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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Then there's Tori, who's voice is the precise opposite of calm Cole's. 😂

TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#LitHodgepodge I tend to write in very deep POV so this was an exercise in itself of finding a narrative voice area vs. introspective voice.😂

A half hour later dark was closing in, he was freezing,
and there was no sign of Victoria Smith. There were hundreds
of acres to wander between the surrounding properties, and
no fence in the back half, leaving a large expanse of woods
before hitting another road that led through more woods all
the way to his cousin Nick’s place. It was awful easy to
get turned around in the thick trees, where it would already
be blackening. And with the lack of rain over the past couple
months, the creek along the west side of the property wasn’t
rushing. Nothing to hear, and darn easy to miss while stumbling
around in the dark.
Ah, hell.
He reached for his hat from the chair next to him and stood,
tossing it back onto his head. Then he jogged down the steps
and took off the direction he’d last seen that sweet backside heading.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm Tara, writing spicy romance w/strong MCs paired w/alpharolls who support them unconditionally. Current WIPS: Flying The Zone, the MM book2 of my hockey series & Her First Rodeo, a city-girl/cowboy smalltown, both enemies to lovers. #LitHodgepodge 1

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Daughter sent me this earlier. I'm hoping not too many people see it.🤣

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Coach's Challenge, a spicy hockey romance where she's the superstar and he's her brother's coach. And they really, really shouldn't. But they can't seem to stop. ebook, paperback, ku www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWSH31Z5 🌶️📚 🔥🥵 💙📚 #romancelandia #sportsromance #hockey #booksky #romancereaders #romancebooks

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Or get a Jeep. Clearly, I'm not going anywhere for a few weeks. 😂

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

RELEASE DAY💥Coach's Challenge🏒 Harper & Nash weren't expecting to feel more than lust after an anon hookup. They weren't expecting their shocking connection months later either. Fires were kindled. Promises were broken. But w/the chemistry between them, how long can they keep their romance secret?

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Blurb Form can also be found on my linktree in bio.

"I don't date my brother's teammates. End of story."

Or is it?

Harper's life is her career, and most guys don't vibe with it. No problem. One and done satisfies the score. Besides, after a disastrous fling with her brother's linemate she vowed it would never happen again.

Gavin sacrificed having a life for a goal he never quite netted. He's skating toward middle-age and loneliness is hitting hard. But the constant travel and demands of his job don't exactly make women swoon.

A single blazing hot hookup shakes them both off their game. Harper's convinced one isn't anywhere close to done with him. And Gavin might finally have met someone worth a work-life balance. Too bad they don't even know each other's real names.

Until they come face to face at the last place either ever expected. And Harper's forced to hide behind secretive fiery nights or risk shattering the most important promise she ever made.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

ARC sign-ups open! Coach's Challenge: a low-angst, high-heat hockey romance w/a strong, badass FMC & unconditionally supportive MMC. 🏒Black Cat/Golden Retriever 🏒Forbidden Romance 🏒Hurt/Comfort 🏒He Falls First 🌶️Sexting 🌶️Toys 🌶️Voyeurism/Exhibitionism 🌶️Sharing Kinks LINK: forms.gle/vjX6F6GqYC6u...

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Going on a semi-hiatus for a bit. I'm not big on NY resolutions, but am going to do my best to finish writing my hockey romance WIP over the next couple weeks. Cheers to my WIPSnippers. LFGC! to my hockey peeps. And oh #smutlings, how I already miss thee.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Longer since I'm taking a social-media break. I'm 2 attached to all stories to not skim, but won't be posting/commenting much. I HAVE to finish Coach's Challenge-was supposed 2b pubbed in Oct! *NSFW, 1st hookup. I think Nash falls for her sense of humor right here. Maybe her ego boosting😂 #WIPSnips

