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Ashley
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💖 Romance of all kinds, but primarily MM and LGBTQIA+
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Ashley @adhdandread.bsky.social · Jun 18
Welcome! 👋🏻 If you’re going to stick around, here’s the 411:

✨I am not everyone’s flavor, and I’m fine with that.

✨I’m also a ♉️ , which explains 👆🏻.

✨Love is love, and books are political. No notes.

✨I work in health care.

✨I know you know, but posts are my opinion only.

#booksky #mmromance
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𝔸ℝℂ ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎
𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑’𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 by A.K. Blythe
⁣⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⁣⁣⁣
🌶️🌶️🌶️⁣⁣

Talk about altering your brain chemistry.⁣ Everything you could want in a second chance: longing, tenderness, and a well-earned HEA.

Full edit on IG. Full review here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b50b...
— A🩷⁣⁣⁣
⁣🏷️ #mmbooksky #mmromance
Graphic depicts photo edit of a vintage big-top circus tent open to show a stage for performers. A shirtless man in shorts hangs upside down from a Chinese pole in an aerial position. Typography shows book title, author's name, and series name.
November 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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💚🩷𝔸ℝℂ ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎🩷⁣💚⁣
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐎𝐔𝐓'𝐒 𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 by @authoraknightley.bsky.social
5⭐
3🌶️

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓⁣
😱 Grumpy x sunshiny ghost
😱 Murder mystery⁣
😱 Chronic illness/disability rep (MS)⁣
😱 Slow burn⁣
😱 Forced proximity⁣

Full review here: app.thestorygraph.com/books/d28ca3...
#mmromance #booksky #mmbooksky
October 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣⁣⁣⁣⁣
GYM BROS by @augustjonesbooks.bsky.social
5 ⭐
5 🌶️

Calyx and Sam seem in such sad places in life when the book starts. Their first interactions are full of miscommunication because of their pasts, but it makes their HEA delicious. Review up on SG/GR.
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
Image shows the model cover of Gym Bros by August Jones in the middle of the graphic, and it is surrounded by photos that represent the vibe of the book. There are pictures of an MMA fighter; a shirtless blonde man holding flowers and posing for the camera; two men doing yoga; two men fighting in a ring; a German Shepherd mixed-breed dog sitting on a ground full of leaves; and a man wearing a see-through, open-collared shirt exposing his torso. The tropes are listed for the book, including: strangers to lovers, opposites attract, forbidden, MMA fighter, yoga teacher/model, beauty meets a beast, feminization, jealousy/possessiveness, size difference, and low angst.
September 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣⁣⁣⁣
TWO GUYS ONE PUCK by @hipsterwriter.bsky.social
4.5 ⭐⁣⁣
4 🌶️⁣⁣

The chirps, they don't stay on the ice in this one! The banter is snarky, biting, quick, and just plain entertaining. Top tier.
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Full review now on StoryGraph, Goodreads, and Fable.

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
Two Guys One Puck by J.R. Gray is out now. Tropes include double bisexual awakening, only one bed, snarky banter, hockey rivals, fighting as foreplay, secret hookups, and hate to love. ARC review of book 4.5 stars. Background of graphic depicts different images, including two hockey players facing off; two hockey players battling for a puck next to a referee; two men kissing, and a partial map showing Ukraine.
September 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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🏳️‍🌈 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋 🏳️‍🌈⁣⁣⁣
HEART2HEART ANTHOLOGY, VOL. 8⁣⁣⁣

This best-selling collection is coming back in November!

❤️ Available for only 90 days starting 11-3-25
🧡 Ebook and digitally signed paperback
💙 Cover design by Natasha Snow
💚 Preorder here → getbook.at/H2HV8
#Heart2Heart #booksky #mmbooksky
Image shows the book cover for Heart2Heart Anthology, Vol. 8, on a glittery rainbow background. The book cover shows two men kissing in the street while walking away from the camera, and it lists the participating authors: EM Denning, Kate Hawthorne, Cambria Hebert, Lily Morton, Riley Nash, Charlie Novak, Jodi Oliver, Briar Prescott, Fae Quin, Crea Reitan, C. Rochelle, Emmy Sanders, Becca Seymour, and Marley Valentine.
September 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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📘📭 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐋 📭📘

I was so excited to receive this from The New Romantics bookstore because they were one of a handful of specific shops to include this gorgeous overlay with their preorders. I mean, come ON! Look at these babies! Look 👏🏻 at 👏🏻 them 👏🏻

#booksky #mmbooksky #bookmail #mmromance
Deluxe print edition of For the Fans by Nyla K. It shows a revised version of the original indie cover and has sprayed blue edges that say "Everything we do is...." Image shows a bookplate with the author's signature and a vellum overlay of the two MMCs kissing.
September 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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🔮 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 🔮
It's Halloween season! Another ARC-heavy week but zero complaints. I mean, this lineup!

