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18+ content - Minor dni ¦ Side blog to ramble about all the steamy romance books that I am currently binge reading to improve my fanfic writing

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My 'steamy books' library

Here is below the list of the books I've read so far, with links to my reviews when available.

Beautiful Bastard (Book series) - Christina Lauren (my reviews for Beautiful Bastard, & Beautiful Stranger)

Wild seasons (Book series) - Christina Lauren

The hating game - Sally Thorne

Tangled (book series) - Emma Chase

Birthday Girl - Penelope Douglas

Crossfire (book series) - Sylvia Day

Reasonable doubt- Whitney G.

Bossman - Vi Keeland

Dating you hating you - Christina Lauren

Roomies - Christina Lauren

The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren

Josh and Hazel's guide to not dating- Christina Lauren

My favourite half-night stand - Christina Lauren

Wallbanger - Alice Clayton

Love and other words - Christina Lauren

Hush hush - Lucia Franco

Voyeur - Fiona Cole

Three simple rules - Nikki Sloane

Den of Vipers - K.A. Knight

Priest - Sierra Simone

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Full library on GoodReads

[suspiciousgravel]

Am I just dumb or is there an official kinktober prompt list? I’m sure I saw one at some point for 2020 but maybe I got confused with something else. If there is one, I’d really appreciate a link to any of the lists/accounts!

[silma-books]

I'd love to know that too! 🤔

[point-toxic]

"He leans closer, letting me see those eyes which are now on fire. Fuck, how did I ever think he was cold? He’s an inferno, a wildfire. It burns everything in its path, and right now, that’s me. But the thing is, I would gladly burn, and I don’t even know why."

-Den of Vipers

[captainswanandclintasha]

How people are listening to audiobooks with lots of smut I will never understand. Like… imagine listening to Den of Vipers. I’d rather die.

[silma-books]

And the audiobook for Den of Vipers is particularly bad. It made it more cringing than it already is!! 🙈 I quickly switched back to reading, the narrators' voices and over-acting were running it for me!

Some narrators are good though, and manage to made the smut even steamier! 😏

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Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas

Synopsis (from Goodreads): JORDAN: He took me in when I had nowhere else to go. He doesn’t use me, hurt me, or forget about me. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table, and my heart pumps so hard when I hear him pull in the driveway after work. I have to stop this. It can’t happen. My sister once told me there are no good men, and if you find one, he’s probably unavailable. Only Pike Lawson isn’t the unavailable one. I am.

PIKE: I took her in, because I thought I was helping. As the days go by, though, it’s becoming anything but easy. I have to stop my mind from drifting to her and stop holding my breath every time I bump into her in the house. I can’t touch her, and I shouldn’t want to. But we’re not free to give into this. She’s nineteen, and I’m thirty-eight. And her boyfriend’s father. Unfortunately, they both just moved into my house.

Trope: age gap, forbidden romance

My review: I devoured that book, couldn't put it down! It was the perfect slow burn, with enough time for the characters to get to know and trust each other, time to hesitate and evaluate the dangers of their feelings, and time for the heat to climb up. I loved these two characters and loved the way they unravelled together!

My rating: 5/5

[fantasyfreak28]

BLOODBOUND

Adrian Raines × MC

(This is my first time drawing any choices inspired art ... so it is not that good 🙈)

My Masterlist .......

The first meet after MC coming back to life as a vampire 🥺🥺❤😊 what can be better than a passionate hug between these two lovelies after meeting again .... the emotional roller coaster for both of them can't be described 🥺🥺🥺❤ the best 😌❤🥺

This was anything choices related I did after a long time ..... i have not been posting lately ..... but i promise next chapter of A Tale of Always and Forever is coming soon 😊

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The Crossfire series by Sylvia Day

Synopsis (from Goodreads): Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness. He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily.

Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other's most private wounds and desires. The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart

Favourite book of the series: Captivated by you (finally we get Gideon's POV as well as Eva's)

Trigger warnings: childhood trauma, child abuse, murder, violence

My review: Although this series goes quite far into drama and passionate/desperate love, I found it quite addictive and got absolutely mesmerised by Gideon and his devotion to Eva (and her devotion to him). Their traumas are difficult to digest but make for a great angsty story, where sex plays a very dominant part of their healing and progression. Warning though: It might not be for everyone, as the scenes are very detailed and sometimes very heavily charged.

