The Ripped Bodice Bookstore in SoCal is conducting their fifth annual Summer Romance Bingo. I thought it would be fun to take their bingo card of categories, which you can view on their website and identify scifi romance titles that would satisfy the requirements for readers. I asked the members of The SciFi Romance Brigade on Facebook to recommend books and definitely allowed authors to recommend their own titles, although SFR Brigadiers are avid readers and provided books from other authors. As always some categories were hard to fulfill and others were wayyy popular! I limit how many books I list in each category.

I put my own personal favorite Happy Ever After titles for the category in the center “square”.

As the Ripped Bodice notes on their rules, “You can interpret the categories however you want” so we did take a bit of license on a few to fit scifi romance. If we altered the category to find SFR books to fit, the revision is in parenthesis behind the actual category.

To be clear, we’re NOT playing bingo here, merely providing a list of suggestions! Hop over to the Ripped Bodice site if you want to enter their contest, which runs all summer 2021.

And I certainly included a few of my own titles!

Many of the books were suggested for more than one category; however I only listed each title in one category to keep the list as unique as possible. This post takes two full days to collate and create so I only looked up the Amazon buy links. I have to have enough time to write my own books too!.

Quotes listed are from the authors unless otherwise noted.

It makes for a fun reading list. Happy Summer Reading to All!

Defense attorney (or any attorney): WING AND A PRAYER (SILVER STAR MATES SERIES BOOK 2) by Lea Kirk     Amazon

ROHN (WARRIORS OF THE SANGRIN BOOK 7) by Nancey Cummings and Starr Huntress   Amazon

BONDS OF JUSTICE (PSY-CHANGELING BOOK 8) by Nalini Singh – a fascinating look into how justice is administered in this futuristic world     Amazon

Educator: THE TEACHER’S ALIEN HEALER: A BADARI WARRIORS NOVEL by Veronica Scott  Amazon

HOMEWORLD FOR THE HOLIDAYS (DEPARTMENT OF HOMEWORLD SECURITY BOOK 12) by Cassandra Chandler – hero is high school biology teacher on leave to search for Bigfoot!   Amazon

JUMPING BARREL (CYBORG SIZZLE) by Cynthia Sax     Amazon

RUTHLESS (ALIEN WARRIOR ACADEMY BOOK 4) by Kyra Snow     Amazon KU

JAMOKAN: A BADARI WARRIORS NOVEL by Veronica Scott – the heroine is an artist and is assigned to teach the Badari cubs how to be creative     Amazon

ALIEN ABDUCTION FOR BEGINNERS (THE INTERGALACTIC GUIDE TO HUMANS BOOK 1) by Skye Mackinnon – “all about aliens going to the Intergalactic University to learn how to abduct humans”   Amazon

TEACHER FOR AN ALIEN DOCTOR by Roxie Ray     Amazon KU

Construction (of anything): BANE (XIAN WARRIORS BOOK 4) by Regine Abel – “The Dragons are trying to build a new home for their people after escaping the clutches of the Kryptid General.”   Amazon KU

ICED by Regine Abel – “The surviving humans are trying to rebuild a new city on Sonhadra in the very hostile environment.”     Amazon KU

MINDER RISING (CENTRAL GALACTIC CONCORDANCE BOOK 2) by Carol Van Natta –“ heroine supervises a road construction crew”     Amazon

BEAST PLANET 2: CAPTIVE SALVATION by Angela Castle – The reader sez:  “The Zakiu escape the prison they’re in and rediscover their lost city but must build a special shield to defend against their former captor determined to enslave them again.”     Amazon

ALIEN MINE (ZYRGIN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Marie Dry – “The aliens move into Natalie’s cave and start turning it into their headquarters and a living space for her and Zacar and also some barracks for the warrior. And they create one huge cavern for one of their space ships.”     Amazon

DESTIN’S HOLD (THE ALLIANCE BOOK 5) by S E Smith     Amazon

Friends to Lovers: ALL OF ME (PROPHECY SERIES) by Lea Kirk     Amazon

ENSNARED (THE SPIDER’S MATE BOOK 1) by Tiffany Roberts     Amazon KU

A DIFFERENT YESTERDAY by Linda Mooney     Amazon

PICO’S CRUSH: CENTRAL GALACTIC CONCRODANCE BOOK 3 by Carol Van Natta – “…the main characters in Pico’s Crush, were friends and military squad mates. They reconnect in this story, and both happen to be free to pursue a relationship.”     Amazon

