Recs if you like Wrong to Need You (Forbidden Hearts, #2)...

I love reading romances between men and women where one or both of the characters are bi because it shows the potential of bi people to fall in love with any gender, if that makes sense. So often bi people in “straight” relationships don’t get clocked as LGBTQ+ and I like seeing how they make a “straight” relationship queer. It’s also nice to read about LGBTQ+ outside of achillian and sapphic stories and spaces. I’m always on the hunt for more.

Romance books featuring queer characters living with physical disabilities, mental health struggles, chronic illness, and/or neurodevelopmental conditions.

Note: If a series features the same MCs, I've only put the first book. If a series features different MCs, I've only listed the relevant book(s) in the series.

Be aware: list spans YA to erotica.

🚫 No "magical cure" tropes or "better dead than disabled" tropes welcome. No inspo porn.

Please leave any recs or concerns in the comments. 📝

MF romance novels where she dommes a little bit... or a lot. 😅 Contemporary and historical.

Romance novels where the MCs are an MF couple that is straight-presenting, but one or both is/are queer

Nourishment is sexy.

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! 😉

Romance MMCs who are fighting the good fight.

We’re talking widows of all shapes and sizes…from virgin widows who murder their husbands in old school historicals to modern-day widows who are looking for love because they know how good it can be.

Brother’s best friend, best friend’s brother, brother’s ex, brother is a demon king and you swore to help him get his crown back. Basically, it’s the brother’s fault. You get it.

When everyone else thinks the MC is a big tough guy but then you find out they’re a secret softie.