March was a rough month in Romancelandia, with a big author scandal, a publisher shutdown, and ongoing issues of racism within RWA coming to a head with the RITA finalist announcement. It's no surprise that our Top Reads feature is a little light this month, which is more a reflection of our end of month energy than our reading over the last few weeks.

FEUD has been on my TBR ever since Kaia Danielle recommended this book when we interviewed her, and after the last few weeks, I really needed a book to make me laugh.

When Carina announced their new Dirty Bits line, I was skeptical, to say the least. How would this line be different than their usual novellas? Were they simply rebranding erotic romance? Would it be full of problematic tropes and questionable HEAs? 

Welcome to the April edition of Mini-Reviews! (There may be a second batch later this month.)

Margrethe tried to read a couple of f/f romances that fell flat and.... really flat. Suzanne read one as well, and an m/f historical with spies!

Happy April Fools Day! Or not happy, depending on how many people are mean and try to fool you. Anyway, these books are all real and all really exciting, not even fooling. 

MY LADY'S CHOOSING is a choose-your-own-adventure regency romance novel and, as someone who grew up reading the classic CYOA stories, I had a lot of fun with it. Before I get into the review - I rarely recommend a specific format, but I do think the experience would be better if I was reading it in paper rather than clumsily attempting to swipe to the correct page.

Today we have a guest post from romance author Sionna Fox! You can read more about her new book, Bound To, at the bottom of the post. It's a steamy contemporary romance with a kinky nerdy hero and a heroine with anxiety coming to her sexual awakening.

We're giving away a stack of physical books (US only) and some digital pre-orders (open internationally) in support of the work that Everytown for Gun Safety does and in support of the March for Our Lives today, March 24th.

Today we're sharing one of Ellie's posts from Ellie Reads All the Books! This post is all about romance novels with older main characters (MCs), a request we see often from Romance Twitter. In her recommendations section, you'll find links to her reviews. Thanks for sharing, Ellie!

This is a difficult review to write, because a lot of my 2017 reading emotions were tied up in this series. I've loved Alisha Rai's writing for a long time, but this series has had two heroines in therapy and a recurring refrain of "you deserve love" that's incredibly empowering and comforting to read. I could write a 10 page essay on this book, so how about I give you the highlights, instead?