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Kaitlyn Arford
May 06, 2025
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I watched Running Point on Netflix this weekend and loved it. And since the Met Gala and the show featured designer Law Roach, I thought it would be fun to share some basketball romances!
A scene in Running Point where Kate Hudson asks Law Roach to tell Zendaya that she’s a huge fan.
💃 Basketball Romance Recommendations
 | The Locker RoomPro basketball players Xander and Chris have been together for 12 years, from high school to the NBA. But when their relationship is exposed, Xander has a choice to make. |
 | Loving the LegendPro basketball player Ty Washington has everything. He’s the number one pick in the pro league. He’s voted the Sexiest Man Alive. But when he sees a talented rookie, new feelings arise. |
 | How You Get the GirlCoach Julie Parker can handle the smart-mouthed high schooler on her basketball team. The real challenge is the teen’s foster parent who just happens to be an ex-WNBA player. |
 | The Sleeping ArrangementHe wants to win the championship. She’s just focused on paying the bills. |
 | Long ShotWhen Iris meets August in a sports bar, sparks fly immediately, but the timing is wrong. They go their separate ways after an electric night only to reconnect later. Winner of the RITA Award! (TW: themes of domestic abuse) |
 | The Right MoveRyan’s the new Captain of the Devils in Chicago. He has enough on his plate without his sister’s best friend moving in. |
🎉 Romance Releases
Contemporary | ||
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The Things We Water by Mariana Zapata | Kiss Me, Maybe by Gabriella Gamez | Slay the Stage by Jaz Pate |
The Ballad of Betrayal and Beauty by L.H. Blake | Pyg by Pip Landers-Letts | Give Me a Shot by Gia De Cadenet |
Drop Dead by Lily Chu | Time Loops and Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau | Only Because It’s You by Rebecca Fisseha |
Digging Dr Jones by Olivia Jackson | Bookish With Benefits by Alia Smith | What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon |
Fantasy | ||
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The Consort and I by Aud Connelly | Daughters of Tides by Kit Rocha | Archangel’s Ascension by Nalini Singh |
Thunder Game by Christine Feehan |
Historical | ||
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Pads, Purses, and Plum Pudding by Aubrey Wynne | The Summer That Ruined Everything by S.T. Bell | The King of Whitechapel by Barbara Russell |
The Ruin of Miss Amelia Burrowes by Jenna Jaxon | A Bachelor’s Lessons in Love by Sally Britton | Lady Impatience by Kate Archer |
Lie Down with a Lyon by Cerise Deland | Not a Chance in Hell by Emily EK Murdoch | The Duke and the Widow by Christina Diane |
Hardly a Gentleman by Eliosa James | Hazardous to a Duke’s Heart by Sabrina Jeffries | Tantalizing the Duke by Ari Thatcher |
💌 Romancelandia News
Indie authors, booksellers, and publishing pros lose thousands at A Million Lives Book Festival. Festival goers were greeted with a near-empty convention center with no decorations or DJ. There were about 40 attendees with 100 authors. Panelists were not given chairs or tables. “If the bar for events was on the floor, A Million Lives Book Festival sent the bar straight to hell.”
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Netgalley is launching a new way to claim free ebooks from publishers. Booktrovert’s waitlist is open now!
Bodacious Bookstore & Cafe in Pensacola, Florida, removed LGBTQ titles from shelves.
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💾 Romancelandia Jobs
Simon and Schuster UK is offering a contest for unagented fiction writers of color to win a two-book UK publishing contract with a six-figure advance Katy Brown needs artists for character art Addison Horne needs a character artist for an upcoming release Gwen Parks needs graphic designers for character art Christopher J. Brice needs artists for MM SFW and NSFW commissions | Addison Tate needs an author PA BibliOddities needs fantasy map-makers and fictional cartographers Detailed by Denise needs artists for rebinds D. Allyson Howlett needs book cover designers for a contemporary YA Rebecca Loomis needs a proofreader with availability in the next two weeks A book festival needs panelists (unsure if paid) |
🥰 Free Books
🛍️ eBook Sales
Mr. Wrong Number by Lynn Painter $1.99 Along Came a Lady by Christi Caldwell $1.99 Don’t Look Down by Jennifer Crusie $1.99 My Royal Showmance by Lexi Blake $0.99 Elizabeth’s Wolf by Lora Leigh $1.99 Dragon of Glass by Elva Birch $0.99 Close Up by Amanda Quick $1.99 On Duty by A.R. Barley $1.99 Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay $2.99 | Can’t Help Faking in Love by Swati Hegde $1.99 My Season of Scandal by Julie Anne Long $1.99 Chandelier Sin by Vanessa Fewings $0.99 Brace for Impact by Janice Kay Johnson $0.99 The Blue Viking by Sandra Hill $0.99 Captive of Wolves by Eva Chase $0.99 The Paris Bookshop for the Broken Hearted by Rebecca Raisin $0.99 Thunder Horse Heritage by Elle James $0.99 Beyond Eden by Catherine Coulter $1.99 |
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