#Romance/Erotica

New romance books are coming out every week, and we’re here to help you find the best, no matter which genre of romance novels you’re into. Regencies, contemporaries, queer romance from all time periods, paranormals—you name it, we’re reading it. Read on to find the most compelling romance novels out there, for all steam levels! Go on, get your trope on.

On the Run…To the Bedroom: Balancing Crime and Coitus in Romantic Suspense

A romantic suspense author on how she balances thrills and love in her genre.

4 Things to Love about ANGELA: QUEEN OF HEL

Angela fights her way through the Hel for the woman she loves. There will be monsters! And tongue kissing! What's not to love?

New Adult, We Need to Talk

As much as Rioter Amanda D. loves romance, she may need to break up with New Adult for a while.

Reading Pathways: Nora Roberts

Where to start with the work of Nora Roberts.

The Ripped Bodice: A Kickstarter for a Romance Bookstore

All about a Kickstarter to support the first romance bookstore in the US

Some Like It Hot: The Literary Function of Sex Scenes in Romance

A discussion of the point of sex scenes in romance novels.

Comics for an Impending Marriage

Panelteer Ryan talks comics about marriage...and there aren't many.

I Guess I Read Erotica?

A Riot reader on learning to embrace her inner erotica reader.

Love Amidst the Flames: Romance in the Time of Unrest

A list of romance novels that take place during wars or other uprisings.

PICTURES THAT TICK: SHORT NARRATIVE [BOOK ONE] by Dave McKean

Haunting, metaphorical, and real, Dave McKean's "lost masterpiece," originally printed in a limited run, is widely available in a second edition.