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feral-ballad · 1 month

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Caitlin Bailey, from Solve for Desire: Poems; “Pigeons”

[Text ID: “The most brilliant part of / you exists to haunt me:”]

#caitlin bailey #memory #haunting #rememberance #excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #fragments #selections #words #quotes #poetry collection #typography

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derangedrhythms · 9 months

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Caitlin Bailey, Solve for Desire; from 'Pigeons'

#caitlin bailey #solve for desire #pigeons #poetry #excerpts #heart

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bones-ivy-breath · 2 years

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Lost Letter by Caitlin Bailey, from Solve for Desire

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My hands have done terrible things.

#quote #typography #poetry #literature #caitlin bailey #solve for desire #lost letter #aesthetic #dark academia #academia aesthetic #original post #dark things #hands #american literature #western literature

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triviareads · 10 months

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Can you recommend any books where they get right into the sex?

Either historical or contemporary

Sure! I'm all for an instant gratification moment (and for the purpose of this ask I stuck to early sex scenes between the main couple because there's a decent amount of het romances out there that begin with the hero and another woman..... though predictably not many with the heroine having good sex with another man :/).

Contemporary:

Minx by Sophie Lark: There's some fabulous, very hot sex (and pet play) a few chapters in, after Blake agrees to take on Ramses as a client. And once the ball gets rolling, it really doesn't stop.... and only gets better from there.

Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez: Roxanne basically *mounts* Mateo (if there's one thing Angelina loves, it's a mounting moment) right after their agreement that she'll get her pregnant in exchange for money is finalized. It's very.... economical and Mateo hates it, but gets off on it. He's soooooo conflicted and I personally loved that.

After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez: The other mounting moment sex scene; Alex hops on Jeremiah literally two minutes after arriving in the dead of the night at her family's bar. It's honestly made hotter because Angelina writes a (kinda hilarious) premature ejaculation coupled with Alex getting off after. It works and I'm all for it.

Sherwood by Sierra Simone: Such an underrated book imo; the prologue has our "Robin Hood" (she's a woman here) about to be deployed, and "Maid Marian" tries to dissuade her by eating her out. Very emotional, very hot.

Asking for Trouble by Tessa Bailey: An early face-sitting scene after she's cuffed him in her foyer. Brent puts his "middle-class mouth" to gooood use.

Scorching to the Touch by Ofelia Martinez: There's hate sex about two chapters in; Erica makes Friedrich eat her out in the bathroom of an event and when he whips out his dick and is all "what am I supposed to do with this?", she points to a stall. Honestly, a winner.

The Risk by Caitlin Crews: She's a ballerina pretending to be a stripper-escort who gets her fantasy of being "bought" fulfilled and she and her billionaire have sex pretty much right after.

Crashed Out by Tessa Bailey: Like a couple chapters in, Jasmine sees Sarge's dick and books it to her car and tries to get off, but then Sarge catches her and lends a helping hand all while asserting he's a Grown Man now.

Desperate Measures by Katee Robert: Jafar kills Jasmine's mob boss father in the beginning and within the next chapter, there's a CNC scene where he chasing her down while she pretends she doesn't want it.

Give Me More by Sara Cate: Sara immediately sets up the throuple by having the married couple, Hunter and Isabel, have anniversary sex while listening to their friend Drake have sex with two other women, with Drake also getting off while listening to Hunter and Isabel.

Historical:

The Bride Goes Rogue by Joanna Shupe: A fabulous anonymous encounter with neither Preston nor Katherine realizing who the other person is (right after Preston rejected his arranged betrothal to Kat) and they're pretending to be Louis XV and Madame Pompadour while they get each other off at a French Ball.

Her Husband's Harlot by Grace Callaway: The book starts with Helena following her husband to a brothel disguised as a prostitute, and Nicholas fully doesn't recognize her when he (successfully) has sex with her for the first time.

Passion by Lisa Valdez: An erotic romance; the literal first lines describe Mark groping Passion during the Great Exhibition, and he has her "pinned to the wall like a butterfly" within the next few pages.

The Virgin and the Rogue by Sophie Jordan: Charlotte is (allegedly) under the influence of an aphrodisiac when she mounts Kingston (can you tell I have a thing for this) in the library in the middle of the night, dry humps him, and runs away. Unironically one of my favorite Sophie Jordan sex scenes.

The Rake Gets Ravished by Sophie Jordan: The story begins with Mercy breaking into Silas's bedroom to retrieve the deed to her family home, and when Silas finds her, she seduces him and fucks him into such a deep sleep that when he awakes, all he's left with is an apology note and her *virgin blood* on the sheets.

