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A Haunted Heart...
A charming innkeeper falls in love with the spirit haunting her historic bed and breakfast in this cozy contemporary romance! Click HERE to read for free.
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#best novels#best romance#best romance books#best romance novels#book picks#book reviews#books#Books to read#creative writing#ebooks#fiction#free#free books#free online romance#free online stories#love story#love story book#micro fiction#new books#new release#new romance books#quick read#romance novels#romance short story#romance writing
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from Prokaryote Season by Leo Fox
#PLEASE read this it changed me…#the art is so phenomenal and the emotional impact��� as a trans masc person who is a chronic people pleaser and wants everyone to love me#i was seen#also great depiction of dependence and unhealthy relationships despite wanting the best romance#whatever that means#anyway see if your library has it please!#graphic novel#lgbtq#lesbian#non-binary#comic#love#quotes#spilled ink#transgender#leo fox#prokaryote season#very much if i was a worm would you still love me#selfishness#savior complex#mine#dissociation#1k
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I, like many others, am not immune to long haired Fjord with his tits out, thank you Travis sir 🙏
#critical role#critical role spoilers#cr spoilers#fjord stone#the mighty nein#eots spoilers#cr2#critical doodles#fjord came in to the one shot looking like a trashy romance novel cover hunk and I thank god every day for that#jester absolutely living her best life (and fjord too <3)
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Second Best IF
Demo to come soon
Sibling of the chosen one—the spare. That’s how the people of Aristea whispered your name. Celine, your twin, was blessed by the gods with radiant power and breathtaking beauty, while you, the second born, stood in the shadows. Since the fateful day of the Choosing, when the gods selected your twin and overlooked you, gifting you only the pitiful ability of conversation with beasts, your life has been confinement and disappointment. But now, fate has shifted. Celine has been taken, abducted by monsters during a purification journey. As the kingdom’s finest gather to embark on a discreet rescue mission, a new path unfurls before you: the chance to step into the role of your twin and reclaim your place in a world that has long deemed you unworthy. In Second Best you take control of the spare, controlling their destiny and their path. Will you fight for freedom or stay in your sibling’s shadow?
Second Best is a romance fantasty interactive fiction story with dark elements. This game is made for an 18+ audience and contains potentially triggering and sensitive topics such as swearing, violence, sexual content, injury & more - a full list of warnings will be updated once the demo is released and updated with each new chapter added
Play as the spare and customise them to your tastes
Name
Gender {with male, female and nonbinary options}
Pronouns {choose a preset or create your own}
Appearance {hair colour, eye colour, scars and more}
Personality {make choices that will develop your personality traits and that could change your fate}
Romance one of four potential love interests - with each choice creating a branching path and a new story for you to explore {you will be able to choose the genders of each love interest or randomise them}
Discover the truth behind your twins life and their kidnapping
“I would give my crown and kingdom to keep your heart” | The Royal | Prince/ Princess Wallace Aurelius
Age: 27
Height: 175cm/ 5'9
Build: Average
Eye color: Yellow
Hair color: Black
Character traits: Polite, Kindhearted, Calm, Distant, Lovely, Academic, Repressed
Bio: Heir to the throne of Aristea and Celine’s supposed finance although they never met. Given the moniker 'the kind' - however when you meet they seem polite but distant.
“I will protect you with every fibre of my being, and fight for you until my dying day” | The Knight | Farris Butcher
Age: 26
Height: 195cm/ 6'5
Build: Broad and extremely muscular
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Ginger
Character traits: Sarcastic, Cold, Duty Bound, Emotional, Romantic
Bio: Childhood friend to the twins and now a head knight of the Royal Order. Farris is assigned to protect you while you pretend to be your twin.
“My soul is bound to yours and I would defy the gods just to keep you close” | The Magician | Leon ???
Age: 28
Height: 170cm/ 5'7
Build: Thin and lanky with long limbs
Eye color: Green
Hair color: Dark Brown
Character traits: Humorous, Witty, Smart, Resourceful, Pragmatic, Flirtatious
Bio: Magician and protector of your house, Leon is a close friend and trusted confidant of your twin, but was asked to stay back to maintain the ruse.
“You are the light in my veins and the shadow that haunts my darkest thoughts” | The Foreign Dignitary | Ludovica/ Ludovico Barboza
Age: 29
Height: 185cm/ 6'0
Build: Well muscled but lean
Eye color: Orange
Hair color: Light Brown
Character traits: Bold, Outgoing, Talented, Scheming, Flirtatious
Bio: A foreign dignitary from a Country neighbouring Aristea, they are here to sign a treaty of trade between the two nations, however they seem to be here with an ulterior motive and flirt with you every time you meet.
