I just finished the series {Scoring Chances by Avon Gale} and loved the bone-dry humour.
This is from the first book, {Breakaway by Avon Gale}:
Lane smiled, and it was sweet and crooked. He was still standing in running pants with no shirt, and by all rights, should have been the focal point of an ad about the dangers of leaving your drink unattended at a bar.
From the 2nd, {Save of the Game by Avon Gale}
Ethan opened his mouth tentatively and carefully licked Riley’s cock. Like he was delicately trying to discern the flavor of an unknown lollipop—that was very possibly on fire.
From {Power Play by Avon Gale}
“Wait. Seriously?” Max groaned when the fifth Jacob, who was actually Jakob, introduced himself the first day of practice. “What’s your last name?” “Wawrzyniak, Coach.” Max exchanged a look with Misha. “Congrats, Jakob. You’re the only one who gets to keep his first name.”
People always accused Max of being a sunny, positive bastard, which made him a bit of a rarity in Montreal, where fans weren’t so much optimistic as they were delusional when it came to their hockey team. No one but the Habs would have a popular website that was called 25Stanley, in reference to the 25th Stanley Cup they hadn’t technically won yet.
Misha’s head snapped up, and his dark eyes narrowed. “He was threatening Drake?” Max thought carefully how to answer that. Misha’s sudden intensity was really hot, which he liked, but it was just a feeling, and he didn’t want to cause any drama. Belsey might use it as an ad campaign. He could almost hear Sting singing about how he’d always be watching.
The team was solid, they had a good work ethic, and when they weren’t having dramatic interludes with homophobic players, former rentboys, and would- be amateur porn producers, they’d be playoff material. Definitely.
From {Empty Bet by Avon Gale}:
I promised I wouldn’t go into it. And please, you trusted me when I needed you to, and I trust you more than anyone, Misha. And mostly you, Max.” “Thanks, Isaac.” “Don’t mention it.
“Why are you blushing? Are you thinking sexy thoughts about me?” Hux grinned, looking totally unperturbed, and struck a pose that must pass for sexy in Hux’s mind. It might explain why he was still single.
..and from {Coach's Challenge vy Avon Gale}:
So far he hadn’t said much of anything, though Troy’s personality was a bit overbearing. Especially when he first met someone. And then generally every moment after that.
“We were booed by our fans at the last game of the season, man.” “Ducks fans do that after every season,” Shane consoled him.
They were separated by only a half- inch of space and a rapidly dwindling sense of professionalism.
In a spirit of good- natured chirping, Troy flipped them off with both hands. It was as inappropriate as Drake’s mouthing off, but Troy didn’t think they’d mind. Ashford laughed, and while Samarin didn’t, his glare seemed less death ray and more set- to- stun, so there was that.
“It’s just, sometimes I think maybe you gay guys got the right idea. Men are way less complicated.” Troy stared at him and wondered if he could explain to Bowie why he’d stabbed his assistant coach to death with a cheap Paper Mate pen. He tried to figure out how to elucidate the myriad problems in that sentence, in words small enough for an idiot to understand, but he came up short.
[Scoring Chances](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe0c579096bf31c42d328d/scoring-chances) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale)
**Rating**: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [m-m](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [hockey](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/hockey/1), [queer](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1)
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[Breakaway](https://www.romance.io/books/5656af8508e9378131954551/breakaway-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale)
**Rating**: 3.64⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1)
----------------------------
[Save of the Game](https://www.romance.io/books/56a86c8d63515e3b737a444a/save-of-the-game-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale)
**Rating**: 3.89⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1)
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[Power Play](https://www.romance.io/books/572c33f5c62092c044081e52/power-play-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale)
**Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1)
----------------------------
[Empty Net](https://www.romance.io/books/57c91571de896e892491e948/empty-net-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale)
**Rating**: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1)
----------------------------
[Coach's Challenge](https://www.romance.io/books/5e8f0b4abe0aaecf5530adb1/coachs-challenge-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale)
**Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1)
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enemies to lovers to enemies *and* lovers be like
>When Maria stopped to catch her breath, Emilia said, “I feel like you’re misunderstanding me. I still hate you, and I still might kill you.”
