Best contemporary romance books according to redditors
We found 983 Reddit comments discussing the best contemporary romance books. We ranked the 261 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 983 Reddit comments discussing the best contemporary romance books. We ranked the 261 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Deborah Anapol, Polyamory: The New Love without Limits. I liked More Than Two but even before hearing these accusations, I preferred Anapol's book to Veaux's.
Looking for Alaska is a fantastic book, and an entertaining and pretty easy read.
Looking for Alaska - one of my favourite books of all time
Since we're here, mind as well throw in Looking for Alaska by John Green as well.
I devoured all four books in Elle Kennedy’s Off-Campus series in the past 4 days. The first is currently free on Amazon! It’s a series about 4 different couples that all center around a hockey team at a fictional Northeast US college. Every book gets steamy and has several scenes throughout.
In the land of good timing, /r/fantasy is also having a discussion about sex in fantasy today.
I also find these rants (from Limyaael's Rants, of course) to be quite topical: 1 2 3 4 5 6
And I'm probably going to beat /u/bethrevis to the punch even though it's her blog entry, but this conversation seemed to sum up "Adult" attitudes towards sex in YA quite well and stuck in my mind:
>Attendee: Oh no, violence is fine. Is there sex?
>Friend (starting to feel awkward): There's a scene in the book that does get a bit graphic, sexually. But it's relevant to the plot, and it's not gratuitous, and--
>Attendee: puts the book down on the table No. We can't have any sex in the books for the school.
>Friend: But it's a relevant issue. The girl in the scene is nearly raped and--
>Attendee: Oh? It's not consensual sex? Well, that's okay.
For context, graphic sex in books has always kinda squicked me out (though maybe the poor production value in erotica is more to blame - poor grammar also makes me cringe), but before I actually started having sex, I was fairly oblivious to the references in books. As in, totally missed what was going on in books like Brave New World or Song of the Lioness. Just totally skipped it. Didn't bother me or turn me into a sex-crazed deviant like people seem to fear or anything.
Now that I'm older, I do find it conspicuous when a world's meant to be gritty and completely detailed and cover everything from depression to bathroom habits to violence to inner turmoil, but even references to sex remain absent. For example, in the Mistborn trilogy (skirting the YA/genre fantasy border, supposedly), it's all [spoilers](#s "OK, so we're 20 and married and the most powerful people in the land and have no one to answer to and the world is ending and we really need a way to blow off steam... Let's never have sex ever.") It cuts into the believability of the stakes and to me, it seemed like possible justifications for that mindset were skipped over. [Possible justifications being things like ](#s "a political marriage, past trauma, fear of bringing a child into the world and complete ignorance of birth control, traditions built into that fantasy world, etc.")
That's not to say that you need to have sex in order to have a believable romance for high school or college-age characters. I think I'm in love with Levi from Fangirl without anyone getting naked even off-page, and I'm not even sure there was kissing in Boy Proof despite the sexual tension being through the roof. The lack of sex at that point in the story fit those characters and those relationships.
YA-ish books with sex I've recently read: Trickster's Queen (made sense for the characters involved), The Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy (props for having lots of build-up re: acquiring birth control and waiting for it to take effect), The Jewel (fittingly thematic, since it's a book about forced surrogacy and there was [spoiler](#s "a contrast between forced, mechanical impregnation and natural, chosen sex"), Eleanor & Park (fittingly awkward and open-ended, just like every other interaction they had), Looking for Alaska (public conversation about private awkwardness seemed really believable).
Edit: Looks like /r/fantasywriters is also having a discussion today, though with more of an LGBTQ slant.
For what it's worth, read the first line of the second review of the #2 romance book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bossman-Vi-Keeland-ebook/dp/B01IMFDR9A/ref=zg_bs_158566011_2
And then this one, which is #3: https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Benefits-Billionaire-Royal-Romance-ebook/dp/B01HVG9M3Q/ref=zg_bs_158566011_3
And then the 4th review of this, which is the #6 bestseller: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Stroke-Romantic-Comedy-Brothers-ebook/dp/B01I91G7S0/ref=zg_bs_158566011_6
ARCs are the industry norm, they're used by all the top-selling authors, and Amazon accepts them as long as they're honest.