#book recs #sophie lark #angelina m lopez #sierra simone #tessa bailey #katee robert #sara cate #ofelia martinez #caitlin crews #sophie jordan #lisa valdez #grace callaway #joanna shupe #historical romance #contemporary romance #romance novels #ask

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elegantstreetout-hideout · 1 year

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Chun-Li & Cammy-Li

#Cammy White #Chun-Li #Chinese #British #street fighter series #Kinu Nishimura #Laura Bailey #Jennie Kwan #Caitlin Glass

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blackfemmecharacterdependency · 2 years

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All the Black Femmes || Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire

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rini-anointed · 1 year

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“Fruits Basket” is a nice slice-of-life, melodramatic series that’s a good source of comfort when one’s down in the dumps or going through a hard time. The 2019 anime reboot, that stays true to the original manga series, is like a review of what I find endearing about the manga when I’d read it to the end a ways back. It’s heartwarming how Tohru Honda found belonging and acceptance among the Sohmas and reached their hearts. Yuki, Kyo and Rin (Isuzu) are some interesting characters that can be personally relatable in their own struggles.

https://www.funimation.com/shows/fruits-basket/

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le-fils-de-lhomme · 2 years

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The social media stars who latched onto the pro-Depp train are some of the most talentless (Horrifically bad at their craft if they're a makeup YouTuber) and unpleasant bottom feeders. Sorry you couldn't hack it in the real world but the end of your shelf life is coming.

#Bailey Sarian #Caitlin Reilly

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coollovebibliophilethings · 5 months

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Hauntings edited by Ellen Datlow

Title: HauntingsAuthor: Ellen Datlow, Pat Cadigan, Dale Bailey, E. Michael Lewis, Lucius Shepard, David Morrell, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Hand, Neil Gaiman, F. Paul Wilson, Jonathan Carroll, Terry Dowling, Paul Walther, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Connie Willis, Stephen Gallagher, Michael Marshall Smith, Richard Bowes, James P. Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Gemma Files, Kelly Link,…

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feral-ballad · 1 month

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Caitlin Bailey, from Solve for Desire: Poems; “Poppies”

[Text ID: “My body is a bruise, purpled with loss. / I am tired of swallowing your name, / finding ink on each of your shirts, / red petals in the pages of books.”]

#caitlin bailey #grief #love #absence #loss #sadness #pain #memory #longing #rememberance #excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #fragments #selections #words #quotes #poetry collection #typography

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derangedrhythms · 10 months

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Caitlin Bailey, Solve for Desire; from 'Somewhere a Key' (edited excerpt)

#caitlin bailey #solve for desire #somewhere a key #poetry #excerpts #name #o

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bones-ivy-breath · 2 years

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Sometimes I can't believe my heart, how it continues. How it isn't black and withered, how the chambers remain clear, the beat plain and perfect.

Pigeons by Caitlin Bailey, from Solve for Desire

#Caitlin Bailey #Solve for Desire #quote #poetry #literature #aesthetic #dark academia #light academia #dead academia #quotes #pigeons #love #grief #dark things #original post

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triviareads · 5 months

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Any good marriage for convenience romance books?

I actually had a hard time with this one because there are so many historicals where the marriage is convenient for one party, or like, convenient in that otherwise she'll be "ruined" or she's possibly pregnant. But here are some of the ones where both parties agree to marry without any (or much) external pressure:

Historical:

Convergence of Desire by Felicity Niven: Harry wants to devote her energies to proving Fermat's Theorem (which I now know way too much about) rather than being out in society, and Thomas needs a rich wife, so they decide to marry and Harry even says he can sleep with whoever after they marry..... unfortunately this man is only able to get it up for her soon enough.

Fiona and the Enigmatic Earl by Grace Callaway: Fiona wants to be free to continue her work as a member of an investigative agency, Lady Charlotte's Society of Angels, and Hawk wants to marry but without any emotional entanglements and to continue his spy work, so they agree to a marriage of convenience where neither party will hinder the other.

How the Wallflower was Won by Eva Leigh: After fucking up his sister and best friend's (DOM MFING KILBURN) marriage, Finn needs to marry or he'll be cut off, and Tabitha wants to join an influential intellectual society that only admits married women, and so marriage it is.

The Scot of Mine by Sophie Jordan: Kind of a marriage of convenience? Except the terms aren't laid out super clearly beforehand and Clara's brother does have a hand in the marriage, but this one is too funny to not include. Clara lies about being pregnant to escape marriage to an asshole, but when she's sent to Scotland, she meets Hunt, a laird who has a generational curse on him which means he will die before his heir is born. So Hunt decides to marry her because she's pregnant with someone else's baby so obviously, he won't die!