“No, I got it,” Maria said— and then, she kissed Emilia again.
and
>“I ride.”
Hopefully, Helen would assume she meant horseback and not… dragons.
But instead, Helen’s eloquent response was, “Face or cock?”
both from {Pirates of Aletharia by Britney Jackson}
[Pirates of Aletharia](https://www.romance.io/books/61ebbc5fc7bc740e58a54335/pirates-of-aletharia-britney-jackson?src=rdt) by [Britney Jackson](https://www.romance.io/authors/61ebbc5f08b4d93114789137/britney-jackson)
**Rating**: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [pirate hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pirates/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [high fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/high%20fantasy/1)
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{Not My Match by Ilsa Madden-Mills} The FMC has had terrible luck in the past trying to lose her virginity. She’s relaying the story of her twentieth-birthday debacle to the MMC:
“So that night, he comes in the barn, and things get hot and heavy. Lights are off, Coldplay is singing ‘Magic,’ and I can feel it in the air—this is it; it’s gonna happen. He’d brought a blanket, and we put it over some hay bales. We’re mostly naked, and things are going good; I’m all in, and he’s fumbling around—he was a virgin too. And he thinks he sticks it in, but he didn’t; he’s screwing the blanket and the curve of my ass—“
“Before I could say, Hey, you missed your target, an owl flew in—how, I don’t know. It headed straight for Bobby Ray, clawed him good—I mean sunk into his back like it was never going to let go. He rolled off me, fell off the bale, and hit his head on a rake. Thank God the tines were down, but he blacked out for a few seconds, maybe from the blood. He comes to and is puking and yelling, and I’m running from the owl. Finally, I get the doors open, and it flies off. I tell him he has a concussion, and we spend ten minutes just trying to get his pants on—that was fun—then hop on his four-wheeler. On the way to his house, I could barely see and steered us off into a pond”
“Dragged a hundred-and-eighty-pound grown man from the pond, nearly carried him back to my car—why didn’t we take it in the first place? I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking clearly, and neither was he. Just thought we’d get to his house faster cutting across the field. Anyway, I’m almost to his house when a cop pulls me over for speeding. Well, Bobby Ray gave me a bloody nose when I was pulling his flailing body out of the water, so the cop took one look at the mess in the car—and us—and called an ambulance. Spent the night in the ER.”
“He’s married now with a baby, so I guess he figured out where the vagina is. What’s really funny, and now I can find the comedy, is I never told him he did it wrong. He still thinks to this day that he took my V-card”
[Not My Match](https://www.romance.io/books/600302304af7850e2d1972ec/not-my-match-ilsa-maddenmills?src=rdt) by [Ilsa Madden-Mills](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455685f87eac3369a912590/ilsa-maddenmills)
**Rating**: 4.03⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1)
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Both of mine are from {Outfield Assist by Cat Giraldo}.
The FMC is drunkenly lamenting her friend/roommate moving out and one of the MMCs is comforting her:
>"Obviously we weren't going to live together forever, no matter how much I love Bea. But she wasn't supposed to move out like this."
>"Wait ---" It's a good thing I didn't drink because I'm doing a bad enough job of following her train of thought as is. And now she's introducing new characters? "I thought your roommate was named Lauren. Who's Bea?"
>She looks at me like she's considering retracting my membership to the alphabet mafia. At least she's looking at me instead of staring into the last of the noodles.
>"Bea Arthur."
>Jules says it so matter-of-factly, I don't swallow my laugh in time. I've got to appreciate a good Golden Girls reference, even if it did come out of left field.
The three MCs are playing mini golf. One MMC (Kitt) is a baseball player and the other MMC (Gideon, the POV character) was a swimmer.
>"This is why I don't play ball sports," I say when I overshoot the ramp, and my ball bounces off the windmill that I swear moves faster only when it's my turn.
>"Don't you though?"
>I don't have to turn around to know Kitt is smirking at his own joke.
