Happy International Asexual Awareness Day! This year I have read a couple of books which feature asexual main characters and I have some lists for you with more books! Fiction Non-Fiction More resources: The AroAce Database Books With Asexual Main Characters

Happy International Asexual Awareness Day!

This year I have read a couple of books which feature asexual main characters and I have some lists for you with more books! Fiction Non-Fiction More resources: The AroAce Database Books With Asexual Main Characters

Toppling Stacks Tours presents The Wicked Sea by Jordan Stephanie Gray In this dark and sultry romantasy a mermaid battles hatred—and lust—for the wretched warlock who saved her life. Mermaid Zephyra of the Syl dreams of freedom. On the run from a dangerous captor and years of abuse, she’s shed her tail, grown legs, and hidden herself on land in the merrow-loathing kingdom of Mortia, left to steal and barter on the dirty streets.

Toppling Stacks Tours presents The Wicked Sea by Jordan Stephanie Gray

In this dark and sultry romantasy a mermaid battles hatred—and lust—for the wretched warlock who saved her life. Mermaid Zephyra of the Syl dreams of freedom. On the run from a dangerous captor and years of abuse, she’s shed…

Review: I Spark Like Lightning written by Jenna Elyse Johnson. Illustrated by Sue Teodoro. A Realistic and Accessible Portrayal of a Child Living with Epilepsy In I Spark Like Lightning, Jen explains what it’s like to live with epilepsy. Most of the time, her brain is full of electricity that sends signals to tell her body what to do. But sometimes, the signals get mixed up, like a lightning storm, and she has seizures.

Review: I Spark Like Lightning written by Jenna Elyse Johnson. Illustrated by Sue Teodoro.

A Realistic and Accessible Portrayal of a Child Living with Epilepsy In I Spark Like Lightning, Jen explains what it’s like to live with epilepsy. Most of the time, her brain is full of electricity that…

Mini-Review: The Coffee House Witch & The Unwelcome Guest by Ariana Jade Not all is well in the Cobblestones. While life with the grumpy cat might have settled for Cassie, it's not going to stay peaceful for long. A source of negative energy shows up to disrupt her life and it's going to take more than a simple cleansing to get rid of it. The Coffee House Witch & The Unwelcome Guest…

Mini-Review: The Coffee House Witch & The Unwelcome Guest by Ariana Jade

Not all is well in the Cobblestones. While life with the grumpy cat might have settled for Cassie, it's not going to stay peaceful for long. A source of negative energy shows up to disrupt her life and it's going to take more…

Let’s celebrate Arab-American Heritage Month! More resources for Arab-American literature: Popsugar 2021 #24 - A Book By a Muslim American Author Arab Americans in Fiction Arab American Heritage Month Arab American Book Award Winners Arab-American & Muslim Books - Birth-8th grade Iranian Rep in YA

Let’s celebrate Arab-American Heritage Month!

More resources for Arab-American literature: Popsugar 2021 #24 - A Book By a Muslim American Author Arab Americans in Fiction Arab American Heritage Month Arab American Book Award Winners Arab-American & Muslim Books - Birth-8th grade Iranian Rep in YA

First Line Friday I have to say that this is one of the best openers for a story that I have read in a long time. “The story you are about to read is impossibly biased and objectively false. Names have remained unchanged for vengeance’s sake. Proceed with caution, and remember: Don’t believe a single word. Don’t trust a soul.” Gray, Jordan Stephanie. (2026).

First Line Friday

I have to say that this is one of the best openers for a story that I have read in a long time. “The story you are about to read is impossibly biased and objectively false. Names have remained unchanged for vengeance’s sake. Proceed with caution, and remember: Don’t believe a…

Happy Passover! Here's some romance with the holiday. More Resources: Best Easter / Passover / Ostara Novels Passover Picture Books Renewal: Easter and Passover Romances

Happy Passover!

Here's some romance with the holiday. More Resources: Best Easter / Passover / Ostara Novels Passover Picture Books Renewal: Easter and Passover Romances

#TBRThursday Book mail! I love getting book mail and getting on ARC teams if I can. Here is this week’s goodie bag. The Final Storm by Fern Michaels In an exciting and richly moving new standalone page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, an acclaimed photographer who has overcome her difficult past is suddenly faced with a test of all her courage and resilience.

#TBRThursday Book mail!

I love getting book mail and getting on ARC teams if I can. Here is this week’s goodie bag. The Final Storm by Fern Michaels In an exciting and richly moving new standalone page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels, an acclaimed photographer who has…

World Autism Awareness Day! Celebrating neurodiverse characters in books! More books can be found here*: Autism Own Voices Fiction Autism in YA Autism Non-Fiction My Goodreads list Queer Books With Neurodivergent Characters books with neurodivergent and lgbt leads Neurodiversity Books ATY 2020 - Neurodiverse Characters Neurodivergent Romance Heroines Neurodivergent YA Novels NA w/Neurodiversity *Most lists also contain other health conditions such as ADHD or Tourette's...sorry. Credits:Book Covers from Goodreads, Amazon, and NetGalley.Autism Awareness Photo by Polina Kovaleva on Pexels.com

World Autism Awareness Day!

