The Ripped Bodice Bookstore in SoCal is conducting their fourth 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 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 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 2020.
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. Some books were nominated more than once as well.
It makes for a fun reading list. I’ve included the Amazon links (to book 1 if an entire series is listed) but many of the books are also available on other ebook platforms. I only have so much time in my life to chase down links LOL.
Happy Summer Reading to All!
Dumped at a wedding (or other big event we’ll say)
COSMIC MATE (STARGAZER ALIEN SPACE CRUISE BRIDES) by Tasha Black Amazon
Author’s comment: “Stood up at the altar…”
DARAK: DRAKONIAN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK 1 (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) by Cara Bristol Amazon
Author’s comment: “The heroine’s sister dumps her fiance at the altar…”
ICE PLANET HOLIDAY (ICE PLANET BARBARIANS BOOK 5) by Ruby Dixon Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “…h pretty much dumps boyfriend at holiday event for her true mate H…”
THE PROTECTORIT by Kelly Tharp Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “She learns that he was forcing her to be engaged w/him at the social event (which ended up being their betrothal party that she didn’t know about) — she dumps him publicly after an argument and leaves (dramatically – lol).”
STOLEN BY THE ALIEN RAIDER (SILENT EMPIRE ROMANCE BOOK 2) by Leslie Chase Amazon
Author’s comment: “The climax of Stolen by the Alien Raider is a forced wedding between the FMC and the villain – who ends up very thoroughly dumped indeed! A sword is involved.”
CHOOSING RILEY (SARAFIN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by S E Smith Amazon
Apple orchard (or other fruit)
SHIELD OF WINTER (PSY-CHANGELING BOOK 13) by Nalini Singh Amazon
VS Comment: My favorite book in the entire series!
ESCAPING FATE (VEREDIAN CHRONICLES BOOK 1) by Regine Abel Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “…a ryspak orchard that plays a major role in her series…. it’s a fruit w/medical properties.”
COLLISION (THE PROPHECY SERIES BOOK 3) by Lea Kirk Amazon
SKYLAR’S GIFT: A PROPHECY SERIES NOVELLA by Lea Kirk Amazon
DRAGO STARGAZER ALIEN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) by Tasha Black Amazon
Author’s comment: “Hero escapes to a peach orchard and three more books take place there…”
CAMRON: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 7) by Veronica Scott Amazon
Protagonist smells “uniquely like themselves”
AYDARR: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 1) by Veronica Scott Amazon
PRINCESS OF DRAGA (THE DRAGA COURT SERIES BOOK 1) by Emma Dean Amazon
Nominator’s comment: smells in this series society determine where they sit on the social leader. The stronger/ harsher the smell, the higher you are….The weaker/sweeter the smell, the lower you are.
DARK FIRE (REFUGE BOOK 4) by Cynthia Sax Amazon
DOOM (XIAN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Regine Abel Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “Hero smells like cinnamon when he is aroused.”
BLOOD LUST (RISE OF THE ILLIRI BOOK 1) by Auryn Hadley Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “…mates find each other via smell, and only they smell that way to each other. When a “natural leader” is born, they smell a certain way to everyone in their race...”
CLAIMED BY AN ALIEN WARRIOR by Tiffany Roberts Amazon
NIKHIL (KALISZIANS BOOK 1) by M K Eidem Amazon
GRETA AND THE GARGOYLE (ALIEN ABDUCTION BOOK 7) by Honey Phillips Amazon
BANE (XIAN WARRIORS BOOK 4) by Regine Abel Amazon
TRACKING TRISHA (DRAGON LORDS OF VALDIER BOOK 3) by S E Smith Amazon
CAPTIVE (THE SURVIVAL RACE BOOK 1) by KM Fawcett Amazon
Author comment: “…(during part of their escape from alien captivity, they are on an umiak boat.)”
