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23.- I read Rachel Reid's _Role Model_, the fifth in her Game Changers series of contemporary ice hockey m/m romances. #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #RachelReid #GameChangers @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/role-model-by-rachel-reid/

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Role Model, by Rachel Reid

Another month, another Game Changers review; with this, we’re almost done, and what a ride it has been! Beware: rape culture in ice hockey and sports generally; widespread misogyny in sports,…

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

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24.- I read Collen Gleason's _Lady Darling Inquires After a Killer_, first in the Lady Darling series of historical cozy mysteries, set in late Victorian London. #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #NetGalleyARC #ColleenGleason #LadyDarling @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/06/08/lady-darling-inquires-after-a-killer-by-colleen-gleason/

Her Hands, My Hands

Lady Darling Inquires After a Killer, by Colleen Gleason

The cover caught my eye, then the blurb–for all that it’s concise almost to the point of being off-putting–clinched the deal when it mentioned our lady sleuth’s age, so of c…

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

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25.- I read 'Nathan Burgoine's "Faux Ho Ho", a queer story, part of his larger Little Village stories, and it's lovely. #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #NathanBurgoine #LittleVillage @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/faux-ho-ho-by-nathan-burgoine/

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Faux Ho Ho, by ‘Nathan Burgoine

When I reviewed “Village Fool” earlier this year, I had planned on saving this novella for a reading mojo emergency, but you know what? It’s June, and June is Pride–fuck the…

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

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26.- I read Olivia Waite's "Hen Fever", a lovely sapphic Victorian romance. #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #OliviaWaite @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/hen-fever-by-olivia-waite/

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“Hen Fever” by Olivia Waite

So, it being Pride, here’s another queer story. Fuck the bigots. Beware: death; loss; grief; the horrors of war; death of an infant; PTSD; explicit sex between consenting adults.

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

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27.- I read Courtney Milan's "Mrs Martin's Incomparable Adventure", a Sapphic Victorian genre romance novella. Technically part of the Worth Saga, stands alone quite well. #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #TBRChallenge #CourtneyMilan @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/mrs-martins-incomparable-adventure-by-courtney-milan/

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“Mrs Martin’s Incomparable Adventure” by Courtney Milan

It’s been more than a minute since I’ve read anything by Courtney Milan; it’s not that I don’t have several of her books in ye old TBR, but that I save her stuff for cases o…

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

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28.- I read Annick Trent' s Mont Blanc trilogy; I wish I had liked them more. #2026REading #RomBkBlog #AnnickTrent @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/09/09/mont-blanc-trilogy-by-annick-trent/

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Mont Blanc trilogy, by Annick Trent

Version 1.0.0 Version 1.0.0 Version 1.0.0 Last month, Caz published a review for this trilogy, and I was intrigued enough to grab the first one. I eventually read it, and then the other two in quic…

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

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29.- I read Jax Calder's "Moderating Love", first in the *Queer Ways to Fall in Love* series of contemporary romance. It was lovely. #2026REading #RomBkBlog #JaxCaler @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/moderating-love-by-jax-calder/

Her Hands, My Hands

“Moderating Love” by Jax Calder

A couple of months ago, after reading this review by Erin (which is chock-full of all my catnip triggers), I grabbed both stories in the duology (see footnote 1) Beware: non-quite-explicit sex on p…

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

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30.- I read Jax Calder's "It Started With A Text", the second story in her *Queer Ways to Fall in Love* contemporary romance duology. It's even better than the first. #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #JaxCalder @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/it-started-with-a-text-by-jax-calter/

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“It Started With a Text” by Jax Calter

With a hat tip again to Erin, whose review of this one you can find here. Beware: depression; cheating leading to STI; not particularly descriptive, consensual sex on page between two adult men.

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

· 2w ago

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31.- I read Robert Thorogood's _The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts_ (5th in the Marlow Murder Club), and it was wonderful. #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #TBRChallenge #NetGalleyARC #RobertThorogood #MarlowMurderClub @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/09/18/the-mysterious-affair-of-judith-potts-by-robert-thorogood/

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The Mysterious Affair of Judith Potts, by Robert Thorogood

I am cheating; the them for SuperWendy’s TBR Challenge for September is “lush life”. Now, things can be lush in the sense of glorious or blooming or abundant or luxurious, but I f…

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

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32.- I read Olivia Waite's _Nobody's Baby_, the second entry in her wonderful Dorothy Gentleman cozy mysteries---in space! #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #OliviaWaite #DorothyGentleman @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/nobodys-baby-by-olivia-waite/

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Nobody’s Baby, by Olivia Waite

I had hoped to review this second entry in the Dorothy Gentleman’s series, back in March; alas, best laid plans and all that.My reading mojo has been so inconsistent, that it’s now over…

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azteclady @azteclady@kind.social

· 1w ago

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33.- I read Rachel Reid's _The Long Game_, the direct sequel to _Heated Rivalry_ and originally the end of the Game Changers book series. And it's my favorite (so far) #2026Reading #RomBkBlog #RachelReid #GameChangers @bookstodon@fedigroups.social https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/the-long-game-by-rachel-reid/

Her Hands, My Hands

The Long Game, by Rachel Reid

I had hoped to post this review back in July; alas, my brain made a different decision, and for the second time this year, I found myself unable to read new-to-me books, or to write about…wel…

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