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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hey, #BookSky, it's been a while. Thought I'd pop over and see what's happening. What's up? I've got book news. New #HistoricalRomance coming next spring! I'm part of a multi-author collab that will bring you 14 great stories, one per week starting March 18, 2027. My story drops May 13th. 😊

Image of a screenshot of a post by author Felicity Niven announcing Lisa Rayne's participation in a spring 2027 multi-author collab, with a graphic showing the book covers for Rayne's NEVER CROSS A HIGHLANDER and UNTAMED. Post reads:

"I am so excited to have persuaded Lisa Rayne to write a historical romance novella for the spring 2027 collaboration! Lisa also writes contemporary, but I am determined to get her to write more of her sexy histrom heroes! We need more and more and more of your historicals, @authorrayne!"

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

If you're looking for me, I chat more over on Threads and share more book news over on Instagram. I may hop over here every once in a while, but you're more likely to connect with me in one of those other places. See you soon. Maybe... 🤷🏽‍♀️

Picture of author Lisa Rayne standing in front of a sparkly pink curtain and holding a copy of one of her books in each hand. In the right hand is NEVER CROSS A HIGHLANDER and in the left is UNTAMED. Multiple helium balloons in different shapes and different shades of pink are attached at the top of the curtain.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Come find me and other great romance authors over on BookBub for your chance at an Amazon or Barnes & Noble GC! 👇🌹 #RomanceReaders #Romancelandia #BookGiveaway

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Was excited DOUBLE TAKE SEDUCTION was selected for the #RSJcon2025 Cliffhanger audiobook narrator event last night. Sadly, my narrator got a coughing fit just as he started reading my excerpt and was cut off. 😥 I'm thinking about recording it myself for y'all. 🤔 Won't be the same, but could be fun.

Graphic with a peach and pink background and three book covers in different formats. One is the cover of the anthology, titled "TO L.A. WITH LOVE," in book format. The second is the anthology cover on a phone screen. The third is the cover for the short story "DOUBLE TAKE SEDUCTION" displayed on an e-reader. The text reads: "Available now. Charity anthology benefiting the Altadena and Pacific Palisades libraries. Contains 'Double Take Seduction' by Lisa Rayne."

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Authors, stop paying "publishers" thousands of dollars to take your copyrights (and w/o any true written commitment to do anything in return). I recently reviewed another hybrid publishing contract and the terms were scarily bad. Luckily, the author came to me b4 they signed or handed over money $.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Left my house yesterday morning early-ish and extensively engaged with people at four different locations. Ended the day with an awesome dinner out with friends. I may not leave my house and people in person again for another five days. Whew! *insert fall-out emoji (is there such a thing?)*

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

It’s Stuff Your Kindle Day! 2000+ fr33 romance books. 17 categories. 10 read-by-vibes lists. 5 retailers. And lists for BIPOC books, LGBTQIA books, and books written by disabled authors. 👉🏽 romancebookworms.com #BookSky #BlackBooksky #Romancelandia #RomanceSky

Square image with white and winter berries background featuring text advertising Stuff Your eReader Day, includes the image of an ereader displaying the book cover for the historical romance "Untamed" by author Lisa Rayne.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 18 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge #SidneySheldon

Picture of the cover for the book "Master of the Game" by author Sidney Sheldon. The book has a black background with the name "Sidney Sheldon" across the top in gold, the title along the bottom in white, and an unset diamond gem in the center with blood dripping off the pointed tip.

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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

A MAN FOR MRS CLAUS out of context. 🤶🏾🤎🎅🏾 (Book drops next week$

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 17 #Books #BookSky #BlackBooksky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge #OctaviaButler

Picture of the cover for the book "Kindred" by author Octavia E. Butler.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 16 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge #PlannerAddict #PlannerCommunity #PersonalDevelopment

Picture of a book laying on a open laptop's keyboard. The book is "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by author Stephen R. Covey.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