TIED UP IN CUSTOMS (DEPARTMENT OF HOME WORLD SECURITY BOOK 4) by Cassandra Chandler – “…the hero thinks he’s being set up on a blind date and ends up being abducted by the heroine (an alien). It only he’d come along quietly…”     Amazon

Date Auction: ENTERED IN THE ALIEN BRIDE LOTTERY (KHANAVAI WARRIOR BRIDE GAMES BOOK 1) by Margo Bond Collins     Amazon KU

AUCTIONED TO THE CONVICTS (PRISON PLANET BOOK 1) by Julie K Cohen – VS: Well, not exactly a date auction but we’re short on auctions…     Amazon KU

Down on its Luck Small Town (or colony or space station): THE FIFTH GENDER by Gail Carriger   Amazon

COLONY UNDER SIEGE: INTERSTELLAR VIRUS by Veronica Scott    Amazon

CLAIMED BY THE ALIEN BODYGUARD (ALIENS AMONG US BOOK 3) by Tiffany Roberts    Amazon KU

WOLFS BANE by Nancey Cummings     Amazon

I MARRIED A LIZARDMAN by Regine Abel – “village on the verge of starvation…bullied by the Conglomerate…     Amazon KU

ESSEX COLONY by Lia Cooper     Amazon

ALTERED TIDES by Harry F Rey     Amazon

Reality TV: ALIEN ATTRACTION (ALIEN MATE BOOK 2) by Cara Bristol     Amazon

GUARDIAN (PRISON PLANET BOOK 1) by Emmy Chandler     Amazon KU

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN MARRY AN ALIEN: STARGAZER ALIEN REALITY SHOW BRIDES BOOK ONE by Tasha Black     Amazon

MARS HO (MARS ADVENTURE ROMANCE SERIES BOOK 1) by Jennifer Willis     Amazon

PURGATORY CITY (THROUGH THE GATES BOOK 1) by Skye MacKinnon and Rebecca Royce – “kind of a Hunger Games scenario run by aliens and shown on alien TV”     Amazon

Demigods (can be from Fantasy/PNR): THE PASSION SEASON: BOOK ONE OF THE COVALENT SERIES by Libby Doyle     Amazon

TRAPPED ON TALONQUE by Veronica Scott – Heroine is perceived by the local residents to be a goddess.     Amazon

DEMI GODDESS: JENNIFER’S DIARY (XAERD MATES BOOK 3) by L Starfyre      Amazon KU   

SKY TITANS (DEITIES BOOK ONE) BY Linda Mooney     Amazon

WINTER PRINCESS (DAUGHTER OF WINTER BOOK 1) by Skye MacKinnon     Amazon

THE HUNCHBACK: COSMIC FAIRY TALES by Regine Abel – “The High Seraph and the Elohims rule…”    Amazon KU

DESOLATION (MYTHICAL MADNESS BOOK 1) by A R DeClerck     Amazon KU

THE KING’S QUEST (DRAGON LORDS OF VALDIER) by S E Smith     Amazon

PRIESTESS OF THE NILE (GODS OF EGYPT) by Veronica Scott – well, ok, the hero is Sobek the Crocodile God and he’s a pretty major deity but how often do I get to mention my ancient Egyptian PNR in a post centering on SFR?     Amazon

Karaoke (or any performance in a bar or club involving singing): TAMED BY AN ALIEN WARLORD (FATED MATES OF THE FAELERN BOOK 2) by Ava Ross (releases July 2)     Amazon KU

WRATH (XIAN WARRIORS BOOK 8) by Regine Abel – “…talk about the MCs doing karaoke but handled through narration. There isn’t a fleshed-out scene where they are actually doing it.”    Amazon KU

STAR CRUISE SONGBIRD by Veronica Scott – Not karaoke because the heroine is a full blown interstellar superstar singer, but the plot involves her music.   Amazon

DARK MINDS (CLASS fIVE SERIES BOOK 3) by Michelle Diener – VS: I’m adding this because although it’s not karaoke, one of the main plot points in this entire series is the fact the Earth women can sing and the aliens are entranced by music.     Amazon

