#also no it's not that katie porter though it would be super cool if it was

[triviareads]

Good morning

Can you recommend an contemporary romance that doesn't take 20 chapters to get to IT?

Thank you

Hi! I do have a list of contemporary romances where there's a sex scene pretty early on:

Here are a few more:

Black Tie Billionaire by Naima Simone: You know it's a Harlequin when it starts with the billionaire propositioning a member of the catering staff (or so he thinks). There ends up being a blackout and she does take him up on that offer. It's such a stellar early sex scene because their chemistry is off the charts.

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid: Shane and Ilya are pro-hockey rivals who *totally* hate each other and yet have secretly been hooking up for about a decade, and the book begins with one such hook-up.

Inside Bet by Katie Porter: They have sex the first night they meet (so within the first five chapters I believe) but there's this super hot, almost tense build-up as Jon and Heather gamble and make increasingly more risqué bets with one another.

The Secret That Can't Be Hidden by Caitlin Crews: There's a flashback of their first meeting where the hero sees her, beckons her forward, and goes to town on her just like that. Pure Harlequin (specifically pure Caitlin Crews) excellence.

Just One More Night by Caitlin Crews: The hero comes across her in an alleyway where she's being held at gunpoint, he kills(?) the assailants, and they immediately have sex in his car (in the immortal words of Stephan after they went bareback, "eh, you American girls are always on the pill").

#what i'm saying is harlequins will always deliver #their formula definitely works in our favor at times #also no it's not that katie porter though it would be super cool if it was #i mean we know stacey abrams writes romance novels #book recs #naima simone #katie porter #rachel reid #caitlin crews #contemporary romance #romance novels #ask

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Sooo if you were to do FPR Met Gala 2019 edition: of the looks that you've seen which ones would you toot and which ones would you boot? also which other queens would you have liked to see on the red carpet apart from Ru, Violet and Aquaria?

Ahhh this is so late but I finally have time to answer all your questions!

Honestly there was a lot of meh at the Met Gala as usual, but I will say that I think this theme made some celebs push themselves out of their fashion comfort zone, more than they usually do at least. There were so many looks so I’m just going to mention the ones that stood out as a toot to me (P.S. could you imagine an actual FPR of the Met Gala? Raja and Raven would go IN bitch!) 

My favorites were: Billy Porter who was a hands-down top SHOOT of the Met. Thank GOD someone actually understood the assignment. Janelle Monae in her Monique Heart-inspired get up was awesome as usual. Katy Perry really surprised me and went all out with the theme, her burger outfit for the afterparty was especially fantastic imo. Zendaya always looks amazing and this year was no exception, she was gorgeous dressed as Cinderella. Lady Gaga looked awesome and the costume changes ON the pink carpet were campy as fuck. Lupita Nyong’o looked absolutely stunning and on-theme as always. Cardi B looked awesome. Laverne Cox was gorgeous in her black gown. Florence Welch looked beautiful as usual. Ezra Miller’s look was super cool, I couldn’t stop staring at all the eyes! Keiynan Lonsdale, I wasn’t sure who he was before but he completely understood the assignment and looked great. Michael Urie (again wasn’t sure who he was) looked super cool and was giving me s7 dance challenge vibes. And I actually really liked Rupaul’s suit, even though I do wish he came in drag, I also understand why he didn’t. He’s old and I’m sure standing around in drag all night would be extremely uncomfortable. But his suit was actually super campy and cool with the zebra on the shoulder. 

There’s probably more I’m forgetting, but those looks stood out as toots. LOTS of boots for celebs who once again completely ignored the theme and just looked “pretty”. I thought Aquaria’s outfit was cool but not really camp, more avant garde (definitely not worth her little meltdown over it). And I found Violet’s kinda meh and safe, but I find a lot of her style in general kinda like that so it was on-brand. 

Other queens I think would’ve killed this theme: Manila no doubt would’ve completely slayed it. Bendela would’ve probably done something super fun and campy. Nina West (when she can pull a look together) would’ve looked awesome in her facekini suit or something. Monique Heart would’ve done awesome, I mean someone on the carpet was literally wearing her makeover outfit. Nina Bonina could’ve done some killer makeup, same with Kim Chi. Katya actually probably would’ve done well with this theme. And of course every year I would KILL to see what Raja would come up with. I know she is usually more of a high-fashion queen, but she’s so versatile that I know she could come up with something amazing for literally any Met Gala theme.

#i'm a week late i know #met gala #this was a fun theme #lots of cool looks #ask