MATED TO THE ALIEN LORD: CELESTIAL MATES by Leslie Chase Amazon
ECHO 8 by Sharon Fisher Amazon
ICED (VALOS OF SONHADRA BOOK 10) by Regine Abel Amazon
COSMOS PROMISE (COSMOS GATEWAY BOOK 4) by S E Smith Amazon
FALLEN FROM THE STARS (THE KRAKEN BOOK 6) by Tiffany Roberts Amazon
PICO’S CRUSH: CENTRAL GALACTIC CONCORDANCXE BOOK 3 by Carol Van Natta Amazon
CHOOSING CHUCKLES (CYBORG SPACE EXPLORATION BOOK 1) by Cynthia Sax Amazon
LAUREN’S BARBARIAN (ICEHOME BOOK 1) by Ruby Dixon Amazon
THE ISLAND (MADION WAR TRILOGY BOOK 1) by S Usher Evans Amazon
FANTASY ISLAND by Zena Wynn and Kioni Hall Amazon
Suffragettes (or women fighting oppressive regimes or for equal rights)
RELEASING RAGE (CYBORG SIZZLE BOOK 1) by Cynthia Sax Amazon
Author’s comment: “Joan was fighting for equality as a female Engineer in Releasing Rage .”
THE EDGE OF IT ALL (MOSAURAN BOOK 1) by Jessica Grayson Amazon
Author’s comment: “…woman fighting to end intergalactic slavery…”
GRACIE’S TOUCH (ZION WARRIORS BOOK 1) by S E Smith Amazon
ARIA’S AWAKENING (TAKEN SERIES BOOK 1) by Stacy Jones Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “…woman fighting against evil overlords…”
FATE OF DRAGA (THE COURT OF DRAGA BOOK 6) by Emma Dean Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “She spent the series gathering forces and making allies to fight the evil force/horde from invading the galaxy and taking over.”
ANTIDOTE (LOVE AND WAR BOOK 1) by R A Steffan Amazon
CAPTURED BY THE HAWK by Aurora Springer Amazon
ASHES AND METAL (CYBORG SHIFTERS BOOK 5) by Naomi Lucas Amazon
REMOVED (THE NOGIKU SERIES BOOK 1) by S J Pajonas Amazon
GIRL GONE NOVA: PROJECT ENTERPRISE BOOK 2 by Pauline Baird Jones Amazon
STOLEN FOR THE ALIEN PRINCE (SILENT EMPIRE ROMANCE BOOK 1) by Leslie Chase Amazon
Author’s comment: “…the FMC looks *just like* the missing Space Princess who’s due to marry an alien prince…”
UNDER GLASS by Rebecca Cohen Amazon
Author’s comment: “…one MC has been taken and hidden on a different planet as a boy by his mum, not knowing who he really is, the other MC comes to take him home, pretending to be part of a science party from elsewhere on the planet…”
HEROINE COMPLEX by Sarah Kuhn Amazon
TROUBLE IN MIND: INTERSTELLAR RESCUE SERIES BOOK 2 by Donna S Frelick Amazon
ENVY (THE DEADLY 7 BOOK ONE) by Lana Percherczyk Amazon
BLAZE (ARCH CITY GUARDIANS BOOK 1) by Christa Tomlinson Amazon
Title is a pun (or clever wordplay or an inside joke)
THE LADY IS BLUE (ATRAPAKO ON EDEN BOOK 1) by Aurora Springer Amazon
ANTON’S GRACE (BRAXIANS BOOK 1) by Regine Abel Amazon
UNCHAINED MEMORY: INTERSTELLAR RESCUE SERIES BOOK 1 by Donna S Frelick Amazon
DUEL CITIZENSHIP (DEPARTMENT OF HOMEWORLD SECURITY BOOK 7) by Cassandra Chandler Amazon
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE CYBORG (CYBORGS ON MARS BOOK 1) by Honey Phillips Amazon
THE UGLY DUKELING: COSMIC FAIRY TALES by Bex McLynn Amazon
KICKING ASHE: PROJECT ENTERPRISE BOOK 5 by Pauline Baird Jones Amazon
A TALE OF TWO COLONIES by Aurora Springer Amazon
Author comment: “…my SFR A Tale of Two Colonies has human colonists and a giant ant colony…”
