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Alex Winters | Romance Author

@awintersromance.bsky.social

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Amazon bestselling romance author with a passion for holiday music, junk food, cheesy 80s horror movies & Epcot...👍🎄📻🍫🕯📗

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Alex Winters | Romance Author @awintersromance.bsky.social · Oct 26

“Oh. Holy. Fight!” My #cozy #christmas #romcom, “In Her Regency Era,” is out NOW from Entwined Publishing! 📚💙 #christmasromance #booksky #holidayromance #agegap #collegeromance #oppositesattract #kindle

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Photo of a cute couple wrapped in Christmas lights next to the words, “Oh. Holy. Fight!” Beneath the tagline is the book cover for In Her Regency Era by Alex Winters.

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Krista

@kkristaa.bsky.social

Obligatory favourite tree ornament photo.
#dissky

1987 Disney Mickey and Minnie Christmas tree ornament

December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM

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Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing!

@sleepykittypaw.bsky.social

"There is ultimately a very lovely message of self-acceptance at the heart of SINGLE ON THE 25TH. It can feel frustrating that the movie feels like it exists to give permission to be single, there are also people for who that reassurance is nice to hear once in a while."

decider.com/2025/12/07/s...

Stream It Or Skip It: 'Single On the 25th' on the Hallmark Channel, about a woman whose plan to have fun alone on Christmas is interrupted by her handsome neighbor

Could there be anything worse than being alone on Christmas??

decider.com

December 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™

@trahias.bsky.social

Richard Savoie (Canadian Artist, born 1959)
"Return Home from Work", 2020.
Oil on Canvas, 60 × 40 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM

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Jaybeans (or Stephen)

@jaybeans.bsky.social

How actions indicate character:

Kit, a pitcher, ducks as she's used to line drives coming back at her

Marla, a middle infielder, plants herself to field the ball

Dottie, a catcher, catches the ball

a woman in a purple hat is standing next to a man in a white shirt holding a baseball glove ..

ALT: a woman in a purple hat is standing next to a man in a white shirt holding a baseball glove ..

media.tenor.com

December 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM

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Adam Parkhomenko

@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social

It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.

December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM

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Ho! Ho! Holiday Viewing!

@sleepykittypaw.bsky.social

History Channel looks at A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS' precarious path to becoming a Christmas classic.

www.history.com/articles/cha...

How ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Became an Unexpected Classic

Executives almost canceled the first 'Peanuts' TV special.

www.history.com

December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM

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𖤐 Bri 𖤐

@brianimator.bsky.social

now watching a trashy 90s b-horror holiday classic #filmsky

December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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Georgina Kiersten

@ingloriousgigi.bsky.social

Read my cozy plus size m/m romance 'More to Love right now for FREE on Koboplus or Everand. Wrestling coach Emmy Park is content living romance through books—until he meets Jamir Cunningham, the charming owner of his favorite shop. bit.ly/moretolovero... #mmromance #booksky #plussizeromance

More to Love - A Cozy Plus Size M/M Romance Jamir and Emmy couldn’t be more different. Jamir with his constant smiles and Emmy with his resting bitch face. Yet, the moment their paths collide, the attraction between them is undeniable. Can they find happiness together despite their differences? - Kobo Plus

December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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Refined By Heart

@refinedbyheart.bsky.social

Bluesky is cool, but I'm definitely still learning how to use it! 😅

All We Want For Christmas by Philipa Ashley is my Christmas read this year. 🎄 What are you reading? Any recommendations?

💙📚🌶️

By the way, I have a few editing spots open in exchange for honest testimonials. ✍️📝 (Romance & Erotica)

December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM

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wendyannliving1.bsky.social

@wendyannliving1.bsky.social

💋𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 💋

𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑲𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔: 𝑨 𝑭𝒂𝒌𝒆-𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 3) by author Layla Hagen is now LIVE!

➡️𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬!
𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱!
laylahagen.com/SecretKisses

🎧Audible: laylahagen.com/secretkisses...

#Secretkisses #LaylaHagen #WordsmithPublicity

December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM

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Danielle (TBQ)

@thebookqueen.bsky.social

Today's romance deals are up, treat yourself to one of these lovely reads!

5 romances, all under $3 👀📚

Monday Romance Deals (12/08): A hedgehog shifter heroine, an heiress on the run from a forced marriage, hockey rivals to lovers & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/12/mond...

This is the daily book deals graphic, with all 5 of today's covers.

December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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vhsmassacre

@vhsmassacre.bsky.social

We made some progress in the film festival circuit with our new documentary Video Dreams! So we made a little poster update! we will still be in festivals into the summer of 2026 check out VHSMassacre.com for updates!

December 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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Rebecca Stone Gordon

@meanlouise.bsky.social

Day 7 #ALXbeercember brings forth Baby Kittens for @fishinnards.bsky.social. Look, I don’t name these beers.

