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✨ Romances for the girls who grew up loving magical love stories, quirky small towns + Taylor Swift
🫶🏻 no spice, cozy modern fairytales and folklore

I’m a sucker for reality television. I’m pickier t

I’m a sucker for reality television. I’m pickier than I used to be, mostly because I don’t have the time to indulge in it like I used to. 😆

My FAVORITE book I’ve ever written (sorry I absolutely do have a favorite) is Once Upon a Rose. It’s inspired by The Bachelor, but it’s actually a fairytale-themed reality show.

Flynn is the bachelor and Harper’s brothers best friend. She’s only supposed to do the floral installations and provide the roses… he’s supposed pt be looking for a wife.

BUT THEN… she gets roped into being a contestant at the last minute, and they get to wrestle all their feelings about each other in a sentient inn with opinions about true love.

*sigh* It’s a GREAT TIME FOLKS. 😆😍

And he’s inspired by THE Flynn Rider. Because yes, it’s also a Rapunzel retelling. 💅

I figure I can’t be the ONLY one who enjoys a good reality show, whether it’s a baking show, a dating show, a complete hot mess, a race, etc…

So I rounded up all the closed door/no spice reality tv romances I could find. 🎉

If you like reality tv, what’s your FAVORITE show to watch? Drop your suggestions below.

And if I missed any books, drop those below too! We all have growing TBRs. 😆🫶🏻

#closeddoorromance #nospice #thebachelor

Unpopular opinion here: you don’t have to read ✨se

Unpopular opinion here: you don’t have to read ✨seasonally✨ to enjoy a swoony, magical romance.

I know, I know. It’s spring! Everything is green and all the flowers are blooming and birds are making their nests… it’s the start of something new.

But here’s the thing: March and April are not my favorite months of the year (my mom was diagnosed with the c-word in March and we are days away from the “anniversary” of her passing in April) so I personally am just looking for ways to escape and settle into things that make me feel GOOD.

You know what always helps? Pumpkins. 🤷‍♀️✨

A grumpy MMC who can’t help but be soft for her. (And he’s her best friend’s brother. 🤭)

An FMC reclaiming her life because she’s been taught to shrink and that she only matters when she’s successful.

A giant family who claims her as theirs, and a little girl who makes her friendship bracelets.

Fairy godmothers, wishing wells, and magic humming in the air of a quaint little Texas small town.

OH—and they write each other enchanted letters. 🤭

It only made sense to set this modern (closed door) Cinderella retelling in the fall because a) it’s my favorite fairytale and b) it’s my favorite season but you can read it ANY time of year, because good love stories ✨never✨ go out of season.

Do you ONLY read books when they’re in season, or will you read them whenever the mood strikes?

Keywords: cozy fantasy || comfort reads || cozy romance || closed door romance || no spice

#closeddoorromance #nospice

You loved them yesterday, so I’m back with round 2

You loved them yesterday, so I’m back with round 2 of: “if you love this movie/tv show you should read this no-spice romance” recs!

This time, we’ve got book recs for The Lost City (mashed up with Schitt’s Creek + Virgin River), The Proposal, Varsity Blues, Top Gun, A Cinderella Story, Anne of Green Gables, Chicago Fire, The Notebook (but make it happy), my personal favorite… Tangled. 😏

If you missed yesterdays no-spice recs, just scroll back a page—but all book featured in this mini-series are on sale for $0.99 during the No Spice Book Spree!

Thank you SO MUCH for your support the last couple of days—we’re so grateful for you!!

🛒: www.pixieperkins.com/nospicebookspree

Drop a comment below and tell us if you grabbed anything or tag a friend—and as always, please share and get the word out for the last day of this sale! 🥰🫶🏻

I’ve got some SUPER fun no-spice romance recs for

I’ve got some SUPER fun no-spice romance recs for y’all today—all available in the no-spice book spree sale! 🥰😍

I personally love when someone can be like “if you liked this movie/tv show, you’ll love this book” because I am a ✨shameless✨ consumer of pop culture everything. Tell me your book relates to a tv show, a movie, a song… instant connection!

In fact, asking authors to rec their books this way added some books to my own TBR, lol!

A little Hot Frosty but make it fall-themed anyone? 😏

We’ve got book recs with Cinderella story, You’ve Got Mail, Call the Midwife, Friday Night Lights, The Wedding Singer (YES PLEASE), People We Meet on Vacation, Hot Frosty and Beauty and the Beast vibes.

