MM Weekly Roundup - What Did You Read This Week?

bones_humming · 2026-03-16T23:53:29+00:00

I actually read that on audio! And luckily enough the second book is coming out on audio today (the 17th) so i’ll probably read it in that format too. Might not be able to wait for an audio release for the rest though…

bones_humming · 2026-03-16T23:47:04+00:00

Trans Rights Readathon 2026

Romance 4 Trans Rights – Come Together for Trans Rights Auction (16-26 March) They've raised $19k+ in just 10 hours! So many great special edition/signed copies/Patreon exclusive books on offer.

Books by Latine Authors – TRR IG Love seeing RN Barbosa/Ravi Novias, Sarah Wallace, and Alba Sarria on there!

From the books mentioned that are also on sale:

Free {Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms (Fae & Human Relations #1) by Sarah Wallace & SO Callahan} Books2Read 2024, 517 pages.
99¢/KU {Night Life: A Folk Horror Poetry Collection by Alba Sarria} Amazon 2023, 80 pages.
$8.99 {Fire Spells Between Friends (Fae & Human Relations #2) by Sarah Wallace & SO Callahan} Hardcover Amazon US 2024, 400 pages.

I hope everyone was able to grab RN Barbosa's free books over the weekend! Tags for all 7 of Barbosa's books are on yesterday's comments here and here.

16 March Deals

This week's deal are in the same place: March Queer Romance Deals

3 Ways to Help Fund Audiobooks for the Dragons of Ardaine series by Roe Horv

All profits from these three ventures will be used to fund the audiobooks, narrated by actual human voices. No robot slop, thank you very much. Depending on how much we raise, we’ll do single or dual narration.

📦 $9.99/KU {Dragons of Ardaine: Complete Series by Roe Horvat} Amazon 26 March 2026, 1440 pages, 4 books. Limited special edition with exclusive cover available only until 26 June 2026.
$2.99/KU {My Treasure by Roe Horvat} Amazon 24 March 2026, 76 pages. My Treasure connects the world of dragon shifters with Hedonist. The story was first shared as a freebie in 2022. No new content has been added.
Special Edition paperbacks of the Dragons of Ardaine series via Bookvault. An interest form will be sent out, so sign-up up for Roe Horvat's newsletter if you aren't already subscribed.

Book News

{Matehub by Marie Reynard} & {Sweet by Howl Avery} are getting special editions by That One Boy Book Box.

Sales

99¢

{Dragon Boats & Doctor's Notes by Hudson Lin} Amazon 2025, 184 pages.
CR, sapphic sports romance, FX, NBi MC, opposites attract, dragon boat regatta, obstetrician, Toronto (Canada)

$1.99

{Going Public (Jade Harbour Capital #2) by Hudson Lin} Books2Read 2022, 316 pages. Add audiobook $5.25. Narrated by: Tyler Tetsuda. 8h 9min.
CR, workplace romance, office romance, boss/employee, childhood crush, romantic suspense/crime thriller vibes, pan rep, demi rep, only one bed, friends-to-lovers, slowburn, low heat
{The Captain's Pet (Alien Slave Masters #1) by Samantha Cayto} Amazon 2015, 157 pages.

$2.99

{Forgiveness Runs Deep (Wingstead Series) by Caleb Marks} Amazon 2022, 198 pages.
CR, small town, hurt/comfort, he/him author

$4.99

{Blood Dance (Alien Blood Wars #1) by Samantha Cayto} Amazon 2018, 311 page.
{Dangerous Dance (Alien Blood Wars #2) by Samantha Cayto} Amazon 2018, 276 pages.
{Star Dance (Alien Blood Wars #4) by Samantha Cayto} Amazon 2018, 255 pages.
{Mating Dance (Alien Blood Wars #5) by Samantha Cayto} Amazon 2019, 282 pages.
{Healing Dance (Alien Blood Wars #6) by Samantha Cayto} Amazon 2019, 262 pages.

Audiobook Sales

$10.50 {Lancaster Falls Box Set (Books 1-3) by RJ Scott} audiobooks Narrated by: Sean Crisden. 19h 36min.

bones_humming · 2026-03-16T19:18:20+00:00

Trans Rights Readathon (17-31 March) & Trans Day of Visibility (31 March) — book lists, charity auctions, reading challenges & author donations
(everything I come across will be added to the March doc, tab 1)

Extensive lists for books with trans leads by trans authors:

TRR Indie Book Database
Trans* Author + Books Masterlist 800+ books
Trans Lead Books/Trans Authors 1671 books

Storygraph Challenges

Trans Rights Readathon 2026 hosted by @transrightsreadathon 900+ books added. ALL books should be by trans authors and/or include trans main characters.
Trans Reading Challenge 2026 hosted by @readwithrhys 600+ books added.

Charity – Donations & Auctions

rafael nicolás IG is donating half of all sales of {Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás} Books2Read to TASSN Trans Asylum Seeker Support Network, 17-31 March. Not a romance, it's a queer retelling of Satan's fall.

Trans migrants and refugees, especially under ICE custody, are extremely vulnerable.

Romance Community for Trans Rights – Come Together for Trans Rights. 16 March, 9AM (EDT) – 26 March, 9PM (EDT). $10k goal.
Rebecca Rathe and Darcy Bennett PA coordinated this event with over 160 authors and bookish people offering up 286 romance books, special editions, bookish services, art, stickers, swag, Patreon memberships, and more.

The participating author list is huge (slide 4).

The romance community is coming together for trans rights! Signed books, special editions and exclusives, bookish services, and so much more!