Hey! Welcome! There's a great journal out there called Where I Am Led that helps guide submissives on their path.
I've also written a book about my transition from a vanilla, egalitarian marriage to one of kink and power exchange. You can check the reviews on Amazon and if you/she would like a free author's ebook copy I'm happy as always to send one. Paperback is available there too if she'd prefer. Shoot me a DM with your preferred email and I'll get you an electronic copy if you would like.
Here's the link to both:
Where I Am Led: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Am-Led-Exploration-Workbook/dp/0578035952/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=where+i+am+led&qid=1563535065&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Darling Discovered: https://www.amazon.com/Darling-Discovered-True-Story-Submission/dp/0997421916/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=darling+discovered&qid=1563535127&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Just for future reference, you don't need all that gobbledygook in your URL. This works just fine:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684660599/
I second The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson series as recommendations.
Looking for Alaska is really popular among my high school students, both girls and boys.
Maybe Ender's Game?
The Seven Realms series is another one several of my kids have been raving about to me. I haven't gotten around to reading them myself, but it might be worth checking out. Starts with The Demon King.
Long Rant... You've been warned.
Let me preface this statement: I'm a woman, I'm a minority, and I'm a feminist, which means I want equal rights for everyone. Based on my experience in a large city with a high minority population working in an occupation typically run by white males, it's still clear that equality needs to be addressed - not every white person is trying to oppress people and not every minority is a saint and shocking some perpetuate racism and sexism. You typically have little gauge for how an employer will behave based on age or race, however I've noticed women have a higher tendency to be more aggravating to work with because of insecurity. Women and men who are insecure bosses have nearly the same behavioral patterns, but one occurs more frequently than the other because of historical and current social norms. I unfortunately was gifted with a stereotypical "redditor" personality and spent a lot of time feeling alienated and twisted all over the place.
The fact that feminist writers/bloggers were receiving so many fucked up messages after the PyCon shows that there are still significant issues that need to be addressed. But going after the video game industry strawman in this way is a hugely hypocritical. In her analyses of characters, she doesn't touch on the fact that it's female romance authors which provide the pivotal negative female stereotypes while male writers have been in equal force in creating feminist characters. The entire damning existence of the biggest publishing genre of romance that constantly reinforces the anti-feminist sentiment on a magnitude so much greater than the video game industry.
Both the romance book industry and video gaming industry are profiting along the lines of gender separation, and both have their own wishfulfillment fantasies. Just glance at Kindle's bestseller list, and the most damning evidence of how feminism hasn't met its goals is staring you in the face with tripe stories about how the secretary wants to hop into bed with her millionaire/billionaire boss who may or may come from a culture where women are second class citizens or one of those "old-fashioned types." Women are buying these types of stories in large amounts. Where does someone like Sarkeesian and others like her get off throwing one industry under the bus and blatantly ignoring the other, which I think denotes that they're not as objective as they claim to be. Video gaming isn't as large of a media platform as movies, books and television.
I read her Buffy vs. Bella article, (which I mostly enjoyed and agreed with) and I noticed that she doesn't put out there that it was when a male wrote Buffy, it changed how so many young women viewed themselves in power. Even men have an easier time identifying with Buffy because it opened the idea of a female heroine who wasn't weak and was capable of handling herself. Bella was written by a female author and launched into its pop culture status not by a mixed gender group but a majority female group. It demonstrates that there is a problem of authorship and other layers of how most women are conflicted about how their sexual fantasies are fulfilled. If women get to find comfort in that arena through romance novels and stories, why are we going after men for the same thing? How do you justify going after men buying a video game where the girl needs to be rescued when you have books like The Billionaire's Obsession in the Top 10 of the Kindle Bestsellers List? (Note: I'm not criticizing this book or its author or the romance genre as I read and enjoy romance novels and media; my point is that there's a hypocrisy of where to judge the use of gender tropes.) How can the feminist cause be taken seriously when it's showing these sorts of conflicting market data? It's an embarrassment that Twilight, which looks like it was written by a 9th grader who just failed summer school English wrote it, has so much more market value to young women than other novels where the female character is empowered. I don't think video games (which is still a new industry) had very much of a factor in that, even when accounting for the levels of patriarchy.
