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Is it time for a thread of my favorite wildly underappreciated (& mostly diverse) romance novels, novellas, and short stories?
I think yes.
I think yes.
Slow Moves by Elliott Junkyard. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44167881-slow-moves
Sweet little m/m contemporary romance novella about a successful closeted musician beginning a relationship with a poet who is out. Trans rep, bi rep, queer author. Exactly the right size of story for novella length.
Sweet little m/m contemporary romance novella about a successful closeted musician beginning a relationship with a poet who is out. Trans rep, bi rep, queer author. Exactly the right size of story for novella length.
The Haunting of Killian McKay by Leigh Lorien.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42445290-the-haunting-of-killian-mckay
Meet-cute (meet-spooky?) between a dude who makes his living talking about hauntings on YouTube and a genderfluid witch. Queer author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42445290-the-haunting-of-killian-mckay
Meet-cute (meet-spooky?) between a dude who makes his living talking about hauntings on YouTube and a genderfluid witch. Queer author.
God Rest Ye Merry Vampires by Liv Rancourt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37364969-god-rest-ye-merry-vampires
A fun short story with bloodsuckers, set in 1913 on Christmas Eve in Seattle. Clydie learns important information about her father's charismatic assistant Lucas Storm...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37364969-god-rest-ye-merry-vampires
A fun short story with bloodsuckers, set in 1913 on Christmas Eve in Seattle. Clydie learns important information about her father's charismatic assistant Lucas Storm...
Can't Lose by Rae Birch.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43661698-can-t-lose
I think this novella is in erotica jail on Amazon, because it doesn't come up when I search, but it's there. Age gap, she's an older nerdy pop culture professor and he's the hot young man she picks up at the movies. Novella.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43661698-can-t-lose
I think this novella is in erotica jail on Amazon, because it doesn't come up when I search, but it's there. Age gap, she's an older nerdy pop culture professor and he's the hot young man she picks up at the movies. Novella.
Cup of Tea by M. Arbon
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39720464-cup-of-tea
Charming & sexy M/M short story about an afternoon in the life of a museum dude who arrives at a private home to evaluate a collection of historical photographs with some... very interesting subject matter.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39720464-cup-of-tea
Charming & sexy M/M short story about an afternoon in the life of a museum dude who arrives at a private home to evaluate a collection of historical photographs with some... very interesting subject matter.
Liberator by Shelley B. McPherson
https://goodreads.com/book/show/30356284-liberator
A time travel romance about a bi Jewish grad student from the 1980s who is thrown back to 1941. Queer author.
Cliffhanger, but book 2 does exist & it's lovely, will eventually be out! Disclosure: author is a friend.
https://goodreads.com/book/show/30356284-liberator
A time travel romance about a bi Jewish grad student from the 1980s who is thrown back to 1941. Queer author.
Cliffhanger, but book 2 does exist & it's lovely, will eventually be out! Disclosure: author is a friend.
The Truth About the Other Guy by Rhoda Baxter
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35195462-the-truth-about-the-other-guy
A fun meet-cute short story about Aasha, whose Sri Lankan family lives in London, getting fixed up by her mother at a party. She does NOT wants to meet this guy, who will obviously be terrible, ugh!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35195462-the-truth-about-the-other-guy
A fun meet-cute short story about Aasha, whose Sri Lankan family lives in London, getting fixed up by her mother at a party. She does NOT wants to meet this guy, who will obviously be terrible, ugh!
The Young and the Lesbian by Q. Kelly
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42656829-the-young-and-the-lesbian
Fake dating + queer women in their late 40s / early 50s + critiquing the misogyny of show business + a wish-fulfillment epilogue that made me do a little dance. Novella.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42656829-the-young-and-the-lesbian
Fake dating + queer women in their late 40s / early 50s + critiquing the misogyny of show business + a wish-fulfillment epilogue that made me do a little dance. Novella.
A Christmas Parranda by Andrea Beatriz Arango
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49247934-a-christmas-parranda
F/F romance-flavored Latinx retelling of A Christmas Carol, short story, I adore this.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49247934-a-christmas-parranda
F/F romance-flavored Latinx retelling of A Christmas Carol, short story, I adore this.
The Ninepenny Element by K.L. Noone
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51031084-the-ninepenny-element
Lovely paranormal novella, one of my fave f/f romances. Verity Friday (leather jacket & boots, tattoos, witch) runs into Lia (corporate polish, lawyer) outside a bookshop. Throw in a curse and some righteous justice...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51031084-the-ninepenny-element
Lovely paranormal novella, one of my fave f/f romances. Verity Friday (leather jacket & boots, tattoos, witch) runs into Lia (corporate polish, lawyer) outside a bookshop. Throw in a curse and some righteous justice...
Alternate Endings by K. Sadeé
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35832635-alternate-endings
Deeply introspective Black romance between two successful creatives, an entertainment superstar (her) and a filmmaker (him). Starts with the breakup of their affair, book is about them finding their way back to each other.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35832635-alternate-endings
Deeply introspective Black romance between two successful creatives, an entertainment superstar (her) and a filmmaker (him). Starts with the breakup of their affair, book is about them finding their way back to each other.
A Duet for Invisible Strings by Llinos Cathryn Thomas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52667159-a-duet-for-invisible-strings
A contemporary F/F paranormal about two older women! Heledd, a violinist, has been in love with Rosemary, her conductor, for SO long. But Heledd has a secret that keeps them apart...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52667159-a-duet-for-invisible-strings
A contemporary F/F paranormal about two older women! Heledd, a violinist, has been in love with Rosemary, her conductor, for SO long. But Heledd has a secret that keeps them apart...
Farm of Fancy by Julianna Thorn
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42114721-farm-of-fancy
Rural M/M romance between a curmudgeonly cancer survivor and a widowed large animal vet. Liked seeing the stages of healing and acceptance that Gabe and David must go through, together and apart, to find HEA. Queer author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42114721-farm-of-fancy
Rural M/M romance between a curmudgeonly cancer survivor and a widowed large animal vet. Liked seeing the stages of healing and acceptance that Gabe and David must go through, together and apart, to find HEA. Queer author.
An Offering of Plums by J. Emery
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39829245-an-offering-of-plums
This short story romance between a man and a non-binary demon starts with attempted murder. It's not the demon who's at fault! Compassionate, well-told, comforting story about healing.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39829245-an-offering-of-plums
This short story romance between a man and a non-binary demon starts with attempted murder. It's not the demon who's at fault! Compassionate, well-told, comforting story about healing.
Swelter by Jules Kelley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32480487-swelter
A fun, sexy F/F short story about a wedding hookup between college student and bridesmaid Grace and her older brother's best friend and "best man," motorcycle-riding lesbian Maya.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32480487-swelter
A fun, sexy F/F short story about a wedding hookup between college student and bridesmaid Grace and her older brother's best friend and "best man," motorcycle-riding lesbian Maya.
The Emperor's New Clothes: An Interstellar Heist by Aldous Mercer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25095748-the-emperor-s-new-clothes-royce-ree-1
Combine a heist story with divorced spies in space (who never stopped loving each other but neither is going to admit that first), and you get this seriously fun sci-fi romance.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25095748-the-emperor-s-new-clothes-royce-ree-1
Combine a heist story with divorced spies in space (who never stopped loving each other but neither is going to admit that first), and you get this seriously fun sci-fi romance.
Jilted by Lilah Suzanne
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38722023-jilted
Carter is a bisexual architect. Link is a nonbinary artist. They meet after Carterâs fiance leaves him to reconnect with an ex⊠who was supposed to be marrying Link, who just got left at the altar. !!!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38722023-jilted
Carter is a bisexual architect. Link is a nonbinary artist. They meet after Carterâs fiance leaves him to reconnect with an ex⊠who was supposed to be marrying Link, who just got left at the altar. !!!
The Threefold Tie by Aster Glenn Gray
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52921168-the-threefold-tie
Quiet, interesting historical polyam romance novella set in NY just after the Civil War. Jack served in the U.S. army with Everett and they became lovers. After, though, Everett married his sweetheart Sophie...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52921168-the-threefold-tie
Quiet, interesting historical polyam romance novella set in NY just after the Civil War. Jack served in the U.S. army with Everett and they became lovers. After, though, Everett married his sweetheart Sophie...
Sweet by Alysia Constantine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27854850-sweet
Gorgeously written M/M love story between widowed bakery owner Jules Burns and trapped-in-a-cube accountant Teddy Flores, who unexpectedly ends up in the bakery one rainy morning. Fairy-tale feel. Queer author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27854850-sweet
Gorgeously written M/M love story between widowed bakery owner Jules Burns and trapped-in-a-cube accountant Teddy Flores, who unexpectedly ends up in the bakery one rainy morning. Fairy-tale feel. Queer author.
Conning Colin by Brad Vance & Elsa Winters
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35287133-conning-colin
Divorced NYC-based voice actor Colin hires high-end escort Hamilton (the alter ego of aspiring screenwriter Henry Davis) for a combination of sex & confidence coaching in being a gay man.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35287133-conning-colin
Divorced NYC-based voice actor Colin hires high-end escort Hamilton (the alter ego of aspiring screenwriter Henry Davis) for a combination of sex & confidence coaching in being a gay man.
Falling into Place by Sheryn Munir
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37120639-falling-into-place
Friends to lovers / slow burn / out for you F/F romance novel set in contemporary India. Strong debut, looking forward to more of Munir's writing.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37120639-falling-into-place
Friends to lovers / slow burn / out for you F/F romance novel set in contemporary India. Strong debut, looking forward to more of Munir's writing.
The Art of Three by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33792377-the-art-of-three
"Two men. One woman. No love triangles. Who says you only get one happily ever after?" If you've never read a polyam romance, this is a great one to start with.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33792377-the-art-of-three
"Two men. One woman. No love triangles. Who says you only get one happily ever after?" If you've never read a polyam romance, this is a great one to start with.
Division Bells by Iona Datt Sharma
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55599354-division-bells
Gorgeous contemporary M/M romance set in the UK, by one of my auto-buy authors, though previously I'd only read FSF by them. After this, I'm hoping they write more romance, any subgenre welcome!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55599354-division-bells
Gorgeous contemporary M/M romance set in the UK, by one of my auto-buy authors, though previously I'd only read FSF by them. After this, I'm hoping they write more romance, any subgenre welcome!
Okay that is 23 (I think?) of my fave romances of various lengths that have under 200 ratings on Goodreads.
It came out heavy on the shorter works, I think because those don't get as much attention?
Anyway, I hope this thread brings you something new & lovely to read.
It came out heavy on the shorter works, I think because those don't get as much attention?
Anyway, I hope this thread brings you something new & lovely to read.
