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📖 ARC reader/reviewer 💖 Romance of all kinds, but primarily MM and LGBTQIA+ 📚 Other genres: mystery/suspense, thriller, and horror 🐈 Cat mom 🌻 KS girl 🔗 linktr.ee/adhd.and.read for all socials

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Jun 18

Welcome! 👋🏻 If you’re going to stick around, here’s the 411:

✨I am not everyone’s flavor, and I’m fine with that.

✨I’m also a ♉️ , which explains 👆🏻.

✨Love is love, and books are political. No notes.

✨I work in health care.

✨I know you know, but posts are my opinion only.

#booksky #mmromance

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, yeah! Of course! 😊

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 19d

📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣⁣⁣⁣⁣
GYM BROS by @augustjonesbooks.bsky.social
5 ⭐
5 🌶️

Calyx and Sam seem in such sad places in life when the book starts. Their first interactions are full of miscommunication because of their pasts, but it makes their HEA delicious. Review up on SG/GR.
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

Image shows the model cover of Gym Bros by August Jones in the middle of the graphic, and it is surrounded by photos that represent the vibe of the book. There are pictures of an MMA fighter; a shirtless blonde man holding flowers and posing for the camera; two men doing yoga; two men fighting in a ring; a German Shepherd mixed-breed dog sitting on a ground full of leaves; and a man wearing a see-through, open-collared shirt exposing his torso. The tropes are listed for the book, including: strangers to lovers, opposites attract, forbidden, MMA fighter, yoga teacher/model, beauty meets a beast, feminization, jealousy/possessiveness, size difference, and low angst.

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 20d

📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣⁣⁣⁣
TWO GUYS ONE PUCK by @hipsterwriter.bsky.social
4.5 ⭐⁣⁣
4 🌶️⁣⁣

The chirps, they don't stay on the ice in this one! The banter is snarky, biting, quick, and just plain entertaining. Top tier.
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Full review now on StoryGraph, Goodreads, and Fable.

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

Two Guys One Puck by J.R. Gray is out now. Tropes include double bisexual awakening, only one bed, snarky banter, hockey rivals, fighting as foreplay, secret hookups, and hate to love. ARC review of book 4.5 stars. Background of graphic depicts different images, including two hockey players facing off; two hockey players battling for a puck next to a referee; two men kissing, and a partial map showing Ukraine.

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 24d

Always love preorders with character art so I can support the author AND the artist 😊

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 24d

I also have this iron! For my t-shirts.

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 25d

🏳️‍🌈 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋 🏳️‍🌈⁣⁣⁣
HEART2HEART ANTHOLOGY, VOL. 8⁣⁣⁣

This best-selling collection is coming back in November!

❤️ Available for only 90 days starting 11-3-25
🧡 Ebook and digitally signed paperback
💙 Cover design by Natasha Snow
💚 Preorder here → getbook.at/H2HV8
#Heart2Heart #booksky #mmbooksky

Image shows the book cover for Heart2Heart Anthology, Vol. 8, on a glittery rainbow background. The book cover shows two men kissing in the street while walking away from the camera, and it lists the participating authors: EM Denning, Kate Hawthorne, Cambria Hebert, Lily Morton, Riley Nash, Charlie Novak, Jodi Oliver, Briar Prescott, Fae Quin, Crea Reitan, C. Rochelle, Emmy Sanders, Becca Seymour, and Marley Valentine.

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 25d

📘📭 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐋 📭📘

I was so excited to receive this from The New Romantics bookstore because they were one of a handful of specific shops to include this gorgeous overlay with their preorders. I mean, come ON! Look at these babies! Look 👏🏻 at 👏🏻 them 👏🏻

#booksky #mmbooksky #bookmail #mmromance

Deluxe print edition of For the Fans by Nyla K. It shows a revised version of the original indie cover and has sprayed blue edges that say "Everything we do is...."

Image shows a bookplate with the author's signature and a vellum overlay of the two MMCs kissing.

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 25d

🔮 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 🔮
It's Halloween season! Another ARC-heavy week but zero complaints. I mean, this lineup!

🖤 Gym Bros, @augustjonesbooks.bsky.social
💛 Showstopper, Lily Anderson
💚 Wilde's End, @saxonjames.bsky.social
🧡 How to Break My Heart, Kat T. Masen
💜 Full Tilt, @beccaseymour.bsky.social
#booksky

Image shows a green background with a green-slime graphic dripping from the top and a black graphic of hands crawling out of the ground at the bottom. Reading this week: Gym Bros by August Jones, Show Stopper by Lily Anderson, Wilde's End by Saxon James, How to Break My Heart by Kat T. Masen, and Full Tilt by Becca Seymour. Image has a mini image of each book cover.

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 26d

📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂/𝐀𝐋𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣
BEAUTIFUL DESIRE by @authorashleyjames.bsky.social
4.5 ⭐
5 🌶️

Small town, stepbrother, age gap, AND forced proximity? I don't read much MF romance these days, but for Ashley James? No question. Full review here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9904...
#booksky #romancelandia

Model cover of Beautiful Desire by Ashley James, writing as A. James.

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 26d

📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣⁣⁣⁣
ONLY YOU by @nicoledauthor.bsky.social
5 ⭐
3 🌶

🩵 Friends to lovers
🩵 Bi-awakening
🩵 Size difference
🩵 Low angst
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Full-fledged Nicole stan here, so obviously I’m going to recommend this one. Full review here:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a131...