We're coming up on the 2-yr anniversary of ✨NEVER CROSS A HIGHLANDER✨, and Audiobooks . com has the audio on sale for 75% off! Grab this action adventure romance now! www.audiobooks.com/.../never-cr... #BookSky #BlackBooksky #BlackRomance #HistoricalRomance #Romancelandia @tantoraudio.bsky.social

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 15 #Books #BookSky #BlackBooksky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge #BookishCommunity #WritingCommunity #PersonalDevelopment

Picture of the book "What to Say When You Talk to Your Self" by author Shad Helmstetter, PhD. The book has a white cover with red letters and is positioned at a slant on a red square background.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 14 #Books #BookSky #BlackBooksky #BookChallenge #20BookChallenge #BookishCommunity #WritingCommunity

Picture of author Lisa Rayne's hand holding the book "American Negro Short Stories," an anthology edited by John Henrik Clarke.

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Xio Axelrod @xioaxelrod.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

It's getting cold in Philly. Is it chilly where you are? Missing that summer weather already? Grab GIRLS WITH BAD REPUTATIONS for $1.99--today only--and get those summer festival vibes back. This bargain is only available for one day! books2read.com/badrep 🤩🎸🥁

Cover for WITH BAD REPUTATIONS with illustration of a young young woman in jeans and a leather jacket, with fluffy red hair and hoop earrings, surrounded by multicolor lilies next to text "$1.99 one day only"

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 13 #Books #BookSky #BlackBooksky #BookChallenge #BookishCommunity #WritingCommunity

Picture of the book cover for "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by author Zora Neale Hurston.

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Casey’s Bookshelf @iamcaseyrkelley.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

BLACK BOOK OF THE DAY 11.25.2024 - 11.30.2024 M: Voices of the Harlem Renaissance T: Church Girl W: Before We Fall Th: A Perfect Stuffing F: The Last Last Day of Summer S: James Full video reviews available on TikTok & IG #booksky #blackbooksky #bookrecommendations

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 12 #Books #BookSky #BlackBooksky #BookChallenge #BookishCommunity #WritingCommunity

Picture of the 1952 hardcover edition of the book "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, laying flat on a plain gray table.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 11 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #BookishCommunity #WritingCommunity #TheThreeMusketeers #ReadInFrench

Picture of the French book cover for "The Three Musketeers" (Les Trois Mousquetaires) by author Alexander Dumas.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 10 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #AuthorSky #DavidBaldacci

Picture of Lisa Rayne's hand holding a hardcover edition of the book "The Hit" by author David Baldacci in front of an elevated, open laptop and a white and silver Bluetooth keyboard.

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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

If you need extra motivation to finish your horror story in 30 days - even if it's your first! - @kundalinisteve.bsky.social and I just launched an online mini course: "Write Your Horror Story in 30 Days." On how horror can soothe us in scary times, characterization, themes & more. fearmasters.com

A graphic with Steve and Tananarive and their book covers - www.fearmasters.com

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 9 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #AuthorSky #JohnGrisham

Picture of the cover of the original paperback edition of the book "A Time to Kill" by author John Grisham. The cover features a marble bluish-green background with the author's name and title in gold letters above a Black man in a rust-colored suit roped to a bronze Grecian column.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 8 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #BlackBookSky #AuthorSky #TerryMcMillan

Picture of the original hardcover edition of the book "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" by author Terry McMillan.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 7 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #BlackSky #BlackBookSky #AuthorSky

Picture of the paperback edition of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" as told to author Alex Haley.

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Golden Leaf Books @goldenleafbooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

HistRom, Enemies to Lovers and a gorgeous man on the cover? Say less! 💙📚 #Romancelandia

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 6 #Books #BookSky #BlackSky #BlackBookSky #ToniMorrison #AuthorSky

Picture of a paperback book cover of "The Bluest Eye" by author Toni Morrison. Cover has a white background with a small image in the center of a black girl with pinkish bows in her hair, holding a blonde white doll.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 5 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #BlackSky #HorrorBooks #StephenKing #AuthorSky