TL;DR: Redressing the video game industry before going after the romance industry is a effort in futility. Why are women allowed to profit from the gender archetypes but men are not? We talk about empowerment, but all this time we don't use what clout we do have to empower ourselves, we pervasively wait for men to act as agents of change we want to see in ourselves. Sarkeesian is technically doing what she's accusing the video game industry of doing - she's waiting for men to be agents of action and change in feminism. It shifts back to the fact that men change the dialog because when women are left to do so, they fall back into traditional gender norms for storytelling.
EDIT: I loved KiteTales video reply to Anita.
> What surprised me is the amount of females reading manga that the Alt-left would describe based on cover art as "sexist, appealing to the male fantasy".
Meanwhile in the west, books like this.
Looking for alaska
its about high school kids. but i read it when i was 25 and loved it!
It ends different than you will expect. I love not being able to guess the endings of books or movies.
its emotional, it has adventure! its got love! it has won multiple awards!
Yes! You can read the whole series for free as well! Playing with Power - Book 1
I know it's a shameless plug, but I'm so excited and proud of it. I've always hated those billionaire books where the weak woman is saved by some rich guy. I love the idea of people falling into a fantasy where the protagonist is strong, flawed, but trying.
Lauren is a clever programmer in New York City. She has an asshole boss, a great but less-than-understanding boyfriend, and dreams of creating something better for herself. Whatever happens in her life, she's making it happen.
> Prologue
> It’s difficult to pinpoint the best moments in life until after they’re gone. The fondest memories aren’t always announced. They don’t come with balloons and feasts and circled dates on the calendar. Instead, they’re a collection of everyday things we only miss when they’re gone or have irrevocably changed. Unaware how special each minute can be, people rush through their lives confident that the best is yet to come. Lauren was no exception. Not knowing it then, as their car sped down the highway, she was leaving the last vestiges of her adolescence behind. Years later, Lauren would look back to that trip with Nick and feel a bittersweet twinge of regret. She’d think, If only I’d known then how quickly things would change, I would’ve held on tighter, remembered more.
>
> The roar of the open windows reduced the music to a loud, wordless melody. Lauren leaned against the head rest, her dark hair whipping in the wind, and closed her eyes. It was a day that felt somewhere between spring and summer, a clear blue sky with a warm sun. The traffic on the highway was light, a pleasant surprise as they drove into the city on a Sunday afternoon. Nick grabbed her hand and kissed her fingers, pulling his eyes from the road for a second to grin at her.
>
> “You can’t fall asleep now, we’re almost at your favorite spot,” he said, his blue eyes sparkling.
>
> “You can’t blame me. You barely let me sleep this entire weekend.”
>
> “It’s not my fault I can’t keep my hands off of you! Stop being so sexy.”
>
> Lauren reached her arms above her head and stretched. Two hours in their cramped rental car and she just wanted to be done. “It was really nice to get away just for a couple days. I never noticed how quiet the country is until we moved—or how dark.”
>
> “You know, we could have that all the time,” he said coyly, tiptoeing around a topic he knew was volatile.
>
> She sighed. “We spent all weekend talking about this. I’d really rather not rehash it. We made a decision together, remember?”
