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Award-winning YA fantasy romance author
✨👑 CASTERS AND CROWNS series
🥀🧚‍♀️ BEAUTY REBORN series
Filled with cheer and anxiety 🎉

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Which Proper Romance book is your favorite? 💕📚

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I've loved visiting Utah this week!

Signed copies of SILK AND SENSIBILITY can be found in Draper, Cottonwood Heights, Riverton, Valley Fair, Bountiful, Layton, Clinton, and Logan.

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Hi, I'm Mengxi, an academic translator who wrote a retelling of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility set in Ming-dynasty China. Available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook from @shadowmountainpub @properromanceseries

In a world of dowries and societal pressure, two sisters with conflicting views on propriety and passion must learn from each other's strengths to navigate love and find their own happily-ever-afters.

SILK AND SENSIBILITY is perfect for fans of:
📔Jane Austen retellings
🐼Chinese history and culture
🌸C-drama vibes
💖Sweet happy endings

⭐Booklist starred review: "Even the staunchest Janeite will be impressed by the author's ability to honor the original framework of Sense and Sensibility while making it wholly unique within the sixteenth-century China setting."

Character art by @omaidoggou

🏷️Tags: #silkandsensibility, romantic historical fiction, Jane Austen adaptations, C-dramas, sister stories, debut author

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In the mood for no spice spooky or fall reads? Grab a mug of apple cider and cozy up with one of these reads!
Don't forget to check all these no spice authors!
@l.kingston.books
@kdcapenerauthor
@lizlowham
@jazminlister.author
@breannahicksauthor
@p.elle.easter
@kasiehaley.author
@lynnmariebradfordauthor
@briannajstephens

#spookyreads #fallvibes #spookyseason #readmorebooks📚 #reader

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Moral of the story? I’m broke.📚
#bookstagram #books #buyingbooksmakesmehappy

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#bookstagram #books

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No-spice with fall vibes I know you are going to love!
🧡 Just Don’t Fall by @kikimojo
🧡 Caraval by @stephanie_garber
🧡 The Red Canary by @rachel_scott_mcdaniel
🧡 Every Hour Until Then by @gabrielle_meyer
🧡 Casters and Crowns by @lizlowham
🧡 The Dread Penny Society by @sarah_m_eden

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🎃 Not-So-Spooky Book Recs 🎃

Look, I am a sensitive soul, and I spook easily. I don't like scary or creepy things, and I am particularly wary of that in the books I read and the movies I watch. So here is a list of books that seem like they might give spooky vibes, but mostly don't. For the season, ya know?

All are no-spice, but a few (the "mostly no" & "eh" ones), while overall not too spooky, have some slightly intense or moderately violent scenes. (Feel free to DM me about those!)

❓️What are your favorite not-so-spooky books?

#notsospookybooks #notsospooky

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Some new books added to the shelf✨
#bookshelf #bookstagram #ouabh #caraval #shatterme

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Beauty & the Beast retellings for readers who love sweet & swoony romances without the spice or smut.

Expect:
🌹 Kisses only
🌹 No profanity
🌹 Happy endings

Each book works as a standalone, even if it is part of a connected series. 💕

What is your favorite Beauty & the Beast retelling?

#sweetcleanreads #cleanBeautyandtheBeastretellingromancereads #beautyandthebeastbookrecs #cleanromancereads

Briar & Bloom @ashleywillinghamauthor

The Starlit Prince @author_cfeblack

To Love A Beast @karen.witemeyer

Embergold @rachelle.nelson.author

Charmed Beast @mkfelixauthor

Beauty & the Clockwork Beast @authornancycampbellallen

Beauty Reborn @lizlowham

The Masked Baron @authorannekawalker

Beauty & the Baron @authorjoannabarker

Seeing Beauty @elizaprokopovits

Beauty by Robin McKinley

What intimacy levels mean:
A level 1 kiss - briefly mentioned, not much detail or description.

Level 2 kiss- slightly longer, more descriptive, deeper kissing

A level 3 kiss- making out, French kissing, etc

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No-spice romance recommendations for every month of the year.

Each book has been matched to the month that best fits its vibe.

Pick a month. Find your next read.

@aliknoxbooks
@angelabrickerwrites
@angela_e_johnson.author
@morganutleyauthor
@author.jessica.brousseau
@authorchristinemwalter
@bentleyandastonpups
@breannahicksauthor
@briannajstephens
@brittanyhahnwriter
@catherinekartauthor
@dana_herndon_writer
@debraparmley
@enerwerome_author
@jazminlister.author
@kdcapenerauthor
@kasiehaley.author
@katiestewartstone
@kasylongauthor
@authorkatrinajones
@coffeecraftsandchapters
@l.kingston.books
@lynnmariebradford
@mj_kruger
@md_meyers.books
@s.pendragon3030
@sherrymann_auth
@storiesbyschmitz
@sherrymann_author
@kasylongauthor

#nospice
#Closed-door
#closeddoor
#cleanromance
#bookstagram

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🌙👑 Y'all, I discovered an underrated romantasy gem!

Today's review is in Dutch so feel free to hit that translate button!

Onlangs kwam de Nederlandse vertaling van Casters and Crowns uit: Charms & Crowns. Een YA romantasy en eigenlijk een beetje een donkere twist op Doornroosje.

We volgen Aria, een vervloekte prinses die honderd dagen niet kan slapen en daarna zal sterven. De vloek gaat daarna over naar de rest van haar familie. Om zichzelf en haar koninkrijk te redden, richt ze zich tot Baron Reeves, een caster met magische krachten.

De relatie tussen Aria en Reeves was zo ontzettend leuk om te volgen. En wat het voor mij nog een tikkeltje interessanter maakte, was dat de twee brieven naar elkaar stuurden. Ze leren elkaar vooral op die manier kennen en al zijn er enkele ontmoetingen, vond ik het toch ontzettend mooi om in die brieven hun relatie te zien groeien.

Het allerleukste aan het boek vond ik wel het personage Baron Reeves. Deze man is zo geweldig grappig en leuk en tegelijk zo onwetend en beetje gekkig. En zien hoe hij voor z'n twee broertjes zorgt en om hen geeft was heel erg lief. Het zijn twee bengeltjes en ik vond ze een ge-wel-dige toevoeging aan het verhaal!

Echt een heerlijk slow-burn verhaal dat sprookjes-vibes en fantasy elementen combineert. Er is ook ruimte voor van thema's als rouw en zelfontwikkeling, wat zorgt voor een volledig plaatje. Zeker een aanrader!

💜 Dankjewel @kokboekencentrum.romans & @vbkbelgie voor het recensie-exemplaar.

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Oooh, all the sweet love for those of us who write and read no spice fantasy.

Drop your love story tropes below because I am nosy and want to know!

Do you have any questions for us?
@jazminlister.author
@kathleen_themermaidauthor
@kb_benson_books
@briannajstephens
@lizlowham

If you could ask your favorite author or reader any question, what would it be?

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