What's the difference between angst and yearning? Why are vampires so frequently the good guys (but bad boys)? What’re the implications of posing white people as indigenous in the USA?

Trigger/Content Warnings:

• Death of several people within the context of a war between different species (vampires, werewolves, and humans) is mentioned

• Frequent mentions of blood

• Abductions

• Descriptions of suicide

• Threats of assault, including sexual, and of violence

• Poisoning and attempted murder

• Attempted kidnapping/harming of a child (she is unharmed)

• Death of parents

• Explicit and graphic sexual content

• Knotting

• Cursing and vulgar language

• Cults/brainwashing

• Mating cycles

• Child neglect (in the past)

• Discussions of terminal illness

• Drugs

• Discussions of infertility

• Tropes: paranormal romance, fated mates, shifter romance, orphan, Help her through her heat, slow burn, touch and her die

  
  

  Master Kim's corner:

  AVAB - all vampires are bad

  
  

Why don't we see more diversity in body shapes/sizes from male main characters? Do you picks books based on "hot" sports, or sports YOU played? Sex work is work!

Trigger/Content Warnings: Cuckholding, threesomes, degradation, physical assault to a stranger, light stalking, unaliving of a parent (off page), injury (off-page), body shaming

Who might feel repped? Ruggers, polyamorous people, rich people, strained familial relationships, bisexuals, demisexuals, professional athletes

Tropes: friends to lovers, sports romance, why choose, workplace romance, blast from the past

Master Kim's Corner:

https://www.instagram.com/ilonamaher/ - Ilona Maher

Why isn't abortion discussed more in a sex positive genre like romance? How do we view strong women in relation to their need for softness? What is the actual definition of being "dickmatized?"

Trigger/Content Warnings: racism, misogyny, prejudice, classism, medical injury (on-page), death of a parent (off-page), violence (on-page), medical procedure (on-page & off-page), abortion, sexual explicit content, aftercare

Tropes: dislike to friends with benefits to lovers, rake, he falls first, touch her and die

Master Kim's Corner:

• How Factors like 1800’s Gender Expectations, Misconceptions, and Moral Traditions Shaped US Women’s Reproductive Medical Care - Rainey Horwitz

• IG Post via @laadriana_herrera | created by @unsuccessfulbookclub & @the_naptime_reader : https://www.instagram.com/p/DIT1DmPRirY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

• • Roundup of important figures, laws, and historical moments mentioned in the book

• Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe - Guttmacher Institute (leading research and policy org committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide)

• • OH - Issue 1 in Nov 2023 - codified repro rights

  • • Overturned the heartbeat bill in court - Oct 2024

    • Brittany Watts has filed a federal lawsuit after being charged with abuse of a corpse in September 2023 after suffering a miscarriage in her home - Ohio Capital Journal | Susan Tebben

• Abortion Forward, Preterm, Faith Choice, New Voices

• What is Mutual Aid, And How Can It Transform Our World? - Victoria Méndez

• Fated Mates S07.22 - Adriana Herrera on the Power of Historical Romance: When We’re Up Against a Corner, Baby, Let’s Fight

• Submit a Book for the Abortion + Reproductive Rights/Justice Romance Novel Repository