Recs if you like Under Loch and Key...

do you hate unnecessary heartache from couples deciding against all reason to breakup just to get back together two pages later? you're in the right place! all these books are safe from the third act breakup trope, but that doesn't mean they don't have angst and conflict!

greatly inspired by @beanchambers on tiktok

feel free to suggest books in the comments!

for those of us who watched beauty and the beast and saw the beast fight off those wolves and said “please sir may I have some more” this is your more. requirements: at least one isn’t a human open to suggestions!!

for those of us who like eggs a little more than others 🤭 oviposition is the act or process of laying eggs. where are the eggs being laid? anywhere your heart may desire (or anywhere the author chooses tbh) i haven’t read all of these but a girl has to start somewhere! as always recs are welcome (and needed… who knew it would be so hard to find this in books 🤧🤧)

Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!

Shifter lovers step right up: we’ve got sexy penguins & cryptids & dinosaurs, oh my! 😏

Slide into these romance + erotica books with shifters ranging from frisky creatures of the deep to hot prey animals. There are great PB lists with popular shifters (wolves, bears, etc) and sentient object shifters, so I wanted to provide something different.

Books include omegaverse, fated mates, variety of relationships (sapphic, MM, MF, etc), & tons of spice. 🔥

Open to recs!

Tongue in cheek list inspired by the book titled above, here is a list of all the romance books I have read with my IRL book club!

Having a space that embraces the love story and all tropes/themes/sub genres has been so wonderful and is what got me back into my reading journey, so I hope this does that for you!
Books range from YA to 4️⃣🌶️

This is a judgement free zone and some of these books weren't my personal fave but they could be yours 🤗

2 new books are added each month

romance book heroes that are gentle, shy or nerdy in every sub-genre

Monster and cryptic romance, with some aliens sprinkled in.

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Why settle when you can have a monster obsessed with you.

Monster, Mermen, Alien, Entity, Demons, Vampires, Wolf, Orc, ect.

Horror, Fantasy, Romance, and Smut.

Straight & queer

Standalone & series Only first books in series were added because why would you read a second book if you didn't like the first.

It’s what it says on the tin: romance & erotica with cryptid action. We’ve got Mothman, Krampus, Bigfoot and even folktale creatures like selkies, rusalkas, and so much more.

Open to recs (especially with lesser known cryptids—i’m looking at you Fresno Nightcrawler)!

The perfect beach reads! Fluffy romance that takes place on the beach, the lake, the river...anywhere that feels like summer. Make sure you leave your recs below :)

For the readers who watched The X-Files and thought, “Okay, but what if I want the monster?”

A weird little list of paranormal rom-coms, cryptid crushes, alien encounters, werewolf nonsense, Loch Ness longing, conspiracy chaos, and supernatural love interests who are probably bad for your blood pressure but excellent for the plot.

Bring snacks, suspend disbelief, and please do not flirt with Bigfoot unsupervised.

If dad-jokes were book titles, it would be pretty punny.

When the gritty paranormal/UF romances of the 2000s have a meetcute with contemporary tralala romantic comedies and turn into cartoon covers.

suggestions open -books take place in a contemporary, modern setting, with a paranormal twist-

Preferably ones written in the 21st century.

This is a collection of some of my favorite audiobooks from the Romance Genre (Contemporary, Regency, Sci Fi, Paranormal, etc…) For series, I am only including one book per series, but the audiobooks for the entire series are great as well 💕 Recommendations are welcome ✨