This Dating is Fake, Isn’t It?: OMEGA FOR RENT (OMEGAS OF OAN BOOK 2) by Alexis B Osborne   Amazon KU

TAMED (TRIBUTE BRIDES OF THE DREXIAN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Tana Stone – “a fake dating game in space”    Amazon KU

PLAYING THEIR PARTS: KINDRED TALES 31 by Evangeline Anderson    Amazon

KRASH (DAKONIAN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK 7) by Cara Bristol    Amazon

ALIEN KNIGHT BLIND DATE DISASTER (LUMERIAN KNIGHTS BOOK 3) by Becca Brayden   Amazon

DRAGON’S FAKE WEDDING DATE (DRAGONS OF MOUNT ATROX BOOK 3) by Riley Storm

Amazon KU

Cover has snow on it: ICE PLANET BARBARIANS by Ruby Dixon – The font is in snow covered ice and the entire planet is ice and snow.   Amazon KU

UNFROZEN by Regine Abel     Amazon KU

ICE: A QURILIXEN WORLD NOVELLA: Intergalactic Dating Agency (Galaxy Alien Mail Order Brides Book 4) by Michelle M Pillow     Amazon

CLAIMED (ICE WORLD WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Jessica Grayson     Amazon KU

SHIELD OF WINTER by Nalini Singh     Amazon 

CARESSED BY ICE by Nalini Singh     Amazon

Gilded Age (anything with politics/big business conglomerates/billionaires): ESCAPING FATE (VEREDIAN CHRONCLES BOOK 1) by Regine Abel     Amazon KU

STAR SURVIVOR by Veronica Scott – the heroine is the daughter of a ‘generational billionaire’ Amazon

KORVEN’S FIRE (DRAGONS OF WYE BOOK 1) by Nancey Cummings and Juno Wells   Amazon

EMPRESS OF XYTAE (TALES OF INTHAYA BOOK 4) by Effie Calvin     Amazon

HER CYBORG AWAKES by Melisse Aires     Amazon

Happily Ever After: BARBARIAN’S LADY (ICE PLANET BARBARIANS) by Ruby Dixon   Amazon KU

UNDYING (VALOS OF SONHADRA BOOK 7) by Tiffany Roberts     Amazon KU

DARK HORSE (CLASS FIVE SERIES BOOK 1) by Michelle Diener     Amazon KU

DARK PLANET WARRIORS by Anna Carven     Amazon KU

CYBORG (GALACTIC GLADIATORS BOOK 10) by Anna Hackett     Amazon KU

BREATHING VAPOR (CYBORG SIZZLE BOOK 2) by Cynthia Sax     Amazon

LOST VALYR (PROJECT ENTERPRISE 7) by Pauline Baird Jones     Amazon

A FAMILY FOR THE ALIEN WARRIOR (TREASURED BY THE ALIEN BOOK 4) by Honey Phillips   Amazon KU

DARK PROTECTOR by Alexis Morgan     Amazon

AURIC (CRASHLAND COLONY ROMANCE BOOK 1) by Leslie Chase     Amazon KU

SLAVE TO SENSATION by Nalini Singh     Amazon

Reporter: TRASH AND TREASURE (SPACEPORT MULTI AUTHOR 3) by Mikala Ash   Amazon

CRASH LAND ON KURAI (HIKOBOSHI SERIES BOOK 1) by S J Pajonas    Amazon

WARRIORS’ PROVIDENCE (CADI WARRIORS BOOK 2) by Stephanie West – “…a snippet of an alien reporter on a foreign world…”    Amazon KU

THE BAYLAN CHRONICLES: HARC by Ella Blake – “The heroine is a journalist assigned to the hero’s base ship.”    Amazon KU

PROMETHEUS (COLONY HOLIDAY BOOK 6) by Demelza Carlton – news anchor    Amazon

Holiday that is not Christmas: CHOSEN BY THE FIRE DRAGON GUARD (ELEMENTAL DRAGON WARRIORS BOOK 5) by Jade Waltz and Aria Winter – Harvest Festival     Amazon KU

MY TINY GIANT (MY HOLIDAY TAILS) by Marina Simcoe – Valentine’s Day    Amazon KU

ALIEN VOWS (WAKANREO BOOK 2) by Carmen Webster Buxton –“A human scientist on the planet Wakanreo is invited by a young half-Wakanrean woman to share the Fuishar holiday (a celebration of family and friendship) with her family.”    Amazon KU

