#Emily Banting

[womenusingwords]

Reality in Check

The details… Title ‏ : ‎ Reality in Check (A South Downs Romance Book) Author ‏ : ‎ Emily Banting Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sapphfic Publishing Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 12, 2023 Available formats ‏ : ‎ ebook, paperback File size ‏ : ‎ 2457 KB Print length ‏ : ‎ 400 pages Genre ‏ : ‎ romance Themes ‏ : ‎ falling in love, opposites attract, women loving women, bisexuality, sapphic romance, loss…

[judeinthestars]

New sapphic book review: Reality in Check (A South Downs Romance #2) by Emily Banting, narrated by Angela Dawe

[monorayjak]

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This is the start of a new type of post that will, probably, be around for a very long time on this blog, but it is untelling when it will actually be added to. It will largely be random as I feel or want to write it. So, let’s start. Magic the Gathering (MtG) is a card game created in 1993 that has continued into the modern day. While much of its success can be attributed to creative ideas in…

[maxybabyy]

I watched two episodes of the newest too hot to handle season and couldn’t stop thinking about a maxiel au. I imagine max stumbles through the casting for ‘love overboard’ and somehow ends up on the boat with no real interest in anyone on it. he tells the producer as much when they ask him which of the girls he would like to smash. Max: “I would of course not smash any of them��� quickly followed by one of the british girls, Emily adding, “Max is hot, yeah? But the doesn’t have the bants to keep up with me.”

Daniel is the last person introduced before the boat shoves off, looking hot in his pastel shorts and a wide, fucking smile. Daniel is born for reality television too, jokes falling from his lips as he charms the rests of the cast. by the time they’re pulling into shore, he’s had three offers to share a cabin and helped Bennie, the law student from Bristol, put sunscreen on her bum. his tongue is halfway down Blaire the New Yorker’s throat, when someone from production has to come drag them back for the announcement that hey are in fact on too hot to handle.

cut to the next day: Daniel is getting a bit in his head about the entire. like, he has three weeks before he has to be back in LA, back to grinding for Instagram followers and shitty sponsorship deals, he’s not going to spend it fucking celibate. hes been floating the idea making a pact with one of the guys to make sure no one is really the first one to break the rules, but no one has taken the bait. Max though, Max keeps following him around. but it makes sense, yeah? they’re, like, the two best looking guys, so of course they should agree so they can divide and conquer without butting heads.

Max full of life as he laughs at all of his jokes, cracks his own dumb quips and watches him with this look – so open and exposed and more raw than anything else Daniel has seen on this fucking show – when Daniel laughs back at him. it’s such a stark contrast to how Max acts in around the girls, but Max is here for reason, Daniel reckons. maybe the silent type really works for him.

he isn’t – he doesn’t even think twice as he asks, “Are you trying to be good, Maxy? like, would you pick the sex over the money?” and Max. Max has been a little bit in love since Daniel stepped onto the boat, sun slick skin that Max feels sick with the need to taste. to lick, to bite into soft flesh and feel the muscle underneath his skin. always max would choose sex, any moment with Daniel is of course good. “I need a rule breaker, maxy. I need a partner in crime for this.”

Max just looks at him for a moment and then before Daniel has time to react, he leans in to kiss him. it's a good kiss, a great fucking kiss. one of the best Daniel has had sober and not fucked out of his mind when every touch feels good. Max clearly knows what he’s does, like – the hand on Daniel’s cheek holding him in place as he licks deep into his mouth. Daniel’s brain is barely catching up when Max pulls back. “There, now of course the girls will not the first to break the rules.”

and Dan’s like, “Yeah, for sure,” walking out in a daze to the pool where Geroge intercepts him and agrees to the pact as well. George who has seen all the previous seasons and knows you have to break the rules first before you can have a redemption story. so he makes out with Bennie by the pool while George and Emily kiss a few feet away. But somehow the kiss is kinda shitty? her lips are too small, and, like, the entire kiss is just a bit too dry? Bennie’s obviously having a good time, but Daniel just cannot get into it.

Daniel goes to sleep in Bennie’s bed, and they kiss – a shitty attempt to evoke some sort of spark inside him – and it’s still kinda ‘meh’. It’s definitely not worth the 3000$ it costs them the morning after. they’re charged 9000$, and that seems fair. Daniel had two kisses, and George kissed – until another couple confesses that they kissed on the beach. And Daniel’s not, he doesn’t really know how all of this works, but this means he gets one for free, right?

he kisses Blaire against the wall next to the fire pit because at least this has to be good, but that turns out shitty too. he doesn’t want to share a bed with Bennie, but he doesn’t want to get in with Blaire either, is just about to abandon ship and sleep on the couch for the night, when Max pulls back the duvet, “You can of course stay with me, Daniel.” so Daniel does.

