The Ripped Bodice Bookstore in SoCal is conducting their sixth annual Summer Romance Bingo. As in other years, 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 also provided books from other authors. As always some categories were hard to fulfill and others were wayyy popular! I kept a closer limit on the number of books in each category this year.

I put my own selection of 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 Bingo site if you want to enter their contest, which runs all summer 2022.

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 (and their audiobook link if there was one). I have to have enough time to write my own books too!.

Quotes listed are from the authors or from me unless otherwise noted.

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

Second Chance Romance:  ENTWINED FATES (THE INFNITE CITY) by Tiffany Roberts     Amazon KU

CYBORG’S SECRET BABY (CYBORG SIZZLE) by Cynthia Sax    Amazon

TWIN DRAGONS’ DESTINY (DRAGON LORDS OF VALDIER BOOK 11)  by S E Smith     Amazon     Audiobook

ABOVE THE STORM (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) (SILVERSTAR MATES SERIES BOOK ONE) by Lea Kirk     Amazon

STAR KING (STAR SERIES BOOK 1) by Susan Grant     Amazon KU

THE HEIR (KELDEREN RUNIC WARRIORS BOOK 3) by Jessie Donovan     AmazonKU

ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL (COVENANT OF THE RAINBOW BOOK 2) by Elana Brooks     AmazonKU

REN: WARLORD BRIDES (WARRIORS OF SANGRIN BOOK 11) by Nancey Cummings and Starr Huntress     Amazon

ENTRY VISA (THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME WORLD SECURITY BOOK 5) by Cassandra Chandler    Amazon

Bath (the place or the activity): MAIL ORDER MOM (MY HOLIDAY TAILS) by Marina Simcoe…”The alien baths have live fiush in them which freaks the heroine out.”      Amazon KU

CONTAGION by Amanda Milo     Amazon KU

CAPTIVE OF THE HORDE KING by Zooey Draven…”lots of sexy bathing in this one” sez a reader.      Amazon KU

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

STOLEN BY STARLIGHT by Sara Ivy Hill     Amazon KU

Amnesia: UNCHAINED MEMORY (INTERSTELLAR RESCUE SERIES BOOK 1) by Donna Frelick      Amazon KU

JADRIAN: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 3) by Veronica Scott     Amazon

ALEXANDRU’S KISS (MAGIC NEW MEXICO BOOK 3) by S E Smith   Amazon      Audiobook

NEBULA NINE by Pauline Baird Jones     Amazon

FORTUNA: THE APPRENTICE VOLUME FOUR (THE TWELVE SYSTEMS CHRONICLES) by E G Manetti     Amazon 

WARRIOR WENCH (ASARLAI WARS BOOK 1) by Marie Andreas   AmazonKU

TARA’S BIG O (ANGUIS DEFENDERS BOOK 2) by Stephanie West    Amazon KU

WARLEADER (THE BORDERLANDS BOOK 1) by Susan Grant     Amazon KU

AN UNCOMMON WHORE by Belinda McBride     Amazon KU

BELLE STARR by Belinda McBride      Amazon 

DUBIOUS TREASURE (COSMIC KISSED) by Harpie Alexa     Amazon KU

A GIFT FOR THE ALIEN WARRIOR by Honey Phillips      Amazon KU

THE FALL (TALES OF TOLARI SPACE BOOK 3) by Christie Meierz       Amazon

Cover has food on it:  ALIEN ABDUCTION FOR MILKMEN (THE INTERGALACTIC GUIDE TO HUMANS BOOK 6) by Skye MacKinnon     Amazon     Audiobook

MY TINY GIANT (MY HOLIDAY TAILS) by Marina Simcoe    AmazonKU

Bicycle (or one person vehicle):  WARLORD’S RETURN (CHAMELE BARBARIAN WARLORDS BOOK 6) by Cynthia Sax…”space motorcycles”      Amazon

