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June Men's Romance Releases

June Men's Romance Releases

Hello RFM community and welcome to our monthly release post! In the monthly post we showcase new books released by our community authors.

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The Onyx Throne: Book 2 by Pierce Scott

They have the city. But can they keep it?

The story continues for Mitchell, Allora, and Lethelin as they struggle to keep what they have won, and rid the land of the invaders. Having taken back the city of Lorivin, Mitchell finds himself still surrounded by enemies on all sides and a city running out of resources. Soldiers are massing, and he has little to combat them with.

Into that mess, a new enemy appears to the south, adding more chaos into a land already under occupation. Yet, just when all seems lost, an old ally shows up with a choice. Can they trust the extended hand, or are there hidden costs to even that?

The battle for Awenor is far from over, but there is the light of hope on the horizon. Venture forth once more with Mitchell as he makes new friends, finds new love, uncovers new enemies, and fights to save Awenor.

The Onyx Throne: Book Two continues as an epic high-fantasy isekai haremlit adventure. Sword and sorcery, dragons, monsters, fey, ancient gods, magical kingdoms, and beautiful women are all found within its pages.

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Monster Rocker: Book 3 by Cassius Lange

Ajax Brightfeather is alive, and the monster who helped shape modern Earth has finally returned. The Featherheads are tightening their grip on Chi-Tek, old enemies are moving in the shadows, and Silas Stone has become too dangerous for them to ignore any longer.

After surviving Grand Nexus and returning home stronger than ever, Silas and his tribe hit the road searching for allies tied to Sensei’s past before war finally reaches the Martin School. But the deeper they travel into the fractured remains of America, the stranger things become.

Caught between ancient bloodlines, rival factions, and the growing instincts of the beast inside him, Silas is running out of time to master the power growing in his soul. The Raiju made him famous, but his draconic blood is becoming harder to control with every fight. And if the enemies gathering in the dark want a war, Silas Stone is more than ready to give them an encore.

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You Are My Water, My World by Marklin Foster

Kelvin never expected a mirage to find him — now an enigmatic sea-woman, a flirtatious librarian, and an entire ancient family under the waves all compete for his heart and soul.

You Are My Water, My World blends small-town charm, paranormal allure, and a expanding polyamorous romance as Kelvin navigates two women from the sea and a woman from the land who each claim his heart.

If you love polyamorous paranormal romance, coastal settings, and emotionally intense, open-door relationships, dive in now to join Kelvin's improbable love story.

This story ends on a soft cliffhanger, and the second volume is already in the works.

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Demi-Beast Husbandry for Fun and Profit 6 by Travis Crowe

A mountain rises. Flowers hunger. And the guardian at the top has been waiting a very long time.

Ben Nickels barely had time to catch his breath—or put on pants—before the next monument revealed itself. A mountain has erupted from the jungle overnight, and at its peak, a spire pulses with ancient power. Between him and destiny? Miles of jungle crawling with flowers that move, vines that grasp, and plants with very specific appetites.

The No-Longer-Virgin Witch wants to prove her devotion. The sloth-girl shaman insists on guiding him through the spirit realm. And something winged and powerful circles the mountain's peak, waiting for a Keeper bold enough to climb.

An isolated village holds secrets lost since before the Great War. A new guardian demands to be claimed. And Ben's harem is about to get a whole lot more... wild.

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u/VeryFinePrint — 3 days ago

May Men's Romance Releases

Hello RFM community and welcome to our monthly release post! In the monthly post we showcase new books released by our community authors.

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The Amazon and the Rejected Prince by Pierce Scott

Hevra Nesta, trusted hand of the queen of Themiscyra, is tasked with a covert mission.
Infiltrate the king's palace in Tinope, and save the adopted prince condemned to a deadly duel for the right to his bride.
But what happens when the Amazon envies the prince's bride? What must she do when she harbors fond feelings for the prince and desires to make him hers alone?

Daleen Ras, the prince of Tinope, is no warrior.
Still, he is bound to compete in a ritual death match to earn the right to the bride whom the ruthless king has betrothed to him. That is even though he neither desires her nor stands a chance in this duel.
When Hevra arrives, lending him a hand to victory, the prince finds himself irresistibly drawn to the stranger.
An unforgettable night of passion and forbidden desires unfolds between them that may cost the prince the king's wrath and worse.