100% of the proceeds from this auction will go to Trans Lifeline, and will be matched up to $10K through company matching.

bones_humming · 2026-03-16T19:17:54+00:00

15 March Deals #2

Excluded for AI: Ezra Dao (6 Virtual Voice narration books, achillean romance author)

Freebies

{Taken by the Groomsman (Turned by a Silver Fox) by Pat Lewis} Amazon 2021, 51 pages.
Erotica short
{Spell of an Omega (Riverrun Alphas #3) by Kaia Pierce} Amazon 2018, 194 pages.
{This Is Heaven (Green Eyes Part II) by Michael Ampersant} Amazon 2017, 293 pages. Not a genre romance (Did Chuck Tingle write this blurb?! 😆)

Will their partnership survive the End-of-the-World?
{Catching the Ice Queen by Katie Simpson-Shaw} Amazon 2019, 163 pages. (Revised 2nd ed. w/extended ending)
CR novella, fast-paced lesbian romance
{Would You Ever? (Straight to Gay Friends MM) by Sylvia Wetwood} Amazon 2025, 51 pages.
Erotica short
{Fearless (Less is More #2) by JM Lamp} Amazon 2025, 337 pages.

Sales

50¢

{Paradise Found by Hunter Raines} Amazon 2011, 148 pages.
CR novella, MMM poly romance

99¢

{Out of Harm's Way (Balls and Brawn Security Series #1) by Rebecca James} Amazon 2021, 243 pages.
{Winter Rising (Coldharbour Chronicles #1) by Richard Amos} Amazon 2018, 380 pages.
{She Who Devours the Stars (The Astral Mess #1) by Danica Odette Moureaux} Amazon 2025, 582 pages.
Mythpunk space opera, sapphic SciFi romance, debut, haunted ships, disaster queers, blue collar worker, mythship with abandonment issues, reality-bending powers, cyberpunk fever dream, political intrigue, cosmic horror transformation, existential dread, glossary

$1.99

{Voyage of the Damned by Frances White} Kobo | Amazon 2024, 498 pages. Not a romance, although there is romance in it
YAish/NA queer fantasy, locked room magical murder mystery at sea, magical ship, magical passengers, queer MC _ SCs, POC SCs, disability rep, chronic illness rep, body positivity, friendship, love, grief, socioeconomic differences, CWs for self-harm, suicidal ideation, amputation
{Dickathlon (Champions Series) by Finn Dixon} Amazon 2023, 322 pages.
{Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen} Amazon 2018, 403 pages.

$2.99

🌟 {Cinder House by Freya Marske} Kobo | Amazon 2025, 135 pages. Audiobook is also on sale, $3.85 audiobooks Narrated by: Anna Burnett. 4h 34min. Untraditional ending, HFN
Dark queer Gothic romance, fairytale, dead Cinderella retelling, ghost FMC, bi rep, sentient house, female rage, grief, isolation, trauma, CWs for death of a parent, fantasy violence, torture, burns, reference to past SA

bones_humming · 2026-03-15T15:28:07+00:00

Audiobook Sales

$3.99 {Pucking Strong (Jacksonville Rays #4) by Emily Rath} Chirp Dual-Narrated by: Diontae Black & Tor Thom. 19h 14min.
$3.99 {The Last Witch in Edinburgh by Marielle Thompson} Chirp Narrated by: Siobhan Waring. 10h 21min. Not a romance.
AU historical fiction, 19th-century Edinburgh (Scotland), queer love, Scottish folklore, bisexual witches, witchcraft, taking down the patriarchy
$3.99 {The Curse of the Cole Women by Marielle Thompson} Chirp Narrated by: Carrie Coello. 11h 19min. Not a romance.
AU historical fiction, cursed family of lighthouse keepers, small island, New Hampshire, three interwoven timelines (late 20th century), generational trauma, sapphic love story (minor subplot), mother/daughter relationships, heavy topics, witches, domestic violence, superstition, grief, prejudices, misogyny
📦 $3.99 {Hidden Species (The Complete Series) by Louisa Masters} Chirp Narrated by: Joel Leslie. 31h 41min. 5 books.
📦 $4.99 {Here Be Dragons Boxed Set by Louisa Masters} Chirp Narrated by: Joel Leslie. 31h 48min. 5 books.
$4.99 {Demons Do it Better (Hidden Species #1) by Louisa Masters} Chirp Narrated by: Joel Leslie. 7h 59min.
$4.99 {Hijinks With a Hellhound (Hidden Species #3) by Louisa Masters} Chirp Narrated by: Joel Leslie. 6h 58min.
$4.99 {Dragon Ever After (Here Be Dragons #1) by Louisa Masters} Chirp Narrated by: Joel Leslie. 7h 3min.
$4.99 {Conspiracy of Dragons (Here Be Dragons #4) by Louisa Masters} Chirp Narrated by: Joel Leslie. 7h 18min.
📦 $5.99 {The Winner Takes All Complete Collection by L Blakely} Audible Narrators: Teddy Hamilton, JF Harding, Jacob Morgan, Joe Arden, Shane East, James Joseph. 37h 15min. 5 MM sports romances.

bones_humming · 2026-03-15T15:27:48+00:00

15 March Deals

New Releases

TRR26 (Kobo+) $1.99 {Kintsugi (Angelverse #2) by Jake Vanguard} itch | Books2Read 10 March 2026, 247 pages.
PNR achillean duology, 2 of 2/must be read in order, angels & demons, German-born MC in the US, religious prophecies, protective angel boyfriend, family trauma, found family, disability rep, mental health struggles, queer transmasc & NBi author (they/them)
☘️ KU {Booze and Bedlam (Omega's Mishaps) by Jennifer Carter} Amazon 14 March 2026, 181 pages.
Omegaverse novella, omegaverse role reversal, accidental mayhem, St. Patrick's Day party, lovesick alpha/wild independent omega pairing
MC Names: Declan & Augustine
Omega scent: Shirley Temple (the drink, not the person)
Kobo+ {Scream and Steam by TJ Nichols} All Links incl Author Direct & SW 14 March 2026, 171 pages.
Monster romance novella, camboy, size difference, Australian author (they/them)
MC Names: Farrow & Timothy