Celebrating neurodiverse characters in books! More books can be found here*: Autism Own Voices Fiction Autism in YA Autism Non-Fiction My Goodreads list Queer Books With Neurodivergent Characters books with neurodivergent and lgbt leads Neurodiversity Books ATY 2020 -…

Tomorrow the EMP hits with Fallout by Sam J. Fires. When the grid goes down, the only way out is underground. Fallout: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller An EMP strike plunges Las Vegas into darkness. Cars die. Phones go silent. Emergency services vanish. In one of the most artificial cities on earth, survival becomes the only thing that matters. Rosa has always lived between two worlds. By day, she works at one of Vegas’s most exclusive golf clubs.

Tomorrow the EMP hits with Fallout by Sam J. Fires.

When the grid goes down, the only way out is underground. Fallout: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller An EMP strike plunges Las Vegas into darkness. Cars die. Phones go silent. Emergency services vanish. In one of the most artificial cities…

I Can’t Wait for…Marion by Leah Rowan. A twist on Hitchcock’s iconic classic Psycho—where the leading lady doesn't die, but instead turns the knife on Norm, kicking off a crime spree that turns the silver screen victim into a heroine for our times. NORMAN WAS HER FIRST.Marion is in deep. She's stolen money from the Manhattan ad agency where she works in a desperate bid to help her sister escape an abusive marriage, but the bus breaks down before she can make it to Saratoga Springs.

I Can’t Wait for…Marion by Leah Rowan.

A twist on Hitchcock’s iconic classic Psycho—where the leading lady doesn't die, but instead turns the knife on Norm, kicking off a crime spree that turns the silver screen victim into a heroine for our times. NORMAN WAS HER FIRST.Marion is in deep. She's…

April is Deaf History Month More resources: Deafness Deaf/Mute Heroes and Heroines in Contemporary Romance Deaf, Mute, Speechless Romance Heroes and Heroines Deaf/Mute Heroes and Heroines in Historical Romance Signing and Sign Language (Fiction) Science Fiction and Fantasy with Deaf Characters Deafness in Australia and New Zealand YA Books With Deaf/HOH Characters YA novels with a hearing impaired teen character Children & YA Novels About Deafness Characters using American Sign Language

April is Deaf History Month

More resources: Deafness Deaf/Mute Heroes and Heroines in Contemporary Romance Deaf, Mute, Speechless Romance Heroes and Heroines Deaf/Mute Heroes and Heroines in Historical Romance Signing and Sign Language (Fiction) Science Fiction and Fantasy with Deaf Characters…

Gay Romance Reviews presents Stride for Stride by Kim Stephenson. Read an Excerpt and a Q&A with the Author. Rivals on the track. Teammates on paper. But could they be more? Jackson and Elliot have been neck-and-neck since their first race. Two elite marathoners constantly pushing each other to the limit. But with the Olympics looming, they’re forced to do the unthinkable: train together. Altitude camp means long runs, cold nights, and the kind of tension that’s not just competitive anymore.

Gay Romance Reviews presents Stride for Stride by Kim Stephenson. Read an Excerpt and a Q&A with the Author.

Rivals on the track. Teammates on paper. But could they be more? Jackson and Elliot have been neck-and-neck since their first race. Two elite marathoners constantly pushing each other to…

Happy Book Birthday to Sparring Partners by Erin Rose! When a Gen Z content creator meets a brooding MMA coach, they are the hottest thing on the mat in this forced-proximity, enemies-to-lovers sports romance for fans of Nikki Castle and Elle Kennedy. Gloves off. And hands on… When things get hard, some choose “flight…” It’s been a year since Lily Parker fled to Chicago, hoping to lose herself among millions of people.

Happy Book Birthday to Sparring Partners by Erin Rose!

When a Gen Z content creator meets a brooding MMA coach, they are the hottest thing on the mat in this forced-proximity, enemies-to-lovers sports romance for fans of Nikki Castle and Elle Kennedy. Gloves off. And hands on… When things get…

Happy Trans Visibility Day! Each year on March 31, the world observes Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) to raise awareness about transgender people. It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people, while also drawing attention to the disproportionate levels of poverty, discrimination, and violence the community faces compared to cisgender (non-transgender) people. International TDOV was created in 2010 by trans advocate Rachel Crandall.

Happy Trans Visibility Day!

