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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · 23h

I’m being indoctrinated by the Robby/Whittaker age gap yaoi stans and I dont even watch The Pitt yet 😭 It’s all over my explore pages

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Avril Circus @avrilcircus.bsky.social · 10d

Tiny loves on a little moon. 🌙✨

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Avril Circus @avrilcircus.bsky.social · 15d

After establishing a great reputation, a mysterious figure asks the magician to stay at his hotel and perform every night.

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Aster @lavendersbook.bsky.social · 18d

Looking for a bi trans woman sensitivity reader for a t4t romance

hi everyone, as the title says, I am looking for a sensitivity reader for a medieval romance novella (20k), in particular for someone who has experience dating trans men. This is paid.

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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Sep 9

My lovely, considerate Rose 🥰

Avril Circus @avrilcircus.bsky.social · Sep 7

"If you don't take it, I'll buy it for you."

Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Sep 9

So happy to be back with the crew!!

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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎧 CL: Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
Malakai giving Kiki red carnations because of a line in her favorite poem…they don’t make lovers like this anymore. I need them get back together BAD!!
#BlackBooksky

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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Aug 17

The atmosphere is totally giving what you describe!! Very excited to see the crew dynamics at play ✨

Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Aug 17

Finally starting Six of Crows, I have high expectations!!
#booksky 💙📚

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AJ @amadeoboros.bsky.social · Mar 12

💤 #trephacard #castlevania

Sypha Belnades, Trevor Belmont and Alucard falling asleep together while cuddling (cropped)

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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Aug 12

Trephacard my beloved

aquila 🍉 writing comms now open! @belllmonts.bsky.social · Jul 29

THANK YOU KATIE SILVA 😭😭

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Avril Circus @avrilcircus.bsky.social · Aug 8

How to♟️✨

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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Aug 10

I went to see JJK Hidden Inventory/Premature Death yesterday and the montage with their high school photos at the end was devastating 😭
#mangasky

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Avril Circus @avrilcircus.bsky.social · Aug 7

They like to win, they like to lose and try again. ♟️✨

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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Aug 6

Seeing Vinland Saga end after 20 years has made me rethink only wanting to read finished manga. Love a long series I can binge or a short one, but sometimes I need to let the mangaka cook and follow the journey!!

Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Jul 23

I felt a little bad because I have 11 ARCs waiting to be read/reviewed but I just saw someone who had almost 50 ARCs on their tbr, it truly made me feel better 😭

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Avril Circus @avrilcircus.bsky.social · Jul 9

As soon as the heatwave sets in the capital, Guerlain who resists the heat surprisingly well, does not hesitate to expand his family nest to welcome his dear Parisian friends. ✨🍋

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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Jul 8

So in love with these characters 🥰

Avril Circus @avrilcircus.bsky.social · Jul 7

Take care of your thirsty boys please! 🍋✨☀️

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Annalise @annalisejensen.bsky.social · Jul 5

Fate's Bane was a very good book! More buff sapphics in swamps falling in love, please and thank you🤲

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celine 🩷💜💙 pre-order HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE @writewithcel.bsky.social · Jul 3

WELCOME. SHE’S HERE.

thrilled to reveal the cover of my debut novel, a queer sports romance where a sizzling rivalry between two professional wrestlers grows increasingly heated ❤️‍🔥

HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE will be yours on 3/31/26 & is now available for preorder (🔗 in bio!)

#booksky #queerbooksky

The cover art of HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE, a novel by Celine Ong, where two male wrestlers (to the left is an Asian man in his 20s with black hair tied up in a man bun and a red fringe cascading down his face, dressed in a pair of black wrestling tights designed to look like flames; to the right is a white man with short blond hair with slight curls at the top, dressed in white tights and blue lines coming up the side) square up in the middle of a ring. They stare at each other with a mix of fierceness and affection, and have an arm on each other. They are illuminated by pinkish, purplish, and blueish stage lights above. In the background, a faceless crowd watches them.

a synopsis for HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE that reads:
When a fierce rivalry between two professional wrestlers grows increasingly heated, neither man can fight the attraction burning between them, in this dazzling debut romance.