KRAMPUS AND THE CRONE by Honey Phillips – VS: Not exactly Christmas!     Amazon KU

VALENTINE (COLONY HOLIDAY BOOK 5) by Demelza Carlton     Amazon

NIGHT OF THE DEMENTED SYMBIOTS: THE DRAGONLINGS HAUNTED HALLOWEEN 2 (dragonlings of valdier book 5) by S E Smith     Amazon

Scientific Pursuit: EUROPA (TAXYON SPACE BOOK 1) by Aurora Springer     Amazon

COLONY ON FIRE by Veronica Scott – one of the supporting characters is a boy working on his science project.     Amazon

STEAMROLLED (PROJECT ENTERPRISE BOOK 4) by Pauline Baird Jones    Amazon

VIPER (NAGA BRIDES BOOK ONE) by Naomi Lucas     Amazon KU

BUSINESS OR PLEASURE (DEPARTMENT OF HOMEWORLD SECURITY BOOK 3) by Cassandra Chandler – “heroine is an environmental scientist trying to stop climate change and ends up stumbling on alien spawning pools”      Amazon

TWIST OF FATE (VEREDIAN CHRONICLES BOOK 4) by Regine Abel – “search for a cure for the disease causing the mass death of the Xelixians reaches its tipping point”    Amazon KU

VS: And of course my entire Badari Warriors series is based in the existence of the appalling ‘alien science’ used to create these genetically engineered soldiers in the first place – AYDARR: A BADARI WARRIORS NOVEL     Amazon

Protagonist Smells Like Freshly Baked Bread (or spice or other yummy aroma):

DARAK DRAKONIAN ALIEN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK ONE by Cara Bristol – Heroine is a pastry chef.     Amazon

IVOKK: BADARI WARRIORS (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 12) by Veronica Scott – Heroine is a chef and hero tastes like spices to her when they kiss.     Amazon

ABOVE THE STORM: SILVERSTAR MATES SERIES BOOK 1 by Lea Kirk – allspice    Amazon

OMEGA REVEALED (OMEGAS OF OAN BOOK 1) by Alexis B Osborne – “Pheromones are a big deal in omegaverse. Finn smells like vanilla cake, Holden smells like whipped cream, and Beth smells like berry jam. She calls their MMF a trifle.”    Amazon KU

DARK STRENGTH (REFUGE BOOK 3) by Cynthia Sax –“The heroine…bakes nourishment bars (futuristic bread) and often smells like them.”     Amazon

TAKEN FOR GRANITE (KHARGALS OF DURAS BOOK 6) by Nancey Cummings     Amazon

Triplets: MATCHED: JENNIFER’S DIARY (XAERD MATES BOOK 1) by L Starfyre     Amazon KU

PROJECT ADAPT: FOUND by Jade Waltz     Amazon KU

WARLORD’S RETURN (CHAMELE BARBARIAN WARLORDS BOOK 6) by Cynthia Sax    Amazon

DRAGON TRIPLETS (TRIPLET HAREMS BOOK 1) by J L Wilder     Amazon KU

CLAIMED BY HER MATES (INTERSTELLAR MATES BOOK 3) by Grace Goodwin     Amazon

Circus: RIVER’S RUN (LORDS OF KASSIS BOOK 1) by S E Smith – “The entire Lords of Kassis series is centered on a circus from Earth. The female leads in the four books in the series are all Circus members… A human woman uses her skills as a circus performer to rescue an alien diplomat, changing not only her life, but that of the alien world she finds herself     Amazon

DARK SWAN (THE SHADOW REALMS 0.5) by Regine Abel     Amazon KU

THE FATED STARS by Veronica Scott – hero is acting as a fortune teller in a traveling interstellar carnival at the beginning of the book.    Amazon

SYNNR’S SAINT (ZULIR WARRIOR MATES BOOK 1) by Kate Rudolph     Amazon

CALL OF WATER (MADAME TAN’S FREAKSHOW BOOK 1) by Marina Simcoe    Amazon KU

LADIES OF THE SECRET CIRCUS by Constance Sayers     Amazon

Graphic Novel (anime show series is ok): Gundam Wing

Aquarion Evol

Sailor Moon

ILLUMINAE by Jay Kristoff and Arnie Kaufman     Amazon

Stable Romp (making love anywhere unusual):  An actual scifi romance stable romp! =>HER GRACE’S STABLE: A JANE AUSTEN SPACE OPERA by Joely Sue Burkhart    Amazon KU

