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15 BDSM Romance Books to Keep You Tied Up

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Even in 2023, over a decade after it was written, the first thing many people who are unfamiliar with the subject will think of is Fifty Shades of Grey. Or, maybe, Anne Rice’s …
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Nora Roberts, the Literary Legend of Romance Novels

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Nora Roberts is a romance novel icon. And, as I found out the more I researched her, she is also an extremely cool person. It’s impossible to overstate her popularity or the impact …
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The Most Requested LGBTQ+ Books in Classroom Libraries — and

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. We know that LGBTQ+ books are under fire across the country and they have been specifically targeted by right-wing conspiracy theorists in a very organized fashion now for several years. In addition, we …
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Interview with LK Wollett, Author of The Proposals

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Proposals? The Ketubah is a Jewish betrothal ceremony and many compare it to Jesus leaving Earth and returning to receive His ‘bride’, the church. What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre …
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for June 21, 2023

Book Deals This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today’s Featured Book Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book Deals Previous Daily Deals Read The Full Article Here
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A Stroke Victim Emerges as a Survivor

Emerging From the Dark by Terence Ang Many people have no idea about a stroke and its consequences. Terence Ang was one such person – and never bothered to learn about it. “I had the misconception,” he says, “that it only happened to old people. And as long as I …
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2023 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The 2023 Lambda Literary Award winners have been announced! This year’s winners were selected by a panel of over 60 judges from the literary world and from more than 1,300 book submissions from over 300 …
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Illinois Has Officially Banned Book Bans

Illinois became the first state in the United States to pass legislation to end book bans. Signed by Governor JB Pritzker June 12, House Bill 2789 takes effect January 1, 2024. Introduced by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who serves at the State Librarian, the bill received significant support …
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Interview with Barbara Nolan, Author of Wicked Addiction

What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Wicked Addiction? I’ve always wanted to write a mafia romance. I started with my MC romance series, Serpents MC Las Vegas, and the mafia characters in the Club Wicked series were born from the MC series. They were originally …
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Christopher Rice Recommends 9 LGBTQ Historical Fiction Titles

As Pride Month arrives, I’d like to thank Book Trib for asking me to present a list of my favorite works of historical fiction in which queer men are the central characters. While I’ve been openly gay since publishing my first novel 20 years ago, it wasn’t until recently that …
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6 Novels About the Great Women Behind the Greatest Artists

Monet, Picasso, Rodin. These names have gone down in history as essential and influential visionaries who have shaped our idea of art and culture. But what about those who supported these artists? All these men had women behind the scenes who helped them in their careers and modeled for their …
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Teacher’s Bold Courage Facing Ugly Injustices of Civil Rights Era

Why Stand Up? by Gwendolyn G. Smith What’s it About? The life of community leader, pastor and teacher, Frank Smith, who faced many hardships for his activities during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He looked to his ancestors for inspiration and guidance in deciding whether to stand. The …
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A Toast to Books About Queer Bars

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Queer bars are the site of some of my most treasured memories. They’re also one of my favorite settings for books. Whether it’s a true story about a real bar or a fictional …
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Pop Star and Spy Go Undercover in YA Thriller from

Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu What’s it About? This smoldering enemies-to-lovers novel puts a superstar global phenomenon and a hotshot young spy on a collision course with danger – and Cupid’s arrow – in an electric new series. Fans of Marie Lu will revel in this new, but wholly …
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Mermaid Tails: 9 Enchanting Books Like The Little Mermaid

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I have been a fan of The Little Mermaid since my early childhood days of demanding rewatches of our well-loved VHS cassette tape of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. The story has always snagged …
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The Strange and Amazing Iron Circus Comics

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Black-owned Chicago-based alternative comics publisher Iron Circus Comics is having quite the year. In the past 12 months, the publishing house earned two Eisner awards for an anthology, had at least two books …
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A Guide to Knowing Whether You’re the Detective or the

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. We can’t all be Auguste Dupins or Miss Marples. If we were to appear in our very own mystery novel, some of us would undoubtedly be relegated to the role of the sidekick: …
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Will AI Threaten Publishing Jobs?

