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Cassandra B. Leigh

@cassandrableigh.bsky.social

An Unguarded Moment

While walking in the park, the unimaginable happens, and #MrDarcy is rendered unconscious. In his delirium, he calls for Elizabeth.

#PrideAndPrejudice #Regency #Romance #Romancelandia #RomanceBooks #WhatToRead #ebooks #Books 📚💙

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Cover design for An Unguarded Moment by Cassandra B. Leigh. A woman wearing a pale pink gown stands in the moonlight with the full supermoon in the background.

February 19, 2026 at 12:19 PM

Writing About Writing About Writing

@writingabtwriting.bsky.social

Struggling with motivation to write? Take a tip from the Romantics and find your Begeisterung instead.

#authors #writingcommunity #romancelandia #booksky #writing

Finding Begeisterung

Begeisterung is what artists share over their otherwise endless differences: enthusiasm for a task clearly perceived

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February 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM

Lorna Peel

@lornapeel.bsky.social

'Should come with an addiction warning!'
Escape to 19th-century Ireland with The Fitzgeralds of Dublin Series.

Amazon - mybook.to/FitzgeraldsSeries
Other Retailers - books2read.com/LornaPeel

#BooksByLornaPeel #FamilySaga #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #Ireland #Romancelandia #KindleUnlimited 📚⏳ 📚💙 📚🌶️

February 19, 2026 at 11:34 AM

Angels With Attitude Book Reviews

@angelswithattitude.bsky.social

#romancelandia #booksky

EXCERPT REVEAL for Taylor's Father by Penelope Ward

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February 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM

Ewan Stone ✍️🔞

@ewanstone.bsky.social

From The Runechildren, Book Six of the Lonely Ship Saga.

🪐🌶️ Start reading Lonely Ship for free here! 🌶️🪐
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#scifi #erotica #selfpublish #smutsky #spicybooks #Booksky #NSFWwriting #romancelandia #NSFWsky #skywriters #writingcommunity

And that was without considering the other contributions to the Auxiliary Power that had taken place around him. Marcus in particular had ended up topping up the tank with just the girls he publicly shared sleeping with. Rune, Ashe, Lilith, Miriham, Fei, Avalynne, Amari. Oh shit, Demi as well! Not all of those had been on the ship, but it had meant that there was always drama taking place on the decks of the Rune Carrier. And that meant lots of tasty anima for Marcus’ one true love to consume. It was what made him such a good captain, in a sense.
Grinning all the while, Hal explained this to Yvain, whose fingers paused their typing. Her eyes were narrow and her lips pursed when he was finished listing his captain’s saucy misdemeanours.
“I did not take Marcus Albright to be such a…”
“…a slut?” Hal finished for her. “It helped us a lot, actually. The tanks ever overflowed with him in charge.”
“Do you believe he read a copy of my portfolio?”
“Nah. He just couldn’t keep it in his trousers.”
“Unlike you, the pillar of masculine chastity.”

February 19, 2026 at 8:48 AM

Alexandra Isobel❤️📖 romancewriter

@alexandraisobel.bsky.social

Being a Canadian romance writer means…
#romancelandia

February 19, 2026 at 4:22 AM

Saddletramp1956

@saddletramp1956.bsky.social

Fill your library with these spicy e-books! Includes Tales From the Saddletramp Universe, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Rules, The Kepler Incident, and Tabitha Prime

#smutsky #spicybooks🌶️📚 #eroticwriterslift #booksky💙📚 #romancelandia #booktok ✍️🔥 ✒️🔞

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February 19, 2026 at 3:02 AM

Zed Prospero

@zprospero.bsky.social

For anyone who missed it, I wrote a very short Valentine's Day short story about a gay man helping his boyfriend with body image issues by an elaborate spicy surprise.

Read it for free on my website! 5 minute read!

#WriteSky #MMRomance #GayRomance #Romancelandia

Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Valentine's Day!

I wrote a short story you can read for free on my website!

Ash is having body image issues on Valentine's Day and Finn decides to make his lover see him as sexy as he does via bondage makeover and edging that hot guy in the mirror. 😅

VERY spicy. VERY sweet.

#WriteSky

Valentine's Day - By Zeke Caliban — Hell Ltd.

A very spicy short story about a gay couple on Valentine's Day, and an elaborate plan to boost a lover's ego

www.hellltd.com

February 19, 2026 at 2:40 AM

Amy Stauffer PA

@amystaufferpa.bsky.social

🌈📚 A Big Ass Book Stack: Achillean Romance Books

Listed in order of book stack (on the first slide), from top to bottom.

🥔 Special appearance by my stuffed potato (Jellycat Amusable). (If you know, you know.)

#mmromance #gayromance #booksky #romancelandia #readqueeralllyear #lgbtbooks

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston.
Vibes: Forced proximity, childhood friends, second chance, mutual pining, European road trip.
Rep: Bisexual, trans.

