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Wendy Palmer

APRIL selection for the Queer* Romance Club — Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell

As is fairly standard for QRC, the voting ended in a tie, so I’ve deployed my coordinator tie-breaker to go for Ocean’s Echo (the one I would have voted for, if I took part in the poll).

This should be widely available at libraries. Though it’s in the same world as Maxwell’s first book, Winter’s Orbit, it is a stand-alone. I’m looking forward to this one :)

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Blurb:

“Change begins with the meeting of the minds”

When Tennal - a rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster - is caught using his telepathic powers for illegal activities, the military decides to bind his mind to someone whose coercive powers are strong enough to control him.

Enter Lieutenant Surit, the child of a disgraced general. Out of a desperate need to restore a pension to his other parent, Lieutenant Surit agrees to be bound to Tennal and keep him conscripted in the army, a task that seems impossible even for someone with Surit's ability to control minds.

Tennal just wants to escape, but Surit isn't all that he seems. And their bond may just be the key to their freedom.

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QRC is open to all, read at your own pace over the month and post about it under the #QueerRomanceClub and @queerromanceclub tags.

No rules: let’s hear reactions, theories, reviews, favourite quotes etc, any time throughout the month or indeed whenever you happen to read it. CW for spoilers if going into details but general observations can be open.

Or let us know what else you’re reading in the #queerRomance genre. One of the other titles on the voting list? An undiscovered gem? An old favourite?

More about the club here
mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11314

@bookstodon #RomanceReads #ScienceFiction #books #bookclubs @lgbtqbookstodon #LGBTQRomance

*I realised I typoed in the voting to Queen Romance Club. Which would have had quite different selections ;)

Two male silhouettes, heads and upper bodies only, taking up half the page each, filled with starscapes anbove evocative “alien planet’ landscapes. The two silhouettes face each other over the large blueish title.
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Wendy Palmer

Soliciting suggestions for Science Fiction genre books for the Queer Romance Club April read. Let me know your favourites and I’ll add them to the poll 😊

Indie authors welcome, but please no Amazon-only books.

Also note they do need to be queer Romance with a capital R. For example, Some Desperate Glory has queer romance in it, but Winter’s Orbit is a queer Romance — the relationship is central to the plot, there’s a happy ever after.

(See here for more about the QRC: mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11314)

@queerromanceclub #QueerRomanceClub
#ScienceFiction #QueerRomance #books #bookclub

Mastodon AustraliaWendy Palmer (@wendypalmer@mastodon.au)I am the current coordinator of the Queer Romance Club (QRC), the FediBookClub for all readers of queer romance. Boost this post to be notified-on-Edit of each month's vote & pick, or find it pinned on my profile. APRIL: voting — https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/114209369268290824 MARCH selection: I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/114061779188307805 QRC is open to all, read at your own pace over the month and post about it under #QueerRomanceClub and @queerromanceclub@a.gup.pe tags, and/or add some commentary on Bookwyrm. No rules: let’s hear reactions, theories, reviews, favourite quotes etc, any time throughout the month or indeed whenever you happen to read it 😊 CW for spoilers if going into details but general observations can be open. Note we’re also open to free choice selections, so if you’d rather post comments about a different book you’re reading as well or instead, feel free to use the tags for those too. We’re all about the queer romance book love, and love to hear about titles we may have missed! 2025 Schedule (subject to change/open to suggestions): Dec: winter/holiday vibes Nov: classics/old favourites Oct: paranormal Sept: mystery/suspense Aug: cosy July: Lambda winners June: pride month no matter what the fascists say May: fantasy April: science fiction March: historical — I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner Feb: BIPOC — Leather, Lace and Locs by Anne Shade Jan: contemporary — Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samatha Allen #QueerRomance #books #BookClub #LGBTQBooks #romanceReads
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Wendy Palmer

The Smashwords Read-an-Ebook sale has started — which is very convenient timing for anyone maybe looking around for alternatives to Amazon right now.

