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Tamara Amsdt

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🖌 i like to paint on rocks 💗 love romance books 🎨 learning the art of the clinch ✨️ bosnian/yugoslav

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Tamara Amsdt @tamaraamsdt.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hello, new people ::waves::

If you love romance books, you have come to the right place! l like to paint romance covers on rocks (and any other suitable surface l come across), and l am also learning how to oil paint ❤️📚🎨

Collage of four photos. First photo of four rocks with Tender is the Storm by Johanna Lindsey, Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade, The Bride Test by Helen Hoang and Seven Days in June by Tia Williams painted on them

Second photo is an oil painting of a blonde woman in a blue top. Third photo has three bags with Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn, Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert, And They Lived Happily Ever after by Therese Beharrie painted on.

The fourth photo has an assortment of mini christmas decorations, painted with romance book covers on them. The hand holding some of the ornaments featuring these covers on them: Captured by Beverly Jenkins, Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas, Pas de Deux by Lynn Turner, Missing Christmas by Kate Clayborn, A Christmas Spark by Diana Biller, Holidays with the Wongs by Jackie Lau, Pasko Na My Love anthology by Mia Hopkins, Elle Cruz, Maan Gabriel, Maida Malby, Sarah Smith, Tif Marcelo

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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 2d

This book had no right to be as romantic as it was given that both MCs are serial killers who hunt other serial killers. Also, I was not as icked out by the graphic violence, not even the 👁️ stuff and I need to maybe sit with that for a bit.

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 2d

188. Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Read: 11/1/25-11/4/25

Screenshot of Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver with a black background and neon pink blackbirds and skulls and crossbones and a meat cleaver and a chainsaw and an axe and a man and a woman embracing in the midst of it.

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Charlotte @romansdegare.bsky.social · 8d

I am not an influencer, but please help me boost Palestinian-owned Nabiha cafe on U street near 17th in DC. The coffee is AMAZING, staff is super friendly, links to donate to Gazan families are easily accessible for customers who want to help

Cute cafe w green chairs and wooden tables and Palestinian art

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KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · 4d

here, if you need more baseball now that MLB is over for the year bsky.app/profile/kdca...

KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today! @kdcaseywrites.bsky.social · Sep 12

"But as in any KD Casey book, the third party in the relationship is ‘baseball’, which here acts as a hard to please lover."

I was trying to think of a good summary of this book, but a pal did it for me. Breakout Year, an mm sports romance, is out in the world!
www.kdcaseywrites.com/breakout-year

The cover of Breakout Year by KD Casey. The book is green. Objects important to the characters (baseball equipment, tea, plants, etc.) are present.

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Tamara Amsdt @tamaraamsdt.bsky.social · 4d

l'm pretty sure it was @melonreads.bsky.social!

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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 8d

It took exactly 2 books (one novella and one full length novel to be precise) for me to fall in love with this author's work. It's sexy and emotional and she only has the two out thus far but I was riveted. Her third is out in December and I'm already counting down the days for Athena's story.

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 8d

185. Messy AF by Asha Mara

Read: 10/26/25-10/28/25

Screenshot of Messy AF by Asha Mara with a Black woman in a short tight black dress, baring crossed legs,sitting on a red leather sofa. She's only shown from the chest down.

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 13d

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor as mysterious snow sculptures start appearing in Toronto parks.

Read Magically Generated this weekend! My latest holiday romance novella has hot buttered rum, festive snow animals, and a touch of magic.

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...

Tablet with cover of Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. The cover has an illustration of an Asian man and white woman outside in winter. Their arms are around each other. Background: snowy city park, including snow sculpture of a rabbit.

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Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social · 9d

Time to resurrect one of my favorite things Over Here: let me know about a book you either have out now or one that's up for folks to preorder, and I'll repost to boost it! 📚💜

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Chace Verity @chaceverity.com · 7d

Come join my Patreon, even if you don't have a dollar to spare right now. Tomorrow's post is going to be a freebie as a Halloween treat. Learn some exciting (and sad) tales about one of cinema's most celebrated horror actors.

www.patreon.com/ChaceVerity

Get more from Chace Verity on Patreon

Queer romance author and Old Hollywood enthusiast

www.patreon.com

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7d

It's my birthday, so have a present. SLIPPERY CREATURES (Will Darling Adventures book 1) is going on cheap over the weekend. 1920s pulp adventure m/m romance with plots, spies, Bright Young People, and emotional support knife, all for 99p!

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

books2read.com

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Elizabeth Davis @elizabethdavis.bsky.social · 9d

Get two (2) great books for the price of one (1) measly instagram comment!

Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 9d

The Inexplicable Magic Giveaway!

@elizabethdavis.bsky.social and I are running a giveaway on Instagram for signed copies of our books TIME FOR YOU and THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU: www.instagram.com/p/DQXVNBUkWQ...

Go to IG to enter!

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Tamara Amsdt @tamaraamsdt.bsky.social · 9d

Huge congratulations, Charish!!!!!🎉✨️🎉💜l'm so excited to read it!!!!

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Charish Reid @charishreidauthor.bsky.social · 9d

READ ME SLOW is officially out in the world! 🥹🖤💜

This story is flirty, filthy, funny, and full of heart. It’s about an author who writes steamy books… and the horror podcaster who’s secretly obsessed with her voice.

Of course he's going to help narrate her new book, lol!

shorturl.at/XoNpy

Image announcing the release of Read Me Slow by Charish Reid. “TODAY!” appears in bold at the top. Below it, a tablet displays the book cover: neon-lit recording studio setup with a microphone, soundboard, and headphones on a stand. The tagline reads: “One sound booth. Two voices. No boundaries.”