"Condom?" she whispered into his mouth.
He flipped to grab one from the bedside table then rolled flat onto his back, dropping the foil packet onto his stomach. She reached for it and he shook his head.
"You're gonna have to give me a minute," he said. "Or a minute's all you'll get."
She didn't laugh like he figured. Instead, she stripped off his boxers and dropped them to the floor then lowered herself between his thighs. He widened them for her and she fisted the base of his cock and lapped at his balls.
His eyes rolled back when she drew one into her warm mouth. She alternated between licking and sucking them, keeping that grip tight around him, while he could do nothing more than grunt and swear over and over. He watched for a long while, sweeping the loose hair from her eyes.
She didn't notice he'd ripped open the packet until he was rolling the condom down his shaft.
"Mmm." She smacked her lips. "That mean you're ready for me, big boy?"
He threw his forearm over his eyes and laughed. "I'm not sure."
"Ooh," she said, grazing her fingers over the underside of his arm, tickling until he flexed. "Big dick. Big muscles. Now you're just showing off."
Before he stopped laughing again, she sank down onto him, and he hissed in a breath through his teeth. Then he let it out in a long sigh that almost exactly matched hers.
So good. She felt so good. And he maybe wasn't ready. Then again, the problem was that he was way too close to ready.
"Fuck. This is going to end too soon if I start moving."

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

From Coach's Challenge, a steamy #HockeyRomance between a player and her brother's coach. #WIPSnips #ForbiddenRomance #EroticRomanceBooks

"Nash," she called out when he was halfway across the room, and he turned back. "Thanks for not freaking out like I was going to die or something just because I got hit playing hockey."
"Clobbered." He got it, though, what she was trying to say. He didn't go all caveman and tell her she shouldn't be playing hockey, it was a guy's sport. Or allude to her being weak in any way. But–
"Can't lie," he said. "I didn't love seeing it. I only found some chill because I know you can hold your own. I know you're tough as shit. But I did freak out just a little on the inside before I got to you and made sure you really were fine."
"Okay," she whispered. "I think that's okay."

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Coach's Challenge #HockeyRomance a player & her brother's coach I'm comfortable w/any, but I'll go with probably the tamest of this WIP. Other than heavy making out in the elevator, this is the 1st bit of interaction in an anon hookup. They only shared nicknames. CWs: oral, language #Smutcember 🔥🥵

He heard a zip, and her shimmy against his length as she wiggled it off dragged a growl from him. One of her hands reached for his boxers and he caught it at the wrist, sinking to his knees as he lifted it into his hair instead. The musky scent of her desire drenched his senses. His cock strained against its confining cotton. He hadn't wanted so badly in a long time.
He tugged at the g-string, guiding it slowly down as his tongue teased right above his target. She rolled her hips, let out soft breathy noises. When he finally made it low enough to almost get a taste of heaven, she stepped back.
He looked up to find her swallowing hard, eyes closed. She pushed his shoulders back.
"You don't like that?" he asked, leaning in to plant a soft kiss below her navel.
"No, yeah. I do. A lot," she said. "But it can take me a while like that. Most guys don't–"
"Fuck them." He held her hips and stood tall, dragging his erection against her, and went in for a kiss even hotter than the one in the elevator. Once she went pliant in his arms again, he pulled away, letting his hands drift up and fingers glide over her breasts.
"They're idiots if they didn't spend hours worshipping your pretty pussy," he said. "Fucking fools."
He half lifted her, half pushed, until they met the edge of the bed, where he sat her down and dropped between her spread knees.
"You're going to come in my mouth." He nipped her inner thigh, licked her slit. Finally got a taste of sweet, sweet Nixie.
And he needed more.
"As long as it takes."
All.
"On my tongue."
Now.
"The first time."

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Someone is not very good at sitting still. Coach's Challenge ~ a steamy #HockeyRomance between a player and her brother's coach. #WIPSnips #forbiddenromance #romancereads #eroticromancebooks

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" he asked Harper.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" She held up the weight in her left hand.
They were on day three of Harper's injury and she'd whined like a dying animal the entire first two after her doctor told her it was a mild concussion, and no lights, no television or devices. Not even talking. Nothing but lying down in pure dark quiet. It had taken all the testosterone he could muster to force her to do any of those things. And he'd caught her–twice–watching game highlights on her phone. He'd had to hide the damn thing.
Ty let him bow out of drills early after he mentioned the personal business from the day before wasn't resolved, and he made it back to her apartment less than an hour after the doctor left. The man had texted to let him know it was fine for her to get up and move around, but nothing else.
Unsurprisingly, he'd walked in and found her absolutely not doing nothing else.
"Am I going to have to tie you to the bed?"
"Now that sounds like a plan. As soon as I finish working out."
He marched over and snatched the weight out of her grip.
"What the hell? Doc said I could do things."
"Get off the sofa, he said, walk a little. Not things." He set the dumbbell back onto the rack.
"Nash."
"Harper."
She growled. Then winced because he could tell dammit, her head still hurt despite all her arguing.
"It's five pounds. I can do that with my pinky." She stuck a finger out and wiggled it to prove her point. But it wasn't her pinky.
"Harper."
"Nash."
She grabbed the three pound weight.
"Okay." He leaned in and took that weight from her, too. "You asked for it."