Head to: www.pixieperkins.com/nospicebookspree to go shopping!!

Which are you grabbing??

And do we want MORE posts like this??

Tell me in the comments!!

Over 100 no spice romances to choose from for only

Over 100 no spice romances to choose from for only $0.99 each?! YES PLEASE!

We’ve got historical fiction, rom-coms, fantasy, romantic suspense, contemporary…

Whether you’re a non-KU reader or a reader who wants to snag an affordable copy of their favorite/most wanted no spice romances—this sale is for you!

We loved the free sale earlier this year so much, we came together for a sale and made it super simple for you to snag some new reads.

Head to the No Spice Book Spree site (some books like mine are already $0.99) and all submitted books are organized by Physical Intimacy Level—thank you @michellelpennington for the graphic all those years ago! 🥰

If you grab books and decide to share on social media—feel free to tag the authors and @nospicebookspree because we all love seeing what you snag!!

Tell me: do you have your sights set on anything in particular?? (All books offered aren’t pictured, but this is most of them!)

The world is on fire and you need an escape, right

I write men who go feral for their woman. Now, b

I write men who go feral for their woman.

Now, before you go all heart eyes on me, you need to know I’m not out here writing overly alpha types because honestly? That’s not what *I* enjoy reading.

I write men who SHOW UP. They’re not interested in what anybody else thinks (or what a romance plot should require of them)—they follow their hearts no matter where it leads them.

Sometimes that’s fast, sometimes it’s slow. Sometimes it’s soft/quiet, and sometimes it’s loud. It all depends on what the FMC needs from him. Because he’s not doing it for anyone else.

They have chemistry and create emotional intimacy with each other but the door stays closed—because frankly I have teenagers who read over my shoulder and don’t want to write smexy scenes. Kisses are tough enough! 😆

He may not give her the prettiest words because I personally know what it’s like to be showered in meaningless proclamations. But he’ll be honest, and when he does say to things to her—those words come from his heart.

I write men like my husband who stick through the hard stuff, the trauma, and the healing— they’re not afraid of the journey. They know she’s worth it.

And they heal right along with the FMC.

I write a lot of romances with history and yearning and people who step in when they don’t have to and become the family’s the MMC/FMC deserve.

So if you want men who maayybbbeee follow a different path and start showing up and having feelings earlier in the book than you’d expect? And they don’t waiver in their feelings, no matter how hard things get?

I got you.

Storywood Ridge and Enchanted Hollow are waiting for you to come visit. 💜✨

#closeddoorromance #nospice #cozyromance

Alright. I’m done staying quiet. BUCKLE UP BUTTERC

Alright. I’m done staying quiet. BUCKLE UP BUTTERCUP. I’m sure this will ruffle some feathers but it is what it is.

So far I’ve scrolled past ✨at least✨ a dozen posts that are in really poor taste, and I’m sick over what this community is turning into.

I used to love it here.

But if you need to bring other people down to make a point—your argument isn’t the Grand Slam you think it is. It’s prejudice masquerading as a hot take and yeah, it might get you likes and comments?

But you’re building a platform on toxicity. On the backs of authors who poured their hearts on a page because it’s important to them. On the back of readers who found healing in the very genre/author/trope you’re dragging.

We’re all adults, okay? We are ALLOWED to have different opinions and values and preferences. Different is ✨beautiful✨.

One of the things I love most about books are the different lived experiences they bring to the table—and we each can choose what we need at the time. My choice might be different than yours and vice versa.

But building a platform and recognizing your ideal reader/follower/whatever should never come at the cost of ostracizing someone or cutting them down—shaming them—because of some mismatch.

Please read that again.

Some of y’all need to go rewatch Cinderella and really pay attention to the themes about kindness. 😒

It costs, nothing, btw. And it’s sure a whole lot more uplifting and valuable in a space where people are ✨actively✨ seeking safety in a world that’s burning around us.

Y’all, do better. I mean it.

And drop some top tier 5 stars reads in the comments because ✨THIS SPACE✨ exists to bring comfort.

Let’s see ‘em!! 👏🏻 And I mean it. Don’t make me make another Mom post. Drop some titles. 👇🏻

Let’s show the algorithm people want HAPPY THINGS in their feed.

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