The middle aged man with the long blond pony tail holds up a can of beer in one hand & a goblet in the other. He wears a Star Wars Christmas sweatshirt and stands in front of a Christmas tree. Because it’s Christmas & this is an advent calendar of beer. In the background, the wicker monkeys grow suspicious of our compulsion to take a daily photo in front of the Christmas tree with a beer. Nevertheless, the beer photos are significantly less disturbing than the photos with tea. Do you know what happens when you brew chamomile tea and put it in your beautiful footed glass mugs? It looks like you’re drinking a steaming mug of urine to ring in the holiday season, that’s what it looks like. Trust me when I say that no one wants that. Not even the Wicker Monkeys.

December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM

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Rep. Kelly Morrison

@kellymorrisonmn.bsky.social

The American people deserve to feel protected by their president. Not attacked by him.

December 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM

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kate bush’s husband

@airbagged.bsky.social

Daniel Day Lewis came out of Instagram retirement to show support for Paul Dano. King shit.

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danielbdaylewis Paul Dano is one of the best and most talented actors of his generation.

December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM

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Waggtoon (Commissions open)

@waggtoon.bsky.social

My favorite movie ads are the ones that are the complete opposite of the film's actual tone.

A 1996 print ad for Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, featuring the main characters from the film happily dancing around. Below is tagline "Join the Party."

Said film includes themes of violence, racism, abuse, corruption of the church, and an entire musical number where the villain, Judge Frollo, lusts over the heroine Esmeralda. This isn't the fun kid-friendly party the poster promised us.

December 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM

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James Longhurst

@jameslonghurst.bsky.social

It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️

A magazine cover, with a single illustration covering the entire page, and no headlines over the top. A hand illustration -- perhaps watercolors -- shows a snowy day and an empty road heading towards the viewer. In the distance, a cozy christmas tree store surrounded by green trees, some cut and some still standing, with a cozy cabin behind. In the foreground, a jaunty woman with hat and sunglasses and scarf bicycles toward us, with a christmas tree horizontally held on the front rack of her bike and a black scotty dog running alongside. She and the shop and the cabin are all in pastels; pinks and purples and white. Her white scarf and hat match the white snow on the store and cabin. It is a cheerful, jaunty, undaunted tone, and evenly spaced big snowflakes float down over it all. At the top the magazine name, The New Yorker, the date Dec. 19, 1942, and the Price: 15 cents. At the bottom is the signature of the artist, Garrett Price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Price

December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM

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Danielle (TBQ)

@thebookqueen.bsky.social

Monday Romance Deals (12/08): A hedgehog shifter heroine, an heiress on the run from a forced marriage, hockey rivals to lovers & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/12/mond...

December 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM

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Lanz Ervyn

@lanzervyn.bsky.social

It just made me smile at the thought of how, a few decades back, one wouldn't even imagine shows like Heated Rivalry being normalized or openly gay actors like Jonathan Bailey being so popular and yet here we are. :)

December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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SuperWendy

@superwendy.bsky.social

Witchy Romance ARC Reviews: Wooing the Witch Queen, A Simple Twist of Fate, and Season of the Witch firewhiskeyreader.com/2025/11/29/w... via @firewhiskeyreader.bsky.social #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Witchy Romance ARC Reviews: Wooing the Witch Queen, A Simple Twist of Fate, and Season of the Witch

Y’all, these three witchy romances caught me off guard by how much I loved them, most especially Wooing the Witch Queen. You see, I started Wooing the Witch Queen and I was not there for that…

firewhiskeyreader.com

December 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM

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Liana Brooks

@lianabrooks.bsky.social

"A witty, heartfelt romantic escape that blends bayou grit with glittery wish-fulfillment in a way that feels both magical and deeply human. It’s festive, funny, and emotionally sharp in all the right places."

... can I use the scammers description as an ad?

books2read.com/christmas-me...

The cover of All I Want For Christmas Is A Mermaid and the checklist of tropes: second chance romance, caught in the rain, dark past, fish out of water, oblivious to love.

December 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM

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Decadent Publishing

@decadentpub.bsky.social

It's release day!🎉
The first time I meet Desmond, he pets me—in my reindeer form. But my reindeer seems to like him. And no one should be alone over the holidays.
CHRISTMAS KANE by Jessica E. Subject
decadentpublishing.com/christmas-ka...
#BookSky #RomanceBooks #MMRomance #HolidayRomance #MPreg

The cover for Christmas Kane by Jessica E. Subject shows a light-skinned man with short, dark hair wearing a black winter coat with a faux fur rim around the hood. He is looking to the right of the cover where there is a reindeer. Below them is a forest of coniferous trees and above them a dark, starry sky.

December 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM

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Lane Hayes

@lanehayes.bsky.social

A Cowboy Holiday is coming soon!

Preorder for December 15 here: mybook.to/A-Cowboy-Hol...

The cowboy, the rancher, and a little holiday magic...

A Cowboy Holiday is an MM, bisexual romance featuring a single dad-cowboy-grump, a sweetheart of a rancher, and some holiday sparks.

#BookSky