I found the character's actions sometimes ridiculous and a little annoying (especially Eva) but I won't lie and I admit that I got completely hooked in this story.

My rating: 4.2/5

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Wallbanger by Alice Clayton

Synopsis (from Goodreads): The first night after Caroline moves into her fantastic new San Francisco apartment, she realizes she's gaining an intimate knowledge of her new neighbor's nocturnal adventures. Thanks to paper-thin walls and the guy's athletic prowess, she can hear not just his bed banging against the wall but the ecstatic response of what seems (as loud night after loud night goes by) like an endless parade of women. And since Caroline is currently on a self-imposed dating hiatus, and her neighbor is clearly lethally attractive to women, she finds her fantasies keep her awake even longer than the noise.

So when the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll nightie, confronts Simon Parker, her heard-but-never-seen neighbor. The tension between them is as thick as the walls are thin, and the results just as mixed. Suddenly, Caroline is finding she may have discovered a whole new definition of neighborly...

Trope: friends to lovers

My review: Cute, hot and sexy. I loved the two characters, and I laughed my ass off throughout. I still have to read the rest of the series, but I truly enjoyed that first book a lot!

One thing that I really liked was how the narrator personifies her feelings/sensations, particularly when describing her struggle to reach "the great O". It is a topic that is not often mentionned at all in stories while it is a problem that many women face, so: thank you so much Alice Clayton for finding a funny way to describe and discuss this!

My rating: 4.9/5

[capricornaunt]

I’m about to finish the Unhoneymooners By Christina Lauren, if anybody knows any books like that pls let me know 😭

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@capricornaunt (@silma-words here, following up on our comments on your post):

I have read quite a lot of 'enemies to lover' tropes recently, so I think you might like the following, if you haven't read these already:

The Hating Game, by Sally Thorne

Hating you, Dating you, by Christina Lauren

Beautiful Bastard, by Christina Lauren

Tangled, by Emma Chase (one of my favs!, and hilarious)

And for the 'fake dating' trope, perhaps Roomies by Christina Lauren?

One book that I found really fun was Wallbanger, by Alice Clayton.

I hope it helps, and that others might have more recs! :)

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Three simple rules by Nikki Sloane

Synopsis (from Goodreads): I would do anything for my dream job. Now I have to. In order to save my skin at the office, I'm forced to sell it at an exclusive and illegal blindfold club. He paid thousands of dollars for one night to own me, but when my blindfold comes off, I want more. More nights, more rules, and more from this unavailable and uncompromising man. Rule number one, no questions. Rule number two, no lies. But, rule number three? That's the hardest one to obey.

Trope: s*x club

Trigger warning: prostitution, exhibitionism

My review: I really liked this book, very steamy, compelling characters, and I loved how Evie discovers with Logan a side of her desires and fantasies she didn't know... but I absolutely hated one small section of the book that has a threesome scene (felt out of character to me and broke my heart a little, it made me cringe emotionally).

I was looking forward to reading book 2 but that scene kind of left a bitter taste for me, and makes me worry a little about the rest of the series!

My rating: 4/5

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Bossman by Vi Keelan

Synopsis (from Goodreads): The first time I met Chase Parker, I didn’t exactly make a good impression. I was hiding in the bathroom hallway of a restaurant, leaving a message for my best friend to save me from my awful date. He overheard and told me I was a bitch, then proceeded to offer me some dating advice. So I told him to mind his own damn business—his own tall, gorgeous, full-of-himself damn business—and went back to my miserable date.

When the gorgeous stranger and his equally hot date suddenly appeared at our table, I thought he was going to rat me out. But instead, he pretended we knew each other and joined us—telling elaborate, embarrassing stories about our fake childhood. My date suddenly went from boring to bizarrely exciting.

What were the chances a month later he’d wind up being my new sexy boss?

Trope: Office romance

My review: I'm a sucker for office romances and unapologetic lovers who relentlessly chase after the one they've set their minds upon, so Bossman was definitely a pleasure to read for me! I loved the power-play and chemistry between Chase and Reese, and couldn't put the book down until I read it all!

My rating: 5/5

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Reasonable doubt by Whitney G.

Synopsis (from Goodreads): As a high profile lawyer, I don't have time to waste on relationships, so I fulfill my needs by anonymously chatting and sleeping with women I meet online. My rules are simple: One dinner. One night. No repeats.