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Arcane Arctic 6 by Peter North

The Kingkiller Prophecy demands blood—but whose?

Nova has her body back, and with it, the power to challenge everything Jay believes about destiny. Before he can face King Wenshire and end his tyrannical reign, Jay must prove he's the prophecy's true champion.

The test? Defeating the one person he can't afford to lose.

Steel will clash. Magic will burn. And when the dust settles, only one of them will lead the Black Howl rebels into the Royal Dungeon for Arcanicea's final showdown.

Jay knows three truths: The prophecy chose him. Nova is the key to victory...

And just because the psycho cyborg thinks stabbing is a valid form of flirting doesn't mean he's letting her homicidal enthusiasm ruin his perfectly good rebellion.

The battle ends here. The crown will fall. But Jay's come too far and lost too much to let prophecy, pride, or even Nova's stubbornness stand between him and victory.

Turns out saving the world is the easy part. Saving each other? That's where things get complicated.

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The War Game: Not Enough Space by August Aird

A terrifying foe will stop at nothing to destroy Carter Ash and everything he’s built.

The powerful alien empire of the Gumalagians turns their attention to the United Interplanetary Republic. While Carter has faced dangerous opponents, nothing could prepare him for what’s to come.

He must find allies and grow stronger — without sacrificing the people he loves.

Along with an audacious and alluring Admiral, Carter races against the clock to assemble a fleet that can save them all.

The War Game: Not Enough Space is a LitRPG.

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Ranger of the Outer Rim: Showdown in Zenith City by Travis Crowe

In the Outer Rim, the only real law is the badge on a Ranger’s chest.

Star Federation Ranger Reece Maddox has spent eight years hunting a rogue member of his faction. Now, at last, he’s tracked the target to a distant world known as Mercy’s End. His search begins in Zenith City, where he crosses paths with a sultry information broker and an eager alien mechanic—both vying for his attention as he struggles to unravel the tangled web of lies and crime that grips the city.

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Elf Breeder 2 by Micky Carre

Saving a city sure can be fun.

The emperor's secret has been uncovered. He's trying to kidnap two thousand virgins so he can sacrifice them in order to become a demi-god. My plan is a simple one: ensure there are no virgins left. It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it. And with the emperor's curse affecting all the elven men, the only person that can get this job done is me.

The only downside is that I still have to face this tyrant, and he's the most powerful magic user the world has ever seen. I need serious help, so I must travel to faraway lands, uncover ancient secrets, and face terrifying foes.

My adventure has begun.

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The Last Soul Warden 2 by Dion Crispin

The Demon Goddess wants the Sanctuary dead. Not if Noah has anything to say about it.

Noah Blanton has defeated the first wave of demons and earned the love of three brave and powerful women he has sworn to protect. But with another demon attack on the horizon, he will have to push his new powers and his beautiful allies to their limits.

Stopping the next invasion would be impossible for anyone else. But with the support of Valerise, Ulassa, and Maroa, and the aid of Lina, a half elf elementalist who finds a home with his group, Noah and his beautiful allies may once again beat the odds.

He’s not giving up anyone he cares about without a fight.

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Zenith Academy: Book 5 by Cassius Lange

I’m still JD. I’m still tired. And I’m still trying to figure out how I went from drawing comics and making sure I had enough burgers and pints to being in charge of a fortress in a magical, monster-filled world.

We’ve turned Fort Klana into something resembling a home, but in this world, that only means a bigger target on your back. The more you prosper, the bigger the monsters are that come for you. To keep our walls standing and the academy running, I had to take drastic measures. Or, as we say back on Earth: do something stupid. I had to expand my Soul Sea in the Mana Lake.

But the stronger I become, the more the world seems to be unraveling. The "links" are straining, we are constantly under attack by Behemoth-class threats, and the internal politics among the survivors are getting uglier by the day. I didn't ask to be a leader or to be responsible for every soul in this city. But as long as I’m the one holding the pen-blade, I won't let anything happen to my girls or Klana.

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A Bond Between Equals by Luca De Rosa

I was just a humble space hauler, now I am bonded for life to girls whose love shines brighter than any star. And they say that I am the star of their lives.

I am Sol. I was just a space hauler living the grind in the year 2700. Then the Machine Gods wiped out all of humanity, and next thing I knew, I was in a fantasy world. The excitement lasted all of two seconds before I fell down a hole and broke my legs.

