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Review: Control by Charlotte Stein I have never been so gobsmacked by a book in my life.

This week on My First Smut, Colleen Kelly talks about graduating from Anne of Green Gables to Jude Deveraux.

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about COVID in contemporary romance.

If you're looking for a holiday special to read, how about one of these super soft MM romances all about the Christmas spirit?

I love my physical kindle e-reader but that doesn't mean I have to buy all my books from the zon. A useful resource if this also describes you:

Review: Net Pucks and Chill by Debbie Charles I was not the audience for this one because I only like bro-y heroes when they're in historicals and called rakes. Also, lots of hockey details in this one.

Chuck Tingle is a treasure and I will be holding tight to "errors are not errors they are the spice of human expression"

This week in My First Smut, Samantha Beneke talks about paranormal romance, power, and control.

Ok, but each word in the blurb for that second book adds to my desire to read it immediately

Series Review: Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber Erin's inner teenager found this series very thrilling

This is the only Bastone I've read, but I ugly cried through a plane ride when I did. Some might take that as a recommendation. (I was a little embarrassed in the moment but have no regrets, 10/10 would do again.)

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about Heated Rivalry and playing This or That, because who doesn't love sharing their snap judgments?

Writing Style and Attention Span smutreport.com/2025/11/17/w... (This is such a good piece on writing style, attention span and why I want to light social media on fire 99.99% of the time) via @smutreport.com #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Review: Pastries and Pints by Allie Winters Cute and inoffensive. Perfect for reading while traveling.

ICYMI, I stopped slacking and started posted some My First Smut stories again yesterday!

Louder for the people in the back!

I know nothing about this book and am not generally a romantasy reader but I love love love the cover art

This week in My First Smut, Christine Columbus talks about bad boys.

Review: Oops Baby for the Mafia Boss by Evie Rose This book is delightfully unhinged

Our fav reads in November

November Wrap Up! Here's what we got up to on the blog this month.

Review: City of Gods and Monsters by Kayla Edwards This is Popular On BookTok, and Ingrid feels very very lied to, because the only thing bigger than the plot holes are the red flags.

Review: Magically Generated by Jackie Lau I usually love a grumpy heroine, but at this point in time I need more optimism in my romance reading.

In honor of Thanksgiving, we're talking about families in romance books on the podcast this month.

From the TSR archives: a list of excellent Thanksgiving romances smutreport.com/2022/11/19/s...

This week on Tumblereads, we WERE going to just talk about bowdlerization, but also had to talk about Heated Rivalry. Obviously.

Review: An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister I loved this book.

It's #TBRChallenge day! This month's theme was "Change of Plans," and all three smut reporters got it together to participate this month.

Fun story, Ingrid sent me her post yesterday afternoon while I was at the library with my kiddo. We had 45 minutes to kill, so I grabbed some books off the shelf…and then proceeded to check my phone every 3 minutes because I did not have the attention span to read more than a single page at time.

Today, Ingrid's talking about shorter attention spans and even shorter sentences.

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about chores. There might be more toilet talk than normal. (We are now on the hunt for a romance book where people clean toilets, arguably the least sexy chore.)

Review: Tapout by Nicole Disney I wanted more from the romance and less from the fight scenes, but this was still a pretty interesting read.

Review: Tapout by Nicole Disney I wanted more from the romance and less from the fight scenes, but this was still a pretty interesting read.

Review: The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim Come for the Korean mythology and worldbuilding, stay for the grumpy x grumpy romance and the delightful dry humor

A question for fellow members of #romancelandia: would you buy an indie book from a first-time romance author if print was your only option?

Alex pretty much summed it up. No other words are possible right now.

Ok #romancelandia (especially histrom readers), inquiring minds want to know: any recs for wallflower romances that fully embrace the trope that were published in the last 5 or so years?

Today on the blog, we're talking wallflowers, and the real question is: is this trope still a big thing in romance?

This except I have a blog where I talk about romance books and this is my romance list: Heard of: 6 Read: 0 Plan to read: probably 0 if I'm being honest

I know times are tough for all of us, but there is literally nothing in the #BookstoreRomanceDay coffers. I'm trying to put together some special virtual events over the next few months, but I need funds to do so. If you're able, please consider donating. gofund.me/33b48a4d

I lurve the TBR challenge but am terrible at coming up themes. Creative people, please help

This week on Tumblereads, we're talking about heroes who are Bad Men. Like, real bad, murdery, boundary-pushing, walking-red-flag type guys.

What can I say, we aim to please

We're all about helping people find the right way to get books (especially folks who want to disconnect from Amazon), but, unfortunately, Erin's here to say that Everand ain't it.

I'm in Austin, where the electoral news was…less great than elsewhere in the country. But I also worked the polls yesterday, and I have never seen an hour-long wait near a college campus for a ballot that was entirely opaque constitutional amendments. I'm trying to see this as a small sign of hope.

Review: Dangerous Decisions by Evie Jacobs (2025) Dangerous Skies Adventures, Book #2 Review of Dangerous Skies Adventures, Book #1 Heat Factor: Most of the heat comes from the crime solving, but don't you fret--there's still plenty of the fun kind of heat Character Chemistry: They have very…

I don't pay a ton of attention to the analytics side of the blog, mainly because the data is not going to change our behavior (this is a hobby, not a side hustle). But! This Thanksgiving Romance listicle we made a few years ago is suddenly getting a lot of views: smutreport.com/2022/11/19/s...

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding is *mega fun* and also I'm eyeing that book about rival caterers because I love a good dueling chefs romance