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · 27d

📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣
Barn Burner by @jodioliverauthor.bsky.social
Love the Game #3
4 ⭐
3 🌶️

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓
🏒 Cowboy x hockey player
🤠 Age gap
🏒 Grumpy/sunshine
🤠 Secret identity

Short, sweet, and steamy! Read full review here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/857f...
#booksky #mmromance #mmbooksky

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 16

📣 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘! 📣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
BEND HIM BREAK HIM by @mnbennetauthor.bsky.social is out now!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

4 ⭐ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
4 🌶
Full review to come later this week!

📕 Buy the book here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ183PW...
📕 Buy the book with artwork added: mnbennet.com/store⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
#mmbooksky##mmromance#mmromance

Illustrated cover of Bend Him Break Him by MN Bennet. Tropes include: dark bully romance, AITA vibes, grumpy/sunshine, enemies to lovers, hate screwing, hurt/comfort, and revenge/redemption.

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 14

Thanks! 🥰

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 14

Am I reading one of the several ARCs I need to finish tonight? Nope. No. Noooo, I am not.

Am I reading the new Tal Bauer book tonight while clutching a box of Kleenex in preparation of having my heart broken? Yep. Yup. Yesssss, I am. 🤦🏼‍♀️

#moodreader #booksky #mmbooksky #hockeyromance #mmromance

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 13

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 13

📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣⁣
KISS-FIST by @emlindsey.bsky.social and @coraroseromance.bsky.social
5 ⭐
3 🌶️

💪🏼 Deaf x hearing
🤓 Meet-cute at the gym
💪🏼 Himbo x nerd
🤓 Grumpy/sunshine

I’m very excited to see where this new E.M.-Cora shared world takes us! Full review here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3368...

Image shows model cover of Kiss-Fist by E.M. Lindsey and Cora Rose. Around the cover are mood/vibe pictures that fit the book, including a shirtless, muscular man; a professorial-looking man in a cardigan; a man teaching at the front of a classroom; a set of free weights at the gym; two men holding hands; and a graphic of jumbled letters that says 'dysgraphia' in the center.

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 13

🚒 𝐀𝐋𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 🚒
HOLLIS by @authorashleyjames.bsky.social
4 ⭐
5 🌶️

So good it had me gasping! I even had to pause a few times to just catch my breath. Obviously, the writing is also fantastic, with James' signature blend of humor, sexiness, and emotion. 100% recommend!
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

Model cover of Hollis by Ashley James. Quote in red print: "I don't feel ready, but at the same time, I do. But that's how it's always been with Ford, right? Nothing ever makes sense, while somehow also feeling completely right every single time. It's a paradox. We're a paradox." Quote in blue print: "Hollis knows exactly what he's doing. He knows the second he calls me Daddy, I'm doing whatever the hell he wants. It's like I have no control around him, and I hate it just as much as I love it."

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 13

✨ARC REVIEW✨
FULL SPLIT by @rebeccarathe.bsky.social
5 ⭐
4 🌶️

Favorite things about this book: Niles' strength of character and Wyatt's reverence. The love they have for each other has changed the wiring in my brain. Full review:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/aee5...

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 12

I keep telling people, “Yeah, I’m not that kind of liberal.” 🤷🏼‍♀️

Reposted by Ashley

Cora Rose @coraroseromance.bsky.social · Sep 12

It’s here! Kiss-Fist is here!
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💜Kiss-Fist💜
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Out Now! On KU, Audio, and Paperback!
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Read or Listen Here! books2read.com/u/bPjN9A
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What Can you Expect:
💜Enemies to Lovers
💜Himbo/Nerd
💜Found Family
💜Grumpy/Sunshine
💜Deaf/Hearing
💜High Heat Romcom

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 12

So pretty!

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 12

📣 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 📣
TWO GUYS ONE PUCK, an all-new enemies-to-lovers hockey romance, is available a week early exclusively on J.R. Gray’s website! Grab it here → tinyurl.com/tgopwe

𝘈 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.

🏷️ @hipsterwriter.bsky.social
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 12

✨𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 ✨
KISS-FIST is out today! Get it here: books2read.com/u/bPjN9A

Better grab this! It's giving enemies to lovers, himbo/nerd, disability rep, found family, and more. Full review coming later today!

🏷️ @emlindsey.bsky.social @coraroseromance.bsky.social
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 12

✨𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐑✨
GYM BROS by @augustjonesbooks.bsky.social comes out next week 🎉 Preorder here: a.co/d/7TyVvcC

🧘🏻 Strangers to lovers
💪🏻 Opposites attract
🧘🏻 Forbidden
💪🏻 MMA fighter x yoga teacher
🧘🏻 Beauty meets a beast
💪🏻 Feminization
🧘🏻 Jealousy/possessiveness
💪🏻 Size difference

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance

Image of a partially nude/nude man in bed with excerpt from Gym Bros by August Jones. Quoted material says: I don't think he saw me that first day at the gym and thought "Yes. Him. That's the guy for me." I think I broke him down and won him over and maybe even put him into a kind of love arm bar where he had to submit, because I wasn't going to stop until he was all mine."

Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oh, I did, ma’am. I most definitely did. Loved it. 😏☺️

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