STAR PRINCE (STAR SERIES BOOK 2) by Susan Grant…”a Harley”     Amazon KU

THE ALIEN’S RANSOM (DRIXONIAN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Ella Maven…Reader sez: “motorcycles”    AmazonKU    Audiobook

EXPERIMENT by Marina Simcoe…”bad aliens ride hover bikes”   AmazonKU

NEW YEAR NEW PLANET: BLIND DATE WITH AN ALIEN (MY HOLIDAY TAILS) by Marina Simcoe…”bad aliens ride air bikes”      Amazon KU

THRILL-KINKY (CHRONICLES OF THE MALCOLM BOOK ONE) by Teresa Noelle Roberts…”a zip bike, which is basically an air borne motorcyle”      Amazon

THE FATED STARS by Veronica Scott…the mercenary heroine Larissa has a nifty air bike.   Amazon

Superpower: SCATTER by Molly J Bragg      Amazon

DARK THOUGHTS (REFUGE BOOK 1) by Cynthia Sax…”Kralj can read minds and kill with his mind”      Amazon

THE EXTRAORDINARIES by TJ Klune      Amazon      Audiobook

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

RENEGADE (THE SURVIVAL RACE BOOK 3) by  K M Fawcett    Amazon

WEAVING FATE (GUARDIANS OF INORE BOOK 1) by Octavia Kore   AmazonKU

DANGER IN THE STARS by Veronica Scott…Mirielle is an alien empath who can influence the actions of humans and can kill with her power.      Amazon

Mistaken Identity: GENMATE MISTAKEN (GENMATE BOOK ONE) by Cara Bristol      Amazon

STAR CHAMPION (CHAMPION OF BARESH) (STAR SERIES BOOK 4) by Susan Grant      Amazon KU

HERS TO COMMAND (CYBORG SIZZLE BOOK 8) by Cynthia Sax   Amazon

TWIN DRAGONS (DRAGON LORDS OF VALDIER BOOK 7) by S E Smith   Amazon     Audiobook

ROYALLY MATED (OTHERWORLDLY MEN BOOK 2) by Susan Grant   AmazonKU

TARON (VIRILIAN MAIL ORDER BRIDES) by Ella Blake    AmazonKU

KRAL (CYGNIAN 7 BOOK 2) by Cassandra Chandler     Amazon

Halloween:  TRICK OR ORC (A MONSTERLY YOURS ROMANCE) by S J Sanders      Amazon KU

NIGHT OF THE DEMENTED SYMBIOTS (DRAGONLINGS OF VALDIER BOOK 5) by S E Smith     Amazon     Audiobook

EARTH HALLOWEEN FOR THE ALIEN (EARTH ANTICS FOR ALIENS) by C Y Croc      Amazon KU

TAKEN FOR GRANITE (KHARGALS OF DURAS BOOK 6) by Nancey Cummings…Author sez: The entire book takes place in the days leading up to Halloween. The alien is mistaken for having a really good costume.”   Amazon

HIS DARKEST CRAVING (THE CURSED ONES BOOK 1) by Tiffany Roberts   AmazonKU     Audiobook

A MATE FOR OIGR (THE MATE INDEX BOOK 8) by S J Sanders      Amazon KU

Dance:  STAR CRUISE MYSTERY DANCER  by Veronica Scott…My scifi romance take on the Anastasia legend, with dancing.    Amazon

HA’VEN’S SONG (CURIZAN WARRIOR BOOK 1) by S E Smith   Amazon     Audiobook

ALIEN PILOT NEEDS A NANNY: ALIEN NANNY AGENCY #2 by Tasha Black…”Classically trained dance ris tricked into signing a contract to dance at a gentleman’s club off-planet. She is able to terminate this by signing a nanny contract.”    Amazon

SEIZED (TRIBUTE BRIDES OF THE DREXIAN WARRIORS BOOK 2) by Tana Stone…”protagonist is a professional ballet dancer abducted by aliens”     AmazonKU     Audiobook