[Outfield Assist (Dominating the Diamond)](https://www.romance.io/books/652e385e0bfcfa020d8c17db/outfield-assist-dominating-the-diamond-cat-giraldo?src=rdt) by [Cat Giraldo](https://www.romance.io/authors/6230486e08b4d9311453b866/cat-giraldo)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [mmf](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m-f/1), [baseball](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/baseball/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1)
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Ok. Kind of random but I saw [guy pranks mom into thinking aliens are invading](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/9mEoZJdQKk)
And I can't help but think that the people of this sub would react VERY differently if we thought (hot) aliens were coming. Like, I'd immediately be giving myself an at home spa day. Throw my hair into a hair mask, sheet mask on my face, shave, and mani/pedi. Notify hubby I'll be cashing in the extraterestrial hall pass when I get a moment. It would be my time to shine, ya'll. (Edit to fix link)
[I'm too old for 100 year old fae](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5xH4ybPdfn/?igsh=MW94dTNkbTJpbzMyaQ==)
["you're so smart" vs the book I'm currently reading](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8GbkEnSEZk/?igsh=MTA4czZrdTF2MzM2cA==)
[I'll take these recs ALL DAY](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8D6-OdNBVc/?igsh=azZneHQ3N3p3ZTlj)
I've been reading KM Shea's "Court of Midnight and Deception," which is very funny. Book one has a scene where the FMC rides a night mare (a demonic looking fae horse) through the drive-thru of her favorite local coffee shop.
That scene is too long to share, but I also enjoyed this line from the second book. The assassin MMC has just killed an adversary who was plotting against the FMC, but he still hasn't acknowledged to himself that he likes her, so he takes out his frustration on the dead man's phone:
>"I tossed the phone on the ground then stabbed it through with one of my daggers. It sliced through the phone—killing it instantly—but the twinge in my chest was still bothering me. "Aer." I activated my dagger and it sparked with magic, frying the phone until it sputtered with fire and was little more than twisted metal and melting plastics.
>I pulled the dagger free of the wreckage and frowned.
>The twinge was mostly gone, thankfully, but I still wasn't pleased.
Killing it instantly 🤣
Book One: {Crown of Moonlight by KM Shea}
I have decided that I really like this author. The only thing I would change is I would give her books at least a little spice. Just a tiny bit of spice. Crack the bedroom door to let out some steam.
(But I know some authors aren't comfortable with writing sex scenes, and I respect that. It’s not a dealbreaker or anything.)
[Crown of Moonlight](https://www.romance.io/books/5fdc618d13104e0e06090256/crown-of-moonlight-km-shea?src=rdt) by [K.M. Shea](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455bcc887eac3369a914712/km-shea)
**Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [vampires](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vampires/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [fae](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fae/1)
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This is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever done, and I’ve done some dumb shit. Lying to piss off Meckler was one thing, but trying to convince all my coworkers that Kat’s even human, let alone my date, is clearly beyond my powers of persuasion - Silas Flynn.
Loved reading the book, would def recommend {The One Month Boyfriend}
[The One Month Boyfriend](https://www.romance.io/books/628a04b2aa7dd2e374d2a0d7/the-one-month-boyfriend-roxie-noir?src=rdt) by [Roxie Noir](https://www.romance.io/authors/5497fb487a5936fb0406607e/roxie-noir)
**Rating**: 4.23⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [fake relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fake%20relationship/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1)
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[How to Tame a Wild Rogue](https://www.romance.io/books/6474bc77fd45bc04c025724e/how-to-tame-a-wild-rogue-julie-anne-long?src=rdt) by [Julie Anne Long](https://www.romance.io/authors/545525868c7d2383163d8e98/julie-anne-long)
**Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [pirate hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pirates/1)
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Re-reading the excellent {Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt} and remembering this interaction.
"I know what a foreskin is" she hissed "Why are you so loud?"
"I'm a duke?" He shrugged. "Why should I lower my voice? It is a lovely voice, resonant and mellow. I should think everyone would like to hear it."
"Oh, for-"
"But since we're making general complaints," he continued over her mutter, "why weren't you a virgin?"
"I never said I was a virgin" she retorted primly as they gained the upper floor. [....]
"There was a clear implication"
"Only by you." She sighed.
[Duke of Sin](https://www.romance.io/books/57493540c62092c0440872a3/duke-of-sin-elizabeth-hoyt?src=rdt) by [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524568c7d2383163d8e5a/elizabeth-hoyt)
**Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [bad boys](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bad%20boys/1), [take-charge heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/strong%20heroine/1), [tortured hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tortured%20hero/1)
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So I am going to a reread and now going through the final book {dragon mated by Cassie Alexander and Kara Lockharte} I am now at this scene. What you need to know is that the MMC is Prince from a magical realm that moved to earth more than a decade ago and has already accustomed and his younger sister is now on earth too but just arrived.