From dramatic character gimmicks to death-defying stunts, everything in the world of professional wrestling is an act. Asher Ross's hatred for Caleb Knight, however, is not. When Asher gets drafted to Global Elite Wrestling’s main roster, playing the role of Caleb’s worst enemy—the face to his heel—should be easy. Stripping him of his World Championship title should be even easier. But as the two men trade barbs and blows across arenas, they’re each surprised to find their chemistry is so sizzling, it can’t just be for the cameras.  Through training sessions, rehearsals, and injuries, Caleb’s icy demeanor melts away, and Asher begins to see the real man behind the cruel persona GEW has molded Caleb into. An unlikely truce evolves into feelings neither want to deny, but the company won’t let them be seen as anything other than bitter rivals, both in and out of the ring.  As Asher and Caleb grapple with what they truly want in an industry with a history of denying queerness, their forbidden romance comes crashing down on them, and both men are forced to decide if their relationship is real enough to last, and just how much they’re willing to fight for it.

a trope map for HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE, including: freak4freak, himbo golden retriever x soggy wet cat, fuck you (nuclear grade yearning), hurt/comfort, a bi demon & a gay disaster walk into a bar, the inherent eroticism of choking out your enemy, found family, love letter to queer history & revolution, with text that announces “now available for pre-order”

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Nouria ✨ @nouriareads.bsky.social · Jul 1

A few of my anticipated queer book releases for the second half of the year ✨ Are you looking forward to any of these?
📚💙 #Booksky #QueerBooksky

A purple background with four book covers and information of upcoming queer book releases for the second half of 2025.

Savage Blooms by S.T. Gibson is the first book in a Gothic Erotic Fantasy Romance trilogy, releasing on October 9th, 2025, and featuring bisexual representation with a polyamorous MFMF quad.

As Many Souls As Stars by Natasha Siegel is a standalone Gothic Historical Fantasy with lesbian representation, releasing on November 25th, 2025.

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri is a standalone Fantasy Romance with with lesbian, butch and femme representation, releasing on October 21st, 2025.

The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur is a standalone paranormal romance with with queer and lesbian representation, releasing on October 21st, 2025.

A purple background with four book covers and information of upcoming queer book releases for the second half of 2025.

The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez is a standalone Dark Fantasy Retelling of the myth of Golem with lesbian representation, releasing on September 9th, 2025.

When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee is the first book in a Fantasy duology with with lesbian, butch and femme representation, releasing on October 21st, 2025.

The Second Death of Locke by V.L. Bovalino is the first book in a trilogy, but can be read as a standalone. It’s an Epic Fantasy Romance set in a queernormative world with bisexual and pansexual representation, releasing on September 23rd, 2025.

Learning Curves by Rachel Lacey is a standalone Romance with lesbian, bisexual, and queer representation, releasing on October 9th, 2025.

A purple background with four book covers and information of upcoming queer book releases for the second half of 2025.

The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Seel is a standalone Horror with queer, bisexual, and polyamorous representation, releasing on August 5th, 2025.

Local Heavens by K.M. Fajardo is a standalone Cyberpunk Gatsby Retelling with bisexual representation, releasing on October 14th, 2025.

Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi is a Standalone Paranormal Romance with bisexual main characters and a bi4bi romance, releasing on September 16th, 2025.

Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings is a standalone Romance with bisexual and pansexual main characters and a bi4bi romance, releasing on August 5th, 2025.

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Avril Circus @avrilcircus.bsky.social · Jun 17

Heliotrope, unicorn guardian, the hidden love.

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Saint (S.T.) Gibson @stgibson.bsky.social · Jun 16

🔔 dinner is served!!!! 🔔 just in time for the summer solstice too. US readers, SAVAGE BLOOMS has materialized from the Highland mists onto the Netgalley. Check CWs and request your copy of this (464 page!) gothic erotic fever dream of a why choose fairy tale. 🔥 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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Annalise @annalisejensen.bsky.social · Jun 15

I miss these blorbos 💀

Artwork of gideon nav and harrowhark from the locked tomb book series. Gideon has skull paint and red hair, she is behind harrow hugging her. Harrow stands in front with her left hand on a longsword. They wear dark blue/black robes and there is a simple fence design around them.

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Anaïs Flogny @hakunette.bsky.social · Jun 12

🦇 Polish vampires, from 1400 to 1885.

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