Recs if you like Alma Vampires...

Looking for monster & alien romance / erotica with BIPOC baddies getting their backs blown out? Look no further! 😏

These reads feature Black, Indigenous, Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA aka Middle Eastern), Asian, & Latine main characters. Relationship pairings include MM, sapphic, poly, queer, MF, & more.

This list is primarily standalones, with a few series starters plus some “standalone-y” books from interconnected series. Open to recs! 🥵🌶️🔥

Romance books to read for the aesthetic (usually cartoon covers because I’m trash for character art)

Just a list of books coming out in 2026 that I’m really excited for :) it will be updated as the months go by! It will be a mix of: high fantasy, romance fantasy, sci-fi, gothic, horror, lit fic, historical fiction, retellings, poetry, romance, & more!!

bodyguards, knights & royal guards

The title speaks for itself 🤝

links for the full year in the comments

Will be updated as the year goes on ✨ open to comments ✨

All the Illumicrate, Afterlight, Evernight, Starbright, etc. picks for 2026

This list is for everyone who wants to experience autumn season with books so cozy and so full of romance and also get ready for Halloween

updated weekly!

there is a lot of fantasy here because fantasy just feels like fall to me 😭🙏