Scottieeee!!!!! is to VIP as T-Rex!!!! is to Rock Kiss. It's hilarious that both of these characters are featured in a series about a rock band but neither of these characters are actually IN the band. In fact, T-Rex isn't even affiliated with the band in question. But I love them both.

Seduction via memos. This series is just rock solid (hehe see what I did there) and this sexy little novella about Thea, the band's head of PR and David, the drummer who has been pining for ages, is just perfect.

I started reading a Harlequin Blaze title yesterday. I bought a bunch of them on eBay a couple of years ago and they’ve just been gathering dust so I figured it was time to finally crack one open.

DH: Have you heard of this new show, it’s about hockey, I guess? Heated Rivals? Me: Heated Rivalry? DH: Yes! I’ve heard a lot of people like it. You might like it. Me: ……thanks, I’ll check it out.

Everything is terrible so here’s a picture of my sweet but incredibly mischievous puppy, Roxie. She got spayed last week and instead of the cone of shame, she has that silly donut around her neck. It makes me smile every time I see it and I hope it does the same for you.

Nothing thrills me more than when my 15 yo child, a person who has not once ever in her life even sat behind the wheel of a car much less operated one, attempts to give me advice on driving. Truly fills me with delight and joy. This phase of teenage parenting is really fun.

It's January 15th and I've already read 9 books.

In a weirdly timed coincidence, this book is set in Venezuela (author is also Venezuelan) and I really enjoyed it and it fed into my current rock star romance mood. (The FMC is a Venezuelan magazine columnist and the MMC is the Colombian lead singer of her favorite band). Out on 2.17.26.

I spent most of today too busy to doom scroll and it had a positive impact on my mental health and it took me being on here for literally 3 minutes to undo alllll of that.

I DO NOT CARE IF THE PERSON ICE IS BRUTALIZING IS A U.S. CITIZEN OR NOT AND EVERY TIME YOU MAKE THE DISTINCTION IT'S LIKE YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE FINE WITH THEM BRUTALIZING IMMIGRANTS

This! I also don't care if they came here legally. EVERYTHING ICE IS DOING TO ANYONE IS UNLAWFUL AND ABHORRENT.

I (29M) walked from Montana to Texas to visit my friend's widow (27F) and tell her I'm responsible for his death. Except I didn't tell her and then I fell in love with her! AITA? bit.ly/3HoVzh6

I decided to reread this series. It was actually my intro to Nalini Singh. It's been 11 years since I last read this book and I reread it via audio and it holds up! I loved it then, I love it now. Also, this book is super high heat, something I desperately miss in trad pub contemporaries these days.

I (34M) promised the guy who saved my life I’s look out for his newly single baby sister (24F) while he’s out of the country, but she has a long list of firsts she wants to redo now that she’s unattached & asks me to help. I tried to stick to the PG part of the list at first…AITA? bit.ly/4pHVTro

What would you do if you were kidnapped and held hostage by a duke? Worse — he is completely unrepentant. 📖 Rose: A Scandalous Enemies to Lovers Victorian Romance by Carrie Lomax is available on all platforms.

I, Lily (31F), opened a bridal parlour next to a funeral parlour owned by Mort (31M) and a weird magical storm did a Freaky Friday on our businesses. Now we're dealing with funeral bouquet tosses and formaldehyde wedding toasts. My insurance won't cover it. AITA? harpercollins.com/products/fou...

I (121M) am a possibly illegal taxidermy goose that's gone missing, threatening the livelihoods of an antique dealer and his new temp employee. AITA for making them chase me through Baltimore if it means they fall in love in the process?

I (29M) was introduced to (26M) by a dragon (unknown, F) who had noticed we have the same immortality curse as each other. We've been on quite a journey (literally) trying to fix it. He keeps putting himself in danger but we talk it out. But now I've gone to help Shakespeare he's mad at me. AITA?

I (32F) once crossed a group of witches when I tried to stage a corporate takeover of their magical holiday festival... Anyway, I, uh, seem to be cursed now. AITA for asking one of those witches to help me break it and then telling him he can't use any magic to help me?

I'm (19F) visiting my old boss (25F) and her monster (0M), and my boss gave me a bottle labelled "Hyde" to get rid of. It's probably some sort of strong drugs or something, I don't know. The local ghost (??) really doesn't want me to drink the stuff. WIBTA if I tried it anyway?

I (36F) hit rock bottom when my husband announced that he had a secret second family. I'm starting to put myself back together, and the nice boy who runs the wine bar (28M) has offered to help in a very, ahem, particular way. We could never really *be* anything, but... AITA if I take him up on it?

I (M, 35) hooked up with a masked stranger at a Beltane festival. I just realized she is another professor (F, 33) at the magical college where I teach. We're sharing an office because I accidentally set off a dangerous spell now threatening the school. If I don't tell her we kissed, AITA?

I (24F) thought it was hilarious when my teammate (32F)'s break-up made newspaper headlines. It meant our opposition were scared, but my teammate didn't find it funny. AITA for calling her a coward when she refused to kiss me again? books2read.com/DahliaFineLeg

I (29M) fell horribly in love with my schoolmate a million years ago. Now that my life is in shambles, AITA if I renovate her house, befriend her evil horse, and become a part of her barn's community just to spend a little time with her before she kicks me to the curb? (Buy links and date coming!)