Each year on March 31, the world observes Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) to raise awareness about transgender people. It is a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people, while also drawing attention to the disproportionate levels of poverty,…

Toppling Stacks Tours presents One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram. Read my review here. Two teen boys grapple with identity and accountability and set off a ripple effect within their community after a school assembly is disrupted by a shouted slur. Freshmen Dayton and Farshid couldn’t be more different—or so it seems. When Dayton takes a dare and shouts the f-slur at a visiting author during a school event, it sets off a chain reaction that forces both boys to face parts of themselves they’d rather ignore.

Toppling Stacks Tours presents One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram. Read my review here.

Two teen boys grapple with identity and accountability and set off a ripple effect within their community after a school assembly is disrupted by a shouted slur. Freshmen Dayton and Farshid couldn’t be more…

Review: My Girlfriend is Not the Father by Dana Hawkins Play it safe and stay single? Or risk it all for love? After getting poked, prodded, and shot (just hormone injections!), Lucy Green is on the cusp of fulfilling a decade-long pact with her best friend to be his surrogate. Now, all she has to do is stay single, healthy, and keep down the prenatal vitamins. A year ago, Jade Hudson's wife went back on all her previous promises and declared that she wanted children with or without Jade.

Review: My Girlfriend is Not the Father by Dana Hawkins

Play it safe and stay single? Or risk it all for love? After getting poked, prodded, and shot (just hormone injections!), Lucy Green is on the cusp of fulfilling a decade-long pact with her best friend to be his surrogate. Now, all she has to…

Gay Book Promotions presents Driven Together by Neil S. Plakcy. Read an Excerpt here. They were each other’s first love—and the one that got away. When journalist Wally Pulaski reunites with his college sweetheart Jonathan Hirsch, now a Formula 1 driver, old feelings ignite with dangerous speed. Jonathan is fighting for the championship of his life. Wally is assigned to cover the season, reporting every triumph and failure to a global audience that demands objectivity.

They were each other’s first love—and the one that got away.

Achillean Romance
Sports
Second Chances
Slow Burn
Coming Out

Gay Book Promotions presents Driven Together by Neil S. Plakcy.

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Goddess Fish Promotions presents Wonder in the Garden written by Talia Aikens-Nuñez. Illustrated by Irena Freitas. Enter the Giveaway and read my Review here. Take a trip into the garden with Nina and her dog Nube. Nina loves spending time in her family’s garden, and so does her dog, Nube. They delight in all the wonders found growing there and all the spectacular colors—roja, naranja, verde, amarillo, morado. But mostly they just love to play, as it’s the perfect place for a game of hide-and-seek with its tall corn and enormous leafy veggies.

Goddess Fish Promotions presents Wonder in the Garden written by Talia Aikens-Nuñez. Illustrated by Irena Freitas. Enter the Giveaway and read my Review here.

Take a trip into the garden with Nina and her dog Nube. Nina loves spending time in her family’s garden, and so does her dog, Nube. They…

Sunday Quotables Sometimes a sentence will make me chuckle, hit me upside the head, or resonate so deep within me that I can't help but want to refer to it. Welcome to Sunday Quotes. “You are an Amazon. You’re a goddess...You’re a motherfucking woman.” Roberts, Nora. (2025). The Seven Rings. Learn more about this book here. Hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies…

Sunday Quotables

Sometimes a sentence will make me chuckle, hit me upside the head, or resonate so deep within me that I can't help but want to refer to it. Welcome to Sunday Quotes. “You are an Amazon. You’re a goddess...You’re a motherfucking woman.” Roberts, Nora. (2025). The Seven Rings. Learn…

I Can’t Wait for…The Final Target by Nora Roberts. A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire—and rage—in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature.He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compliments and got her autograph. Then he came to her next event.

I Can’t Wait for…The Final Target by Nora Roberts.

A young author becomes the object of a fan’s desire—and rage—in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature.He showed up at Arden Bowie’s debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile.…

Gay Romance Reviews presents Goblin Heart by Fae Loxley. Read an Exclusive Excerpt and my Review here. Prince Luc's heart has been stolen. Will Fletcher plans to steal it back. As a goblin prince living in the human court of Morvane, Luc is unerringly loyal to his best friend, Prince Ramon. While his feelings seem genuine, his loyalty is forced, magically-controlled by the false heart beating in his chest. The royal wizards have hidden his true heart out of reach, keeping Luc as a well-mannered captive in the Morvanish palace.

Gay Romance Reviews presents Goblin Heart by Fae Loxley. Read an Exclusive Excerpt and my Review here.