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The launch of ChatGPT in the fourth quarter of 2022 shook up many industries, including publishing. In fact, plenty of doomsaying articles floated the idea that the software might replace many jobs; the …
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The Best New Book Releases Out June 13, 2023

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today is a good day. The apparent apocalypse seems to have retreated from the East Coast, and there are new books. I live. And the new releases I have for you today are …
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The Literary Life of Elliot Page

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Pageboy, Elliot Page’s long-awaited memoir, gives a fragmented but close-up perspective of Page’s life and experiences growing up as someone who has always known that he was a boy even when everything in …
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Louise Penny and Michael Connelly Among Nominees for 2023 Strand

Quarterly crime-fiction and mystery magazine The Strand has announced its list of nominees for the annual Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Authors Louise Penny, Michael Connelly, and Alex Segura headline this year’s nominees for best novel, while Dan Smetanka of Counterpoint Press receives the Publisher of the Year Award. James Lee …
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Nadean Stone Talks About Leaving “No Stone Unturned” to Find

No Stone Unturned by Nadean Stone “Many illegitimate newborns in Canada were sold or illegally given away by the Catholic Church and other institutions in the 1950s. On December 18, 1952, I became one of those babies.” Check out our Facebook Live Author Interview to hear the incredible story of …
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Thrills & Chills: Recent Horror and Thrillers by Writers of

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Summertime is almost here, and as temperatures rise, it’s a great time to lean into some chilling reads by BIPOC writers. There’s nothing like a good work of horror or a contemporary thriller …
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Another “American Dirt” Averted — Or Not; Tolkien, Le Carrie,

Why Did 19 Publishers Pass On “Trial”?: Bestselling author Richard North Patterson couldn’t find a publisher to handle his gripping new suspense novel Trial. Just about everyone agreed it’s a very good novel, but they fear the American Dirt syndrome, and he says they quietly told him white authors can’t …
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Retelling the Story of Little-Known Warrior, Lover & Hero of

Atalanta by Jennifer Saint What’s it About? A reimagining of the ancient Greek myth of Atalanta, a fierce huntress raised by bears and the only woman in the world’s most famous band of heroes, the Argonauts. A sad pattern has emerged throughout history — women are often silenced and their …
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Political Intrigue and Deadly Secrets Arise During Scottish Election Fraud

Bastard Verdict by James McCrone What’s it About? High stakes and low politics combine with deadly effect in new thriller, when a second referendum on Scottish independence looms. Lies, deceit, politics, murder, election fraud. All this and more are what make up James McCrone’s latest crime-thriller, Bastard Verdict (Faithless Elector). …
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We Need More Close Platonic Male Friendships in Books

Male friendships in literature are way more common than you think. But the rare ones are close or intimate male friendships, which feels enigmatic and intriguing. In 2021, a survey done by the Survey Center on American Life revealed that there a“friendship recession” among American men. One of the findings …
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Everything I Know About Hockey, I Learned From Romance Novels

Something strange happened to me recently: I looked up from my ereader and found I’d fallen down a sub-genre rabbit hole and was suddenly immersed in hockey romance. It was strange because I know next to nothing about hockey. In fact, I went on a date to an NHL game …
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One American Family’s Global Experience of Life and Fulfillment in