TESTING TRUTH (CYBORG SPACE EXPLORATION BOOK 6) by Cynthia Sax – a docking bay   Amazon

DAEGAN: A BADARI WARRIORS NOVEL by Veronica Scott – on the beach and in a vacant conference room   Amazon

KRAC’S FIREBRAND (ZION WARRIORS BOOK 2) by S E Smith – on the bridge of the spaceship   Amazon

KIERCE: A BADARI WARRIORS NOVEL by Veronica Scott – in a secret bower the hero builds because there’s nowhere else private on the island where they’re stationed     Amazon

Revenge Quest: A BAIT OF DREAMS by Jo Clayton     Amazon

PROGENITOR (THE BLADES OF JANUS BOOK 2) by Cassandra Chandler     Amazon

UNCHARTED: BRIDES OF THE KINDRED BOOK 18 by Evangeline Anderson     Amazon

HEART OF OBSIDIAN by Nalini Singh     Amazon

CORNERING CARMEN (DRAGON LORDS OF VALDIER BOOK 5) by S E Smith – “Carmen is determined to kill the man who murdered her husband and unborn child.”     Amazon

STOLEN BY THEM (PLANET ATHION SERIES – BETWEEN REBELS BOOK 1) by Skye MacKinnon – Author states the revenge occurs mostly in book three of the series, so she recommends the box set. (Link is to Book One) Amazon  

ANTON’S GRACE (BRAXIANS BOOK 1) by Regine Abel     Amazon KU

Bodyguard: CYBORG PROTECTOR by Cara Bristol    Amazon

STAR CRUISE RETURN VOYAGE by Veronica Scott    Amazon

JANAYA (ALIEN ENCOUNTER BOOK 1) by Shelley Munro     Amazon

TIN CAT by Misa Buckley     Amazon

QUEEN FOR AN ALIEN BODYGUARD by Roxie Ray    Amazon KU

ELUSIVE RADIANCE by Aidee Ladnier     Amazon

OVERLOAD FLUX (CENTRAL GALACTIC CONCORDANCE BOOK 1) by Carol Van Natta     Amazon

Tattoos: ALIEN GODESS: SARAH (MAKAEN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Zina Wes     Amazon KU

WARRIOR’S REIGN (WARRIORS OF YEDAHN BOOK 6) by Emma Alisyn     Amazon KU

THE SMUGGLER’S RADIANT (RENEGADES BOOK 2) by L P Peace – “the tattoos act as a language and show his family tree”     Amazon KU

ENTWINED FATES (THE INFINITE CITY) by Tiffany Roberts     Amazon KU

SUPER STARRELLA (SECRET SUPERS BOOK 1) by Aurora Springer     Amazon

WARLEADER (BORDERLANDS BOOK 1) by Susan Grant     Amazon KU

TRIBES (THREECON) by Carmen Webster Buxton – “… on a colony world called Mariposa, everyone has a neck tattoo that identifies his or her tribe. Anyone with no tattoo has no tribe, and thus can be enslaved.”     Amazon KU

DAWN OF THE CYBORG (TUNRIAN CYBORGS BOOK 1) by Marie Dry     Amazon

LORRAN (WARRIORS OF SANGRIN BOOK 10) by Nancey Cummings and Starr Huntress – “The heroine has tattoos and the hero’s tattoos glow.”    Amazon

Wardrobe Malfunction (or where clothing plays a part in the plot): STARPYRE by Jade Waltz – “She was cosplaying a space fairy at a space-themed beach rave.”     Amazon KU

VS Note: I don’t think it gets better than what Jade gave us LOL! But here are two more:

CHOOSING RILEY (SARAFIN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by S E Smith – “Riley has a fake fur coat and a seemingly bottomless tote bag both of which form a central part of the comedy in the story.”   Amazon

ESCAPE FROM ZULAIRE by Veronica Scott – when the book begins the heroine has had to step in for a missing bridesmaid and the dress is AWFUL.    Amazon

Wishing you a summer full of good books!

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