Two girls, an angel and a demon, offered me the power to escape. They too were trapped there, and maybe they took pity on me, but I only accepted after swearing an Oath: I was not going to leave without them.

And so, we set out to explore this strange world together, where we found the last dregs of a dying civilization, a fading System and a dissolving society. As the beast tides ravaged the land, our bond grew stronger and stronger, letting us share thoughts and emotions, and our love for each other grew with each moment we spent together.

Slowly, we realized that maybe we could heal the world, while building a life for ourselves. Because with the power of our bond and our love (and a lot of actual magical power), there was nothing that could stand against us.

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Undercover Archmage 4 by Alex Savage

The most dangerous woman on campus has just told me she's pregnant. The second most dangerous wants to discuss her feelings.The third is redecorating. And the fourth keeps offering to kill anyone who upsets me.

It's not even Monday.

I survived mercenary contracts and a dockyard full of demons. And what was my reward? A promotion to Deputy Headmaster, a school that's finally solvent, and a Ministry Compliance Inspector who keeps scheduling "private meetings" to discuss my unconventional pedagogy.

As if that wasn't enough, all of Ravenwick's new money has brought the High Council sniffing around for oversight, and the Otherside incursions are getting worse. And someone's running demonic artefacts through a shipping subsidiary they think I don't know about.

Oh, and the Headmaster wants me to host the biggest Open Day in the academy's history. One at which every parent, politician, and journalist in the magical world is expected to end. He calls it a showcase. I call it a target-rich environment.

They have politics and demons and a timeline to the end of the world.

I have four women, a Glock, and a nursery to build.

Welcome to the hardest job in education.

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u/VeryFinePrint — 1 month ago

Rules for AI generated prose

Hello RFM community. Various genre fiction communities have been seeing increasing amounts of AI prose, and RFM is no exception. The only rule RFM currently has with respect to AI is our "no AI witch hunts" rule. We feel this keeping this as our only AI rule is untenable on our present course.

Today we are adding a "no promotion of AI generated prose" rule. This rule applies to prose in books that are promoted anywhere in the subreddit or Discord community. This includes

  • Promotion posts
  • Self-promotion Sunday posts
  • Monthly new releases
  • Our Discord's various new release channels

This rule will only be enforced for books that are promoted somewhere within the RFM subreddit or Discord. This rule does not apply to any written words or communication writers create outside of their story prose.

This rule will not be enforced against readers discussing books in the normal course of conversation.

Starting now, authors caught promoting AI generated prose will have their promotion posts removed and their accounts banned.

Enforcement

Enforcement will be handled privately by moderators. While the mod team considered a more public process, we decided that disclosure would devolve into spectacle and AI witch hunts. Instead the mod team is choosing a more private process, and will steer towards leniency where there is ambiguity.

The rule against AI witch hunts is still in effect. If you suspect a work is AI, please reach out to the moderation team via modmail or discord with a link to the promotion material.

We will lean heavily on Pangram (and better detection tools as they are released). While we recognize that the first generation of AI detection tools (eg GPTZero and OriginalityAI) were bad, this is typical for any new technology and new techniques are emerging that are much better. Pangram has a much lower false positive rate that the first generation of tools, with an upcoming NBER paper finding that Pangram produced no false positives on novel excerpts they sampled. Pangram's own research shows it has a false positive rate of 1 in 10,000.

The available research, along with my own validation, gives me confidence that the new tools will work for our purposes. I encourage skeptics to run their own work or publicly available writing published prior to November 2022 to get their own sense of the technology.

Enforcement will not be automatic based on detection results, but a holistic decision made by moderators based on the information available. Newer authors will face closer scrutiny, while a single detection hit on an established author's will taken in the broader context of their work. We will not ban authors for using the non-genai parts of grammarly to fixing spelling and grammar issues.

Writers who worry about false positives are encouraged to maintain drafts that show a human progressing through the writing process. This is analogous to artists being asked to provide layers and evidence of incremental work.

AI writers, this is the only notice you will get. Note that while you may be able to beat detectors today, the books you create today need to beat tomorrow's detectors too.

u/VeryFinePrint — 1 month ago

New rules for promotion posts

Hello RFM community! We are making some changes to promotion posts in our community. You can find the full rules over on the promotion rules wiki page. The main changes are:

  • Removal of the participation requirement
  • Promotion limited to 6 books per account per year (mods will make exceptions for authors engaged in the community beyond promoting their own work)
  • Books must meaningfully center romance (Co-plot or higher) and include a HEA
  • Authors must complete a one-time submission form before posting. That form can be found here.