the price for a kiss has been raised to 6000$ for disrespecting Lana, and Daniel has now cost the group 9000$ – should be 12000$ with all three kisses included – when his kiss with Blaire is revealed. Bennie angry as she taps her foot from where she’s perched next to him, obviously waiting for some kind of explanation that Daniel cannot give, too perplexed by the fact hat it should be hell a lot more than that actually.

cut to the tapes from the night before that some poor production assistant had to go through. Daniel waking up in the middle of the night to Max staring back at him. they don’t kiss, breathing the same air for another moment before Max turns around and presses his back against Daniel’s chest. Max’s ass against his dick until Daniel has no choice but to fuck into the hot, tight space between Max’s thighs, strong and warm and just a little bit sweaty from the hot summer heat. Max doesn’t touch him, squeezes his thighs around him until it’s almost as good as the real thing, until right at the end where he cups a hand around the head of his dick so the come doesn’t spill. Licks it off so there is of course no evidence.

(somewhere in the backroom the Netflix producers are having a meltdown. Daniel was supposed to be their golden goose with the funny accent and good looks, a charming lad who couldn’t stop himself from flirting with all the girls but ultimately settled down when faced with love)

to right the wrongs, Lana invites Daniel to go out on a date with Bennie so he can make up his mind. and it’s fine. Daniel’s a good date, and Bennie seems to make the most of life in Bristol, but he’s just not feeling it anymore, hasn’t been feeling much of it since Max kissed him. so Lana offers to switch her out for Blaire, and Daniel’s like, “sure, whatever.”, his mood only salvaged when Max turns up instead of Blaire (much to the surprise of the producers).

Max steals a kiss at the end of the date, and this time Daniel feels it. the curling of his toes, the lick of Max’s tongue into his mouth, the solid weight of Max’s hard dick as they’re pressed against each other. It makes him feel insane, hungry for anything Max will give him. and like, Max is all for blowing it all up, having sex in the showers, on the beach, in the middle of the night like they did before: wherever of course Daniel will have him.

but 200,000$ is a lot of money, and the distance between LA and London isn’t a joke. Flights are expensive, but Daniel already doesn’t know how he would go on without seeing Max after these three weeks? So he convinces to convince Max to be good, to win them the money so they can keep seeing each other, and it works. mostly.

now with a sequel.

[the-bi-library]

Bi books out in August!

Books listed:

💕 Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni (UK edition) 💕 I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea 💕 A Vermilion Curse by DC Guevara 💕 The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan 💕 Between Wind and Water by Shawna Barnett 💕 With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson 💕 Gimmicks and Glamour by Lauren Melissa Ellzey 💕 Text Appeal by Amber Roberts 💕 Prophet by Sin Blaché, Helen Macdonald 💕 Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott 💕 The Details by Ia Genberg, Kira Josefsson 💕 Not Just Gal Pals by Elizabeth Luly 💕 The Midnight Kingdom by Tara Sim 💕 Reality In Check by Emily Banting

Here is the goodreads list of these books.

Make sure to check the TWs for each book if necessary 💕

[stjohnstarling]

The year is dying. Some trees wear red robes to its funeral, others choose gold. In all the season's acts of solar alchemy, where stored sun is discharged as transformed colour, none weep for the passing. For death is part of the eternal turn and it is beautiful. – Emily Banting, 1982

(Via Hookland)

[walshball]

Fuck it Jan transfer window predictions

I know fuck all but neither do you, so let's have a look at how I think this wondow will shake out for us

OUT

Lina Hurtig- She's good but can't seem to stay firt for more than 10 seconds, with our squad as full as it can get she really needs to go somewhere else to recover/ build her game back up

Gio- Can this loan malarkey please reslove itself jesus christ.

Noelle Maritz- lacklustre performances, part of the reason our defence has been so shaky. If Emily Fox is coming to us Noelle can scarper.

Kuhl- get her on loan somewhere. Not much reasoning behind it, mostly just want the space.

Jen Beattie- Big Jennie Beattie I love you so so dearly but your time has come. Go to the big Championship side in the sky. Or retirement idk.

IN

Emily Fox- it's basically sewn up right? Thank fuck, a fullback. Can we have one more just as a treat Jonas? Of course not, forget I asked.

A GK that isn't Earps- this entire fucking saga does my head in, but I truly don't think Mary will come to us this window. I can see us trying to get her on a free in the summer if PSG don't tempt her, which I doubt they will. Yes they can pay the big bucks, but there's also fuck all media hype around it compared to the mighty Barclay's. Mary, I love you, take the paycut and come to London Colney for laffs. Anyway, I can see us getting somebody else in short term.

IT WOULD BE FUNNY

Lucy Bronze- I'd drink myself into a coma but it would be absolute bants for the meltdowns. Go on Bronzey you've got YEARS left in that knee.

Lauren Hemp- My kingdom for a clinical goalscorer, fit and healthy, 23, absolute baller. This is going in the funny section because Jonas doesn't actually let us have nice things.