BREATHING VAPOR (CYBORG SIZZLE BOOK 2) by Cynthia Sax Amazon
STAR CRUISE: OUTBREAK by Veronica Scott Amazon
JEWEL OF THE SEA (THE KRAKEN BOOK 2) by Tiffany Roberts Amazon
DOC’S ORDERS (CYBORG SPACE EXPLORATION BOOK 2) by Cynthia Sax Amazon
DARK CURE (REFUGE BOOK 6) by Cynthia Sax Amazon
DARK STAR: A TAKAMO UNIVERSE NOVEL AEON PROJECT BOOK 2) by AR DeClerck Amazon
THE ALIEN’S ESCAPE (DRIXONIAN WARRIORS BOOK 2) by Ella Maven Amazon
GARRANT (INTERGALACTIC SOUL MATES BOOK 3) by Annabelle Rex Amazon
COALITION RECKONING (DEPARTMENT OF HOMEWORLD SECURITY BOOK 10) by Cassandra Chandler Amazon
CENTURION (GALACTIC GLADIATORS HOUSE OF RONE BOOK 3) by Anna Hackett Amazon
BARBARIAN (GALACTIC GLADIATORS BOOK 6) by Anna Hackett Amazon
DRAGON GUARDIAN’S MATCH (DRAGONS OF MARS BOOK 3) by Leslie Chase Amazon
NOT FADE AWAY: INTERSTELLAR RESCUE SERIES BOOK 4 by Donna S Frelick Amazon
TIMTUR: THE TEACHER’S ALIEN HEALER (IN THE STARS ROMANCE): A BADARI WARRIORS NOVEL by Veronica Scott Amazon
BIOLUMINESCENT (THE MIMICS BOOK 1) by Auryn Hadley Amazon
Bootleggers (or smugglers or forgers or…)
FIRST FLYGHT BOOK 1 by S J Pajonas Amazon
A STAR PILOT’S HEART (ALL THE STARS IN THE SKY BOOK 1) by Eva Delaney and Vivi Clarke Amazon
BETH’S STABLE (STOLEN BY AN ALIEN BOOK 6) by Amanda Milo Amazon
THE CORSAIR’S CAPTIVE (CORSAIRS BOOK 1) by Ruby Dixon Amazon
SHIELDED HEART (THE INFINITE CITY BOOK 2) by Tiffany Roberts Amazon
Author’s comment: “Arcanthus forges ID chips…”
KRAC’S FIREBRAND (ZION WARRIORS BOOK 2) by S E Smith Amazon
EDGE OF NOWHERE by Felicia Davin Amazon
LANDON: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE NOVEL (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 11) by Veronica Scott Amazon
UNLEASHED (VALOS OF SONDAHRA BOOK 12) by Tiffany Roberts Amazon
GRAND MASTERS PAWN (GRAND MASTERS GALAXY BOOK 1) by Aurora Springer Amazon
OVERLOAD FLUX: CENTRAL GALACTIC CONCORDANCE BOOK 1 by Carol Van Natta Amazon
PIRATE NEMESIS (TELEPATHIC SPACE PIRATES BOOK 1) by Carysa Locke Amazon
Author comment: “…psychics/telekinesis is pretty much my whole jam…”
BOUND TO YOU by AR DeClerck Amazon
DARK THOUGHTS (REFUGE BOOK 1) by Cynthia Sax Amazon
Author’s comment: “Kralj is all knowing and all powerful. He sometimes foresees the future and can kill being and move things with his mind.”
CARESSED BY ICE (PSY-CHANGELINGS BOOK 3) by Nalini Singh Amazon
STAR CRUISE: SONGBIRD by Veronica Scott Amazon
CYBORG (GALACTIC GLADIATORS BOOK 10) by Anna Hackett Amazon
DARK HORSE (CLASS 5 SERIES BOOK 1) by Michelle Diener Amazon
REFUGEES by Kim Fielding Amazon
UNDYING (VALOS OF SONHADRA BOOK 7) by Tiffany Roberts Amazon
HEART CHANGE (CELTA SERIES BOOK 8) by Robin D Owens Amazon
ONE FELL SWEEP (INN KEEPER CHRONICLES BOOK 3) by Ilona Andrews Amazon
MACH ONE (CYBORG COWBOYS OF CARBON COUNTY INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) by Elsa Jade Amazon
BARBARIAN’S BELOVED (ICE PLANET BARBARIANS BOOK 18) by Ruby Dixon Amazon
DANGER IN THE STARS by Veronica Scott Amazon
The Final Frontier (colonies? Exploration?)
