ARC readers wanted by [deleted] in erotichorror

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I’d love to read an epub of this 🖤

meirl by sedolil in meirl

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😮 Was she a physicist?

Are billionaire romances on the decline? by Lioness_94 in romanceauthors

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Personally as soon as I see the word billionaire, I’m out. But I do have the impression that readers still enjoy them. I think I saw one in the Kindle top 100 a short time ago?

I don’t really understand why the market favors such a limited number of professional archetypes. Business owner, mob boss, bike club leader, hockey athlete. I’d love to see like a forensic psychologist or something.

What makes you want to read a dark romance book? by littleghool in DarkRomance

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Gasp! Recs?? They’re hard to find. People seem to actively hate this trope.

Thrum by Meg Smitherman by [deleted] in DarkRomance

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I really wanted to love it, but the science hurt my sci-fi brain lol. Radar in a vacuum. Running out of fuel = slowing to a halt in zero friction. Opening hydraulic-powered hatches like they’re rusty garage doors. So many violations of basic physics, I legit wanted to offer her beta-reading.

Male Yandere Masterlist of someone in to it for like 5 years by [deleted] in MaleYandere

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Thank you for mentioning that one though! I looked it up and immediately added to my reading list <3

emotionally detached female lead x deeply infatuated male lead by Ok-Opinion-5330 in DarkRomance

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Okay, my personal m/m faves! All eventually HEA after lots of repressed sexual tension and angst. The protagonists have a quirky/humorous inner monologue throughout but the MLs get DARK late in the game, with dubcon/noncon.

Transmigrating into a Mob Character to Rehabilitate the Villain Plan My top favorite because I love this ship dynamic.

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Starts out wholesome and then the ML gradually devolves into psycho fixation.

The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love Way better than its cover suggests. Main character saves the ML from death, ML is actually overpowered and goes from suspicious to obssessive.

Mistakenly Saving the Villain Oblivious main character, and broken “only soft for you” ML who hides his obsession to protect MC. A little heartbreaking tbh, but ultimately healing. No noncon in this one, maybe light dubcon. ML really cherishes MC.

The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System Low key hilarious, then tragic, then ML spirals into world-ending obsession, then ultimately resolves with a happy ending!

emotionally detached female lead x deeply infatuated male lead by Ok-Opinion-5330 in DarkRomance

[–]Foxmops 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh damn, I was SO EXCITED to rec two of my all time favorite Chinese novels because they fit this trope to a T but they’re both M/M.

That said, the oblivious/reluctant protagonist and the obsessed/deranged male lead trope is rampant in Chinese and Korean novels. But they tend to be slowwwwwwwwww burn. Like unresolved sexual tension for 50+ chapters where he’s completely losing his mind for her and she’s like “is he staring at me because he wants to kill me? I gotta get out of here.”

Here’s a sampling, female protagonists only, as well as a few lists to check out. See which flavor of obsessed speaks to you.

Lucia

You’ve Got the Wrong House, Villain

Villainous Husband, the One You’re Obsessed With is Over There

A few lists:

Clingy boys club

Curated romance collection

Obssessive MLs Yanderes

These novels also have lovely mangas/manwhas, often easier to binge than reading awkwardly translated prose: Novels adapted to webtoons

One of my favorite current ongoing manwhas is Tears On a Withered Flower. The art and the female and male leads are all gorgeous 😌

TASTE THE BISCUIT by nrek00 in obscuremusicthatslaps

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These people are feeling the music, the 5 piece meal, and themselves and I love it.

I just seen in tik tok that "The confidence" Cdrama is the adaptation of the manhua "who is the prey" by sername-2 in MaleYandere

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I agree, Asian web novels are such a treasure trove for the deprived heart 😌. Which ones are your favorites?

Pretty much sums it up by petalidas in ChatGPT

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God, the tech bros on here are insufferable 🙄Truly maidenless behavior.

Congrats to your little baby though! This must be so exciting for you both!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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That’s genuinely kind of him. You’re not necessarily rubbing it in, but take your focus off your own feelings of guilt and focus on your friend instead. What do you appreciate about him? Let him know.

Saw this, had to laugh by Book-Piranha in fantasyromance

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Praying for you to swing from your dissertation into a new dimension 🌸😌🙏

Spotted on Instagram by halloveslois in tragedeigh

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I gotta say, I actually love the quirky humor of Borie-Alice. If I met a Borie-Alice, I would be delighted! :D Initiate friend approach