#interactive fiction#interactive novel#twine wip#if wip#fiction#fantasy#interact-if#if game#twine if#twine game#choose your own adventure#cyoa#cyoa game#romance#second best if#twine interactive fiction#twine story#twin engine#interact if#interactive story#wip
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lucanis reading romance novels out loud to spite in the seventh attempt to explain to him what sex is and spite bemusedly being like 'wow you people really get up to that shit I thought that was just a bit mortals did or something'
#I personally don't think he'd be particularly interested one way or the other but the whole thing does sound kind of wild#on first introduction doesn't it. you would be puzzled#dragon age#dragon age: the veilguard#dragon age: the veilguard spoilers#dragon age spoilers#lucanis dellamorte#spite#is it spoilers. well the fact that lucanis canonically likes romance novels kind of is I guess lol#he and bellara really are unexpected twin souls in a couple of things#additional thought: lucanis reading romance novels out loud to spite AND rook while they rest with their head in his lap#and he strokes their hair. rook is there for moral support and help b/c while I don't think lucanis would be shy about talking about it#there must be a limit one can reach in having The Talk with a being that barely gets physical reality and lives inside you#rye with an infinity of affection: lucanis this might be the best and funniest thing that has ever happened to me please keep going#I had a morning thinking about spite a lot. can you tell
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The Best Romance Novels of 2024! This is our favorite episode of the year, where we get to shout at you about the terrific books we read this year, and tell you all the ways romance continues to excite us.
It's the best and worst job, because we get to shout about books we love, but we are limited to only ten! And choosing ten favorites is very difficult! That said, we persevered, and here they are: Ten books we loved, books that delivered all the things we love in romance: bold heroines, big heroes, banter, complexity, conflict, impossible situations, and stories that swing for the fences. You're going to love these books.
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Creepypasta Dating Sim? In 2024??? And it's from the official creator??? EXCUSE ME--?
#I did not expect a Bloody Painter jumpscare this year#how dare they resurface my creepypasta hyperfixation askdfjnkjdfnakjdfsnsdaf#Today is the official release of it in Steam and I DSAKFJNKDJFNADKSFJNDSFJNASDFJKD#I CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE HELEN OTIS ENTER THIS WORLD#fr this is probably one of the best thing that ever came out omg#they ate and left no crumbs#deffo gonna play the game#time to romance with danger /hj#bloody painter#helen otis#bloody painter dating sim#THE FACT IT'S AN OFFICIAL DATING SIM OF HIM AAAAAAAA#creepypasta#creepypasta fanart#my art#persona#watch me draw moments from the game in my perspective#maybe#who knows#visual novel
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Happy Nameday, Isillud de Losstarot. 05/12/2024
Studio Hein Light/Twintania Empyreum W23 P22
#ffxiv#isillud losstarot#ffxiv screenshots#gposers#elezen hours#housedeaubemarle requested a photoset where he's enjoying his birthday#so here he is reading romance novels and drinking wine#live your best life Izzy
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#female writers#writeblr#writers on tumblr#writing#writblr#writer stuff#bookblr#books#books and reading#visual novel#novel writing#novel#romance novels#queer writers#queer characters#autistic characters#poc characters#biology#new books#aspiring author#aspiring writer#romance#best friends to lovers#friends to lovers#smut#independent artist#indie books#ebook publishing#scifi#speculative biology
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Nathan and Elizabeth || What Goes Around
#when calls the heart#wcthedit#hallmark#hallmarkedit#when calls the heart spoilers#nathan x elizabeth#nathan grant#elizabeth thornton#my gifs#*#*period drama#LOOK AT HIM BLATANTLY CHECKING HER OUT#also nathan my guy#you could move your arm to let her out LOL#they look like the cover of a romance novel in the best way#(edit: literally just spent an hour reformatting these gifs bc tumblr didn't like the first versions#six years of making gifs and this has never happened before#jokes on you tumblr i like these better anyway)
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This is so funny I was watching this video on the topic of reylo fanfic-turned-traditionally-published-novels (it's a good video, watch it for a frank yet non-judgemental take on the topic) and in curiosity dug out this fanlore list of fics-turned-novels and found multiple novels on it that I've read, enjoyed (one in the last couple of months!) and fully didn't catch the fanfic roots of.
Really highlights the silliness of people who proudly proclaim their unerring ability to pinpoint whether a story started out as fic or not (and then proceed to point out various books completely unrelated to fandom simply because the author has written fic before, such as the locked tomb series or red white and royal blue), or who loudly state the assumed poor quality of said books despite themselves having read non of them.