COLONY UNDER SIEGE: INTERSTELLAR PLAGUE by Veronica Scott Amazon
AURIC (CRASHLAND COLONY ROMANCE BOOK 1) by Leslie Chase Amazon
TREASURE OF THE KRAKEN BOOK ONE by Tiffany Roberts Amazon
SKYSHIP THRIVE (THRIVE COLONY SPACE ADVENTURES BOOK 1) by Ginger Booth Amazon
THE COLONY by Laurel Richards Amazon
AROBI’S QUEEN (THE MATE INDEX BOOK 11) by S J Sanders Amazon
SURRENDER TO THE CYBORGS (Interstellar Brides® Program: The Colony Book 1) by Grace Goodwin Amazon
Cover has large piece of jewelry on it (or any significant adornment)
TERRAN TEMPTATION by Echo Ishii Amazon
TRIBES (THREECON) by Carmen Webster Buxton Amazon
FATE OF SOVEREIGN (SKY SERPENT CLAN BOOK 1) by Samantha Rose Amazon
HEART DANCE (CELTA SERIES BOOK 6) by Robin D Owens Amazon
MISSION TO MAHJUNDAR by Veronica Scott Amazon
MORALITY (TO BE SINCLAIR BOOK 9) by Eva Caye Amazon
PROPERTY OF THE WARLORD (WARLORDS OF CERES BOOK 1) by Bridget Breslin Amazon
THE THINGS WE CHOOSE (V’LORIN BOOK 2) by Jessica Grayson Amazon
LOBO (STARGAZER ALIEN MAIL ORDER BRIDES) by Tasha Black Amazon
Author’s comment: “Hero becomes friends with the man who drives the ice cream truck…”
TESLA (STAGAZER ALIEN BARBARIAN BRIDES) by Tasha Black Amazon
Author’s comment: “Heart-broken alien hero learns how to drown his sorrows in ice cream…”
PULLED BY THE TAIL: CELESTIAL MATES (TAIL AND CLAW BOOK 2) by Nancey Cummings Amazon
BLAZE: A QURILIXEN WORLD NOVELLA: INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY (GALAXY ALIEN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK 3) by Michelle M Pillow Amazon
Author’s comment: “Ice cream has an adverse effect on my aliens…”
FLAME: A QURILIXEN WORLD NOVELLA: INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY (GALAXY ALIEN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK 2) by Michelle M Pillow Amazon
Their nose was broken once but it only makes them more handsome (nose broken mentioned)
HOMEWORLD FOR THE HOLIDAYS (DEPARTMENT OF HOMEWORLD SECURITY BOOK 12) by Cassandra Chandler Amazon
IN THE CORSAIR’S BED (CORSAIRS BOOK 2) by Ruby Dixon Amazon
ALIEN ROGUE’S PRICE (ALIEN ALPHAS OF FREMM BOOK 4) by Nancey Cummings Amazon
Author’s comment: “The heroine breaks the hero’s nose. (He had it coming.)”
SAVAGE DESIRE (THE INFINITE CITY BOOK 4) by Tiffany Roberts Amazon
DARK ARSENAL (CYBORG SIZZLE BOOK 13) by Cynthia Sax Amazon
Author’s comment: “Nora, the ship’s system, tells some of the worst Dad jokes in the universe. (grins) “What did the offspring call its machine father?”
“I don’t know.” Vicuska didn’t look away from her smiling cyborg. “What did the offspring call its machine father?”
“Da-ta.” Nora delivered the punch line.”