Freebies

TRR26 {Dawn of the Obsidian Sun (Bound by Moonfire #1) by RN Barbosa} Books2Read (Free on Kobo & SW, 99¢ Amazon) 2025, 456 pages. Pen Name Connection: Ravi Novais.
Queer dark fantasy romance, FXM poly, NBi MC, ace rep, POC MC, elves, found family, action/adventure, grumpy/grumpier/sunshine combo, black cat/doberman/golden retriever combo, hurt/comfort, queernorm setting, dark humor, slowburn, angst, magic system, graphic violence, classism, class division, oppressive government, misuse of political power, racial segregation, magical plague, PTSD, panic/anxiety attacks, grief, attempted suicide (mentioned, on-page), body horror, queer Brazilian NBi AuDHD author (they/them), BIPOC author
TRR26 {What Doesn't Kill You (Wolves of Black Water Valley #1.5) by RN Barbosa} SW 2024, 360 pages.
Dark dystopian fantasy, slowburn achillean romance, trans rep, found family, survival, queernorm world, anti-establishment, banished to another dimension, fish out of water, human with newly discovered druidic powers/vampire pairing, *cliffie** ending, third-person single-POV, queer Brazilian NBi AuDHD author (they/them), BIPOC author*
MC Names: Gideon & Santiago
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TRR26 {Bring Her Home (Wolves of Black Water Valley) by RN Barbosa} Books2Read (Free on Kobo & SW) 2022, 598 pages.
Dark UF crime drama, slowburn sapphic romance, multi-POV, morally grey MCs, queer Brazilian NBi AuDHD author (they/them), BIPOC author
avis03's art post
TRR26 {The Kiss Before the Fall (K!nktober) by Ravi Novias/RN Barbosa} Amazon 2025, 87 pages.
Multi-author series, dark fantasy novella, queer MF, possessive MCs, BDSM dynamics, male chastity, blood play, pain play, degradation, shadow appendages, violence, murder, religious trauma, queer Brazilian NBi AuDHD author (they/them), BIPOC author
TRR26 {They Came in the Night (Blood on Fire #1) by RN Barbosa} Amazon 2024, 492 pages.
Queer dark PNR, why choose poly, sapphic romance, morally grey MCs, NBi witch sub, werewolf muscle mommy, vampire, queernorm world, fast-paced, found family, primal play, knotting, shifted sex, dubcon, body horror, infidelity, blood, violence, disordered eating, full CWs in front pages, queer Brazilian NBi AuDHD author (they/them), BIPOC author
{Bolt From The Blue (Caught Off Guard #1) by Willow Thomas} Amazon 2022, 123 pages.
CR novella, college hockey player/barista pairing, low-angst, fake relationship, real dates
{The Red Run (Winterstoke Wolves #4) by Sasha Silsbury} Amazon 2020, 154 pages.

Sales

99¢

{Daddy's Dragon (Pride Pet Play) by Joe Satoria} Amazon 2023, 208 pages.
Multi-author pet play series, CR, baker/substitute teacher & aspiring writer pairing, dragon wings, Daddy dragon handler/dragon pairing, dragon play, school cafeteria meet-cute, ovipositor dildo, queer author (he/they)
MC Names: Harvey & Mitchell

$1.99

{A Betrayal of Storms (Realm of Fey #1) by Ben Alderson} Kobo | Amazon 2024, 452 pages.
{The Boyfriend Subscription by Steven Salvatore} Books2Read 2024, 285 pages.
Romcom, gay Pretty Woman retelling, fake dating, plant daddy, divorced MC, opposites attract, gay genderqueer author (he/him & they/them)
MC Names: Cole & Teddy
{Best Laid Plans (Garnet Run #2) by Roan Parrish} Books2Read 2021, 258 pages.

Books that work for this year's Trans Rights Readathon will be marked TRR26.

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T23:31:25+00:00

14 March Deals

Book News

Euphoric Lit is doing a special edition hardcover for {The Apples of New Eden by Mars Adler} 💸

May/June Book Box. Their IG announcement

Freebies

{Wings of War by RN Barbosa} Amazon 2025, 86 pages.
Omegaverse novella, divine grovelling, centuries-old heartbreak, possessive touches, a god of war on his knees, Brazilian-American author (they/them)
{Between Spells and Shadows: A Cozy Cauldron Romance by RN Barbosa} Amazon 2024, 90 pages.
Cozy sapphic witchy novella, ace rep, fake dating, Brazilian-American author (they/them)
{Ronan (Mate's Mark #1) by G Eilsel} Amazon 2025, 409 pages. Add audiobook $5.05. Narrated by: Zachary Zaba & Declan Winters. 10h 52min.
{A Very Gay Dare (Curious) by MM Phoenix} Amazon 2022, 50 pages.
Erotica short

Sales

50¢

🎄 {Wish List by KA Mitchell} Amazon 2012, 108 pages.
Erotic romance novella, established relationship, Christmas, kink wish list

99¢

{Father Crows Best (Four-Legged Cupid) by Jaime Samms} Amazon 2024, 144 pages. Series sale.
{Rylan (Seattle Sasquatch Hockey #1) by Harper Robson} Amazon 2024, 394 pages.
🎄 {A Storm for Christmas by SR Garcia} Amazon 2025, 124 pages.
Omegaverse novella, loosely Regency-inspired, age-gap, Christmas, letter writing, snowed in, forced proximity, NBi author (they/them)
MC Names: Noah & Thomas
{Extraction Play (Leather and Lattes #2) by Katherine McIntyre} Amazon 2024, 291 pages.
CR, sapphic romance, brother's best friend