Jordan Nobbs- RETURN OF THE QUEEN. ABSOLUTE SCENES. SHE PLAYS A SINGLE GAME, TAKES A KNOCK, GONE AGAIN. RIDE ETERNAL ON THE FURY ROAD JORDAN I WANT TO SEE IT ONE LAST TIME.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💙💜💖 Bi Books Coming Out August 2023 💖💜💙

🦇 Aiming to read queer all year? Don't forget to add a few bisexual books into the mix! Here are a few bi books coming out (hehe) this August! Consider adding a few to your ever-growing TBR!

💙 Text Appeal by Amber Roberts 💜 Reality In Check by Emily Banting 💖 With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson 💙 The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan 💜 Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott 💖 I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea 💙 Not Just Gal Pals by Elizabeth Luly 💜 The Details by Ia Genberg, Kira Josefsson 💖 Always Be Your Baby by 💙 Gimmicks and Glamour by Lauren Melissa Ellzey 💜 Between Wind and Water by Shawna Barnett 💖The Midnight Kingdom by Tara Sim

[sapphicbookclub]

Nunswick Abbey trilogy by Emily Banting

(Lost in Love, Trust in Truth, Forgive Not Forget)

Historical tour guide Anna Walker is determined to make a good impression on her new bosses, but juggling a full-time job with caring for her ailing father is putting her own health – and potentially his – at risk.

When she meets Dr Katherine Atkinson, a charming yet intimidating new arrival to the village, Anna is infuriated by the doctor’s attempts to convince her that her father needs professional, full-time care. She’s even more frustrated by her growing attraction to the classy, wealthy doctor.

Anna’s determination to prove she can cope forces Katherine to divulge a painful event from her past that still haunts her, hopeful it will make Anna see sense before it’s too late.

With Katherine’s heart lost to the past and Anna’s overwhelmed in the present, can the two women help each other overcome their anxieties and move forward? Will a curtain-twitching busy body curtail any blossoming attraction before it even has a chance to bloom?

Genres: contemporary, romance

Get the books from The Book Depository here! (1, 2, 3)

[randomharvest]

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Those reducing witch-walking to an exercise in visualisation erase much of its power.

Solvitur ambulando is more than a phrase. Our navigations are conversations with the land, trajectories into green communion. Our boots are as important as wands.

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[ – Emily Banting]

[elizabethanism]

I have seen many definitions of the word witch. One I do not care to dismiss is this - translator of the land.

Emily Banting, 1981

[womenusingwords]

Looking for a great book this weekend? These sapphic reads might be just what you’re looking for! Check out my latest reviews and see! Blog link is in the bio!

[judeinthestars]

New review! Broken Beyond Repair (A South Downs Romance #1) by Emily Banting, narrated by Angela Dawe

[atumbleamongthepages]

HRM - Trust in Truth, by @Emily_Banting

HRM – Trust in Truth, by @Emily_Banting

Spend Christmas in Nunswick with TRUST IN TRUTH, the enthralling follow-up to LOST IN LOVE. After the events of the summer, Katherine and Anna are looking forward to spending a quiet, cosy Christmas together before hosting a New Year’s Eve party at Nunswick Abbey. When a romantic weekend away for Anna’s birthday doesn’t go to plan, it proves to be the beginning of their Christmas woes, and as…

[totallycorrectjediorderquotes]

Bant: I got a B in astronomy. What did you get, Obi-Wan?

Obi-Wan: Um crippling anxiety mostly.

[qbdatabase]

Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu: femme gay male MC x bisexual male LI

Be Dazzled by Ryan La Sala: femme gay male MC with anxiety x bisexual male LI

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore: Latina bisexual female MC x trans-femme male LI

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland: bisexual female MC x Korean femme male (possible) LI

His Secret Illuminations by Scarlett Gale: not necessarily femme, but it is a gender role reversal in the style of bodice rippers where the submissive male monk struggles to remain chaste in the face of a big buff pansexual Domme warrior

FEMME 4 FEMME

Femme Like Her by Fiona Zedde: black femme bisexual female MC x black femme bisexual female LI

Broken Beyond Repair by Emily Banting: femme lesbian female MC x older closeted femme bisexual female LI

The Forever Factor by Melissa Brayden: femme lesbian female MC x femme lesbian female MC who is a single parent

full notes on representation and publishing info at qbdatabase.com

(in the Add'l Tags column, you can now search "bi4bi" to get a list of all books with this pairing)

Hi! Do you know of any bisexual books with femme men? Particularly femme bisexual men! Achillean or m/f :3 bi4bi or butch4femme / femme4femme dynamics are a bonus!

Unfortunately I do not know of any. But I asked on my instagram stories and got two replies!

"Gardener's Hand series by Felicia Davin, book 2 introduces a bi genderfluid male mc"

"I wish you all the best has a non binary MC that sometimes has a femme expression!"

Hopefully others can help.