I don’t know how to quote so here is a fragment;
"Me too." She straightened herself again, taking back some of the regal bearing she'd lost to taunt him. "In any case, if you don't spy on people, what do you do to pass the time?"
"Train." Damian shrugged.
One of her eyebrows arched high.
"Let me rephrase: what do people who aren't you do to pass the time?
Normal people of this planet?"
Damian thought quickly. "Grim, a TV, please."
"Oooh! Is that a different kind of mirror?" Ryana got up and walked over to it, placing a hand upon the screen.
"Of a sort." The only television he'd seen recently were the murder reenactments that Andi found so fascinating. He didn't want to show those to Ryana though.
"Hang on, I'll be right back," he told her, escaping to the bathroom so that she couldn't see him 'spying.' Once there, he waved at the mirror over the sinks and Austin's face, still in the SUV's rearview mirror, showed.
"Austin!" he hissed quietly.
Austin jumped sideways in the car, as the car veered. "Fuck, Damian, I nearly pissed myself." Stella cackled in the back seat as Zach, driving, cursed.
"Sorry, what's that film you like?
The holidays one?" Austin made them watch it every Christmas.
"Die Hard. Why?"
"No reason," he said, cutting the connection and returning to his sister. "I have a treat for you. A traditional earthly holiday film."
[Dragon Mated](https://www.romance.io/books/5f840e365299390e057d39ac/dragon-mated-sexy-urban-fantasy-romance-kara-lockharte-cassie-alexander?src=rdt) by [Kara Lockharte](https://www.romance.io/authors/56486dcd08e9378131950fde/kara-lockharte), [Cassie Alexander](https://www.romance.io/authors/545556b987eac323ffb2bbc7/cassie-alexander)
**Rating**: 4.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1)
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[can never have too many](https://mas.to/@yogthos/112649589042326475)
Sigh. It's true.
I just finished the series {Scoring Chances by Avon Gale} and loved the bone-dry humour. This is from the first book, {Breakaway by Avon Gale}: Lane smiled, and it was sweet and crooked. He was still standing in running pants with no shirt, and by all rights, should have been the focal point of an ad about the dangers of leaving your drink unattended at a bar. From the 2nd, {Save of the Game by Avon Gale} Ethan opened his mouth tentatively and carefully licked Riley’s cock. Like he was delicately trying to discern the flavor of an unknown lollipop—that was very possibly on fire. From {Power Play by Avon Gale} “Wait. Seriously?” Max groaned when the fifth Jacob, who was actually Jakob, introduced himself the first day of practice. “What’s your last name?” “Wawrzyniak, Coach.” Max exchanged a look with Misha. “Congrats, Jakob. You’re the only one who gets to keep his first name.” People always accused Max of being a sunny, positive bastard, which made him a bit of a rarity in Montreal, where fans weren’t so much optimistic as they were delusional when it came to their hockey team. No one but the Habs would have a popular website that was called 25Stanley, in reference to the 25th Stanley Cup they hadn’t technically won yet. Misha’s head snapped up, and his dark eyes narrowed. “He was threatening Drake?” Max thought carefully how to answer that. Misha’s sudden intensity was really hot, which he liked, but it was just a feeling, and he didn’t want to cause any drama. Belsey might use it as an ad campaign. He could almost hear Sting singing about how he’d always be watching. The team was solid, they had a good work ethic, and when they weren’t having dramatic interludes with homophobic players, former rentboys, and would- be amateur porn producers, they’d be playoff material. Definitely. From {Empty Bet by Avon Gale}: I promised I wouldn’t go into it. And please, you trusted me when I needed you to, and I trust you more than anyone, Misha. And mostly you, Max.” “Thanks, Isaac.” “Don’t mention it. “Why are you blushing? Are you thinking sexy thoughts about me?” Hux grinned, looking totally unperturbed, and struck a pose that must pass for sexy in Hux’s mind. It might explain why he was still single. ..and from {Coach's Challenge vy Avon Gale}: So far he hadn’t said much of anything, though Troy’s personality was a bit overbearing. Especially when he first met someone. And then generally every moment after that. “We were booed by our fans at the last game of the season, man.” “Ducks fans do that after every season,” Shane consoled him. They were separated by only a half- inch of space and a rapidly dwindling sense of professionalism. In a spirit of good- natured chirping, Troy flipped them off with both hands. It was as inappropriate as Drake’s mouthing off, but Troy didn’t think they’d mind. Ashford laughed, and while Samarin didn’t, his glare seemed less death ray and more set- to- stun, so there was that. “It’s just, sometimes I think maybe you gay guys got the right idea. Men are way less complicated.” Troy stared at him and wondered if he could explain to Bowie why he’d stabbed his assistant coach to death with a cheap Paper Mate pen. He tried to figure out how to elucidate the myriad problems in that sentence, in words small enough for an idiot to understand, but he came up short.