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 12d

We’ve got a seasonal #RomanceColumn for all your ghostly Halloweeny romance needs! Featuring: a haunting short take on Cinderella, a Florida town full of ghosts, a pair of Regency sapphic Gothic novelists, and a stunning romantasy with a witch and a lady knight. (Gift link)
#Romancelandia 💙📚

Romance Novels That Are Spicy, Sweet and Flat-Out Stunning

www.nytimes.com

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Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 14d

I adored this book. Soft and sweet and tender with Karl and his penchant for saying the F word and making physiologically impossible threats and his long standing love for Molly, this was adorable and fairly low angst. There's a part in this book relating to Karl's obit that made me laugh cry.

Melanie/Mel @melonreads.bsky.social · 14d

182. Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade

Read: 10/19/25-10/23/25

Screenshot of Second Chance Romance by Olivia Dade with a white woman with long brownish hairina blue button-down shirt with a white v neck sweater and brown pants sitting on a table with a white guy with reddish hair and a beard and mustache in a blue sweater and jeans with a white apron standing in front of her between her thighs. He's got his hands on her thighs and she's got a hold of him by his apron. There are baked goods on the table and on a rolling cart behind him.

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Emma Barry @authoremmabarry.bsky.social · 15d

one month from today I'm moderating a convo with two of my favorite people and writers!!!

Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 15d

Join me and @oliviawrites.bsky.social and our excellent moderator @authoremmabarry.bsky.social for a virtual book celebration, 11/22 at 1pm Central. The event is free, but you'll need to register with Love's Sweet Arrow:
shop.lovessweetarrow.com/oliviaandmindy

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Fated Mates @fatedmates.net · 15d

It's Gorilla Twins Week! We couldn't be happier to be talking about The Earl Takes All, a book we love so much we gave it a nickname that all of Romancelandia uses now. Whether you're reading it for the first time or the fiftieth, we're so happy to have you.

Gorilla Twins! The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People

It's Gorilla Twins Week! We couldn't be happier to be talking about The Earl Takes All , a book we love so much we gave it a nickname that all of Romancelandia uses now. Whether you're reading it for...

fatedmates.net

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Charlotte @romansdegare.bsky.social · 16d

what's the tiniest microtrope in romance that lights your soul on fire?

examples: mine is when a person's expression subtly "softens" while looking at their LI in public

I have a friend who loves when 2 characters sit on opposite sides of a wall/closed door and each press their hands to it

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Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social · 20d

Sending out another newsletter this month, so don’t forget to subscribe so you can get it straight in your inbox!

Carly Lane-Perry @carlylane.bsky.social · Oct 3

The first OFFICIAL installment of #KissingBooks is back with a cozy fantasy, a monster romance, and one of my all-time favorite horror authors who has never let me down with the smooching. Also, an assortment of links!

Happy October! (With some appropriate, fall-themed kissing books recs to match)

It might not be cold for everyone, but these books are primed to get you in sweater-weather mode.

kissing-books.ghost.io

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 16d

I just finished my ARC of @taliahibbert.bsky.social's updated re-release of A Girl Like Her, and it's just wonderful. You can read my rave review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

#romancelandia

Stephanie's review of A Girl Like Her (Deluxe Edition) (Deluxe Edition) (Ravenswood, 1)

5/5: I read the original self-published version of this book years ago and really liked it, but then I got an e-ARC of this new, updated edition, and oh, wow. Talia Hibbert was always good, but she is...

www.goodreads.com

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Ruby Lang, Opal Wei, Mindy Hung @rubyopalmindy.bsky.social · 19d

One month until THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU, my weird, romantic summer Gothic about a perimenopausal woman whose hands suddenly begin to glow, comes out in paper, hardcover, ebook and audio.

Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...

THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU cover: dark blue background with an open hand, gold bolts shooting from it, title in gold serif font

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17d

The most dangerous man in London... doesn't stand a chance.
The start of the acclaimed Brothers Sinister series.
Reminder: The Governess Affair is FREE just about everywhere!
/jb

Amazon: www.amazon.com/Gover...
Apple: itunes.apple.com/us/...
Nook: www.barnesandnoble.c...

Cover for the governess affair by Courtney Milan. A woman in a yellow dress is looking at a flower. Next to this is a banner saying "free."

Cover for the governess affair by Courtney Milan. Text: “I am done with things happening to me. From here on out, I am going to happen to things.”

The Brothers Sinister Series: covers for The Governess Affair, The Duchess War, The Heiress Effect, The Countess Conspiracy, and The Suffragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

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Jackie Lau @jackielaubooks.bsky.social · 16d

❄Magically Generated is out now!❄

A jaded woman falls for her sunshine neighbor in this cozy Christmas romance with a touch of magic.

jackielaubooks.com/books/magica...

Illustrated cover of Magically Generated by Jackie Lau. Asian man and white woman outside in winter. Subtitle: A Christmas novella.

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Eugenia Triantafyllou @foxesandroses.bsky.social · 17d

Hello everyone.

Talented artist, reviewer, and beloved member of our community Archita Mittra is going through some really hard times currently. If you can spare a few $ it would make a world of difference ❤️

www.gofundme.com/f/help-archi...

Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja

Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives

www.gofundme.com

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 23d

Alert! Waterstones are offering 25% off preorders for How to Fake it in Society until midnight on Friday 17th!

Enter “OCTOBER25” at the checkout to redeem the offer. Exclusively available on the Waterstones website and the Waterstones app

How to Fake It in Society by KJ Charles | Waterstones

Buy How to Fake It in Society by KJ Charles from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 23d

Take a few minutes to appreciate Drew Struzan creating the original artwork for THE PHANTOM MENACE. Truly a master at work.

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