#book requests

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid has had me in its grips for 5+ years now, and I am finally seeing some mutuals spiraling as well, so in the interest of spreading the love, here are some of my recs for what to read next:

Other books by Rachel Reid! Kind of an obvious answer, but she writes a broad range of stories and tones and I enjoyed Role Model, The Long Game, and Time to Shine most of her other works.

Sticking to m/m hockey, Avi Baran's Penalty Box series is awesome. He brings the enemies to lovers vibe, the friends to lovers, the hockey player/hockey player, and balances the romance and the sport so well. He also has extras on his website, like AUs of his stories, short stories in the universe, follow-up novellas, etc.

The Superstition Hockey series by Superstition_hockey! It's on AO3 but its original fiction and its fabulous. I read the whole series + extras at least twice per year, it's amazing, I cannot recommend it enough.

Unrivaled by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James also delivers on that rivals to lovers, do I want to punch you or kiss you vibe and it's very, very satisfying. There's others in the series but that's my favorite.

Sarina Bowen also has awesome m/m hockey romances. Him and Us (written with Elle Kennedy) are wonderful, The Understatement of the Year is fabulous, and I'm Your Guy was also a fun read. For non-hockey but that enemies-to-lovers, gay-awakening type story, Top Secret is also great. And if you're willing to dip your tie into m/f romance, The Year We Fell Down is super well done: two hockey players, the aftermath of injury, friends-to-lovers, exploration of adjusting to disability.

Speaking of f/m college-set hockey romances, Elle Kennedy's Off-Campus series is great. The balance of athletics and romance is on point, and if you like it there are two spin-off series also focused on hockey romances.

Branching out from hockey into baseball, KD Casey's Unwritten Rules series is great. M/m stories, great characters, great writing, and the romance and the athletics are worked balanced really well.

Swinging into football, if you're open to m/f stories, Kristen Callihan's Game On series is super fun.

I think this sounded vague but idk how to word T-T

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Hey hun, thank ya for the request, I hope this is what you wanted, though if it isn't I'd be more than willing to do more that are more of what you wanted!

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Nell O’Dell Hates Quests by Emily B. Martin

Summary: Nell O’Dell yearns for a quiet life tending her garden and caring for her chickens. Unfortunately, her family runs the bustling Crossroads Inn—accommodating all species of patron from fairies to fauns to half-giants, most of them questers on their way to seek glory and fortune. What’s more, her parents are retired questers themselves, and everyone assumes that Nell will follow in their footsteps. Then the day comes when a letter arrives from the government, threatening the Inn and all that Nell holds dear, and someone needs to go on a short journey to the capital to take care of it. Nell is the only one available—but that's fine, because it's just a boring business trip, not a quest! Even if she does find herself up against an excitable travel partner, a thief in the night, a stolen treasure, and a mysterious knife . . . Lively black-and-white illustrations by the author embellish this breezy, bighearted adventure that will satisfy both longtime questers and first-time visitors to the genre.

Book Type: Novel

1) Fantasy

2) Magic focused

3) Not made for kids (no middle grade or younger YA. New Adult and Adult prefered)

4) not set in modern times

Bonus:

5) I’d like gay characters.

U-UH! WELL- I Uh, never really had much time for that!!

I suppose there was…one time…

Hi everyone!

As stated in the title - I'm looking for access to Newman's Making Love in the Twelfth Century: "Letters of Two Lovers" in Context, specifically pages 235 to 242 (though the whole book will work, ahah) for an upcoming project on queer relationships in the Middle-Ages. I've been looking for free options online and nothing came up.