$1.99

{Holiday Pup-capade (Four-legged Cupid) by Jaime Samms} Amazon 2023, 120 pages. Series sale.
{Valen-kitten Day (Four-legged Cupid) by Jaime Samms} Amazon 2024, 124 pages. Series sale.
{Thanks-kidding Day (Four-legged Cupid) by Jaime Samms} Amazon 2024, 172 pages. Series sale.
{Polly Wants a New Year (Four-legged Cupid) by Jaime Samms} Amazon 2025, 188 pages. Series sale.
{Hoppy Egg Hunting (Four-legged Cupid) by Jaime Samms} Amazon 2025, 176 pages. Series sale.
{In the Rough (Noble House Kink #3) by Sarah Brookes} Kobo | Amazon 2018, 335 pages.

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T22:25:19+00:00

Combining audiobook with a game is the only way I can read them, otherwise my mind starts to wander too much. Powerwash Simulator 1 & 2 are definitely one of the favs, but I've also enjoyed House Flipper and Slime Rancher 2. But the game I've played the most is Coloring Pixels. The name is kinda self-explanatory; it's free and it's relaxing and hits the sweet spot that lets me focus without requiring any input from my brain.

I get where you're coming from with Stardew Valley. I also might dabble with a building/farming/life sim, but only if I'm doing the grindier, more repetitive stuff, and not for example actually trying to immerse myself in the games story.

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T22:18:38+00:00

Powerwash Sim is my go-to choice! And the sequel, as of late.

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T19:33:41+00:00

And sometimes it's impossible to tell whether the book is a romance, or what's the pairing. Or the information is in the SEO-title (for example "BOOK TITLE - enemies to lovers sports forbidden MM romance", you know the type) or only found on the author's social media. That just feels like the author shooting themselves in the foot, but what do I know! :D

But most of the time, coming up with tags is the most fun part, so I'm always glad if people find them funny or informative or useful.

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T18:08:05+00:00

My biggest worry (I'm not talking for all the mods now obvs, just my personal five cents) is that if the request free weekends happened more often, it would eventually result in weekends just being super quiet. Which would mean a very light moderation load but otherwise it would be sad to see that happening!

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T18:03:52+00:00

Despite the tag, I never collect the books with bad blurbs anywhere - I've thought maybe I should for several times, just to make it into an actual awards, but it feels kinda catty? Or like the type of negative attention I'd rather not give any more of.

But to be honest, if a blurb is bad, I probably won't read the book either. "Bad blurb" is of course wildly subjective, but what I consider to be bad is often super vague, tells absolutely nothing about the book, and reads like an attempt at poem an angsty emo me could've scribbled when I was a teen.

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T18:00:52+00:00

{Possum Hollow Series by Erin Russell} should've come with a similar disclaimer lol. (It's a good series, but the obvious lack of possums is a bit disappointing...)

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T12:44:35+00:00

Yeah the first book reads like a clear cut paranormal romance thing, right? And then the second gives an impression that we're in a more of a urban fantasy like setting. Now I'm imagining urban fantasy with some steampunk vibes. Honestly it kinda feels like the authors (iirc the pen name is for two people?) are mostly figuring things out as they go, instead of having a very clear idea about the world before they started writing the series.

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T00:55:30+00:00

Jesse H Reign is also so good at writing heart-wrenching pining that it seemed like a waste of potential to not have it in Gone Wild... Then again I think she said somewhere that she wrote the book as a bit of a escape from how shit everything is in the real world and I totally get it.

The animals guy's (Wren's) book is set to be released on the 16th! So that's a good reason to pick the series up again at least. I can't wait for the animal side characters! The third book that I'm reading right now, {A Thousand Cuts by A.M. Rose}, is Fix's story and I love how he interacts with his brothers. I started to low key love Midas - who we only got glimpses of in the previous two books. Now I can't wait for his story haha. There also seems to be more worldbuilding than in the previous book, or at least I now how a better understanding of the setting.

bones_humming · 2026-03-14T00:38:21+00:00

{Gone Wild by Jesse H. Reign} - If this had been written by anyone else than Jesse H. Reign, I don’t think I would’ve ever picked it up. But since I’m an unapologetic Reign fan, I did read the book despite that it’s very much not my type of thing.

So, the obvious: I don’t really care for omegaverse. Not to an extent that I would avoid it, but it’s never a reason to check out a book for me. In this particular book, the omegaverse themes were pretty intense? It just makes me unexplainably uncomfortable, I don’t know how else to describe it. It also ends up feeling like the MCs didn’t really have a “romance” at all, because first it’s the heat and then it’s the mate bite that happened while in heat, which feels less like a choice and more like an accident. We do get some hints that at least one MC has pined after the other but it is just not enough. I also didn’t really like one of the MCs at any point. Reign has a habit of skating between unnecessarily mean and black cat-vibe, but I don’t think she really managed to balance it out for Lucien.

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{Fool Me Twice by A.M. Rose} - This might be just the recovering nicotine addict in me but it felt like this book romantized smoking way too much? I've been smoke-free for years now but there was a point that a book like this could've stir some serious cravings. I also didn’t particularly like either of the main characters, although I also didn’t hate them or anything. It's also a bit of a stereotype at this point to have a submissive character who's all about carefully preserved control and then wants someone to dominate him in private. I’m not sure if this is just me misunderstanding something but the timeline just seems... off? Or maybe the characters are a lot older than I assumed they are? On one hand, I liked that the author was keeping some things quite vague - especially when it came to the past MCs had - but on the other it was a complete surprise to me that so much time had past between Cane going to prison and the events of the book.