>
> “I know, I was just thinking aloud, didn’t mean anything by it.” He slipped his sunglasses down and scowled. Lauren rolled her eyes and stared out the front, hating that he made her feel like a mother putting her foot down. Her bad mood didn’t last long because just over the next hill was something she’d been waiting to see for hours.
>
> The New York City skyline slipped into view. Even if it meant going out of the way to get there, Lauren always made sure to enter the city from the same direction for just a glimpse. The whole of Manhattan stretched along the horizon. From the Freedom Tower on the right to the cluster of soaring, iconic buildings in midtown, to the void where she knew Central Park rested. The awesome sight made her feel significant and insignificant all at once. To be one of millions living in one of the greatest cities on Earth, struggling to make it, to succeed—the skyline embodied all that and more.
>
> “There it is,” Nick said casually, as if she liked it for the same reasons everyone else did. Lauren knew he’d never understand. To her, that urban landscape was like an affirmation. It was where all her hopes and dreams would come true.
>
> The road dipped and curved, the brief view now obscured. She didn’t know it but that would be the last time she’d look on that skyline with the hopeful optimism of youth. The next time her eyes fell on that outline, her life would be one big adult mess.
This is only a link for book 3, below are the links for books 1 & 2.
Book 1 http://www.amazon.com/Playing-Power-Adult-Office-Romance-ebook/dp/B00LNRQGXY/
Book 2 http://www.amazon.com/Playing-Power-Adult-Office-Romance-ebook/dp/B00M0DABM2/
There's definitely an allure and a market for it. Read Lauren Blakely's series that starts with "Big Rock" to see how someone does it well. I don't think she's the only one who does it, either. (Here's one other that I know of off the top of my head... disclaimer: she's a friend, but her book's gotten fantastic reviews.)
It isn't about marketing to a male audience, either. Female readers love getting into the guy's heads, and even polls of readers of genres who focus on female POV suggest as much - they want more of the content to be from the hero's POV and would be all over books that are exclusively written that way.
Welcome.
The best free romance books I know of are https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MQ0PJ9E/ and https://www.amazon.com/Deal-Off-Campus-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00TG1CZFC/
11-14
15-18
Would also second Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson, Ender's Game, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that other commentators mentioned.
Also, you may be interested in /r/YAlit and /r/YAwriters.
Well, I got this
I can't even. What? I don't even own a Kindle for starters. And I don't know what part of me reading mystery & history screams "loves steamy romance novels!"
/u/Morthy you shall be now dubbed Dr. Morthy-o. Let's play a pill version of Tetris.
Looking for Alaska by John Green because John Green.
DFTBA
Evening all! I just finished Ready Player One...up next is...drum roll
Looking for Alaska!!
I'm tired of carrying around a bulky purse with 2-3 books. There. I said it! Simply put, I need a more economical way of carrying around my crap :)
I would love to finally read this book.
I would love a kindle because I used to have a Kindle Touch but then it broke from overuse. I have so many ebooks but I can only read them on my laptop. I would appreciate Looking for Alaska. I've read The Fault in our stars and I would love to read some of his other books.
Mil millones de veces.
Lo puedes comprar en alguna librería en México en español por unos 100 pesos, pero si lo quieres en inglés lo puedes conseguir en Amazon por el mismo precio como e-book.
A mental mind fuck can be nice
This would be cool to have
That guy is so cute! Here are names I would name my kitten. I can't have a kitten though because my dog is allergic to cats :( I really love the name Cody or Grim. Good luck with your name hunt!
Merlin, Cody, Meeko, Houdini, Bonsai, Jinx, Astro, Grim.
Gratification
Mercedes Lackey is a crazy prolific fantasy writer, with several different series under her belt - I'd recommend the Bedlam's Bard series (modern day elves - sidhe elves, that is, not Tolkien's elves) or her Valdemar Saga, an epic series following the magic and politics of a fictitious country.
Even if those don't tickle your fancy, you should check out her website. She's written so much, odds are you'll like something.