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

SILENT LUCIDITY (THE INFINITE CITY BOOK 1) by Tiffany Roberts      Amazon KU

DUSTWALKER by Tiffany Roberts      Amazon KU      Audiobook

I MARRIED A MERMAN (PRIME MATING AGENCY) by Regine Abel…”The merfolk have a Bollywood style of courting and mating dance they normally perform underwater, enhanced by their bioluminescent cells but exceptionally do it above water for the MC’s wedding since she can’t breath underwater.”       Amazon KU

PROVOKING ODIUM (CYBORG UNITY BOOK 1) by Cynthia Sax…”Can cyborgs dance? We find out the answer in this story – theres a dancing competition at the end of it.” OUT JUNE 21     Amazon

FEARLESS (THE SURVIVAL RACE BOOK 2) by K M Fawcett…”Miya dances the ceremonial mating dance for Kendrick three different times in the book. Each time it gets hotter.”      Amazon

Made Up Country (or planet for scifi romance):  THE CARTEL: THE APPRENTICE, VOLUME ONE (TWELVE SYSTEMS CHRONICLES) by E G Manetti      Amazon

NORTH BOUND (CYBORG EXPLORATION BOOK 5) by Cynthia Sax…”Set on a lush green planet ruled by a sentient male-eating plant named Steve. The human inhabitants are Amazonian-like warrior females.”      Amazon

BREAKAWAY (VERDANT STRING BOOK 1) by Michelle Diener   AmazonKU

DARK PLANET WARRIORS by Anna Carven     AmazonKU    Audiobook

GLADIATOR (GALACTIC GLADIATORS BOOK 1) by Anna Hackett   AmazonKU     Audiobook

RIVER’S RUN (LORDS OF KASSIS BOOK 12) by S E Smith       Amazon      Audiobook

AYDARR by Veronica Scott     Amazon

LOST TO THE ALIEN LORD (LORDS OF DESTRA BOOK 1) by Ella Blake     Amazon KU

ESCAPE FROM ZULAIRE by Veronica Scott     Amazon      Audiobook

CRUDRAT: THE TINKERED STARS by Gail Carriger     Amazon      Audiobook

THE STARK DIVIDE: LIMINAL SKY: THE ARIADNE CYCLE BOOK ONE by J Scott Coatsworth    Amazon

POSSESSED BY THE ALIEN KING (FATED MATES OF THE VAROOL BOOK 1) by Krista Luna    AmazonKU

TREASURE OF THE ABYSS (THE KRAKEN BOOK 1) by Tiffany Roberts     Amazon KU     Audiobook

SAFE PASSAGE: A LESFIC SPACE OPERA by Rachel Ford      Amazon KU     Audiobook

High Tea:  HIS HUMAN WARD (MONSTERS LOVE CURVY GIRLS BOOK 5) by Michele Mills…”She does get served a fancy tea they call Traq, but it’s by herself in her fancy suite overlooking the gardens.”   AmazonKU     Audiobook

COLONY UNDER SIEGE: INTERSTELLAR VIRUS by Veronica Scott…The heroine has to eat a formal refreshment with the hero’s elderly grandmother, who is a very high ranking priestess.     Amazon

Protagonist smells like laundry (or for scifi romance any book where the pleasant scent plays a role): AMIR: FORBIDDEN MATES OF THE ARDUN ROYAL GUARD by Ami Wright…”The heroine’s scent profile is described as being like Dava blossoms (alien tree) and cherries or roses with earthy undertones like rain in summer on a warm pavement! Okay, so he obssesses over her scent just a little.”      Amazon KU

POSSESSED  BY THE ALIEN PRINCE (FATED MATES OF THE VAROOL BOOK 2) by Krista Luna…”the hero smells like smoked ginger.”   AmazonKU