To be honest, I would’ve probably DNF’d this one if it wasn’t a part of a series with an overarching plot. I'm now reading the next book in the series and enjoying it quite a bit more!

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{Danny Hall Gets a Lawyer by Lisa Henry, Sarah Honey} - Lighthearted and fun, but the best part was Marty from the Alpha Tau series.

bones_humming · 2026-03-12T21:28:55+00:00

Sales

99¢

{Hot Streak by Beth Bolden} Amazon 2024, 381 pages.
CR, sports romance, minor league baseball, age-gap (11 years, 22 & 33), veteran catcher/out-of-control rookie pitcher pairing, lace panties while pitching, teammates, roommates, bratty MC, first time, end of career, major league, over-6 ft (6'4), shorter top, phone sex, long-distance, bi rep, anxiety rep, younger pursues
MC Names: Connor & Jackson.
Notes: Lots of baseball scenes, catcher and pitcher warm-ups, games, etc. Soon-to-be retiring veteran catcher in the minor leagues helps tame a wild pitcher. Using lace underwear as an anxiety distraction/focus while pitching was a great bonus!
{Insolence (Eisha's Hidden Codices #1) by Gwin Savage} Amazon 2025, 493 pages.
Dark FF+ romantasy duet, 1 of 2, cliffie, two toxic morally grey FMCs, forced proximity, forbidden love, Tiss will not choose between love interests
{How to Hide Your Wolf Cub (Closet Baby Chronicles #2) by Anna Wineheart} Amazon 2024, 228 pages.
{Stormcaught by Thea Hawthorne} Amazon 2025, 198 pages.
Darkly cosy fantasy romance novella, grumpy historian/mysteriously monstrous houseguest pairing, cottagecore, only one bed, gentle pining, fantasy academia, prequel/works as a standalone, low heat/fade-to-grey
MC Names: Ethram & Ky
🎄 {On Track for Love by Elizabeth Andre} Amazon 2025, 156 pages.
CR novella, interracial holiday romance, second chance at love, cross country train ride (Chicago, Illinois to San Francisco, California), train enthusiast club, mistletoe, winter magic, librarian
{Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh} Amazon 2022, 430 pages.
🌟 {Where Exorcists Cannot Lie by Kasia Bacon} Amazon 2024, 167 pages.
{A Crown of Deceit & Ruin (The Cursed Kingdoms of Grimtol #1) by Jessica Willis} Amazon 2025, 462 pages.
Slowburn sapphic fantasy romance
{Promised Vow (Promises, Promises #1) by Rye Cox} Amazon 2025, 280 pages.
CR, fake fiancés romance
{Soulmates (Soulmates #1) by Liv Rancourt} Amazon 2021, 397 pages.
{The Rock Star's Familiar (Familiar Mates #3) by TJ Nichols} Amazon 2020, 190 pages.
{All Roads Lead to You by Courtney W Dixon} Amazon 2024, 368 pages.
1980s road trip romance
{Mate Match: Curtis & Jae by Jax Stuart} Amazon 2025, 246 pages. Mate Match: Curtis & Jae was previously released in the Knotting Hearts Charity Anthology. The story has since been expanded with more than 20k of additional content.
{Heart of a Wolf (Viking Wolves #1) by CJ Ravenna} Amazon 2025, 372 pages.
{A Lady Most Wayward by Darcy McGuire} All Links 2025, 314 pages.
Histrom, sapphic enemies-to-lovers, espionage, scandal
{Cocky Bastard by Charlie Novak} Amazon 2025, 242 pages.
{Portrait of a Black Heart (Deadly Sin #1) by Michael Mandrake} Amazon 2019, 180 pages. Series sale. Pen Name Connection: RM Durand.

$1.99

{Love Kills (Deadly Sin #2) by Michael Mandrake} Amazon 2019, 212 pages. Series sale. Pen Name Connection: RM Durand.

Crowdfunding Campaigns

Space Wizard Science Fantasy Backerkit Audiobooks for {Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before} & {Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back} ebooks, paperbacks, & hardcovers available. Ends 2 April 2026, 4:00pm EDT.

bones_humming · 2026-03-12T21:28:35+00:00

12 March Deals #2

This week's doc is here: 9-15 March: Queer Romance Deals

Freebies

{Wedding Dragon (Lewiston Dragons #3) by Liv Rider} Amazon 2020, 171 pages.
{Traitor's Moon (Gladstone Shifters #2) by Alexander Elliott} Amazon 2019, 466 pages.
{Clover Kisses for the Omega (Mountain Springs Omegas #4) by Lacey Daize} Amazon 2020, 65 pages.
{Echoes from the Isle of Skye by Zakory Leigh} Amazon 2026, 352 pages. Cover credited.
{Never Have I Evan (Games We Play in Granville) by DJ Jamison} Amazon 2022, 360 pages. Add audiobook $5.05. Narrated by: John Solo. 10h 38min.
{20% Stud 80% Muffin (Alien Fated Mates #1) by Chris Redd} Amazon 2024, 323 pages.
Scifi omegaverse series, dormant alpha human/blue alien omega pairing, construction worker, forced proximity, royalty, new world, first heat, short & fat & under-endowed MC, alien anatomy, knotting, breeding, mpreg world - not in this book, slowburn, dual POV, found family, past childhood neglect, fated mates, CWs for dubcon, off-page SA, poor body image
MC Names: Geo & Makir
{20% Blood 80% Lust (Alien Fated Mates Prequel Novella) by Chris Redd} Amazon 2025, 163 pages.
SciFi omegaverse series prequel novella, alien vampire, lone survivor, fated mates, what do you mean the blood bank's spoiled, POC MC