I'd say get in at least a few young adult fiction, as they're full of saccharine and angst ridden metaphor:
• The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
• Looking For Alaska
A few historical fictions:
• Wolf Hall
• Memoirs Of A Geisha
Comedy:
• The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
• Good Omens
Stephen king (just because he's a favorite)
• 11/22/63
• IT
And finally, some objectively "bad" books, to learn what not to do.
• Wild Animus: A Novel
• The Da Vinci Code
• Moon People
All of these books are personal favorites for one reason or another, and some may fit into multiple categories (see: looking for Alaska under YA fiction and "bad,").
That said, this should at least keep you busy for a bit.
Happy reading, and good luck on your novel!
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> Nobody can lay a finger on her and walk away unscathed. Meeting her is the best thing that has happened to him, being with her makes him a better man, and waiting for her love is worth it because she's it for him.
Yes it is definitely a theme in dark romance. There was a writing group writing under Stella Noir, they have a story called Bone. It is serial killler and crazy good!
I don't know if romance novels are your jam. If not, maybe you could give these a chance anyway?
Coffee Boy is short and sweet, about an out trans guy interning on political campaign. The author, Austin Chant (who is a trans man), also has a trans retelling of Peter Pan called Peter Darling which I haven't read yet but plan to since I liked Coffee Boy so much.
If you can get past the super cheesy cover, The Burnt Toast B&B is a lot of fun. It's about this trans guy who is a stuntman but gets hurt so he has to take time off to recuperate. He needs a place to stay and is on a budget, so he goes to stay at a crappy bed and breakfast that is on the verge of closing down. Talks a lot about toxic masculinity. (It's part of a series, but no knowledge of the other books is necessary.)
Another one I haven't read yet, but am planning to because I like the author: Finding Your Feet. Trans guy is a dancer who just came out a bad relationship and ends up partnering with a newbie for a dance competition he doesn't want to do.
Feel free to check it out if you like the description of the book. I wrote the description to be as apt as possible.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684660599/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_ZW2BCbNB7E97P
Read a free sample here:
https://notionpress.com/read/six-five
I would love to get a copy of Looking for Alaska which is only 2.50 right now. Of course, if the price goes up on it I will edit this.
I read these three recently, and i can safely recommend them:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (gonna have a movie made soon)
Looking for Alaska also by John Green
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (much grittier than the movie)
The part about winning favor by giving the lady (I don't think it was a queen, but I can't recall) of the manor an antihistamine definitely happens in A Knight in Shining Armor.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC0QO8/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1
I'm soooo drunk
When I'm drunk anything horrible or unhealthy for you is usually the first thing I go for. Pizza is always a good one. Usually anything salty though like bagel chips or popcorn.
I would love Looking for Alaska from my $5-10 WL if I win! Thanks for the contest! :)
Have you ever read any of John Green's work?
Looking for Alaska
Paper Town
The Fault in Our Stars
This is an awesome contest!
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I like this story..
how about you!?
NSFW is sexy but a gift card isnt so much but bring on boondock saints!
My haiku is terrible...
Just want to put this out there because I've studied young adult lit and I'll never grow too old to love it: YA is an incredibly fascinating genre. It's an absolute goldmine if you're looking for character development. Even the books with horrible photoshop-vomit covers often have merit if you give them a chance, and the fact that something appeals to teenage girls does not invalidate its quality.
If anyone is interested in reading good young adult fiction, I'd recommend the following:
Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations!! It's not easy to get a job and I hate how companies won't hire you if you don't have work history, but you can't get work history if no one will hire you...It's a terrible cycle! So glad you got something to help with those bills and gifting!
Something I like about myself is how much of a romantic I am. <3
Here are some suggestions, but don't know how you'd find out if she's read them or not!
[Son of the Morning] (http://www.amazon.com/Son-of-the-Morning-ebook/dp/B002XQAAZO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1369866702&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=son+of+the+morning) by Linda Howard
A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Devereaux
Any of the Highlander books by Karen Marie Moning
What a nice gift!
