot at the base of my neck, and I flinch, like and idiot.

Book Quotes #97 - This Time It's Real