You Weren’t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White.
Vibes: Body horror, cult/hive-minded, Appalachian setting, alien worms, awful boyfriend.
Rep: Selective mutism, trans man, autism.

The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez.
Vibes: Dark fantasy, second world, sentient forest, sapphic yearning, reluctant allies to lovers.

February 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM

Amy Stauffer PA

@amystaufferpa.bsky.social

🌈📚 A Big Ass Book Stack: Achillean Romance Books

Listed in order of book stack (on the first slide), from top to bottom.

🥔 Special appearance by my stuffed potato (Jellycat Amusable). (If you know, you know.)

#mmromance #gayromance #booksky #romancelandia #readqueeralllyear #lgbtbooks

The Chance by Rae Stone.
Vibes: Friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, bodyguard, rockstar, pining.

If All the Stars go Dark by S.G. Prince.
Vibes: Opposites attract, slow burn and banter, young adult space fantasy, only one bed, found family.

Pieces of Home by Becca Neil.
Vibes: Hurt/comfort, size difference, slow burn (very slow), small town, caretaking.
Rep: Selective mutism, ace, side, trauma and healing, PTSD, cPTSD.

February 19, 2026 at 1:55 AM

Smut and Sensibility

@smutandsensibility.bsky.social

In these uncertain times, one thing remains. We will continue to buy books, upon books, upon books! #booksky #romancebooks #romancelandia #funny #bookhaul #tbr #reading #whattoreadnext

February 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM

Saddletramp1956

@saddletramp1956.bsky.social

Looking for some free spicy e-books? Here you go! Includes Burn Vol. 1, Houston, Houston Goes to Washington, and Semper Invictus

#smutsky #spicybooks🌶️📚 #eroticwriterslift #booksky💙📚 #romancelandia #booktok ✍️🔥 ✒️🔞

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February 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Robert Kingett

@weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy

I have a lot of thoughts about that Daniel Green video where he covers that absolutely shit article by the New York Times about the Romance author turned prompter. His comment section is full of the anti-romance slop I see on a daily basis, but even he, in the video, fell into the trap that […]

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February 18, 2026 at 11:55 PM

Olivia Trent

@oliviatrentauthor.bsky.social

Book 2 is coming along nicely. The story is taking a big turn toward #fatedmates so if that's your jam, get in here! #amwriting #romancelandia #romantasy #darkromance #booksky #lgbtqbooksky #queerwriters #writesky #writingcommunity

Olivia Trent @oliviatrentauthor.bsky.social · 9d

I'm excited to announce that the first book in my new dark romance fantasy series The Downward Spiral is out today. Alice in Wonderland meets Dante's Inferno. ❤️ Bisexual heroine / Queer Romance / Why Choose / Found Family / Angst ❤️ #booksky #lgbtqbooksky #queervoices #romancelandia
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A book cover featuring an ornate silver door with a large bronze lion head door knocker holding a ring in its mouth. The cover says The Downward Spiral, Book 1, Into the Depths, by Olivia Trent.

February 18, 2026 at 11:22 PM

EuroHackie

@eurohackie.bsky.social

The February 2026 #TBRChallenge is "Vintage," which is, of course, the name of my game 😆 I chose a 1960 nurse romance with a judgmental heroine, her Fabian-like hero, and the adorable plot moppet that brings them together #romancelandia 📚https://vintageromancereader.dreamwidth.org/24630.html

February 18, 2026 at 11:21 PM

Eremita Gray

@eremitagray.bsky.social

I think Soren needs this sticker. 😂🧛‍♂️🩸

Credit: Hilarious Humanitarian

#DarkFantasy #DarkFantasyRomance #VampireRomance #Romancelandia #BookSky #ReadingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Hand holding a heart-shaped, sparkly sticker. Text on the sticker reads "therapy is not enough. I need to bite people."

February 18, 2026 at 11:19 PM

Robert Kingett

@weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy

Well damnit. I hate it when better authors have similar ideas! I completed a fluffy ROM COM where there's an apartment complex that's a magical matchmaker, Grumpy VS Sunshine Trope, Disability smut/sex, and of course, cookies and newspapers in Braille that tell the gay guys what to do and I […]

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February 18, 2026 at 11:16 PM

Smut and Sensibility

@smutandsensibility.bsky.social

A little blooper from our recent episode for a treat on this Wednesday. Poor Scout was just doing his guard dog duty 🤣 Make sure to check out the pre-order for our writing groups anthology. Release date is March 2nd! It's happening!

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#booksky #romancebooks #romancelandia #bloopers

February 18, 2026 at 11:01 PM

b.andherbooks

@bandherbooks.bsky.social

i am once again begging you to let the when harry met sally reign of tyranny end. god i hate that movie (and bride & prejudice is a DELIGHT).

please, join me, vote with me. #romancelandia #RomComBracket