BRIGHT STAR: THE APPRENTICE: VOLUME 2 (THE TWELVE SYSTEMS CHRONICLES) by E G Manetti…”The hero smells like the sea. It’s an important detail that gets the heroine through desperate situations.”     Amazon

THE OVERLORD’S SACRIFICE (INTERGALACTIC ALLIANCE SERIES BOOK 5) by Bella Blair…”The heroine went through some traumatic experiences and when the hero carries her, she smells forest and trees on him, which calms her.”      Amazon KU

TRATUS: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 14) by Veronica Scott…In each of the Badari Warriors books, the hero recognizes his fated mate by her uniquely floral scent, which is a sign from their goddess the woman is meant to be his, if he can win her.       Amazon

Happy Ever After (Veronica’s Picks):  KYDEN (BADARI GLADIATORS SERIES BOOK 1) by Veronica Scott     Amazon

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

THORN BEARER: THORN RAVEN VOLUME THREE (THE TWELVE SYSTEMS CHRONICLES BOOK 10) by E G Manetti     Amazon

ICE PLANET BARBARIANS  by Ruby Dixon     AmazonKU    Audiobook

SUBMIT (THE SKY CLAN OF THE TAORI BOOK ONE) by Tana Stone    Amazon KU

OVERLORD (GALACTIC KINGS BOOK 1) by Anna Hackett     AmazonKU     Audiobook

I MARRIED A MINOTAUR (PRIME MATING AGENCY) by Regine Abel      Amazon KU

BOUND (THE SPIDER’S MATE BOOK 3) by Tiffany Roberts     Amazon KU

OLIVIA AND THE ORC by Honey Phillips      Amazon KU

SILVER SAVAGE: WARRIORS OF VALOSE SAGA ONE by Iona Strom      Amazon KU

Hawaii (or for scifi romance any tropical style planet or island):  TAIL, DARK AND HANDSOME: CELESTIAL MATES (TAIL AND CLAW BOOK 3) by Nancey Cummings… “The main characters meet on a tropical planet while the heroine is on her cancelled honeymoon (nonrefundable – what are you going to do?).”     Amazon     Audiobook

A NUDE ATTITUDE (EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS BOOK 3) by Honey Phillips…”tropical island. Hawaii maybe?”     Amazon KU

ANGEL BRAVE (AZURA CHRONICLES BOOK 3) by Vijaya Schartz…”Set on a tropical planet. The hero Keoke is an Islander and was raised in a Hwaiian type of society.”     Amazon

DAEGAN: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL (SECTIORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 10) by Veronica Scott…The action takes place at a secret lab in the southern seas, on a Hawaii-like island.     Amazon

STAR CRUISE: IDOL’S CURSE by Veronica Scott…The plot revolves around returning a piece of an ancient idol to Tahumaroa, which is a tropical style planet very much like Hawaii.     Amazon

TIME TRAP: A PROJECT ENTERPRISE STORY by Pauline Baird Jones…”occurs on a tropical island.”   Amazon

Mafia: RUTHLESS KING (RUTHLESS WARLORDS BOOK 1) by Alison Aimes     Amazon     Audiobook

FARRYN’S WAR (EXILES OF THE DRIFT by Christie Meierz…reader sez “exiled alien ruler turned Mafia underboss who plots to rescue the estrangedwife he thinks betrayed him – so he can kill her himself.”  Amazon

STAR CRUISE STOWAWAY: A NOVELLA by Veronica Scott…The heroine is an alien empath who has been kidnapped by the Amarotu Combine, the interstellar crime syndicate which appears in a numbe rof my books.      Amazon

ALIEN’S CHALLENGE (OUTLAW PLANET MATES) by Nancey Cummings…”The hero is part of a gang of thieves.”     Amazon     Audiobook

ONE TWO PUNCH by Pauline Baird Jones…”future New Orleans mystery scifi with Mafia.”   Amazon

SHIELDED HEART (THE INFINITE CITY BOOK 2) by Tiffany Roberts…”character is a criminal hacker and has a gang.”      Amazon KU

