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💕 Romance lover, mood reader & boy mom. 📚 Contemporary, sports, rom-com, romantasy, spicy. Indie 💕🎧Audio too. [email protected]

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💀 THE ROMANCE READER GRAVEYARD 💀

I had this idea to create a graveyard full of all the ridiculous things that could be the death of a romance reader.

I was going to come up with all the tombstones myself, but then I figured misery loves company. Especially bookish misery.

So here we are. 12 romance readers, 12 very unfortunate bookish deaths. 🪦

A huge thank you to all the ladies who joined me for this one! 🩷

#bookstagram #romancereaders #bookishhumor #romancebooks #bookcommunity

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Guys it’s finally release day!

The final book in the Bloodwing Academy series by @briarboleynauthor , With Hearts of Flame is available now!!

Have you picked up your copy?

#briarboleyn #bloodwingacademy #finalbook #withheartsofflame #newrelease

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👻 Spooky Saturday 👻

I asked some of my best girls for their top three book recs for spooky season and they truly delivered!

Expect witches, werewolves, vampires, ghosts, dark romcoms, romantasy and so much more. There is something for every mood on this list 👻🖤🎃

💬 Witches, vampires or werewolves: which one is your favourite?

🏷️ not tagged bc I reached the limit 😭 @debharkness

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Myself and Helen have been friends for quite a while on bookstagram... We chat all things Mama life, all things Sports romance, Cowboy Romance, Small town romance & of course @therealaustinstone 😜🤠🪨👋🏻

Most people trauma bond over a heartbreaking angsty rockstar romance or forbidden love romance... But not us Oh Noooo - We bonded pretty hard this summer over @jsamanbooks audiobook FOREVER FIGHTING 😮‍💨🥵 narrated by @mallonerin & Austin Stone. It was hot🔥🔥

Which then got us thinking...
What other audiobooks have left a long lasting imprinted memory in our brain?

We broke it down into 4 categories
MF/MM/Why Choose - plus a fav topic each Helen's is romantasy & mine is Age Gap
(haha - not Austin Stone 😜)

We ranked the books:
spicy, spicier and the spiciest 🥵🥵🥵
These ratings are what myself and Helen rate them. We understand some people may rate other books hotter or less hot.
This is an Instagram post. Take it handy. No coming at us in the comments.

What is the spiciest audiobook you've listened to? MM/FML or Why Choose

Have you got a top three?

L&H
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𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗜 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 by Karla Sorensen
This was a story of not just losing memories but identity, grief and rediscovering love, the fear of losing something you didn’t know you had and the possibility of never having it back. This is a top read this year for me and 10/10 recommend. The emotions pour from the pages. I just loved Mercy she was such a firecracker and Grant was everything he needed to be for her. My heart hurt for him when he expresses all his emotions. The way the story is written and the point of views was perfectly done for the revelations. Releasing September 22nd.

🎧 Duet Narrated by Shane East and Samantha Brentmoor. They absolutely nailed it emotions and elevated the story even more. The British accent 🔥. This should be added to you TBL immediately.

Thank you to Brilliance Audio, NetGalley and Karla for the early audiobook.

Thank you to @happilyshereads for sharing and recommending this gem!

Amnesia • Brothers Best Friend • British MMC
Slutty Little Glasses • Age Gap • Marriage of Convenience • All. The. Yearning

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POV: Book rec’s that are just as unethical as the song playing in the background 🖤🥀

If you like your books with a little or a LOT of:
🖤 morally grey characters
🔥 forbidden attraction
⛓️ obsession & possessiveness
🥀 enemies to lovers
⚔️ “I’d burn the world for you” energy
👀 questionable decisions
🩸 dark romance & dark romantasy
✨ chemistry that should probably come with a warning label

Then check out these recommendations! Because sometimes the best fictional relationships are the ones where you’re sitting there thinking about it constantly…

Save this for your next morally questionable read & tell me which book you’d add to the list! 🖤

#bookstagram #bookrecommendations #bookrec #romantasybooks #bookish

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On Wings of Blood by @briarboleynauthor is NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK…. And look at those stunning edges!!! #fyp #onwingsofblood #romantasy #bookstagram #newbooks

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Thanks to @farrahsbooksandthings for tagging me to do a book stack spelling ANGUISH!

Do I feel like I should’ve gone a little moodier and grayer for a word like anguish? Probably. But a girl’s gotta work with what she’s got! 🤷🏼‍♀️

P.S. We’re all going to collectively pretend that there is not a The before Summer Proposal. Thank you for your cooperation. 🤣

I tagged a few friends to play along if you want to! Your word is YEARNING 💕

Have you read any of these? 👀

#bookstagram #bookstack #bookchallenge #romancebookstagram #romancereader

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I couldn’t resist this trend. And honestly, the hardest part was limiting myself to just five favorites because I love so many 💕

So, I stuck to my rereads, go-to recommendations, & shows that molded my hopeless romantic heart.

Plus, I figured it was time to spill a few secrets about myself 👀

QTOD - Do we have anything in common? What book have you reread the most?

Keywords:
Who’s keeping secrets, books I’ve reread, series I’ve rewatched, pop culture, Favorite romances, favorite romantasy, favorite fantasy, the WB, favorite romantic movies, favorite authors, vampires, dark magic, cowboys, angst, sports romance, trauma, a love letter

#meetmeinfives #whatimreading #fantasy #romantasy #grumpysunshine

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Happy International Friendship Day 🤍

Friendships can feel like a warm blanket with a cozy read. Safe, comforting, and always there when you need them 🥰

I’m so grateful for this community of bookish friendships that I’ve found along my author journey. Never in million years would I have thought I’d be making friends with strangers on here. If you know me well, you’ll understand why. I mean my own shadow scares me most of the time 😅

I didn’t realise there was a limit of twenty on carousel posts, so there are so many more of you I’d love to include. I’ll give you a shout-out below instead.

Just know that you all are some of the sweetest people, and I’ve adored every interaction, every shared read, and every post. I’m so thankful that I get to call you friends. You all take me as I am; obsessed with books, chatty and silly at times ❤️

Here are a few more friendships I’d love to celebrate:
@sunlitbookshelf
@lyss.j.reads
@rosariosbooks
@sabrinabusyreading
@dizz.reads
@beachreadsbysteph
@fictional.flings
@maggies.literarylife
@misuntoread
@lenaalloyd
@bookishandblooming

💬 Tag your closest Bookstagram friends below.

#friendship #bookcommuntiy #bookbesties #bookstagrammer #readersofinstagram

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Holy sprayed edges!!!

This stunning new edition of On Wings of Blood with dragon sprayed edges and new beautiful artwork will be available August 25 and I can’t wait to add it to be bookshelves!

Who else loves beautiful sprayed edges?
@briarboleynauthor

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