100+ Places to Market Your Romance/Erotica Book

Ah, romance – the genre that dominates bookshelves and is widely read by everyone, whether they admit it or not. The framework is simple: there is a woman, and then there is a man, and they meet, and sparks fly. There are a lot of variations on it: historical, contemporary, thriller/suspense romance, and so many others. There is, simply, a romance novel for everyone. It’s a genre that can appeal to just about everyone, because of the pure pleasure of reading a good love story.

Below are links where you can market your romance novel, as well as resources to check out if you’re a romance/erotica novel writer!

This is a work in progress. Links are being continually added!

Blogs and Websites

• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
• Aestas Book Blog
• All About Romance
• Smitten’s Book Blog*
• Smexy Books
• The Book Vixen
• True Story Book Blog
• Not Another Romance Blog
• Awesome Romance Novels
• The Romance Reviews*
• Romance Junkies
• Love Romance Passion
• Romance Novel TV
• Romance Novel News
• Dear Author
• The Romance Book Club
• Shameless Book Club
• Romance Book Haven
• The Book Bellas
• Teach Me Tonight
• Romance Book Scene
• Unwrapping Romance
• Romance Divas
• Romance Novels for Feminists
• Heroes and Heartbreakers
• Sinful Thoughts Book Blog
• The Romance Studio
• Schmexy Girl Book Blog
• Flirty and Feisty Romance Novel
• Romance Reader at Heart
• Inspy Romance
• Badass Romance
• Wicked Women Book Blog

Historical Romance

• Historical Romance Books
• Historical Romance Writers
• The Jewels of Historical Romance
• Historical and Regency Romance UK
• Regency Romance Writers
• Romantic Historical Reviews
• Risky Regencies

Contemporary Romance

• Contemporary Romance Cafe

Specific:

• Australian Rural Romance

*Primarily a review site

Facebook Groups

• Women Who Love Romance Novels!
• Romance Novels & Romantic Fiction Readers
• Romance Novels Publicity & Book Club
• Romance Novels Fan Club
• Romance Novel Junkies
• Romance Novel Excerpts
• Romance Novels
• Romance Novel Readers No Longer Anonymous
• Body Diverse Heroines In Romance Novels
• We Love Beta Heroes in Romance Novels

Communities and Forums

General:

• Erotica Goodreads (18+ only)
• Let’s Talk Love Stories! Goodreads
• Low Angst Love Goodreads
• Kindle Smut Goodreads
• Happily Ever After Cafe
• Gotta Have Romance With A Kick Goodreads (18+ only)
• Romance Lovers for the Challenge Impaired Goodreads
• Read Romance, Write Romance
• I Love Alpha Male Books Club Goodreads
• Romance Readers Reading Challenges Goodreads
• Romance Forum Refugees Goodreads
• Clean Romances Goodreads
• Fans of Interracial Romance Goodreads
• Erotic Readers & Authors Goodreads
• Romance Audiobooks Goodreads
• Books, Wine, and Girl Talk Goodreads
• Romance Book Addicts Goodreads
• Romance, Historical or Otherwise Goodreads
• Serial Love Goodreads
• Bodice Ripper Readers Anonymous Goodreads
• Romance ‘Safety Gang’ Goodreads
• Wholesome Romance: Harlequin Heartwarming Goodreads
• Weekly Romance Goodreads
• Harlequin Books Goodreads
• True Love 101 Goodreads
• Romance and Erotic Books Forum on OnlineBookClub
• On Writing Romance, Harlequin Forum
• Let’s Talk Romance Novels Forum
• All About Romance Forums Index
• Romance Books on Delphi Forums
• Romance Novel Forum on BellaOnline
• Romance Forum on Amazon

LGBT:

• M/M Romance Goodreads
• M/M Romance Writers Goodreads
• F/F Romance Goodreads

Historical:

• Historical Romance Goodreads
• Western and Medieval Romance Lovers Goodreads

Romantic Suspense:

• Romantic Suspense Goodreads

Author-specific:

• Nora Roberts Groupies Goodreads

Meet-ups, Events, and Conferences

Meet-ups

• Romance Lovers Book Club Meetups (Durham, NC)
• East Bay Romance Novel Book Club Meetup
• Boston Trashy Romance Readers
• Baltimore Bawdy Book Club
• Wednesday Morning Book Club
• Novel Ideas of Fayetteville
• Durham’s 100 Colours of Romance Write/Read/Review Book Club

Podcasts

• Harlequin Podcasts
• Blushes Podcast
• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books Podcast Archive
• Romance Novel Talk Radio

Prizes and Giveaways

• Romance Novel Giveaways on Goodreads

Top Books

• The Sheik by E.M. Hull
• Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale
• Vision in White by Nora Roberts
• A Knight In Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
• Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
• Sarah’s Child by Linda Howard
• Where We Belong by Emily Giffin
• Gabriel’s Woman by Robin Schone
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
• A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
• Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas

Top Authors

• Nora Roberts
• Laura Kinsale
• Jude Deveraux
• E.M. Hull
• Judith McNaught
• Georgette Heyer
• Julia Quinn
• Cecelia Ahern
• Jennifer Crusie
• Loretta Chase
• Diana Gabaldon

Do you know of other places where people can market their romance novels? Let us know in the comments!