Title has a number in it (and I specified for scifi romance it could not be simply ‘book three’ or whatever): ESCAPE FROM NOVA NINE (CENTRAL GALACTIC CONCORDANCE) by Carol Van Natta    Amazon

SIXSHOOTER (HORIZON CROSSOVER) by Lyndi Alexander   Amazon

5TH GENDER by Gail Carriger    Amazon      Audiobook

THE SIXTH DISCIPLINE (HAVEN SERIES BOOK ONE) by Carmen Webster Buxton      Amazon

A TALE OF TWO COLONIES by Aurora Springer      Amazon

TWO AGAINST THE STARS by Veronica Scott      Amazon

RAYZOR’S ONE by Michele Mills   Amazon KU     Audiobook

EXPERIMENT B4HR (RED PLANET DRAGONS OF TAJSS BOOK 21) by Miranda Martin    Amazon KU

College Dorm (or for scifi romance we said any academy or school situation):  HAWK (SKYMATES) by Susan Grant…”aliens come to Earth to participate in galactic Top Gun school”   Amazon KU

ROGUE (ALIEN WARRIOR ACADEMY BOOK 1) by Tana Stone…”takes place at an alien military academy.”    Amazon KU     Audiobook

COSMIC SUTRA by Jessica E Subject…”takes place at an academy.”     Amazon

PICO’S CRUSH: CENTRAL GALACTIC CONCORDANCE BOOK THREE by Carol Van Natta…”takes place at a university where one of the main characters is a professor and a supporting character is a student. The school is in a galaxy-famous resort town.”      Amazon     Audiobook

ALIEN ABDUCTION FOR BEGINNERS (THE INTERGALACTIC GUIDE TO HUMANS BOOK ONE) by Skye MacKinnon…”Aliens are learning how to abduct humans and graduate from the Intergalactic University.”      Amazon      Audiobook

Widowed Protagonist (we said widow/widower): GIRL GONE NOVA (PROJECT ENTERPRISE BOOK TWO) by Pauline Baird Jones   Amazon     Audiobook

CLAIMED BY THE STRYXIAN (STRYXIAN ALIEN WARRIORS BOOK THREE) by Ella Blake     Amazon KU     Audiobook

ENTICED FROM THE DEEP: VENORA MATES BOOK FOUR by Octavia Kore      Amazon KU      Audiobook

TRIAL BY FIRE: INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY (SILVERSTAR MATES SERIES BOOK THREE) by Lea Kirk       Amazon

THE WAY MAKER (THE CODES OF CREATION – THE ZEMYNEAH EXPERIMENT BOOK ONE) by Arlie Sheehan      Amazon

GRIM (TORNIANS BOOK ONE) by M K Eidem     Amazon     Audiobook

IVOKK: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 12) by Veronica Scott      Amazon

PAUL’S PURSUIT (DRAGON LORDS OF VALDIER BOOK 6) by S E Smith      Amazon

Steampunk: THE WIZARD OF AETHER (VILLANOUS AFFAIR BOOK TWO) by Heather Massey      Amazon

A TOUCH OF PURPLE (THE TOWERS OF EARTH BOOK SIX) by Nita Round     Amazon KU

HEART OF IRON (LONDON STEAMPUNK BOOK  TWO) by Bec McMaster   Amazon     Audiobook

STEAMROLLED (PROJECT ENTERPRISE BOOK FOUR) by Pauline Baird Jones     Amazon     Audiobook

HOUSE OF SABLE LOCKS by Elizabeth Schechter     Amazon     Audiobook

THEIR HYBRID: STEAMPUNK REVERSE HAREM by Skye MacKinnon   Amazon

THE GOLDEN SPIDER (AN ELEMENTAL STEAMPUNK CHRONICLE BOOK ONE) by Anne Renwick   Amazon      Audiobook