Picture of a 1980's paperback edition of "Pet Sematary" by author Stephen King. The book is held up in a female hand (author Lisa Rayne's) in front of Lisa's bookshelf full of Stephen King novels.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I was going to create a starter pack for Bookish influencers who are very indie friendly, but the list was so small that I got discouraged. Tag the folks below who you see championing indie authors regularly, so I can make a starter pack that doesn’t hurt my feelings.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 4 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #BlackSky #HistoryBooks

Picture of a hand holding a book in front of a beige wall with a small vase of dried green and yellow leaves. The book is "Lies My Teacher Told Me Everything: Your American History Textbook Got Wrong" by author James W. Loewen.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Worth a read. 👌🏾 "I do not believe that our strongest weapon against systemic racism in publishing is helping Black and brown people find a place within the racist system." ~ @michaellaborn.bsky.social #BookSky #BlackBookSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmReading

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Zora Neale Hurtin’ 📚🔮✨ @alexaesperanzaa.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hey y’all! Here’s a big mega list of 160+ Black Owned Bookstores all over the U.S. + a few other countries as well! U can filter it by state. I posted about this on the clock app today, but figured I’d share here too! aalbc.com/bookstores/l... Happy Reading! 📚💙 #Booksky #BlackBookSky #BlackSky

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165 Black-Owned Bookstores in the US | Find Independent Bookstores Near You

Explore 165 Black-owned independent bookstores across the U.S. Find your nearest store and support local businesses today!

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 3 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #BlackBookSky #Romancelandia

Picture of a hardcover copy of the romance novel "Shana" written by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss. The setting is green Caribbean flora, with bright pink and peach flowers along the bottom and a couple in an embrace in the center. The man is shirtless.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Have you read that scene in UNTAMED at the barn when Blaaze Lassiter has his shirt off? Just know this pic of #AldisHodge was on my inspiration board. #Romancelandia #WritersSky #BookSky #BlackBookSky #Underground #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #AmWriting #HistoricalRomance

Picture of actor Aldis Hodge in a scene from the series UNDERGROUND. He's sitting with chains on his wrists, shirtless, and sweating in the shadows of a dark barn with sunlight peeping through the gaps in the slats of the barn walls.

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Carla is Reading🇵🇷 @carlaisreading.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Did I introduce myself? Yeah but here we go again I’m Carla I love books mostly romance but I do try to read other genres. I’m all about including marginalized voices, my specialty is Latinx everything. Happy to be here #booksky is that the right hashtag?

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

One of my #CliftonStrengths is high Learner (no. 3). I'm liking it here so far, but boy, are there a lot of new bells and whistles. Lists. Starter Packs. Pinning feeds. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Gonna have to find some tutorials. Oh, my... Anyone got a lowdown on a fasttrack method? #BookSky #Romancelandia #BlackBookSky

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Fated Mates @fatedmates.net · 20/11/2024

The Best Romance Novels of 2024! This is our favorite episode of the year, where we get to shout at you about the terrific books we read this year, and tell you all the ways romance continues to excite us.

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The Best romance novels of 2024 — Fated Mates

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. > 📚 Book 2 #Books #BookSky #BookChallenge #BlackBookSky @authormsbev.bsky.social

Picture of a mass market paperback of the historical romance "Midnight" by author Beverly Jenkins on a gray wooden table. Cover features an image of a Black woman in a white dress, back open, laying lovingly across the chest of a Black man whose white shirt is unbuttoned.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Did I mention this one comes in audiobook? It's my first and I initially was scared to listen to the whole book. But readers and friends encouraged me to do so. So glad I did. You will be too. This narrator's storytelling is fire! 🔥 #BlackSky #BlackBookSky #BookSky #HistoricalRomance #AudiobookRec

Picture of an audiobook cover for the historical romance "Never Cross a Highlander" written by author Lisa Rayne and narrated by Michael Abubakar. The cover features a handsome Black man with long locs to his shoulders and a tartan sash slanted across his chest. He wields a long, silver sword at the ready angled towards his right shoulder.

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Author Lisa Rayne | Romance @authorrayne.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I'm sooo feeling this, too! One of the guys needs to go home tonight. #DWTS #SemiFinals #Chandler #Ilona

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