Except, well, it's a lie, and he finishes inside her multiple times after they're married so........

The Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard: Astrid proposes marriage to Thane, a scarred misanthrope duke, so that her sister can escape marriage to the man who ruined Astrid's reputation. Thane eventually agrees because he's intensely attracted to her but has no intention of falling in love with her.

The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare: Another scarred duke, this time in want of a wife that won't faint when she sees him so he can begat heirs; Emma is the seamstress who made his former fiancée's wedding dress and shows up for payment, but Ashbury decides she'll do just fine as a wife.

Worth Any Price Lisa Kleypas: The only male virgin in Kleypas-verse (well at least in the beginning), Nick Gentry is tasked with finding Charlotte on behalf of her family and fiancé, but it turns out the fiancé is, among other things, deffo a groomer so he agrees to marry her to protect her.

Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas: You know the deal with this one; St. Vincent needs to marry a rich heiress since he's about to be cut off and his attempted kidnapping of Lillian failed miserably, and Evie needs to escape her abusive relatives, so off to Gretna Green it is.

Contemporary:

Lush Money by Angelina M Lopez: Prince Mateo agrees to marry billionaire Roxanne and have sex with her three nights a month so she can have a kid in exchange for money for his impoverished country. The resentment in this man is real, not that it stops him from calling her mi mujer and jumping her every 10 seconds. Basically, the only wife guy I condone.

Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey: Natalie and August agree to marry so Natalie can access start-up capital and August can improve his shoddy vineyards. I really loved August's (objectively dumb) no-PiV-sex-until-she-won't-regret-it rule because it actually made the wedding night kinda great, and it also drew out tension until they had no choice but to admit their feelings for one another.

The Harlequin fave Jackie Ashenden very helpfully made a page on her website devoted to all her marriage of convenience books, and yes, I recommend all of them.

Crowning His Lost Princess by Caitlin Crews: Warlord touches down in a Kansas (?) field and announces that this farmer gal was switched at birth, is actually a princess, and that they must marry for political reasons.

Trust Fund Fiancé by Naima Simone: Reagan needs access to her inheritance and proposes a marriage of convenience to her friend Zeke in order to gain access. This one is also technically friends-to-lovers but a really well done one.

*tbh your best bet in terms of modern marriages of conveniences might be harlequins because the stakes feel somewhat high and the tension is real, unlike a lot of contemporary romances which have people marrying to like, inherit a family ski resort or something.

#historical romance #contemporary romance #romance novels #ask #book recs #caitlin crews #jackie ashenden #naima simone #tessa bailey #angelina m lopez #lisa kleypas #tessa dare #amalie howard #sophie jordan #eva leigh #grace callaway #felicity niven

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elegantstreetout-hideout · 11 months

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#street fighter series #capcom #UDON Comics #Udon comic entertainment #chinese #Chun-Li/Shunrei #Comic covers #Cammy White #British #Official art #Chun-Li #Laura Bailey #Jennie Kwan #Caitlin Glass #Pnzrk

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bidoofenergy · 4 months

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love returns like a boomerang

or: secret life clethubs, according to bdubs

to @ahautism for @mcytblrholidayexchange

I love you, it looks like rain - June Gehringer // Scheherazade - Richard Siken // Starvation - Maya Angelou // After the Threesome, They Both Take You Home - Sue Hyon Bae // Secret Life Episode 5 - GETTING INVOLVED! - Grian // I love you, it looks like rain - June Gehringer // Secret Life Episode 5 - GETTING INVOLVED! - Grian // Dylan Thomas // Solve for Desire - Caitlin Bailey // Personal Inventory: Fearless (Temporis Fila) - Kaveh Akbar // Roland Barthes: Love as a Language - aprosaicpintofpisces

#wahoo!! here she is!! i hope you enjoy chorus <3 #secret life #trafficshipping #clethubs #mcyt web weaving #mcytblrholidayexchange2023 #anyways i gto so nervous about this i have a defense for every element ready like i know this fandom is nice but i am Nervous #my web #web weaving

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emiliosandozsequence · 11 months

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the phantom of the opera (2004) dir. joel schumacher / solve for desire, 'animus', caitlin bailey

#phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera #poto #potoedit #phantomoftheoperaedit #erik destler #christine daae #erik x chrsitine #christine x erik #mine #mww #potoww #comparative #comparatives #web weave #web weaving #web weavings #web weaves

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