Architect:  ALIEN ARCHITECT NEEDS A NANNY: ALIEN NANNY AGENCY #1 by Tasha Black    Amazon

IGNITE (INFERNO FORCE OF THE DREXIAN WARRIORS BOOK ONE) by Tana Stone…”the female protagonist is the first human astro-architect.”   Amazon KU      Audiobook

Work Rivals: RAVISHED BY THE ALIEN VIKING: BOOK THREE IN THE GALACTIC VIKINGS MAIL ORDER BRIDE SERIES by Lucee Joie…”The two characters work in a lab. One is there because he has been given everything. The other worked hard to get there and the conflict arises becaus eof that.”      Amazon KU

TATTLE TAIL: CELESTIAL MATES (TAIL AND CLAW BOOK 4) by Nancey Cummings…”workplace romcom with fake fiance.”     Amazon     Audiobook

STAR CRUISE TIME LOOP by Veronica Scott…Not exactly a workplace rivalry but the heroine has won a crew contest for a bit part in a trideo (futuristic movie) being filmed on board the star ship and one of her co-workers shows up and tries to edge her out of the scene.      Amazon

Property Inheritance:  HER ALIEN FARMHAND: BLIND DATE WITH AN ALIEN by Honey Phillips…”the heroine has inherited her farm.”       Amazon KU

MISSION TO MAHJUNDAR by Veronica Scott…Technically the heroine Ptincess Shalira is an heir to the throne and should/could inherit the planetary empire.     Amazon      Audiobook

Animal Shelter: VIRAK: VIRILIAN MAIL ORDER MATES by Ella Blake…”The hero has built a huge sanctuary for the many alien anomals he rescued from the black market traders.”     Amazon KU

ZANDRO (ALIEN ANIMAL RESCUES BOOK 1) by E D Walker…”some adorable but dangerous bajo kittens are rescued.”     AmazonKU

DARK STRENGTH (REFUGE BOOK THREE) by Cynthia Sax…”Balvan, the huge alien hero, rescues wounded creatures and has converted his domicile into an animal shelter.”     Amazon

KARLA: SEEKING FREEDOM (XAERD MATES II) by L Starfyre…”Her mates adopt pets for her daughters from an animal shelter.”    AmazonKU

THE ALIEN’S ZOOKEEPER (ANIMALS AND ALIENS BOOK ONE) by Skye MacKinnon and Arizona Tape   Amazon

I MARRIED A NAGA (PRIME MATING AGENCY) by Regine Abel…”They have a hidden valley inside the mountain range their city is built in that is a shelter for animals.”      AmazonKU     Audiobook

Graduation: GRAND MASTER’S PAWN (GRAND MASTERS’ GALAXY BOOK ONE) by Aurora Springer…”begins just after the heroine graduates.”      Amazon

COLONY UNDER SIEGE: INTERSTELLAR VIRUS by Veronica Scott…takes place very soon after the heroine graduates from medical school (and the advanced training which follows).      Amazon

Ghost:  GHOST (COLONY: HOLIDAY BOOK TWO) by Demelza Carlton…The hero is an alien djinn who can materialize and dematerialize.      Amazon

GHOST OF A MACHINE (CYBORG SIZZLE BOOK 9) by Cynthia Sax…”Many question if he truly existed.”   Amazon

SPECTERS IN THE STORM by Pauline Baird Jones     Amazon

HER ALIEN GHOST (MONSTER BITES BOOK TWO) by Michele Mills   Amazon KU

AFTER DARK (GHOST HUNTERS BOOK ONE) by Jayne Castle…An alien race left behind eerie ghosts in the ruins of their long gone culture.     Amazon     Audiobook

GHOST PLANET by Sharon Lynn Fisher…set on a planet every inhabitant is tethered to an alien who manifests in the form of a dead loved one.      Amazon KU     Audiobook

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VS: The Science Fiction Romance Brigade and I wish you a very happy summer full of hours and hours of good reading!