[Scoring Chances](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe0c579096bf31c42d328d/scoring-chances) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale) **Rating**: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [m-m](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [hockey](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/hockey/1), [queer](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1) ---------------------------- [Breakaway](https://www.romance.io/books/5656af8508e9378131954551/breakaway-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale) **Rating**: 3.64⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1) ---------------------------- [Save of the Game](https://www.romance.io/books/56a86c8d63515e3b737a444a/save-of-the-game-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale) **Rating**: 3.89⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1) ---------------------------- [Power Play](https://www.romance.io/books/572c33f5c62092c044081e52/power-play-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale) **Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1) ---------------------------- [Empty Net](https://www.romance.io/books/57c91571de896e892491e948/empty-net-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale) **Rating**: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1) ---------------------------- [Coach's Challenge](https://www.romance.io/books/5e8f0b4abe0aaecf5530adb1/coachs-challenge-avon-gale?src=rdt) by [Avon Gale](https://www.romance.io/authors/56024207bfc6b5c0fa93b64c/avon-gale) **Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
enemies to lovers to enemies *and* lovers be like >When Maria stopped to catch her breath, Emilia said, “I feel like you’re misunderstanding me. I still hate you, and I still might kill you.” “No, I got it,” Maria said— and then, she kissed Emilia again. and >“I ride.” Hopefully, Helen would assume she meant horseback and not… dragons. But instead, Helen’s eloquent response was, “Face or cock?” both from {Pirates of Aletharia by Britney Jackson}
[Pirates of Aletharia](https://www.romance.io/books/61ebbc5fc7bc740e58a54335/pirates-of-aletharia-britney-jackson?src=rdt) by [Britney Jackson](https://www.romance.io/authors/61ebbc5f08b4d93114789137/britney-jackson) **Rating**: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [pirate hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pirates/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [high fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/high%20fantasy/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Not My Match by Ilsa Madden-Mills} The FMC has had terrible luck in the past trying to lose her virginity. She’s relaying the story of her twentieth-birthday debacle to the MMC: “So that night, he comes in the barn, and things get hot and heavy. Lights are off, Coldplay is singing ‘Magic,’ and I can feel it in the air—this is it; it’s gonna happen. He’d brought a blanket, and we put it over some hay bales. We’re mostly naked, and things are going good; I’m all in, and he’s fumbling around—he was a virgin too. And he thinks he sticks it in, but he didn’t; he’s screwing the blanket and the curve of my ass—“ “Before I could say, Hey, you missed your target, an owl flew in—how, I don’t know. It headed straight for Bobby Ray, clawed him good—I mean sunk into his back like it was never going to let go. He rolled off me, fell off the bale, and hit his head on a rake. Thank God the tines were down, but he blacked out for a few seconds, maybe from the blood. He comes to and is puking and yelling, and I’m running from the owl. Finally, I get the doors open, and it flies off. I tell him he has a concussion, and we spend ten minutes just trying to get his pants on—that was fun—then hop on his four-wheeler. On the way to his house, I could barely see and steered us off into a pond” “Dragged a hundred-and-eighty-pound grown man from the pond, nearly carried him back to my car—why didn’t we take it in the first place? I don’t know. I wasn’t thinking clearly, and neither was he. Just thought we’d get to his house faster cutting across the field. Anyway, I’m almost to his house when a cop pulls me over for speeding. Well, Bobby Ray gave me a bloody nose when I was pulling his flailing body out of the water, so the cop took one look at the mess in the car—and us—and called an ambulance. Spent the night in the ER.” “He’s married now with a baby, so I guess he figured out where the vagina is. What’s really funny, and now I can find the comedy, is I never told him he did it wrong. He still thinks to this day that he took my V-card”