There’s heaps of DRM-free indie books on sale or even free for the next week:
smashwords.com/shelves/promos

Mine are here, all 50% off (making them the massive investment of US$2 to try out) for escapist queer romantic fantasy fun:
smashwords.com/profile/view/we
All proceeds to Ukraine 🇺🇦
Content warnings on my website: wendypalmer.au/content-warning

There’ll be plenty of other #MastoAuthors on sale there too (feel free to tag yourselves).

Give it a browse, you might discover your next favourite writer

@bookstodon @indieauthors #BookSale #Smashwords #fiction #ebooks #fantasy #QueerRomance #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks

An extension of the usual Smashwords Read-an-Ebook orange and grey advertising banner, which is those words plus a cartoon woman reading on her phone. This one adds an ereader with a pile of physical books stacked atop it (cartoon still), and some words about discovering new indie authors, getting DRM-free, great discounts - the point being a fantastic opportunity to stock up.
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Wendy Palmer

Queer Romance Club MARCH selection: I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner

I’ve deployed my tie-breaker to opt for this one, a YA-leaning graphic novel inspired by Jane Austen. I’ve put the tied book, Set in Stone on my TBR list, and look forward to reading it down the track (next time I re-up Kobo Plus, probably, and that’ll be July-ish).

From the ISNFIL blurb: The Prince and the Dressmaker goes to Austenland in this historically inspired, joyfully queer, stunningly romantic graphic novel mash-up of Jane Austen novels—where two friends discover their feelings for each other and find a space in their world for their love and identity.

Find it at your favourite retailer or it should be available at your library. Note the two possible covers.

QRC is open to ALL fans of queer romance: read at your own pace and post your commentary any time.

Use @queerromanceclub and #QueerRomanceClub tags. (The @group can be added to lists and appears in every reply to any posts you make so is a valuable addition to the # for promoting discussion)

See more about the club, plus past choices, here:

mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11314

If you’d rather try one of the other books on the voting list, or talk about a different queer romance book you’re reading as well or instead, feel free to use the tags for those too. We’re all about sharing the queer romance book love.

#QueerRomance #BookClub #books #romanceReads #GraphicNovel #QueerRomance #HistoricalRomance #Regency #JaneAusten

@bookstodon @lgbtbookstodon @romancebooks

A blue-green cover, showing only George and Eleanor, smiling at each other like the pair of cuties they are
The alternate cover, showing Charlottes as well, all three characters seated with a Regency town scene behind them.
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Amalia Zeichnerin

Es ist #Valentinstag💘
Falls ihr gern #Romance lesen möchtet, ich hätte da einiges, sortiert nach Subgenres:

Queer Fantasy (mit Romance)
amalia-zeichnerin.net/queer-fa

Contemporary Queer und Gay Romance
amalia-zeichnerin.net/contempo

Liebesromane (mit einem m/f Paar)
amalia-zeichnerin.net/liebesro

Historische Queer Romance
amalia-zeichnerin.net/historis

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Ein dekoratives Bild mit roten und rosafarbenen Herzen. Schriftzug: Queer und Straight Romance Bücher von mir, nicht nur zum Valentinstag
#QueerRomance#GayRomance#Liebesroman
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Wendy Palmer

Queer Romance Club FEBRUARY 2025 selection: Leather Lace and Locs by Anne Shade

No tiebreaker needed this month! (Though I probably would have gone for this one anyway because it’s been a while since we’ve had f/f and/or poly, and we are a QUEER romance club, not just gay romance group…)

From the blurb: Three friends, each on their own path, discover love could lead to happily ever after.

QRC is open to ALL fans of queer romance: read at your own pace and post your commentary any time.

Use @queerromanceclub and #QueerRomanceClub tags. (The @group can be added to lists and appears in every reply to any posts you make so is a valuable addition to the # for promoting discussion)

See more about the club, plus past choices, here:

mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11314

If you’d rather try one of the other books on the voting list, or talk about a different queer romance book you’re reading as well or instead, feel free to use the tags for those too. We’re all about sharing the queer romance book love.