This book is awesome and really helped my boyfriend understand the D/s mindset and helped us move forward in our journey. The couple starts off vanilla so it should be relatable to you. The author posts here on the BDSM subs too.
Note: it's geared towards those interested in a 24/7 lifestyle but does contain some general useful "scene" info as well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0997421916/
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looking for Alaska on my kindle books list. Thanks for the contest
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YI1K0C/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;colid=1MWZJ7WZ9D49S&amp;coliid=I11WCKMYJAPPIV
That happened in Bedlam's Bard.
I've already read it, but if you liked it I suggest Looking for Alaska, also by John Green. It's also one you shouldn't read on an airplane.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008AEEGF8/ref=wl_it_dp_v_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;colid=3270VU4LHQ8PO&amp;coliid=I108MZOMJ7JUZI&amp;psc=1
Your item
My item :) broke college student almost finals!
http://www.amazon.com/dp/061815082X/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&amp;colid=36TGBSHM1EFLU&amp;coliid=ISGOF98UJSSQN
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Here is a kindle book I would like to read that is less than ten dollars.
Thank you for the contest!
Book; [looking for Alaska] ( http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Alaska-John-Green/dp/0142402516/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&amp;colid=36V58PM2YWEKL&amp;coliid=I10WJJ07JNPJR1) or [Cross Fire] (http://www.amazon.com/Cross-Fire-Alex-James-Patterson/dp/0446574716/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&amp;colid=36V58PM2YWEKL&amp;coliid=I1NNPIRTDA6LMC) Used books rock!
Sounds a little like the Bedlam Bard series.
Just off the top of my head these are three amazing YA books (all realistic fiction):
Looking for Alaska - John Green
Tales of the Madmen Underground - John Barnes
Revolution - Jennifer Donnelly
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fun gift even though I feel like the contest has ended...
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There's a book about a girl who carries a cardboard cut out of her brother everywhere: http://www.amazon.com/Flat-Out-Love-Book-ebook/dp/B008DZTE60/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
A copy/paste of one of my posts from January:
There are several books about BDSM and its culture. Also female sexuality is often shunted for male, and both genders get a ton of misinformation in the judgmental world. The clit is a lot more than a nub and the proper term is vulva. I’ll post a few links of my favorite reading material and a bit about why I enjoyed them. The New Topping a New Bottoming Books a good overview of how to set up, the different types, and responsibilities of each person in a scene and explores the emotional side of it. https://www.amazon.com/New-Topping-Book-Dossie-Easton/dp/B001TJV5DW
https://www.amazon.com/New-Bottoming-Book-Janet-Hardy/dp/1890159352/ref=pd_sbs_14_t_0/159-2529759-0556432?_encoding=UTF8&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=KEXYX8NPBXC1K8VSJF0N
Playing Well With Others. Examines the entire kink culture and how and why people can safely get involved. All the different symbols, types of D/s way more definitions then I could say here, the difference between a kink club, sex club, fetish night, leather bar etc. is all here. The back has a great long overview of many possible kinks and a chart for you to map out your experience and limit levels with each one. Also has a glossary of more books.
https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Well-Others-Discovering-Communities/dp/0937609587/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1483220806&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=playing+well+with+others
Also I’m new to relationships in general but to really learn how to make a woman feel good you might want to look into She Comes First. As you'll see from reviews even couples who've been together a long time really got 'energized' by the book. Also good at dispelling many myths around female sexuality that both men and women might think. It’s written by a guy but very focused on female-centric pleasure, right up a subby guy’s alley. It’s really helped me and I’m only halfway through since I got it 2 days ago!
https://www.amazon.com/She-Comes-First-Thinking-Pleasuring/dp/0060538260/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1483221177&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=she+comes+first
Darling Discovered. A submissive woman’s journey from a vanilla relationship transitioned to D/s. I really identified with her for much of the book. The other recommendations are mostly objective but you really go into Mrs. Darling’s heart, it’s a true story so none of the trite clichés made by authors who know nothing of the culture. It may also give insight to those already in relationships considering BDSM, something I don’t have experience in. Her prologue that you can view with Look Inside certainly grabs the attention of the reader! https://www.amazon.com/Darling-Discovered-True-Story-Submission/dp/0997421916
I have a few newer reviews if you want?
