Recs if you like The Pool Boy...

self care romance books in all forms: mutual, solo, IRL, video call, phone, overhearing, walking in on, public space, etc etc.

if you hate the word ‘masturbation’, try: flicking the bean, jerking off, finger banging, rub one out, beat the meat, dj the vj, wanking, jerkin the gherkin, fapping; we can go on for days. whatever you call it, i just hope you reach climax ⛰️ toys encouraged but a hand (or two or three or-) will do just fine.

🫵 𝑔𝑜 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻! 🫵 😇 gladly 😇

Unsullied. Undefiled. Uninitiated. Untouched. Chaste. Pure. While the tired trope of virginal and inexperienced women abounds, particularly in historical romance but even in contemporary works, virginal men are much less common. With stories that can be refreshing and joyful, or not (lol), this list brings together heroes who’ve done little more than kiss. (Some of them haven’t even done that.) All romance sub-genres are included, except YA.

these books include back-door related action (think plugs, DP, regular anal, rimming, eating out, dildos, some w/ somnophilia). includes MF / MM / RH / MMF

perhaps the gr(ass) really is greener on the other side 🥵

romance books with orgasm denial and edging 🎢

giving up control to make the pleasure last longer + feel more intense OR as punishment 🙂‍↕️ MF / MM / RH ; the whole gang is here!!

remember, whatever you do: don’t ! come ! 🥵

I hate the term “reverse age gap” because age shouldn’t be gendered. in this list, you will find books where SHE is the older one 😏

please, as always, send any and all suggestions my way 😇

romance books that use toys to heighten pleasure - solo or with a partner(s). dildos, vibrators, and some sprinkling of unconventional items 🥵 no cacti allowed

The virgin trope is so 2006... unless he's the one who is inexperienced hehehe. My favorite: "Come in with the rain" by B. Randall. Let me know if you have any recs!

This book is full of tropes romance loves, and we take them topic by topic, recommending read alikes for everything from grumpy/sunshine, to academic romance, to STEM heroines, to that spicy sex scene that was a delightfully unexpected surprise!

🦸‍♂️Pining Main Characters (8 titles, MANAGED through WAKING UP WITH THE DUKE).

🧑‍🏫Professors (4 titles, PLAYING WITH TROUBE through THE UNREQUITED).

👩‍🔬Stem Heroines (8 titles, THE KISS QUOTIENT through MY FAKE RAKE).

🗣️Great Banter (4 titles, THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME through PLAYING FOR KEEPS).

🔬Microtropes (4 titles, THE POOL BOY through THE WALL OF WINNIPEG AND ME).

Save a shirtless, bare-chested man! Each one is in dire need of a shirt! 👕 Those covers of romance novels are not very warm, although under the covers, it could be hot. Steaming, in fact. Maybe even scorching. 🥵❤️‍🔥

(Other editions exist where the book cover has a shirtless man, but this list only includes those shirtless on PB. ) Enjoy! 😉

MF romance novels where the FMC is at least 5 years older than the MMC.