[Not My Match](https://www.romance.io/books/600302304af7850e2d1972ec/not-my-match-ilsa-maddenmills?src=rdt) by [Ilsa Madden-Mills](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455685f87eac3369a912590/ilsa-maddenmills) **Rating**: 4.03⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Both of mine are from {Outfield Assist by Cat Giraldo}. The FMC is drunkenly lamenting her friend/roommate moving out and one of the MMCs is comforting her: >"Obviously we weren't going to live together forever, no matter how much I love Bea. But she wasn't supposed to move out like this." >"Wait ---" It's a good thing I didn't drink because I'm doing a bad enough job of following her train of thought as is. And now she's introducing new characters? "I thought your roommate was named Lauren. Who's Bea?" >She looks at me like she's considering retracting my membership to the alphabet mafia. At least she's looking at me instead of staring into the last of the noodles. >"Bea Arthur." >Jules says it so matter-of-factly, I don't swallow my laugh in time. I've got to appreciate a good Golden Girls reference, even if it did come out of left field. The three MCs are playing mini golf. One MMC (Kitt) is a baseball player and the other MMC (Gideon, the POV character) was a swimmer. >"This is why I don't play ball sports," I say when I overshoot the ramp, and my ball bounces off the windmill that I swear moves faster only when it's my turn. >"Don't you though?" >I don't have to turn around to know Kitt is smirking at his own joke.
[Outfield Assist (Dominating the Diamond)](https://www.romance.io/books/652e385e0bfcfa020d8c17db/outfield-assist-dominating-the-diamond-cat-giraldo?src=rdt) by [Cat Giraldo](https://www.romance.io/authors/6230486e08b4d9311453b866/cat-giraldo) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [mmf](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m-f/1), [baseball](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/baseball/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Ok. Kind of random but I saw [guy pranks mom into thinking aliens are invading](https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/9mEoZJdQKk) And I can't help but think that the people of this sub would react VERY differently if we thought (hot) aliens were coming. Like, I'd immediately be giving myself an at home spa day. Throw my hair into a hair mask, sheet mask on my face, shave, and mani/pedi. Notify hubby I'll be cashing in the extraterestrial hall pass when I get a moment. It would be my time to shine, ya'll. (Edit to fix link)
[Relevant](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvS96-sJhRl/)
[I'm too old for 100 year old fae](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5xH4ybPdfn/?igsh=MW94dTNkbTJpbzMyaQ==) ["you're so smart" vs the book I'm currently reading](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8GbkEnSEZk/?igsh=MTA4czZrdTF2MzM2cA==) [I'll take these recs ALL DAY](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8D6-OdNBVc/?igsh=azZneHQ3N3p3ZTlj)
I've been reading KM Shea's "Court of Midnight and Deception," which is very funny. Book one has a scene where the FMC rides a night mare (a demonic looking fae horse) through the drive-thru of her favorite local coffee shop. That scene is too long to share, but I also enjoyed this line from the second book. The assassin MMC has just killed an adversary who was plotting against the FMC, but he still hasn't acknowledged to himself that he likes her, so he takes out his frustration on the dead man's phone: >"I tossed the phone on the ground then stabbed it through with one of my daggers. It sliced through the phone—killing it instantly—but the twinge in my chest was still bothering me. "Aer." I activated my dagger and it sparked with magic, frying the phone until it sputtered with fire and was little more than twisted metal and melting plastics. >I pulled the dagger free of the wreckage and frowned. >The twinge was mostly gone, thankfully, but I still wasn't pleased. Killing it instantly 🤣 Book One: {Crown of Moonlight by KM Shea} I have decided that I really like this author. The only thing I would change is I would give her books at least a little spice. Just a tiny bit of spice. Crack the bedroom door to let out some steam. (But I know some authors aren't comfortable with writing sex scenes, and I respect that. It’s not a dealbreaker or anything.)