Why change the rules?

We are limiting promotion to create a fairer and less crowded front page that is, at the same time, more open to new writers.

The front page is a shared space. Promotion posts need to share space with discussion posts, and author's promotion posts need to share space with each other. Some authors were posting upwards of twenty-five books a year, while others maybe one or two. A six-book-per-year limit creates a more level promotional field. Exceptions will be made for authors who are positively engaged in the community outside of their own works.

Originally the participation rule served two purposes, to reward active authors, and to serve as an informal onboarding process for authors new to the genre. It sounded great in theory, but in practice it encouraged vapid comments, enforcement was uneven, and it mostly acted as a barrier to new authors. Books that fit within our community were being rejected, while a small number of authors were getting a lot of front page visibility. My hope is that by removing the participation requirement, all authors can focus on writing, and more authors will get a chance to promote.

The form ensures that all promoted books meet our core genre requirements (HEA and romance focus) before reaching the front page. This allows us to apply rules consistently and avoid back-and-forth moderation. It is a regular occurrence (particularly on the Discord) for writers to join wanting to share their story, not realizing there is a difference between a love story (with a tragic ending) and genre romance. Authors who have already participated in our community are grandfathered; please reach out to via modmail so we can add an exception to the automod rule for you.

At minimum, romance must be a co-plot, meaning the relationship materially affects the story’s direction and outcome. That means the primary relationship(s) should not just exist in the story, the story should be, to some degree, about the relationship.

The mod team will continue to make adjustments as need arises.

u/VeryFinePrint — 2 months ago

Hello RFM community and welcome to our monthly release post! In the monthly post we showcase new books released by our community authors.

General

Golden Fields by Colin Graves

Luke was an unremarkable student of agriculture at a prestigious college on Mars. He was undecided about whether to continue his education or ask his longtime girlfriend to marry him. That was, until she betrayed him and tossed away all they were.

In a panic, he called his professor and took the farthest job opportunity he possibly could. Before he knew it, Luke was back on Earth, nestled in the high farmland of northern Montana, standing before the Golden Fields Ranch.

He just never expected the dear friend his professor told him about to be a Totrelin, a Minotaur-like alien species. Nor did he expect the woman to be as sweet as candy, excited to have him around, and not want him to leave.

Morel’s ranch was going under. They had been in the red for years, and she was on the brink of losing everything her parents had bought when they moved to Earth. She knew she needed an agricultural specialist to save her family’s legacy, but she couldn’t afford one. But as if the gods were on her side, her old teacher called her up one day and said he had a young man who needed to do field work before gaining his doctorate.

She jumped at the occasion and gladly offered Luke a bed and three square meals a day.

Together, they must save the farm, heal old wounds, and discover whether love can bloom between a brokenhearted human and a woman three times his size. But in the golden fields of Montana, sometimes the unlikeliest harvest is the sweetest.

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Brand-Bound: Volume 2 by Adam K. Armbrust

Calaf of Riverglen was tasked with bringing Jelena Turandot, the most infamous heretical relic thief in the churchlands, to justice. He was certain of his role and steadfast in his faith... until he got a good look at her. Now the pair and their posse roam the Pilgrim's Path, stealing church relics while trying to maintain a highly altered Paladin sense of honor.

Love has won out over duty. Sinister forces and scheming officials take advantage of the naive people of the land. All the while, the Heist of the Century looms at the center of church power itself! Can this fallen knight reconcile his chivalrous upbringing with his new paramour's life of crime? Or will this sinfully seductive lifestyle catch up to them before the church's peerless arbiters do?

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Rhenna by Robyn Bee

Forged in blood and the reeking smoke of cannon, Callum emerges from war a hero. He is captain of his own ship, famous beyond words, and a man whose career might rise to the venerated halls of the Admiralty.

Instead, he gives it all up for the quiet life of a lighthouse keeper. He settles onto an island several days north of nowhere. And while his new home might be free from politics and expectations, the sea is dark and full of monsters.

Rhenna knows what most think of her kind. Pirates, they are called, killers and plunderers. For the most part, it’s true: sharkin are predators. They take, chumming the water with what’s left of those who try to deny them.