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Going with one of my already-made Club Licentia promos today for "type." A nice easy cheat for the day after Xmas. #WIPSnips #EroticRomanceReads #SerialFiction

JJ was a stunner with long legs, thick waves of lavender hair he could fist so tight she'd be forced to do his favorite bidding, and the biggest, bluest eyes he'd ever seen. A damn lithe sculptured goddess, that one. What she wasn't was his type. JJ was all brat, and he liked a good girl. Or boy. Someone who would behave and do as ordered, when ordered.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Good morning, #WIPSnips Happy Holiday to those who celebrate one today. The absolute least NSFW "delicious" I have was already posted for smutcember this week. The other 2 I have are absolutely filthy. So I'll just repost the tamest one. CW: sexy massage with sexual innuendo

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Playing a charity coed hockey game, for the girl's youth hockey foundation Harper runs, with past & present pro players. POV change, to help with context. Coach's Challenge - stone #WIPSnips #romancelandia #WritingCommunity #booksy #hockeyromance

I skated up, showering Nash with a small snow spray. "How ya holding up, old man? Regretting signing up to play with real hockey players yet?"
He ignored me. There were no friends–or lovers for that matter–in hockey, unless you were on the same team.
"Can't even talk, huh?" I stuck out my tongue and panted heavily. "Hope they're keeping an oxygen tank on the bench just for you."
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Before Harper finished the sentence, Oliver was looking at him a little squinty. And at Harper sideways.
"Fucking brutal. She hasn't let up the whole game," he said, grabbing Oliver's attention away from any possible ideas he might get before Harper wanted him to. "You taught her to chirp better than play hockey, I think."
Oliver snorted and glanced at his daughter, who stood there with a big old grin. "She came by it naturally. Trust me."
"Somehow, I believe it."
The whistle blew and Harper tapped the ice with her stick, then smacked her father's shin pads.
"Let's go," she said to Oliver. "If he's old, you're a fucking dinosaur. At least pretend you remember the stone ages and try to score one for us, would ya?"

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

But yes. I miss the suits, too. This one is a fave (debated on it for Nash but couldn't see him wearing something so... bold).

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

When the relationship is secret & they're at a gala after a charity coed hockey game & she lives to tease & throw him off his _other_ game (or serious lack thereof). (Hudson, in this snip, knows about them.) Going with "color" for this one. #WIPSnips #romancereads #forbiddenromance

"You look very, very pretty in pink, Coach." I dragged a finger down his tie. His gaze followed its trail, stopping at right about the sightline of my cleavage. "My favorite color."
"Nix. Harper. I mean. Hi." He pushed his glasses up, Hudson snorted, and I sucked in my gut to keep from laughing. "Thank you."
I didn't think I could still throw him off so easily. Now that I knew I could, though, he was in for a long night. I swept a slow perusal down his body then back up. "That's some impressive D you've got going on."
"It's–What?" More pink. That time in his cheeks.
"The game. It was so much fun watching you. Not so much playing against you, though." I squeezed his biceps. "Tons of skill with that long stick."
"Yes. The game. Right," he stuttered out, still trying to pretend he wasn't looking at my body, while his eyes were pretty much glued to it. "Thanks, I mean. Again."
"Damn, man." Tyrell slapped Nash's back, and chuckled. "No wonder you're single."