Crystal Lake by George John Black George John Black’s new novel Crystal Lake (BookBaby) offers the rich story of one American family as it spans the twentieth century, told from the standpoint of a dynamic father-son relationship that unfolds over decades. Told in three chronological parts, Crystal Lake takes us …
Drake Hides ICEMAN Album Release Date Inside Ice Block In Toronto | Celebrity Insider
Drake Hides ICEMAN Album Release Date Inside Ice Block In Toronto | Celebrity Insider
Chers Son Elijahs Ups and Downs Through the Years: Conservatorship Drama, Overdose
Chers Son Elijahs Ups and Downs Through the Years: Conservatorship Drama, Overdose
Alex Jones: 5 Things About the Infowars Creator
Alex Jones: 5 Things About the Infowars Creator
Wiz Khalifa Announces Red Rocks Concert For 4/20 Cannabis Holiday Tomorrow | Celebrity Insider
Wiz Khalifa Announces Red Rocks Concert For 4/20 Cannabis Holiday Tomorrow | Celebrity Insider
Michael review – legacy management 101
Michael review – legacy management 101
Why Strange Avengers: Doomsday Decision Is Upsetting Some MCU Fans
Why Strange Avengers: Doomsday Decision Is Upsetting Some MCU Fans
Why Did Disneys Hexed Change Its Main Character to a Girl?
Why Did Disneys Hexed Change Its Main Character to a Girl?
Rose of Nevada review – a gorgeous Cornish time-travel yarn
Rose of Nevada review – a gorgeous Cornish time-travel yarn
Nancy Guthrie Kidnappers Blasted Over Their Integrity by Ex-FBI Agent
Nancy Guthrie Kidnappers Blasted Over Their Integrity by Ex-FBI Agent
Marshals Star Mo Brings Plenty Hopes Viewers Learn One Thing About Native Americans – TVLine
Marshals Star Mo Brings Plenty Hopes Viewers Learn One Thing About Native Americans – TVLine
FBI Is About to Lose a Team Member — For How Long?
FBI Is About to Lose a Team Member — For How Long?
Why Scrubs Had To Rethink Its Approach To Medical Students For The Revival – TVLine
Why Scrubs Had To Rethink Its Approach To Medical Students For The Revival – TVLine
Coyote vs. Acme Gets Resurrected From the Dead in First Trailer for Long-Shelved Film
Coyote vs. Acme Gets Resurrected From the Dead in First Trailer for Long-Shelved Film
Baauers Announces First Album in Six Years, Shares New Single
Baauers Announces First Album in Six Years, Shares New Single
How Gloria Trevi Became a Second Mother to Chiquis: Gloria Has a Big Place in My Heart
How Gloria Trevi Became a Second Mother to Chiquis: Gloria Has a Big Place in My Heart
VOTE: Better Style – Collab Songs vs. Band Songs
VOTE: Better Style – Collab Songs vs. Band Songs
New Mystery and Thriller Books to Read | April 21 – NewInBooks
New Mystery and Thriller Books to Read | April 21 – NewInBooks
Leadership and Success Tips: Business Books – NewInBooks
Leadership and Success Tips: Business Books – NewInBooks
Legends & Adventure: Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reads for You – NewInBooks
Legends & Adventure: Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reads for You – NewInBooks
Emotion & Meaning: Literary Fiction Books for You – NewInBooks
Emotion & Meaning: Literary Fiction Books for You – NewInBooks
Kendall Jenner's  Dog Accessory Was the Highlight of Her Coachella Outfit
Kendall Jenner's $58 Dog Accessory Was the Highlight of Her Coachella Outfit
We Channeled the '90s in Guess For Coachella Weekend – Starting at
We Channeled the '90s in Guess For Coachella Weekend – Starting at $29
I Spent an Afternoon With an Aritzia Stylist—My Spring Wardrobe Has Never Looked Better
I Spent an Afternoon With an Aritzia Stylist—My Spring Wardrobe Has Never Looked Better
Pretty Dresses, Tops, and Sandals From Nordys End of Season Sale
Pretty Dresses, Tops, and Sandals From Nordys End of Season Sale
Movie Review: The Paranormal | Blu-ray | HNN
Movie Review: The Paranormal | Blu-ray | HNN
A MOTHERS RECALL, a haunting psychological horror film from Black Mandala | HNN
A MOTHERS RECALL, a haunting psychological horror film from Black Mandala | HNN
Short Film Reviews: Online Block #3 Cockroach and more. Panic Fest 2026 | HNN
Short Film Reviews: Online Block #3 Cockroach and more. Panic Fest 2026 | HNN
Film Review: Bear (Panic Fest 2026 Coverage) | HNN
Film Review: Bear (Panic Fest 2026 Coverage) | HNN