#QueerRomance #BookClub #books #romanceReads #polyamory #QueerRomance #ContemporaryRomance

@bookstodon @lgbtbookstodon @romancebooks

Cover of the book. Three illustrated Back women’s faces and upper bodies sort of staggered diagonally, with the title in large white text across them. It’s striking.
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Wendy Palmer

#AmReading Thoroughly Disenchanted by Alexandra Almond

Bounced off a couple of light books that weren’t the escapism I was looking for, a historical romance and a what-happens-to-the-heroes-after-they-win fantasy, both of which were perfectly fine, but were both contemporaries in disguise as is a current trend (the historical had young characters with completely modern attitudes in pretty dresses, the fantasy had tv, phones and coffee shops via magic, neither are what I read those genres for).

But then tried this one on a whim and enjoyed it (with a few minor quibbles), Australian debut author, cosy fantasy mystery with a sweet queer romance and a very pleasant set of MCs that I liked spending time with.

And it was only when I read the author bio at the end where she mentions her love of football that I twigged that she is my friend’s sister, because Australia is a very small place 😂

@bookstodon #books #romance #QueerRomance

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Wendy Palmer

I am the current coordinator of the Queer Romance Club (QRC), the FediBookClub for readers of queer romance.

Boost this post to be notified-on-Edit of each month's vote & pick, or find it pinned on my profile.

MAY recommendations request:
mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11437

APRIL pick: Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell
mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/11422

QRC is open to all, read at your own pace over the month and post about it under the #QueerRomanceClub and @queerromanceclub tags, and/or add some commentary on Bookwyrm.

No rules: let’s hear reactions, theories, reviews, favourite quotes etc, any time throughout the month or indeed whenever you happen to read it 😊
CW for spoilers if going into details but general observations can be open.

Note we’re also open to free choice selections, so if you’d rather post comments about a different book you’re reading as well or instead, feel free to use the tags for those too. We’re all about the queer romance book love, and love to hear about titles we may have missed!

2025 Schedule (subject to change/open to suggestions):

Dec: winter/holiday vibes
Nov: classics/old favourites
Oct: paranormal
Sept: mystery/suspense
Aug: cosy
July: Lambda winners
June: pride month no matter what the fascists say
May: fantasy
April: science fiction — Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell
March: historical — I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner
Feb: BIPOC — Leather, Lace and Locs by Anne Shade
Jan: contemporary — Roland Rogers Isn’t Dead Yet by Samatha Allen

Mastodon AustraliaWendy Palmer (@wendypalmer@mastodon.au)Looking for recommendations for the Queer Romance Club May read. May’s theme is Fantasy. Please note recommendations do have to be both queer, in any iteration, and a Romance aka the relationship is a central component of the plotline, with a happy ever after (or happy for now) ending. I have these possibilities lined up already: The Jasmine Throne (epic f/f) The Keeper of Lonely Spirits (cosy m/m) Acts of Cupidity (urban fantasy m/m) Looking to round it out with another female-led one and/or different sub-genres. Note we have Cosy and Paranormal themes coming up later in the year, too, so fantasies in those veins can be used then. Indie author suggestions very welcome, but the books have to be widely available (no Amazon-only), including from libraries. More about the queer romance club here https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/113144943004145104 @queerromanceclub@a.gup.pe #QueerRomanceClub #LGBTQRomance #IndieAuthors
#QueerRomance#books#BookClub
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I moved! And I will reintroduce myself!

I'm a #pastrychef #chef and #recipe writer who will be posting #food #drinks mainly #breakfast #brunch #tea

I would like to be more active in the #bookstodon community and #read #cozymystery #lgbtqromance #sapphicromance #queerromance #romcom and #fantasy about #dragons

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