About us
This Book Club only meets in Discord.*
A few years ago I joined a Romance book club looking to discuss Romance novels with other readers. At first it was great, but then we kept reading white, cis, het Romance novels. When novels that fell outside of that category were discussed, there was a palpable discomfort. When an alien-human Romance was mentioned in the same sentence as "diversity", I knew I needed to create another space. So, this is Romance Gets Real! Here, we'll discuss BIPOC and LGBTQIA representation and its intersections in Romance novels and other media. (squeeing and gushing allowed and encouraged!)
*Please download the Discord app on your preferred device and join us in the Livestream channel for voice chat!
Upcoming events
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RGR Diverse Book Club on Discord!
·OnlineOnline# This fortnight we're reading the novel For Her Consideration: An Enchanting and Memorable Love Story (Out in Hollywood Book 1) by Amy Spalding
We're back to our Hollywood romances! Screenwriter + actress - which is a new duo. F/F, Contemporary Romance, Hollywood
The book can be found here as an ebook on Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B35CGM65/
SYNOPSIS:
Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, her dreams of scriptwriting for TV, and even LA proper out of her life. Instead, she’s safely out in the suburbs in her aunt’s condo working her talent agency job from home, managing celebrity email accounts, and certain that’s plenty of writing—and plot—for her life. But a surprise meeting called by Ari Fox, a young actress on everyone’s radar, stirs up all kinds of feelings Nina thought she’d deleted for good . . .Ari is sexy, out and proud, and a serious control freak, according to Nina’s boss. She has her own ideas about how Nina should handle her emails—and about getting to know her ghostwriter. When she tells Nina she should be writing again, Nina suddenly finds it less scary to revisit her abandoned life than seriously consider that Ari is flirting with her. Between reconnecting with her old crew and working on a new script, a relationship with a movie star seems like something she’ll definitely mess up—but what could be more worth the risk?
Amy Spalding’s For Her Consideration is full of heat and heart as Nina learns that her story just might include the kind of love that lasts.
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RGR Diverse Book Club on Discord!
·OnlineOnline*Posting this early since this is a bit of a longer read :)
# This fortnight we're reading the novel the Girl Who Bit me: A Sapphic Vampire Romance by Valeria Hunt
It's the start of spooky hoa hoa hoa season, and we're leaning into it with this sapphic vampire romance. I can promise there's no blue filter...we'll see if she sparkles.
They're vampire best friends with a scheme to pay their NY rent: enthrall a billionare. Too bad this is a friends-to-lovers romance. F/F, Contemporary Romance, Vampires, Rent Struggles are Real
The book can be found here as an ebook on Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GFQKVNFB/ref=mes-dp
SYNOPSIS:
Six hundred years of immortal friendship. One bite that changes everything.Ancient vampires Aster Castelmar and Sylvia Maroven have been inseparable for six centuries. They’ve survived inquisitions, wars, collapsing empires, the industrial revolution—but now they face their most challenging obstacle yet: New York City rental prices.
With only a week left in their last apartment, the broke best friends hatch a bold get-rich scheme: enthrall a billionaire. With Sylvia’s charm, Aster’s raw strength, and a dash of vampiric hypnosis, the plan should be foolproof.
Then Sylvia bites Aster.
It’s meant to be a joke, a fleeting thrill between lifelong companions. But instead, the bite awakens an ancient bond reserved for soulmates, forcing them to face feelings they’ve spent centuries denying.
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