At least it was , until "Alyssa"...She was supposed to be a 27 year old lawyer, a book hoarder, and completely unattractive. She was supposed to be someone I shared law advice with late at night, someone I could trust with details of my weekly escapades. But then she came into my firm for an interview—a college-intern interview, and everything changed...

Tropes: office romance, age gap, a little 'enemies to lover' maybe?

My review: I absolutely loved this book! It had everything I am looking for in this kind of novels: the chemistry and banter between the two characters, the steamy scenes, the mysterious past, the career struggles... I really enjoyed reading it, and struggled to put it down once I had started!

My rating: 4.5/5

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Beautiful stranger by Christina Lauren

Synopsis (from Goodreads): Escaping a cheating ex, finance whiz Sara Dillon’s moved to New York City and is looking for excitement and passion without a lot of strings attached. So meeting the irresistible, sexy Brit at a dance club should have meant nothing more than a night’s fun. But the manner—and speed—with which he melts her inhibitions turns him from a one-time hookup and into her Beautiful Stranger.

Trope: public s*x

Trigger warning: exhibitionism

My review: This is probably my favourite book of the Beautiful series. I loved the chemistry and trust between Sarah and Max, and how they get to explore together their kinks as well as their fears and hurts from their past relationships. The steamy scenes were spot on to me, and I got really attached to these two characters, eager to find out what would be next for them at the end of the book.

Oh, and Max Stella is def in my top 3 of 'book boyfriends'!☺

My rating: 5/5

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Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren

Synopsis (from Goodreads): An ambitious intern. A perfectionist executive. And a whole lot of name calling. Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.

As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they're willing to lose in order to win each other.

Tropes: office romance, enemies to lovers

Funfact: This started off originally as a Twilight fanfiction, which was reworked afterwards for publishing. Something to give a little hope to all the amazing fanfiction writers out there! 🙂

My review: The good old 'enemies to lover' trope 😏 It's one of the first 'steamy book' I've read and I got hooked instantly. It's crude, passionate, and the chemistry between Bennett and Chloe is off the charts throughout the whole book. I couldn't stop reading! Both characters are incredibly stubborn, proud and stupid at times, but watching them fight, banter, and unravel was delicious.

My rating: 4.8/5

[hopeless-weakness]

2021 Books I’ve Read

56/75

Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren

(Beautiful Bastard: Book 1)

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I've never been disappointed in a book I've read written by Christina (and) Lauren. And this one is no exception! It was hot and fast right from the gate! Fifty Shades meets The Hating Game. I scrolled through a handful of reviews that complained that there wasn't a plot. Books don't need to have a focus plot. It's okay to devour books that focus on a relationship and characters. That is the plot! How it/they start, build, and end. Mr Ryan and Ms Mills were the perfect plot. It also helped me realize that if he doesn't speak French to me in the shower, I don't want it.

8/10 Romance

9/10 Enemies to Lovers

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[yazthebookish]

The Unhoneymooners is going to be adapted into a movie 🏝

[matsuoclan]

Do you have any writer recs (specifically smut writer recs)? They can write for Choices or any other fandom! You're such a phenomenal writer; your fics are always so detailed and they all flow really well! Thank you in advance!

omg anon that's really kind of you to say 🥺😭💖

unfortunately i haven't read any fic in an extremely long time so i don't have any recs on that end, but that's because i've been reading actual books and can tell you about which authors/books i've read and gotten inspiration from 😊

1. katee robert (neon gods, a touch of taboo series, wicked villains series, sabine valley series) is the BOSS of writing extremely hot and kinky books that can also be super romantic. also the boss of ménages and consent

2. sierra simone (thornchapel series, priest series, supplicant) writes the most BEAUTIFUL sex i've ever read. gorgeous prose that mixes the sacred with the profane. content warnings for the thornchapel series though, which you can find here

3. nikki sloane (filthy rich americans series, nashville neighborhood series) is absolutely not afraid to push the envelope when it comes to sex and taboo (but like, not toooo taboo) and her sex scenes are super hot while also doing the work to push the plot further. one of my favorite erotic romance writers ever

4. kennedy ryan (block shot, reel) is who i go to when i want to read a deeply satisfying and emotional romance with soul touching sex. all of her characters are fucking AMAZING and the amount of heart that bleed off the pages... aggressive chef's kiss

i would read (almost) anything these four ladies write and highly HIGHLY recommend reading them if you're looking for well written sex scenes