#have i read any of the reylo novels? no bc most of them are contemporary romances and i have zero interest in that#(i am curios about the vampire roommate one tho it seems fun)#but the absolute confidence with which people who haven't read them will condemn them and hate on the authors is horrific to me#anyway the novels i recognized were a loki series which is pretty goofy but a lot of fun#a sherlock wingfic that i read a couple of weeks ago and very much enjoyed (though the plot was a bit underbaked)#and a good omens fic that supposedly became one of the best novels i've read in the last few years#i say supposedly bc i'm dubious about the last one actually having started out as fic#bc when searching it i can find no confirmation that it's related to good omens outside of the fanlore article#anyway anyway. consider not loudly complaining about the quality of books or genres you haven't read. it's a bad look#nella talks books
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in honor of today actually feeling like autumn, also known as Scottish historical romance season, I am going to relisten to The Duke's Perfect Wife, also known as (one of) Caro's Perfect Romance Novels
and it's gonna be everyone's problem
#romance novel blogging#never forget that this book begins with 'hart mackenzie could look at a woman and know exactly what she needed in bed' basically#and you might not even know#but hart knows#and he's gonna get it done#THE BEST. THE BEST.
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7th Time Loop
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Available in print
This is an illustration from the 5th Light Novel
#imo#the light novel illustrations#are the best#of all the medias#anyways tho#love her grabbing him#and boldly talking about how awesome he is#to her ex#what a woman#7th time loop: the villainess enjoys a carefree life married to her worst enemy!#7th time loop#manga#manga recommendation#screencaps#romance#shoujo#shojo#fyres hyperfixations#josei#light novel
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You are the first man I confessed to. I am not lying.
#the matchmakers#huh nam jun#jung bo min#kdramaedit#kdramanetwork#kdramadaily#kdramasource#dailyasiandramas#perioddramasource#perioddramaedit#cinemapix#cinematv#userhannah#udeokmis#moonlightsdream#tvfilmsource#filmtvcentral#asiandramasource#the ultimate compliment from best-selling romance novel writer lol
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Actually kind of tired of seeing people qualify shows as QL or queer coming-of-age instead of BL when they’re perceived to depict any aspect of the gay experience beyond two guys just falling in love.
#1. BL is a gay romance genre. Is it gay and about love and influenced by the gay Asian media boom? Then it’s BL—happy ending or not#2. Some people are too married to the definitions of the romance genre as defined by the romance book marketing industry…#but I think we ought to recognize how staunch dedication to market demands can hamper art and exploration#3. The word a lot of people are looking for with their happy endings and formulas is actually “romantic comedy” not BL.#4. Works can also fit into more than one genre!!! It can be murder mystery plot-driven and still be BL!!!#5. QL would be a useful term if we were dealing with issues of gender in the main romance but few shows are giving us that#6. Yes I know the origin story of the term BL but many of the novels and manga were more transgressive than acknowledged…#And the live action series have included queer issues since the start…#And it’s only one branch of BLs that ever promised happy endings#7. Genres are inherently unruly and the impetus to gatekeep them is silly at best and at worst detrimental to one's growth...#Instead of excluding certain kinds of gay love from BL just get better at describing the tones and plot structures and themes of shows...#BL drama#kbl#thai bl#korean bl#taiwan bl#japanese bl#Litbc#<- this is about this show and so many others!!!
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something something guys who think of the backs of the girls they love
and girls who pinch the cheeks of the guys they love
#funny coincidences and all that~~~~~~~~~~#especially since both of the guys are associated with the colour green i m e a n—#i just really love how hw isnt afraid to have the guys fawn over and dote on their gfs#unlike many other love stories yk?#seeing the guys shower their lovers with affection is the best part!!!!!!#who needs emotionally repressed male leads when you can have affectionate hw male leads#even ‘cool’ and ‘mature’-ish guys like yu and kodai (to a degree) are super loving towards their respective gfs#and now!!!! we get to see nagisa: a cool-ish and mature (compared to like lxl) adore hiyori!!!!!#…oh. wait. i think i get why there kinda feels like there’s an narrative disconnect between nghy#hiyo is more of an idol series character (despite not being an idol) yet her romance with nagisa seems to be more on the love series side#so the way the two series are intertwining *now* after all these years of being somewhat of separate entities#(despite overlapping characters like the sanbaka + arisa and hina + sena) may feel a little wonky#juri is different bc she has p much nothing to do with the idols. she’s just in it for the vibes#but for someone like hiyori who’s super involved in the idol side to suddenly be introduced to the ‘love’ side of things…#especially since her retconned romance was with another idol… and all that old pre-nagisa novel stuff with yujiro…#idk i think the nghy romance could’ve been handled better had it not been for the [redacted] anime#…wait i think i realised something else. it could be a coincidence but!!!!! wait a sec#the dude from gamushara
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