Jessica Pryde is a member of that rare breed that grew up in Washington, DC, but is happily enjoying the warmer weather of the desert Southwest. While she is still working on what she wants to be when she grows up, she’s enjoying dabbling in librarianship and writing all the things. She's the editor of Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters, and her fiction has been published by Generous Press. She can be found drowning in her ever-growing TBR and exclaiming about romance on When in Romance, as well as on social media. Find her exclamations about books and internet ridiculousness on BlueSky (JessIsReading) and instagram/threads (jess_is_reading).
How the Shop Your Shelves BINGO challenge is helping one reader be realistic with their reading reality.
Want to read more indie romance? We narrow it down from the thousands (millions?) to share some of the best indie romance books to start with, including Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon and Neighborly by Katrina Jackson.
While there are more Black authors helping bring Black romance into the mainstream, Black romance has a long history.
From hard sci-fi to space operas, there’s something for SFF readers of all stripes in these queer space adventure stories. To the spaceship!
Jess and Jenn discuss the increasing number of romances in best-of lists (even if they are coming way too early) and the massive phenomenon that is holiday romance.
Romance subgenres are fluid, but there are some that we can definitely nail down. Here are the most prominent and very key romance subgenres.
Curiosity BooksLess than a week before Christmas, Herbert Henry’s father has lost his job, and worse, his Christmas cheer. Herbert ...
Jess and special guest Vanessa Diaz talk about what they're reading, discuss some upcoming Good News in romance and offer season-appropriate romance recs.
From holiday love stories to historical romances and even a Kraken betrothal, there are lots of new romance books to choose from this month!
More than ever, we need to center Black boys in conversation and remind the living, breathing Black boys in our world that they matter.