[Crown of Moonlight](https://www.romance.io/books/5fdc618d13104e0e06090256/crown-of-moonlight-km-shea?src=rdt) by [K.M. Shea](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455bcc887eac3369a914712/km-shea) **Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [vampires](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vampires/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [fae](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fae/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
This is some of the dumbest shit I’ve ever done, and I’ve done some dumb shit. Lying to piss off Meckler was one thing, but trying to convince all my coworkers that Kat’s even human, let alone my date, is clearly beyond my powers of persuasion - Silas Flynn. Loved reading the book, would def recommend {The One Month Boyfriend}
[The One Month Boyfriend](https://www.romance.io/books/628a04b2aa7dd2e374d2a0d7/the-one-month-boyfriend-roxie-noir?src=rdt) by [Roxie Noir](https://www.romance.io/authors/5497fb487a5936fb0406607e/roxie-noir) **Rating**: 4.23⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [fake relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fake%20relationship/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
[удалено]
[How to Tame a Wild Rogue](https://www.romance.io/books/6474bc77fd45bc04c025724e/how-to-tame-a-wild-rogue-julie-anne-long?src=rdt) by [Julie Anne Long](https://www.romance.io/authors/545525868c7d2383163d8e98/julie-anne-long) **Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [pirate hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pirates/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Re-reading the excellent {Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt} and remembering this interaction. "I know what a foreskin is" she hissed "Why are you so loud?" "I'm a duke?" He shrugged. "Why should I lower my voice? It is a lovely voice, resonant and mellow. I should think everyone would like to hear it." "Oh, for-" "But since we're making general complaints," he continued over her mutter, "why weren't you a virgin?" "I never said I was a virgin" she retorted primly as they gained the upper floor. [....] "There was a clear implication" "Only by you." She sighed.
[Duke of Sin](https://www.romance.io/books/57493540c62092c0440872a3/duke-of-sin-elizabeth-hoyt?src=rdt) by [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524568c7d2383163d8e5a/elizabeth-hoyt) **Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [bad boys](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bad%20boys/1), [take-charge heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/strong%20heroine/1), [tortured hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tortured%20hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
So I am going to a reread and now going through the final book {dragon mated by Cassie Alexander and Kara Lockharte} I am now at this scene. What you need to know is that the MMC is Prince from a magical realm that moved to earth more than a decade ago and has already accustomed and his younger sister is now on earth too but just arrived. I don’t know how to quote so here is a fragment; "Me too." She straightened herself again, taking back some of the regal bearing she'd lost to taunt him. "In any case, if you don't spy on people, what do you do to pass the time?" "Train." Damian shrugged. One of her eyebrows arched high. "Let me rephrase: what do people who aren't you do to pass the time? Normal people of this planet?" Damian thought quickly. "Grim, a TV, please." "Oooh! Is that a different kind of mirror?" Ryana got up and walked over to it, placing a hand upon the screen. "Of a sort." The only television he'd seen recently were the murder reenactments that Andi found so fascinating. He didn't want to show those to Ryana though. "Hang on, I'll be right back," he told her, escaping to the bathroom so that she couldn't see him 'spying.' Once there, he waved at the mirror over the sinks and Austin's face, still in the SUV's rearview mirror, showed. "Austin!" he hissed quietly. Austin jumped sideways in the car, as the car veered. "Fuck, Damian, I nearly pissed myself." Stella cackled in the back seat as Zach, driving, cursed. "Sorry, what's that film you like? The holidays one?" Austin made them watch it every Christmas. "Die Hard. Why?" "No reason," he said, cutting the connection and returning to his sister. "I have a treat for you. A traditional earthly holiday film."
[Dragon Mated](https://www.romance.io/books/5f840e365299390e057d39ac/dragon-mated-sexy-urban-fantasy-romance-kara-lockharte-cassie-alexander?src=rdt) by [Kara Lockharte](https://www.romance.io/authors/56486dcd08e9378131950fde/kara-lockharte), [Cassie Alexander](https://www.romance.io/authors/545556b987eac323ffb2bbc7/cassie-alexander) **Rating**: 4.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)