🖤 Gym Bros, @augustjonesbooks.bsky.social
💛 Showstopper, Lily Anderson
💚 Wilde's End, @saxonjames.bsky.social
🧡 How to Break My Heart, Kat T. Masen
💜 Full Tilt, @beccaseymour.bsky.social
#booksky
Image shows a green background with a green-slime graphic dripping from the top and a black graphic of hands crawling out of the ground at the bottom. Reading this week: Gym Bros by August Jones, Show Stopper by Lily Anderson, Wilde's End by Saxon James, How to Break My Heart by Kat T. Masen, and Full Tilt by Becca Seymour. Image has a mini image of each book cover.
September 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂/𝐀𝐋𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣
BEAUTIFUL DESIRE by @authorashleyjames.bsky.social
4.5 ⭐
5 🌶️

Small town, stepbrother, age gap, AND forced proximity? I don't read much MF romance these days, but for Ashley James? No question. Full review here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9904...
#booksky #romancelandia
Model cover of Beautiful Desire by Ashley James, writing as A. James.
September 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣⁣⁣⁣
ONLY YOU by @nicoledauthor.bsky.social
5 ⭐
3 🌶

🩵 Friends to lovers
🩵 Bi-awakening
🩵 Size difference
🩵 Low angst
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Full-fledged Nicole stan here, so obviously I’m going to recommend this one. Full review here:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a131...

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
September 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣
Barn Burner by @jodioliverauthor.bsky.social
Love the Game #3
4 ⭐
3 🌶️

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓
🏒 Cowboy x hockey player
🤠 Age gap
🏒 Grumpy/sunshine
🤠 Secret identity

Short, sweet, and steamy! Read full review here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/857f...
#booksky #mmromance #mmbooksky
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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📣 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘! 📣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
BEND HIM BREAK HIM by @mnbennetauthor.bsky.social is out now!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

4 ⭐ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
4 🌶
Full review to come later this week!

📕 Buy the book here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZ183PW...
📕 Buy the book with artwork added: mnbennet.com/store⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
#mmbooksky##mmromance#mmromance
Illustrated cover of Bend Him Break Him by MN Bennet. Tropes include: dark bully romance, AITA vibes, grumpy/sunshine, enemies to lovers, hate screwing, hurt/comfort, and revenge/redemption.
September 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Am I reading one of the several ARCs I need to finish tonight? Nope. No. Noooo, I am not.

Am I reading the new Tal Bauer book tonight while clutching a box of Kleenex in preparation of having my heart broken? Yep. Yup. Yesssss, I am. 🤦🏼‍♀️

#moodreader #booksky #mmbooksky #hockeyromance #mmromance
September 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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📣 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📣⁣
KISS-FIST by @emlindsey.bsky.social and @coraroseromance.bsky.social
5 ⭐
3 🌶️

💪🏼 Deaf x hearing
🤓 Meet-cute at the gym
💪🏼 Himbo x nerd
🤓 Grumpy/sunshine

I’m very excited to see where this new E.M.-Cora shared world takes us! Full review here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3368...
Image shows model cover of Kiss-Fist by E.M. Lindsey and Cora Rose. Around the cover are mood/vibe pictures that fit the book, including a shirtless, muscular man; a professorial-looking man in a cardigan; a man teaching at the front of a classroom; a set of free weights at the gym; two men holding hands; and a graphic of jumbled letters that says 'dysgraphia' in the center.
September 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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🚒 𝐀𝐋𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 🚒
HOLLIS by @authorashleyjames.bsky.social
4 ⭐
5 🌶️

So good it had me gasping! I even had to pause a few times to just catch my breath. Obviously, the writing is also fantastic, with James' signature blend of humor, sexiness, and emotion. 100% recommend!
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
Model cover of Hollis by Ashley James. Quote in red print: "I don't feel ready, but at the same time, I do. But that's how it's always been with Ford, right? Nothing ever makes sense, while somehow also feeling completely right every single time. It's a paradox. We're a paradox." Quote in blue print: "Hollis knows exactly what he's doing. He knows the second he calls me Daddy, I'm doing whatever the hell he wants. It's like I have no control around him, and I hate it just as much as I love it."
September 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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✨ARC REVIEW✨
FULL SPLIT by @rebeccarathe.bsky.social
5 ⭐
4 🌶️

Favorite things about this book: Niles' strength of character and Wyatt's reverence. The love they have for each other has changed the wiring in my brain. Full review:
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/aee5...

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
September 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Reposted by Ashley
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It’s here! Kiss-Fist is here!
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💜Kiss-Fist💜
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Out Now! On KU, Audio, and Paperback!
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Read or Listen Here! books2read.com/u/bPjN9A
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What Can you Expect:
💜Enemies to Lovers
💜Himbo/Nerd
💜Found Family
💜Grumpy/Sunshine
💜Deaf/Hearing
💜High Heat Romcom
September 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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📣 𝐖𝐄𝐁𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 📣
TWO GUYS ONE PUCK, an all-new enemies-to-lovers hockey romance, is available a week early exclusively on J.R. Gray’s website! Grab it here → tinyurl.com/tgopwe

𝘈 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.