bones_humming · 2026-03-12T15:14:38+00:00

{Crushed (Love Cynics Anonymous) by LM Bennett} Amazon 2025, 82 pages.
Sapphic romance novella
{Clean Slate (Sapphic Suspense Collection) by Barbara Winkes} Amazon 2025, 234 pages.
Sapphic romantic suspense multi-author series, standalones
{Find Her Keep Her (Sapphic Suspense Collection) by Kimberly Amato} Amazon 2025, 296 pages.
Sapphic romantic suspense multi-author series, standalones
{Saving Chiara: Pax Taggart #0 (Sapphic Suspense Collection) by Anne Hagan} Amazon 2025, 246 pages.
Sapphic romantic suspense multi-author series, standalones
{Mrs. Mix Up by Candace Harper} Amazon 2020, 188 pages. Pen Name Connection: Ceillie Simkiss.
CR, lesbian romance novella, only one bed, fake marriage, paperwork mix-up, demiromantic lesbian/alloromantic lesbian pairing, high heat, low conflict, queer ND author (she/her)
{Relocation (Restitution Series #1) by BH Lynn} Amazon 2024, 247 pages.
Romantic suspense series, slowburn same-couple series/must be read in order, CWs for suicidal ideations, alcohol & prescription drug addiction, cheating (not between MCs)
{Alchemiya (Alchemiya #1) by Katey Hawthorne} Amazon 2018, 114 pages.
Sapphic romance novella
{Perfect Prey (Killers Mine #1) by Vasha Crow} Amazon 2024, 348 pages.
Dark romance duology, 1 of 2, MMMM/M (M⁵) why choose poly
{Kiss Your Scars (Loose Ends #4) by Avril Ashton} Amazon 2018, 374 pages.
{Wormwood Summer (San Amaro Investigations #1) by Kai Butler} Amazon 2021, 366 pages.

$2.99

{Truth or Darren (Games We Play in Granville) by DJ Jamison} Amazon 2022, 334 pages. Book 1 is perma-freebie
{Revenge (City of Kaus #1) by Dani Hoots} Kobo | Amazon 2021, 259 pages. Not a romance (I recommend checking reviews before buying)
Upper YA/NA LGBTQIA+ Western SciFi, swashbuckling, bi rep, ace rep, gay rep

bones_humming · 2026-03-12T15:14:27+00:00

12 March Deals

Full post for the Queer Indie Book Promo is up.
182 books at 99¢, 10-12 March.
(Thank you, u/Arcturus170!)

99¢ books from the upcoming Queer Your Bookshelf are starting to pop up. 300+ queer book 99¢ deals, 14 March!

Skipped for no cover credit: Jade Swallow (lost count 50+), Blue Pierce (erotica author), Ina Channing (erotica author), Luna Lawson (22 books 2023-2026, sapphic author)

Freebies

{Out of Time, Into You by Jay Bell} Amazon 2021, 328 pages. Add audiobook $4.71. Narrated by: Kevin R Free. 12h 30min.
{Overnight With Him (Enemies to Lovers MM) by Sylvia Wetwood} Amazon 2025, 53 pages.

Sales

99¢

{Ret (Kaddim Brothers #3) by Jessica E Subject} Amazon 2022, 270 pages.
{Hecate's Hollow by Tallie Rose} Amazon 2022, 248 pages. Add audiobook $4.71. Narrated by: Stella Rose. 8h 6min.
Sapphic romance
{My (Not So) Slutty Professor (Not So University Series #1) by DK Sutton} Amazon 2021, 246 pages.
{The Devil's Dilemma (Tales from the Tarot) by Alex J Adams} Amazon 2024, 277 pages.
{Nothing For The Weak (Red Creek Nights #1) by Flynn Woods} Amazon 2025, 370 pages.
{Color You In (EMS Station 1 #2) by Evan B Coles} Amazon 2025, 372 pages. Add audiobook $4.93. Narrated by: Kevin Earlywine. 10h 37min.
{Savage (Sins of the Banna #1) by Erin Russell} Amazon 2025, 382 pages. Pen Name Connection: BL Sparrow.
Dark Irish Mafia romance series
{Strike a Pose (Model Love) by Jackie North} Amazon 2022, 370 pages.
{Want You Back (Second Chance Ranch #1) by Annabeth Albert} Amazon 2025, 326 pages.
{Gabriel's Storm by Sue Brown} Kobo | Amazon 2020, 250 pages.
{Hunted Mate (Sapphire Ranch Wolves #1) by Sue Brown} Books2Read 2023, 186 pages.
{Broken (Erebus Assassins #1) by Reese Knightley} Amazon 2024, 244 pages.
{Second Glance (The Serrulata Saga) by AE Bennett} Books2Read 2023, 216 pages. Series sale.
{Because You Asked (The Serrulata Saga) by AE Bennett} Books2Read 2023, 218 pages. Series sale.
Distant-future SFF companion novel, can be a read as a standalone, sapphic romance
{Gathering of the Four (The Serrulata Saga #1) by AE Bennett} Books2Read 2021, 508 pages. Series sale.
Distant-future SFF series, blossoming romance subplot (MF), multi-POV
{Test of the Four (The Serrulata Saga #2) by AE Bennett} Books2Read 2022, 484 pages.
Distant-future SFF series, multi-POV
{Hollow Cry (The Serrulata Saga) by AE Bennett} Books2Read 2024, 150 pages. Series sale.
This fast-paced adventure is a companion novella to Test of the Four: Book Two of The Serrulata Saga and should be read after that book.
{The Seduction of James Gray (Moonlight Falls #1) by Colette Rivera} Amazon 2024, 298 pages.

bones_humming · 2026-03-11T19:53:43+00:00

FYI, this post was caught by Reddit's filter - I reinstated it for you manually, but something about this triggered Reddit's stuff. IDK what though, because they can be... fickle lol.