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I didn't think I had "almost" in the WIP I'm using for this so I pulled up an old WIP that has my fave almosts I've ever written (fave couple). Then I remembered I have 1 in my hockey WIP. Semi NSFW, sensual massage hinting at sexual context. Coach's Challenge #forbidden #hockeyromance #Smutcember

After long tortuous minutes, he moved back up to work on my arms again. Circling my biceps and kneading slowly all the way down. Back to my shoulders, where he gripped with the perfect pressure, until his fingers moved to massage my scalp.
It was his hips, though, that had me squeezing my legs together, tight. Trying to accomplish what, I wasn't sure. Maybe to alleviate the ache, maybe try to bring it to fruition. And what would he say, I wondered, if I had an orgasm, right there, underneath him, like that?
Those hips gyrated with each press and circle, his semi-hard dick riding the crease of my ass.
I ground into the bed again.
He leaned in, his broad chest warming my entire body.
"What are you doing, Nixie?" he whispered in my ear.
"Nothing." My voice sounded sleepy, eyelids were still too heavy to lift. "Getting comfy."
"I think you're being naughty."
"Are you going to spank me?"
"Not this time." It was a rumble from deep in his chest. "But I can't wait to get my hands on that delicious ass. To rub those sore glutes, of course."
"Tease."
He slid his body lower on my legs and those hands found my ass, grabbing gently, digging the heels of his palms into it, up to the dimples. Fingers dancing, hard, back down.
So many breathy noises escaped.
When he circled my thighs, I tried to spread them and he pressed his legs in, keeping them locked tight.
"If you want more, you have to tell me."
"Fuck." I moaned. "So much more. Please."
The slam of my front door jerked me right out of my massage-induced lust.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I avoid this word as much as possible so I knew it'd be hard to find one. In 5 wips there were 2 uses. Either suuuuper steamy or sad. I chose the latter. This is from my romantic spec-fic short story, After The Gray. #WIPSnips #romancelandia

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

He shows up at her out of town game & she's very happy to see him. (I cut/redacted a bit of it to make it a little more SFW) Coach's Challenge #hockeyromance #steamyreads #Smutcember

He followed as we wound to the side of the building and down an alley. At the end, over a huge drain, sat a massive pile of snow. I pulled him behind it and turned us into a small side pocket past the Zamboni's bay door.
"How the hell–"
My mouth was on his, hungry for more. Hangry even.
"We've had snowball fights here after games."
His chuckle against my lips tickled and I bit him.
He growled, and I slipped my fingers into his back pocket then came up with his wallet, handing it to him.
"If you forgot to bring a condom you are dead to me."
He fumbled with the wallet while I unzipped him then reached to stroke him through his boxer-briefs.
"I forgot about this pseudo exhibitionist kink of yours." He shoved the wallet into his front pocket then hiked up my tight dress.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It took 6 wips to find one that wasn't a _dirty_ synonym. But, whew, my romantic spec-fic has one in the opening paragraph. Been a loooong time since I've pulled up that one. After The Gray #WIPSnips #WriteSky #Romancelandia

Death clung to everything in its path, draping the street and its buildings in misty shadows of gray. Rain spattered against the floor to ceiling glass, landing with unenthusiastic plops before ribboning slowly down, twisting, turning, until the streaks reached the ledge and puddled into yet another muddy shade of charcoal before sluicing down the drainpipe and flooding the streets below.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Their first time on the ice together. He's a former pro defenseman/current coach. #WIPSnips #CoachsChallenge #hockeyromance

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Teaser from tomorrow's Club Licentia episode. Sign up to my newsletter for free weekly installments. tlmatson.substack.com/s/club-licen... CW: MM D/s scene snip #steamy #erotic #smutsky #kink #ClubLicentia 🔥🥵

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

When her bestie, and team captain, knows her too well and calls her out on her secret hookup. CW: f-bombs galore😅 #WIPSnips #WriteSky #Romancelandia #hockeyromance

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Their first kiss is less kissing and more: CW - 🌶️steamy snip lead-up to an anonymous one-night stand When his pick-up game is so bad she calls him out on it. But it gets much better as the night wears on... #SmutCember #WriteSky #Romancelandia 🔥🥵 🌶️📚

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Bk1 of my hockey series releases in Jan. All my steamy/erotic romances: linktr.ee/tlmatson (3/.99 today). Free wkly episodes of my Club Licentia serial start in my newsletter Mon & run for a few months (see pin for details or IG for snips). #Novmemeber #romancelandia #booksky #romancebooks 🔥🥵 🌶️📚