I (36M) hooked up w/a pirate (32M) 3 yrs ago. He went on trial & my ex-lieutenant (35M) helped me save him. Now the pirate's asked me to marry him (?!) & given me gifts but my career's destroyed and I'm not sure if he truly likes me? Also I’m still in love with my ex. books2read.com/RearsAndVices

WIBTA for asking my BFF to do a fundraiser with me? 🌈💜 🌈📚 💙📚 So recently there was a bad storm that damaged the local community theater where I am producing my first ever burlesque show in 3 weeks! We're making it a fundraiser instead of a showcase, and that means I need more sexy talent! 🧵

AITA for not breaking it off with the hot thief who keeps abducting/rescuing me from my shithead dad's clutches? I know she's some kind of elf ninja wizard but he has a trillion dollars and a lot of mercenaries and he kind of wants her more than dead... BOOM GOES THE BRIDE (spring 2026) #boombride

He (45M) hated romance in college and now has the audacity to be a big name romance author causing scandals, and he’s mad that *I* (35F) am climbing his fence and interrupting his stoic monk breakfast to try help sort out his tanking career, AITA?? www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5PBVLZ...

Our families are aggressively matchmaking us at a weeklong holiday house party (in 1948), so I (29F) teamed up with him (30M) to ruin their plans and fake being enemies. Except now we’re making out in closets and catching real feelings, but I can’t possibly want him for real, right? Right???

I (F26) got my high school bestie killed in an accident ten years ago, and now I'm an alternate reality where she's still alive. I'm staying at her (F25) place, and she's really kind and hot and I think I'm falling in love with her it all feels so fucked up. AITA? mybook.to/FracturesBet...

It's bad enough that I get stuck on a last minute assignment to cover for my coworker on a tornado documentary, but now I find out that the team lead is my old grad school rival! THEN he gets territorial when planning our first chase. AITA if I tell him to take a piss?

After losing my job and becoming the subject of a federal investigation, I (M32) had to move back home and into my little sister’s BFF’s guest room. One night I volunteered to be her DD and she drunkenly shouted “I just wanna get FUCKED!” AITA if I say “I’ll do it” www.amazon.com/Just-What-Ne...

My first 5 star read of the 2026 was this gorgeous second chance romance between the frontman of a hugely popular metal band and the music journalist tasked with interviewing the band for its first interview in years. The prose is so so good. (FYI: I had an ARC, it's coming out next month).

I (M29) punched my hockey teammate at practice and broke my hand, derailing my team in the playoffs. Apparently I have issues. AITA if I hire my ex since she's one of those issues? Coming April/May books2read.com/u/bpewpz

I (32F) enlisted the help of a guy (35M) who loathes me to uncover a secret society from the 1770s that seized control of the US government. but here's the thing, they're still around and murderous, so he and I had to go on the run together. but come on, how could I have foreseen that? AITA?

I meant to post this in December but alas, time got away from me: Romance authors, if you have a 2026 release coming out (or it just came out), promo it in the form of an AITA post. And please, if you can, drop a buy link or a GR link. Let’s topple some TBR piles.

Gonna start rereading Nalini Singh’s Rock Kiss series bc rereading Kristen Callihan’s VIP series made me realize how much I love a rock star romance. If anyone has any recs for some (would prefer with high heat), feel free to throw them my way, thanks.

We got my husband a daily facts calendar (I really couldn’t do another year of dad jokes) and today’s fact is: Sea otters hold hands when they sleep to keep from drifting apart. If that’s not the cutest thing I’ve ever heard. 🥹🥹

“Can you get off the internet, I need to make a phone call.”

Watched People We Meet on Vacation on Netflix and while I am not a EmHen fan (her work just does not speak to me), the movie was decent. (Mainly bc I really like the actress and still bemoan the cancellation of My Lady Jane).

The fact that I’ve been angry for the better part of the past decade combined with my relatively recent transition into perimenopause has really been quite the pairing. Love that for me and for all those around me.

I’m going to go back to posting mostly about books, because once more, I find myself reaching desperately for joy as much as I can. I won’t lie, it’s often a struggle in the best of times and we can all agree that we are very definitely not living in the best of times. That’s not to say I’m

I don’t think I have the mental bandwidth to be online today. I am just genuinely heartsick. Holding you all close. 💔💔

Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican. He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.

Someone posted a fairly benign comment on here but it managed to irritate me just the same and I thought about responding but decided against it and that I guess is growth.

That Baltimore kicker is gonna wanna find a different flight home 😬😬😬😬

Was a bit of a gloomy day and my 15 yo had been begging me for a while to make the hot chocolate focaccia recipe from the 3 Doughs 60 Recipes book. Instead of me making it, I talked her through how to make it instead and voila!

I’ve gotten to the point that I think all politicians are kind of inherently terrible bc the second they get elected and accumulate a certain amount of power, all their focus and energy goes to try and protect that power. I wish Congress had term limits, like they get 3 terms max bc then they have

I was planning to disassociate less with books this year, lolol, oh what a sweet summer child I was.