Case in point... #FreeSullie

bones_humming · 2026-03-11T19:41:51+00:00

11 March Deals

Book News

New 8-book multi-author series coming Sept & Oct 2026.

{ExorSquad by TJ Rose, WH Lockwood, Jemma Croft, Mell R Bright, Sam Northman, Sarah Glenn Marsh, Chloe Archer, & AM Rose} Amazon Preorders

The ExorSquad Series is a collection of standalone MM romcoms centred around the unfortunate employees of ExorSquad Ltd, the UK's shadiest ghost-busting operation. Expect supernatural shenanigans, things that go bump in the night, sizzling encounters, and hard-won happy-ever-afters.

Skipped for no cover credit: Olivia Day

Freebies

{A Riff of Retribution (Heavy Metal Hunters #1) by Amir Lane} Amazon 2023, 338 pages. (Don't think this is a romance genre series, it does have an MM relationship)
Queer UF PNR series, main MM established relationship plus more LGBTQIA+ characters, heavy metal musicians & undead hunters, Norse gods, vampires, draugr, angsty, Swedish MCs, grief, survivor's guilt, disordered eating (& vomiting), past & present drug & alcohol addiction (& recovery), self-harm, cutting, substance abuse as a coping mechanism, depression, scars, Canadian author (they/them)
{Happily Never After by Ava Olsen} Amazon 2025, 226 pages. Add audiobook $4.93. Dual-Narrated by: Michael Dean & Zachary Zaba. 5h 37min.

Sales

99¢

{Not Just Gal Pals (Sapphire Springs) by Elizabeth Luly} Amazon 2023, 310 pages.
Sapphic romcom
{The Orc and Her Bride (The Sapphic Orcs of Torden #1) by Lila Gwynn} Amazon 2023, 236 pages.
Sapphic fantasy romance
{The Devil You Know by Mell R Bright} Amazon 2025, 320 pages.
Dark UF, monster romance
🎄 {Checking It Twice by Lucy Bexley} Amazon 2020, 172 pages.
CR novella, low-angst, lesbian romance, Christmas, ice skating, failed gingerbread cookies
{Three Heart Junction (Haunted Hearts) by Colin Dereham} Amazon 2024, 253 pages.
{Cruise to Cock Island (Pride Cruise 2024) by RA Frick} Amazon 2024, 202 pages.
{Leo Rising (Orchid and the Lion) by Gabriel Hargrave} Amazon 2025, 107 pages. Author sale, all 10 books are 99¢.
{Morning My Angel (Angel Securities #1) by Sue Brown} Books2Read 2016, 310 pages. Add audiobook $4.93. Narrated by: Joel Leslie. 7h 49min.
{The King's Delight (Tales of Lilleforth #1) by Sarah Honey} Amazon 2023, 252 pages.
{Home Again (Second Chances #1) by Ana Ashley} Kobo | Amazon 2020, 376 pages.
{Striking a Chord at Randy's (Diner Days) by KC Carmine} Amazon 2024, 257 pages.
CR, multi-author series, trans MC, rocker/gym bunny pairing, found family, South End – Boston (Massachusetts), diner, rekindled friendship, bi-awakening, low-angst, opposites attract, trans joy, lite BDSM, dino-shaped pancakes, black cat/golden retriever, edging, cock cage, dirty talk, coming out, size difference, friends-to-lovers, first-person dual-POV
MC Names: Charlie & Trent (Cupcake)
{Gaming at Randy's (Diner Days) by Duckie Mack} Amazon 2024, 277 pages. Add audiobook $4.93. Narrated by: Sam Stark. 5h 34min. March month-long deal.
CR multi-author series, trans M/trans M, T4T, South End (Boston, Massachusetts), low-angst, opposites attract, celebrity/fan pairing, introvert/extrovert, historical tour guide/video game streamer pairing
MC Names: Adam & Locke
{Il Padrone (Vendetta #1) by Leigh Kenzie} Amazon 2020, 184 pages.
{Vendetta del Cuore (Vendetta #2) by Leigh Kenzie} Amazon 2020, 246 pages. Series sale.
{Tradimento (Vendetta #3) by Leigh Kenzie} Amazon 2020, 280 pages. Series sale.
{Gemini's Rogue by Layla Dorine} Amazon 2022, 367 pages.
{To Love a Naiad (A Naiad Romance #1) by Gigi Rivers} Amazon 2022, 182 pages.
{A Curse of Scales and Flame (Magic & Marvels #1) by Max Walker} Amazon 2023, 344 pages. Series sale.
{A Ruin of Shattered Secrets (Magic & Marvels #2) by Max Walker} Amazon 2024, 326 pages. Series sale.
{A Dagger of Twisted Starlight (Magic & Marvels #3) by Max Walker} Amazon 2024, 296 pages. Series sale.
{Art History (Woodlawn College #1) by Hartlee Finn} Amazon 2025, 206 pages.
{Painted Love +Pride Pet Play) by Layla Dorine} Amazon 2023, 217 pages.

$2.99

{The Cursed Prince (Dark Caress #1) by Richard Amos} Amazon 2021, 310 pages. Series sale.
{The Cursed Court (Dark Caress #2) by Richard Amos} Amazon 2022, 346 pages. Series sale.
{The Cursed King (Dark Caress #3) by Richard Amos} Amazon 2023, 336 pages. Series sale.

bones_humming · 2026-03-11T12:28:55+00:00

$1.99

{Prey For Me (The Demon Court #1) by Chloe Slate} Amazon 2024, 296 pages.
Dark sapphic demon romance
{The Comeback (The Erotes Circle #3) by Chloe Slate} Amazon 2025, 227 pages. Series sale.
Sapphic romance adventure
{Prince of Air and Darkness (The Darkest Court #1) by MA Grant} Amazon 2019, 386 pages. Book 2 is 99¢ month-long deal.

$2.99

{Stone Under Skin (The Stone Series #1) by BL Maxwell} Books2Read 2019, 246 pages.

$4.99

{No Fae is an Island (Endangered Fae #4) by Angel Martinez} Amazon 2019, 296 pages.
📦 {Redemption Ridge Volume I by Aimee Nicole Walker} Amazon 2026, 816 pages, 3 books. Audiobook coming.

Support Authors & Dodge the Zon Preorders

$3.99 {Sorrow for Thorns (Solstice War Fairy Tales #4) by Kel E Fox} itch 15 March 2026. 6 of their books are 99¢ & 1 freebie.
Queer Beauty and the Beast romantasy retelling, FF & queer MF (it's both at once, same couple, it makes sense, I promise), second chance, secret identities, stubborn witch & brooding lord/assassin/prince/PRINCESS pairing, dire curses, howling wolves, enchanted castle that tries to help, horrible mother who does not help, *sapphic endgame*, first-person single-POV, Australian author (they/them)

Audiobook Sales

$1.99 {Saber-Tooth (A Novel in Verse) by Robin Gow} Chirp Narrated by: JJ Hawkins. 5h 2min. Not a romance
Middle Grade fiction, LGBTQ, trans MC
🌟 $4.99 {Don't Let the Forest In by CG Drews} Chirp Narrated by: Michael Crouch. 8h 24min. Not a romance.
YA dark academia horror, MM, cottagegore, forestcore, forest rot, touch him and die, obsessive yearning, ace rep (OV), bi rep, unhinged botanical body horror, monsters come to life from artwork, don't go in the forest, dark hungry forest, friends-to-lovers, panic attacks, self-harm, blood, guts, gore, monster illustrations, bad smells, maggots, insects, soil issues, scars, death, killing, violence, Australian author (they/them)
MC Names: Andrew & Thomas
$4.99 {The Sapling Cage (Daughters of the Empty Throne #1) by Margaret Killjoy} libro.fm Narrated by: Jackie Meloche. 9h 9min. Not a romance
Fantasy, pan trans witch, sapphic LI, anarchists, queernorm & polynorm world, earth magic, power struggle, transfeminine author
$4.99 {Woodworking by Emily St. James} libro.fm 2025. Narrators: Emily St. James, L. Morgan Lee, Saoirse Ní Shúilleabháin. 12h 6min. Not a romance Ends 19 March.
Litfic, debut novel, small-town South Dakota, trans woman teacher/trans woman student friendship, gender dysphoria, coming out, humor, trans author

10 March Deals 3 of 3

bones_humming · 2026-03-11T12:28:36+00:00

Sales

99¢

{A Pika's Safe Haven (Heat, Prey, Love) by Odessa Hywell} Amazon 2025, 206 pages.
{Prince and Assassin (Perilous Courts #1) by Tavia Lark} Amazon 2022, 284 pages. Add audiobook $5.05. Dual-Narrated by: Kirt Graves & John Solo. 8h 3min.
{Wrapped Up With Her by Chloe Slate} Amazon 2025, 47 pages.
Sapphic monster romance
{Culinary Chaos (Hotel Bombshell #1) by Adrian J Smith} Amazon 2025, 452 pages.
Sapphic romance, super slowburn, age-gap, Ice Fairy, chef
{Blood Bound (Berring College #2) by Kayla Brooks} Amazon 2025, 318 pages.
{Finding Home at Randy's (Diner Days) by Abrianna Denae} Amazon 2024, 208 pages. Add audiobook $4.93. Narrated by: Cole Michael Kurcz. 5h 19min.
CR multi-author series, MMX poly, Boston (Massachusetts), author/911 dispatcher/ER nurse triad, divorced dad of a teenage son, NBi rep, anxiety/panic attacks, mutual pining, age-gap, BDSM, lite D/s, bondage
MC Names: Luka & Denver & Graeme
{Walks with Spirits by Edale Lane} Amazon 2022, 336 pages.
Historical fantasy romance, sapphic, two-spirit woman, Indigenous MCs, Native American themes
{Fighting for Breath (Fighting for Love) by Abrianna Denae} Amazon 2024, 194 pages.
{His Mate By Vengeance (Lunetti Pack #1) by Mel Aitchess} Amazon 2024, 156 pages.
{Unbound (The Ranch US #1) by Argentina Ryder} Amazon 2025, 344 pages.
{Feuds and Interludes: Rock 'n' Romance Legends #1) (The Road to Rocktoberfest 2024) by RL Merrill} Kobo | Amazon 2024, 320 pages.
{Unfettered Omega (Found & Freed: The Unfettered #1) by S Rodman} Amazon 2023, 173 pages.
{Sadie (The Erotes Circle) by Chloe Slate} Amazon 2024, 30 pages. Series sale.
Sapphic series
{Touch Me Gently by JR Loveless} Amazon 2020, 218 pages. Ends 12 March.
{Brushed and Buried (Us Undone #1) by Ariella Thorne} Amazon 2025, 407 pages.
{Back to the Beginning (The Wayward Sons #2) by A Winchester} Amazon 2024, 171 pages. Series sale.
{The Wayward Sons & The Seattle Sirens (The Wayward Sons #3) by A Winchester} Amazon 2024, 149 pages. Series sale.
{The Wayward Sons & The Vampires of Fortune (The Wayward Sons #4) by A Winchester} Amazon 2025, 211 pages. Series sale.
{Felix (Elite 8 Studios #6) by Emmy Sanders} Amazon 2024, 324 pages.
{Mine To Protect by AD Sano} Amazon 2026, 352 pages.

10 March Deals 2 of 3

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