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

#RomanceBookBlast $.99 Nov.28-Dec.1 950+ romances to choose from, in allll subgenres, from closed door to wide open & everything in between. www.romancebooklovers.com #romancereaders #BlackFriday #books #romancelandia #booksky #romancereads #sportsromance 🌶️📚 🔥🥵 💙📚

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Well, that was easy, lol Sendhil Ramamurthy

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This is hard. I have a clear pic of characters in my head & they don't particularly look like anyone but themselves. Hmm. MMC maybe Justin Hartley. Mostly bc he has a close hockey player build (long muscles/solid forearms). Not sure about FMC? #Novmemeber #hockeyromance #CoachsChallenge

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Looking for some serious 🌶️spice🌶️ to get thru the holidays? Every Monday, starting Dec.1, I will be publishing a FREE episode of my sex club serial in my newsletter. tlmatson.substack.com Please read "CW tab" for warnings! This one goes hard. #spicyreads #steamyreads #erotica #smutsky 💙📚 🌈 🌶️📚 🔥🥵

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I tried to keep it short, but had no "third" that worked out of context. So, a long one today. #WIPSnips #romancereads #steamy #hockeyromance

She skated back to retrieve the puck and started on a third attempt. At the last second, she got cute and banked it off the boards in an attempted self-pass. She drove left, fast, and he pivoted, jerking sideways to line up with her again. He didn't count on her deke, though.
Her chest smacked his, sending her off kilter enough that her left skate kicked his out from under, and down they went. He landed solidly on top of her, barely getting his gloved hand between her head and the ice in time.
"You good?" he asked.
"You're really freaking heavy."
"You haven't complained about me being in this position before."
"Well, we've been naked every other time." She lifted her head to nip his bottom lip, ran her tongue over it. "So it was much more fun."

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Well, it's romance. No real antag. But a true nemesis of all hockey players, I guess... (also of note: I can't even draw a straight line when I'm using a dotted grid😅) #Novmemeber #writesky #hockeyromance #shootandscore

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

#Novmemeber Pretty sure every character in my WIP would find this hilarious. Because they'd love to see it.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I didn't think I'd do this one but...😂 #Novmemeber

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

These two are such fire together that I am sad I'm almost done writing them. #Booksky #HockeyRomance #Spicy #RomanceReads

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Y'all! Score was released yesterday. It's the 3rd in the Troublemakers & Heartbreakers series by Mary Cain & I can't love it any harder. Nick is🔥and🌶️For real. I devoured it. #HeFallsFirst #FriendsToLovers #DogMom #Smalltown #RomanceBooks #Steamy #KindleUnlimited #BookBoyfriend #CinnamonRoll

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

So many free books - today! Last Call is in there, too - steamy romance, pg1 romancebooklovers.com #steamyromance #booksky #romancelandia #romancebookblast #romancereaders #romancebooks 🌶️📚 🔥🥵

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

When a one-night agreement of playing out fantasies turns into 2. Then 3. Then so much more than you bargained for. 🍆edglng 🪢bond*ge 👠single mom 🕶️A-list actor 🧨meet-cute 😍he falls first FREE 7/21-7/22 #romancebooks #spicybooks #hefallsfirst #romancereaders #romancelandia #booksky #romcom 🌶️📚 🔥🥵

He lay there looking so content and peaceful. Agitation slithered down my spine. Hadn't he been there? Didn't he feel what happened a few hours earlier in the middle of his yard, curtains pulled open to the city below? The whole universe witness to my world spinning off its axis.

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

When he's too hot not to, but you have no idea who he really is. 🏒🏒🏒 #hockeyromance #spicybooks #romancebooks #booksky #romancelandia 🌶️📚 🔥🥵

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

When you shouldn't because you're her brother's coach. But you can't help yourself so you do anyway. #coachschallenge #hockeyromance #forbiddenromance #booksky #romancereads #spicyreads 🔥🥵

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TL Matson @tlmatson.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Well this might be the most weirdly prophetic picture I just found while randomly scrolling through my old pics in search of something else entirely. A 1-2 knock out, you might even say. #RaiseUp

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