Any way of doing it like this? https://www.amazon.com/Big-Rock-Book-ebook/dp/B01A1E8WO0/
>A lot of it is making sure that both you and everyone involved is fine with it.
The problem is that this is easier said than done. It's fine to say you're okay with this, you want to sound high-minded and enlightened to your partner who's suggesting it. You may even think you will be fine with it. But actually knowing your SO if off with someone else, being able to overhear your SO getting it on with someone else, and/or your SO increasingly preferring someone else's company to yours; these can be very different than the idealistic love-utopia you discussed at the beginning.
>I'm making my first forays into it with my current SO, and (while we've only talked about it, and haven't done much yet with others) she and I seem ok.
I wish you all the best of luck. As I said, it can work, but it takes a lot of self-awareness, communication, and trust. I do recommend "Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits" and "The Ethical Slut" for both you and your partner if you are serious about this.
https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Hitman-Romance-Caparelli-Family-ebook/dp/B0821Q9D21
yay for gifts
I would actually really like Looking for Alaska or this yoga DVD.
Edit: Thanks so much for the contest! :D
This book
Here is the mobile version of your link
whiskey in the jar-oh
Link! Used is fine!
I think its the same book. This is the cover I meant http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1880789086?cache=998440bea46adabe9e42b652406eb6b7&amp;pi=SY200_QL40&amp;qid=1412648404&amp;sr=8-2#
I’m not sure where the h works but this book has a “never-met” billionaire proposal.
Absolutely! It's part of a series but to be honest I read it without reading the rest of the series and it's pretty easy to just jump into.
It's called The Burnt Toast B&B and it is exactly as cheesy as it sounds, but as a trans guy it definitely hit home on a few things. The author got instant respect from me for making the cis guy gay and not bisexual. Not that bisexual men can't have legitimate attraction to trans men as men, but I've noticed a sort of creepy insistence from some authors that seem to imply you have to be bisexual to be attracted to a non-op trans person of either gender, which is something the trans community has obviously been trying to refute.
Edit: I do want to give a short trigger warning for anybody thinking to pick it up. The gay guy does fuck up at one point by using the trans guy's trans status against him in a fight, but to be honest I think it's handled extremely realistically even if the romance itself is set in a cheesy over-the-top setting (a Supernatural like show is being shot in a little town, and the trans guy works as a stunt double for one of the main actors). The gay guy knows he fucked up too, and he's not instantly forgiven for the mistake by the trans man at all. The trans guy's self worth is honestly really refreshing after dealing with your usual self-loathing trans narratives.
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I never claimed to be offended. Not everyone is offended because you disagree.... but it's telling about your psychological makeup. You are the one that decided to claim that.
You don't have family? That's a personal problem. Thanks for confirming my assumption. The rest of your reply? I'm sorry.. you're a dreamer and reality just hit you on the internet.
You climb mountains because you don't know what else to do. I am sure.
I'm not disagreeing with you. You are lost and want to do this because 1) you think it's OK to do it unprepared and 2) you think it's important.
Good luck to you. Realize that the redditors you have been replying to tonight to are both the same person. You said thank you when I told you hat you wanted to hear.
Drop the attitude. You are not prepared. Study up and don't start this on a whim. You'll die.
Read http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Alaska-John-Green/dp/0142402516
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless Thought he "knew better" and would "learn as I go" and killed himself by being an uneducated dumbass. You are starting off on the same trail.
Enjoy your adventure. Leave your immediate family a power of attorney and a will. You are not ready for this.