🏷️ @hipsterwriter.bsky.social
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
September 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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✨𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐕𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 ✨
KISS-FIST is out today! Get it here: books2read.com/u/bPjN9A

Better grab this! It's giving enemies to lovers, himbo/nerd, disability rep, found family, and more. Full review coming later today!

🏷️ @emlindsey.bsky.social @coraroseromance.bsky.social
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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✨𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐑✨
GYM BROS by @augustjonesbooks.bsky.social comes out next week 🎉 Preorder here: a.co/d/7TyVvcC

🧘🏻 Strangers to lovers
💪🏻 Opposites attract
🧘🏻 Forbidden
💪🏻 MMA fighter x yoga teacher
🧘🏻 Beauty meets a beast
💪🏻 Feminization
🧘🏻 Jealousy/possessiveness
💪🏻 Size difference

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
Image of a partially nude/nude man in bed with excerpt from Gym Bros by August Jones. Quoted material says: I don't think he saw me that first day at the gym and thought "Yes. Him. That's the guy for me." I think I broke him down and won him over and maybe even put him into a kind of love arm bar where he had to submit, because I wasn't going to stop until he was all mine."
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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✨ 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐀𝐋✨
CROSSROADS by @nicoledauthor.bsky.social out October 20th! Preorder and join in the release: geni.us/cndrelease

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓
🩵 Opposites attract
💛 Country x city
🩵 Rich x poor
💛 Double bi-awakening

Cover: Ariadna Basulto with @chaotic-creatives@bsky.social
#booksky #mmbooksky
Cover reveal for Cross Roads by Nicole Dykes. Image shows book and e-book cover, depicting a city skyline fading into a country road.
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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✨𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐑✨
GYM BROS by @augustjonesbooks.bsky.social comes out 9/19! Preorder here: a.co/d/7TyVvcC

𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓
🧘🏻 Strangers to lovers
💪🏻 Opposites attract
🧘🏻 Forbidden
💪🏻 MMA fighter x yoga teacher
💪🏻 Feminization
🧘🏻 Jealousy/possessiveness
💪🏻 Size difference
🧘🏻 Low angst

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
Background image shows a barbell and barbell plates laying on the floor of a gym. Small foreground image is the model book cover for Gym Bros by August Jones. Large foreground image is an excerpt from the book. It says: "Super hung gym bro," Samuel says. I laugh. "What? He was checking me out earlier." "Excuse me?" I say, more hackles I didn't know I possessed rising. "Not like he wanted to do me, just like–appreciative." "Um, no. Unacceptable. Did you tell him you were taken?" Graphic also shows release day and tropes.
September 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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📚𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆📚

💛 Barn Burner @jodioliverauthor.bsky.social
💛 Kiss-Fist @emlindsey.bsky.social and @coraroseromance.bsky.social
💛 Beautiful Desire @authorashleyjames.bsky.social
💛 Bend Him Break Him @mnbennetauthor.bsky.social
💛 Only You @nicoledauthor.bsky.social
#booksky #mmromance #mmbooksky
September 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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📖 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📖⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Hyperspeed by @lilyjamesauthor.bsky.social
5 ⭐
3 🌶️

🏎️ Rivals to lovers
🏎️ Opposites attract
🏎️ Slow burn

Kai and Rev are talented, great at talking smack, and obsessed with each other. 😏 Full review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6231...
#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
Quote from Hyperspeed by Lily James: "The man had starred in fantasies so filthy, I was convinced at least three positions violated intergalactic law. One of them required flexibility I'm not even sure he had, and I'd spent far too long picturing how his stubborn ass might prove me wrong." Image shows quote, book cover, and background image is a slow-exposure photo of a race track.
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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ONLY YOU by @nicoledauthor.bsky.social comes out September 15!⁣ Preorder here: geni.us/oyndrelease%...
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬...⁣

🖤 MM romance⁣
📚 Friends to lovers⁣
🖤 Self-discovery⁣
📚 Bi-awakening⁣
🖤 Size difference⁣
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#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
Image shows a man wearing a suit with his hands resting on the keys of a laptop. The test says "Remy Valentine. I swear I would have burned the world down for him." Only You by Nicole Dykes comes out September 15.
September 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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📖 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 📖
Overeager by Grae Bryan
5 ⭐
5 🌶️

🩶 Alpha student x omega professor
💛 Steamy first times
🩶 Virgin MC x divorced MC
💛 Secret/forbidden relationship

Eli and Noah are adorable together. 🥰 Check out my full review: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/18f6...

#booksky #mmbooksky #mmromance
Graphic shows book cover for Overeager by Grae Bryan with a quote from the book. Quote says: "Holy sh*t. This was happening. He was about to lose his virginity to the cutest, nicest, most delicious-smelling omega he'd ever encountered." Background image is a copper hot tub overlooking a green valley.
September 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM