Dionysus in Wisconsin won third place at the New England Romance Writers Readers' Choice awards in the fantasy/paranormal category. I am definitely going to be cool about this and not use it as an excuse to call myself an AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR at every turn because that would be obnoxious.
This week's Sapphic Book Bingo post features sapphic speculative fiction, which is a broad and diverse category, so I included 20 instead of 15 recommended books.
Most of them are sapphic paranormal romances, fantasy, or romantasy novels, but there are also some sci-fi romances, dark fantasy, and horror in the mix.
Sixteen low-angst Valentine's Day queer romance novellas, where every story has a secret—a secret admirer. I've got a new Village novella included, "Valentine's Dave."
The first Candy Hearts Anthology will be available for a limited time; all proceeds to benefit the Transgender Law Center and the National Center for Transgender Equality.
The recommended reading list for the first category of the Sapphic Book Bingo 2024 is now up on my website, and it's a special one: must-read sapphic books.
For this category, I had 6,000+ readers vote on their favorite sapphic book and compiled a list of the top 50 most-popular books.
This amazing cover is by Eva I. (is.this.eva on Insta!), and gosh I love it so much. Introduces the 4th member of our crew, abrasive and secretive Keza, who is also Cool as Heck, let's be honest.
If you 💜 trans, nonbinary, & ace romance, BIPOC authors, queer M/F, polyam, ownvoices m/m, off-the-beaten path sapphic books, older MCs, & more, get a curated new release list monthly in your inbox: https://tinyletter.com/skyekilaen
HEART OF THE COVENANT by @dovelynnwriter.bsky.social is perfect for sci-fi lovers of quieter Star Trek episode or Becky Chambers' work.
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Hedriar has been chosen to represent her homeworld within the Galactic Covenant. There she'll meet new friends and discover that people aren't as different as all that.
It’s getting to be the time of year for reading holiday romance, so check out this collection of Rainbow Holiday Romance including my The Merchant’s Love, a cozy fall/winter holiday fantasy romance.
Hey everybody, before we relegate the Moms for Liberty to the large dustbin of failed #fascist moments let's take a moment to how much of an ass kicking this #DeSantis spawned organization got last night. #bookBans#lgbtqbooks
Happy #FediBookFair! I'm Antonia Aquilante, and I write LGBTQ fantasy romance. My latest is To Love the Dragon King, the first book in the Dragons of Ivria series, in which a king trying to uncover a plot against him stumbles upon a man being unknowingly used as a pawn in that same conspiracy.
Find it here: https://books2read.com/u/b6GxoZ #LGBTQBooks#FantasyRomance
I updated my reading order, which you can download as a PDF. It has all the links to the ebook & audiobook versions of my novels and short stories, sorted by series.
Starting #bannedbooksweek by checking out the top 13 most challenged books of 2022. All Boys Aren’t Blue has been on my tbr list since March. I’m going with the audiobook since it’s read by the author. #bookstodon#lgbtqia#lgbtqbooks@bookstodon
Pride Book Tours is hosting a tour for The Iamos Trilogy by @lyssachiavari throughout the month of October, to celebrate the publication of the final book on October 24! First up, FOURTH WORLD and NEW WORLD, the first two books in the series. This tour will run October 2-15.
Today’s the day two hundred-ish of us writers are getting together to organise a one-day sale of our books, all at 99c! There are separate categories for SFF, Mystery and Romance and you can also search by pairing.
My latest curated queer romance new release list is up now. All over the rainbow in terms of queer rep, yay! 🏳️🌈 📚 If you like anything from sci-fi to historical, fantasy to contemporary, there's a queer romance here for you.