A friend of mine recently showed me a funny new twist on the "Hot Girl Summer" trend: Hot Orc Summer. As a fan of all kinds of romance, my brain immediately went to the currently exploding subgenre of Monster Romances! Here's some highlights from the genre. And remember, if SPL doesn't have a title you want, you can request that we purchase it here (including ebook purchase suggestions!)
Washington author Travis Baldree awakened me to a new genre of fantasy I didn't know I needed: the cozy fantasy. The surprise hit best-seller Legends & Lattes is the story of an orc and a reformed succubus just trying to live a quiet life and run the citadel of Thune's first ever coffee shop. Featuring Dungeons & Dragons-like high fantasy (without all the battle, but still some of the mayhem) and a sweet lesbian romance.
A Little Too Familiar by Pacific Northwest author Lish McBride kicks the spice up a notch, but grounds us in the completely mundane problem of lone werewolf Declan falling in love with his apprentice witch roommate Louise. When Declan's past comes calling, he'll have to trust Louise and the magic she wields, even though he swore never to go near it again.
Things get spicy real fast in Ruby Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarians, a humorous take on an alien abduction gone sideways. A group of women abducted by aliens gets stranded on an ice planet, then rescued by a big blue horned alien named Vektal who claims the leader of the women is his mate (she makes his chest purr, a surefire sign of true love). First of an ongoing series.
Dark romance author Katee Robert is really a having a moment. Neon Gods launched her to the top of best-seller lists in 2021, and each new installment in that series only adds to her stellar status. For something a little shorter (but no less spicy), try her A Deal with a Demon novella series, starting with ultra-spicy The Dragon's Bride. Each novella features a unique monster romance. (Book three in the series, The Gargoyle's Captive, is currently on order.)
Local author Jasmine Silvera writes across many romance genres, including shapeshifter romance with Binding Shadows, book one of the Tooth and Spell series. Book witch Barbara hides her power by working in a mundane university library in Prague. When she begins working as a research assistant to Tobias, a professor with his own secrets to hide, her powers start to surge after discovering an enchanted book that releases a 400 year old curse. They'll have to trust each other with their secrets or risk losing everything.
~Posted by Veronica H.
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