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This llama reads - mostly romance, fantasy and science fiction

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Published pre-1980 – Frederica – Georgette Heyer (1965)
Heroine named Rachel – Twelve Days – Teresa Hill
A hint of magic – Rainshadow Road – Lisa Kleypas
Non-mammal shifter – Dragon Bound – Thea Harrison (dragon!)
Viking – The Unleashing – Shelly Laurenston (more Vikings than you can shake a stick at)

Hero has a pet that’s not a dog or cat – Shacking Up – Helena Hunting (ferret and tarantula)
Hero smells like some kind of tree – Her Naughty Holiday – Tiffany Reisz (cedar)
Queer YA/NA – The Understatement of the Year – Sarina Bowen
Geek/Nerd elements – Dating You / Hating You – Christina Lauren (SO GOOD! – Hogwarts costumes, heroine loves movie trivia)
Baking/Sweets described in delicious detail – Nuts – Alice Clayton

Person in uniform on the cover – Hot Head – Damon Suede (2 guys half in uniform equals one full uniform, right?)
Heroine inherits a business – Lost and Found Sisters – Jill Shalvis (a diner)
Romance novel (free space) – The Sweetest Burn – Jeaniene Frost
The entire conflict could have been solved with one conversation – Playing by Her Rules– Amy Andrews
Rake or rogue in the title – Once More, My Darling Rogue – Lorraine Heath

Non-Regency set historical – Indigo – Beverly Jenkins (antebellum Michigan)
Sub-genre you’ve never read before (honor system!) – The Hook Up – Kristen Callihan (NA football romance… still much prefer hockey or rugby ones!)
Heroine taller than the hero – Rock Courtship – Nalini Singh
Elaborate proposal scene – The Undateable – by Sarah Title (dancing flash mob in a library)
Heroine smells like a food item – Hate to Want You – Alisha Rai (vanilla cream)

Broke hero – When the Duke Was Wicked – Lorraine Heath (mentally)
Character on the run – Black Ice – Anne Stuart (h/h both on the run)
Beach read, set in a beach town – Sand Castle Bay – Sherryl Woods
Austen retelling – For Darkness Shows the Stars – Diana Peterfreund (YA dystopian Persuasion retelling)
An anthology – Sight Unseen: A Collection of Five Anonymous Novellas

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Hi, my name is Lauren, and I’m the Reading Llama! I love reading books. My favorites usually include a female protagonist with at least a little bit of romance.

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Oaths of Legacy  by Emily SkrutskieThe Dawnhounds by Sascha StronachSweet Berries by C.M. NascostaDead Draw by Layla ReynePartners in Crime by Rachel BowdlerThe Merciless Ones by Namina FornaAll Signs Point to Yes by Cam Montgomery, Adrianne White, g. haron davis, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Mark Oshiro, Eric Smith, Emery Lee, Byron Graves, Karuna Riazi, Roselle Lim, Alexandra Villasante, Lily Anderson, Kiana Nguyen

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  • Ghosts, a secret library and magic collide in a dystopian Edinburgh. Highly recommended!
  • This month’s sticker from the #RomStickerClub is super cute and SHINY!
  • Finished up my ARC of Jackie Lau’s His Grumpy Childhood Friend (out this Tuesday) and I loved this quote! “Practice”
  • Starting off with a quote from one of my favorite books, Charlie Adhara’s The Wolf at Bay, second in Big

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