Prince Luc's heart has been stolen. Will Fletcher plans to steal it back. As a goblin prince living in the human court of Morvane, Luc is unerringly loyal to his best friend, Prince Ramon. While…

#TravelTuesday Reading the World 2026 This is my fourth year participating in this challenge and I'm so glad I found this challenge on Instagram. I used to pair this with another challenge on there, but the host this year is not putting it on. Weirdly enough, I Heart Sapphic is kind of doing an around the world challenge too with 110 countries/states on their list. …

#TravelTuesday Reading the World 2026

This is my fourth year participating in this challenge and I'm so glad I found this challenge on Instagram. I used to pair this with another challenge on there, but the host this year is not putting it on. Weirdly enough, I Heart Sapphic is kind of doing an…

Toppling Stacks Tours presents Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford. Read my review here. For fans of Rachel Lynn Solomon and Alice Oseman, this swoony, fast-paced romance stars a teen who falls in love with the lead singer of America's most popular boy band during a whirlwind summer tour. This is what dreams are made of. Every teenager in America knows eighteen-year-old Felix Song, the lead singer of the most popular boy band since One Direction.

Toppling Stacks Tours presents Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford. Read my review here.

For fans of Rachel Lynn Solomon and Alice Oseman, this swoony, fast-paced romance stars a teen who falls in love with the lead singer of America's most popular boy band during a whirlwind summer tour.…

Hawthorn & Aster presents Harriet Honeybee and the Testament of Seers by S.L. Taveras. Read my review here. Family is the strongest magic of all. Screenshot When Harriet Honeybee’s mother vanishes and her brother is taken, the quiet life she relies on is suddenly gone. Following the only clues they leave behind, Harriet slips through a hidden portal and into a world where seers, timekeepers, and ancient prophecies are not stories at all, but living truths. There, she learns what was never meant to be revealed.

Hawthorn & Aster presents Harriet Honeybee and the Testament of Seers by S.L. Taveras. Read my review here.

Family is the strongest magic of all. Screenshot When Harriet Honeybee’s mother vanishes and her brother is taken, the quiet life she relies on is suddenly gone. Following the only clues…

First Female Fighter Pilot Major General Jeannie Leavitt on Leadership and Legacy Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt served as the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, and Commander, Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. In this position, she developed, executed and evaluated all Air Force and Space Force aviation, ground, weapons, space and system mishap prevention and nuclear surety programs to preserve combat capability.

First Female Fighter Pilot Major General Jeannie Leavitt on Leadership and Legacy

Maj. Gen. Jeannie M. Leavitt served as the Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, and Commander, Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.…

Literary Inspired presents The Brightest Blaze by Kelly Farmer. Read my review here. The Vector City Supers trilogy concludes with Sadie and Joan’s relationship being tested like never before. Being a hero can sometimes really blow. Sadie Eagan has everything she’s always wanted: a stable relationship with her superpowered girlfriend, her dream café, great friends. She also has self-doubt about running her own business and wonders when she’ll stop faking it ’til she makes it.

What happens after the happily ever after when the city turns hostile?

The Brightest Blaze answers that question, and it’s out now.

This finale pushes Sadie and Joan in all the right ways. Career pressure. Anti-superpower activism. A rogue hero. Old wounds resurfacing.

It’s Omnisexual Awareness Day! Every year on the 21st of March Omnisexual Awareness Day is celebrated. Omnisexual Awareness Day is an annual observance celebrated on 21 March. The day was created to recognize and celebrate people who identify as omnisexual. It is an opportunity to learn and share information about the diversity of gender identities, sexual orientations, and expressions.

It’s Omnisexual Awareness Day!

Every year on the 21st of March Omnisexual Awareness Day is celebrated. Omnisexual Awareness Day is an annual observance celebrated on 21 March. The day was created to recognize and celebrate people who identify as omnisexual. It is an opportunity to learn and share…

ARC Review: Unspoken by Helena Harte Two women. One fractured marriage. But if they don’t fight for their family, they’ll lose their children forever. Solo’s world falls apart the morning Janie walks out the door. Left alone with their eighteen-month-old triplets, she vows to do whatever it takes to win her wife back, even if Janie won’t tell her why she left. Janie thought leaving would keep everyone safe.

ARC Review: Unspoken by Helena Harte

Two women. One fractured marriage. But if they don’t fight for their family, they’ll lose their children forever. Solo’s world falls apart the morning Janie walks out the door. Left alone with their eighteen-month-old triplets, she vows to do whatever it takes…

Spring into Mystery and Romance Popsugar 2026 #1 - A Book Where Gardening is Central to the Plot Fiction Mystery MA/FA Mystery FF Mystery Romance: F/F Romance M/M YA Romance F/F Romance F/F Romance F/F Romance F/F Romance F/F YA Romance F/F Romance M/F Romance F/F Romance F/F Romance M/M Romance M/M Romance M/M Romance F/F Romance F/F Romance More Resources Amazon List

Spring into Mystery and Romance

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