Then, she spots him.

A stranger steps onto her beach. He’s handsome, he’s got a beard, and he pulls a gun on her when she first introduces herself. He’s perfect and the scent of his blood makes her whole body sing.

She wants him. She will have him. If only he would stop resisting.

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A Ballad of Beauty and Blood by Pierce Scott

The women of Windshire all fled from Nazlyn Wabron.
The one fated to love him is doomed to a cruel, untimely death. Her only cure, the elixir of life, is a myth.
Yet Nazlyn toiled night after night, seeking to brew it.

The high priests of Cicila insist the city withers as long as Hadja Wadzhel breathes.
Yet she refused to lay herself upon the altar to end its pain. For this, the priests invoked a death curse upon her. And their deadliest manhunter is fast on her trail.

When Nazlyn saves Hadja from the manhunter, love strikes between them in an instant.
To love Hadja is to lose her, Nazlyn can't risk her. And to love Nazlyn is to defy death, yet Hadja won't let go.
A fiery storm of passionate romance erupts and sweeps them. Days passed arm in arm in the wild woods and nights in cozy cabins.

But if this love must endure, it will not be enough to evade slaughter or capture. They must find the philosopher's stone. And she must drink the elixir—the only cure for her death curse.

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Battlefield Heartsurgery by Rauxon

Colonel Riza Emberfell is a living legend.

Her kill count is in the tens of thousands. In her heavy black armor plating, she’s almost seven feet tall. To most humans that meet her, she looks like an alien demon—if they ever see her at all.

She also occasionally follows cats to complete objectives.

The mission is simple: An asset has spent months undercover studying a horrific bioweapon. Extract both the agent and the sample, recover the prototype cure, and get the hell off the planet.

The asset: Major Elias Blackwall—a quiet field medic with a warm personality—and the only person who’s never looked at Riza with fear. He doesn’t see a weapon or a legend—she’s just his commander and friend.

And she’s surprised how much that disarms her.

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Royal Blooded 4 by F.G. Smith

Magical explosions, beautiful women, and eldritch creatures. All in a day's work for Eli Grayson.

But when he's finally given the chance to unravel the mysteries behind his birthright, he has to ask himself: does he really have what it takes to step into his destiny as a Royal Blood?

And is he ready for what Athena has to tell him?

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The Third Book of Caine by Diesel Jester

Sometimes the most dangerous foes are the ones that you knew before the collapse...

It has been six years since all civilization collapsed.

In the 2040s, governments are a thing of the past. Extreme weather has ravaged the planet. Society's elite have retreated into survival arks, either in space or underground. Those who remain on the surface must scrap to survive in gangs or loosely affiliated city-states.

Out of all the women that Caine has come across in the wastelands, the last one he ever expected to show up on his doorstep was his ex-wife. Lauren has returned, begging Caine for help. She wants him to return to her survival ark with her with two goals: rescue their daughter and kill the man that she'd left Caine for.

While Caine has no problem settling old scores, especially with the man who'd left him scarred for life, he is suspicious of his ex's motives. As he travels outside of his territory he can't help but wonder if he is walking right into a trap that might very well mean the end of his life.

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The Last Soul Warden by Dion Crispin

Raiden finally escapes the prehistoric planet. But is he any safer around his old crew?

Back aboard the HFS Mirage, Raiden looks forward to ending the war between synths and humans. But not everyone aboard shares his vision of galactic peace.

Returning home with three synths and two mutant monster girls puts his crew on edge. And when the captain takes a firm stance for reintegration, she divides the crew.

Somehow, Raiden must keep the girls and the captain safe...

Even when distrust turns to destruction.

Can Raiden survive the SVA's most fanatic?

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Trailer Park Goblins 6 by Micky Carre

Paradise is about to see a growth in population.

Our weapons manufacturing business was improving by the week, and we had more money than we knew what to do with. I kept steadily leveling up, and Blerg finally finished our racetrack. It seemed that all of these dreams of ours were finally becoming a reality.

We even had time to start planning our wedding! That was as exciting as it was emotional.

But then we learned that more refugees were going to be joining us in our Protection Zone. We didn't have the full details, other than they were fleeing the same war we built weapons for. Both elves and goblins were coming, from the information we received.

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u/VeryFinePrint — 2 months ago