NIGHT OF THE DEMENTED SYMBIOTS: THE DRAGONLINGS HAUNTED HALLOWEEN BOOK 2 (DRAGONLINGS OF VALDIER) by S E Smith Amazon
HAVIK: WARLORD BRIDES (WARLORDS OF SANGRIN BOOK 9) by Nancey Cummings and Starr Huntress Amazon
Author’s comment: “The hero swears he has a sense of humor, he’s just bad at it…”
BANE (THE LADYSHIPS BOOK 2) by Bex McLynn Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “Heryon makes endless bad jokes/wisecracks in Bane…”
LOST IN THE DEEP END (V’LORAN BOOK 1) by Jessica Grayson Amazon
INHERIT THE STARS by Laurie A Green Amazon
WRECK OF THE NEBULA DREAM by Veronica Scott Amazon
QUEEN OF TWILIGHT by Octavia Kore Amazon
SAVING ASKARA (TORI AND ADERUS BOOK 1) by JM Link Amazon
WANTED AND WIRED by Vivien Jackson Amazon
Accidentally in the wilderness (on another planet)
ESCAPE FROM ZULAIRE BY Veronica Scott Amazon
RISHALT (TAXYON SPACE BOOK 2) by Aurora Springer Amazon
THE KEY: PROJECT ENTERPRISE BOOK 1 by Pauline Baird Jones Amazon
STORM SURGE (CYBORG SHIFTERS BOOK 2) by Naomi Lucas Amazon
A VIKING’S NEED (VIKINGS IN SPACE BOOK 3) by Zoe York Amazon
HUNTED ON PREDATOR PLANET (PREDATOR PLANET SERIES BOOK 1) by Vicky L Holt Amazon
ICE PLANET BARBARIANS by Ruby Dixon Amazon
TOUCH OF FROST (MAGIC NEW MEXICO BOOK 1) by S E Smith Amazon
EROS (OLYMPIA ALIEN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK 1) by K Cantrell Amazon
KORD: DAKONIAN ALIEN MAIL ORDER BRIDES BOOK 5 (INTERGALACTIC DATING AGENCY) by Cara Bristol Amazon
Author’s comment: “There’s a workplace pool as to when the H/h will come to their senses and recognize their attraction.”
A GIRL NAMED BLUE: THE ADVENTURES OF BLUE FAUST BOOK 1 by Cecelia Randell Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “…The first mate’s mother hooks them up (and gets them to come together as a unit later on).”
THE FRACTURED MATE (IRIDUAN TEST SUBJECTS BOOK 6) by Susan Trombley Amazon
HEART OF THE AGRAAK by S J Sanders Amazon
HEART OF OBSIDIAN: A PSY-CHANGELING NOVEL by Nalini Singh Amazon
DARK PLANET WARRIORS by Anna Carven Amazon
DURATION OF STAY (THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMEWORLD SECURITY BOOK 6) by Cassandra Chandler Amazon
Author’s comment: “…the shapeshifting assassin falls for an Earthling (and coffee…and video games)…”
Protagonist plays an instrument not guitar or piano
A WARRIOR’S HEART (MARASTIN DOW WARRIORS BOOK 1) by S E Smith Amazon
Author’s comment: “…plays a harmonica…”
ALIEN GODDESS: SARAH (MAKAEN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Zina Wes Amazon
PROJECT ADAPT – FOUND by Jade Waltz Amazon
Author’s comment: “…one of her mates plays an alien version of an organ and a flute throughout the book/series…”
ECSTASY FROM THE DEEP: VENORA MATES BOOK 1 by Octavia Kore Amazon
MALFUNCTION (DARK DESIRES BOOK 1) by Nina Croft Amazon
THE ALIEN’S RANSOM (DRIXONIAN WARRIORS BOOK 1) by Ella Marvel Amazon
WINTER’S KISS: AMETHYST CHRONICLES by KG Stutts Amazon
A FISTFUL OF CYBORG (CYBORGS ON MARS BOOK 2) by Honey Phillips Amazon
AXXEON COMMANDER’S PET (MATES FOR AXXEON 9 BOOK 2) by Liz Paffel Amazon
ONE TWO PUNCH by Pauline Baird Jones Amazon
Midsummer Ball (or other big social event of this type)
ELLA AND THE EMPEROR (ALIEN ABDUCTION BOOK 5) by Honey Phillips Amazon
THE MELIER: HOMEWORLD (THE WOMEN OF DOR NYE BOOK 2) by Poppy Rhys Amazon
JASMINE OF DRAGA (THE DRAGA COURT SERIES BOOK 3) by Emma Dean Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “…Annual summer harvest week full of hunting, games, and a ball….”
HUNTRESS: A RAGORU BEGINNINGS ROMANCE by S J Sanders Amazon
Nominator’s comment: “They have a fools ball masquerade party…”
RIVER’S RUN (LORDS OF KASSIS BOOK 1) by S E Smith Amazon
MAON: MARSHAL OF TALLEV (SONS OF TALLEV BOOK 2) by Cailin Briste Amazon
Author’s comment: “The annual Marshals’ Banquet was a combination of dinner, recognition ceremony, and boring speakers. If the participants stayed, there was dancing afterward…”
RAND: SON OF TALLEV (SONS OF TALLEV BOOK 3) by Cailin Briste Amazon