Renee Dahlia

@reneedahlia

Queer Romance Author. No gen-AI. All human made and HEA guaranteed.

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Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jun 30

I am thrilled with the covers @wolfsparrow.bsky.social did for my latest series.

Four covers for the Rent A Rake series. All featuring a mostly topless bloke standing in front of an old English manor.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jun 7

"The King’s Book Club was loud and chaotic ... Two men were kissing as they danced, so openly free that it made Edmund’s skin prickle with … desire and anticipation. There wasn’t a book in sight." Ravishing Among The Roses books2read.com/DahliaRavish...

Cover of Ravishing Among the Roses. White guy standing next to a pole with a white shirt half off showing chest.
text around outside says - drag queen, villian killed by a rose thorn, rich/poor

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jun 7

"Rory had heard clubs like this existed—for men like him—but it seemed too fanciful, even for his vivid imagination, to have stumbled into one." Coming for the Champion (two retired boxing champions) books2read.com/DahliaComing

Cover of Coming for the Champion. White guy with white shirt undone, sitting in a chair. Cover by Wolfsparrow covers.
Text around outside says: retired boxers, disabled character, grumpy grumpy, mm romance, hot hot hot

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jun 7

#backlist Welcome to the King's Book Club, set 1830 "the King’s Book Club catered to people like him. People with unusual tastes." Moaning Under The Mistletoe books2read.com/DahliaMoaning

Cover of Moaning Under The Mistletoe (by Wolfsparrow covers)
Naked torso of white guy with text over him. Mistletoe hanging in top left corner.
graphic also says: genre mm romance, a tryst with no feelings, grumpy sunshine, lavender marriage, hot hot hot

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jun 1

I'm currently writing a reverse Hallmark flirty sexy xmas novella set in Sydney in a share house owned by a queer elder. Everyone has Xmas themed names.

Santa. That stupid nickname that had stuck to his brother thanks to their surname. Kris nodded as there wasn’t much to be said to that statement. Could’ve been worse. Colt fucking McManis had tried to get everyone to call him Log for an awkward season, but thankfully that hadn’t stuck.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· May 20

It's super cool. This is what it looks like when spread out into a document. And so cool that my badminton mates can help me with it!

Indonesian wooden document with unknown script (perhaps old Javanese, or Burmese?). Also I think I photographed it upside down?
Strips of thin wood with writing on, tied together with string.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· May 20

Here it is.

Engaged wooden document, likely from Indonesia. Flat thin strips of wood (bamboo?) are stacked inside two pieces of wood, and tied together with string, with a holed coin at the end of the string.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Apr 10

I had too much fun making graphics for the 'describe your book like a hater would' challenge.

Describe your book like a hater would challenge:
The Duke's Wager. Totally unrealistic. No one would train zebras. Too much sex. Duke's can't be gay (or insert other bigotry here).
Green background. Book cover - half naked guy walking towards reader with english house in background.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Apr 3

Pre-orders are up for my next release (this one is a re-release having been part of an anthology in 2024). Cover by @torrancesene.bsky.social A Duke's Wager: mm regency romance books2read.com/DahliaADukes... When a Duke has a bet with Prinny so he can secure a horse for his stud master...

Book cover of A Duke's Wager. White guy with dark hair walking shirtless towards reader with beige pants and long black boots. An English house and garden is in the background.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Mar 10

I wrote a thing about Heated Rivalry when the tv show first aired. And I've finally got around to doing a graphic to go with it. Yes, I'm a star at book marketing (ha ha ha). www.reneedahlia.com/2026/01/12/h...

Cover of Her Lady's Honor, along with the words "Heated Rivalry, but same publisher"

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jan 17

From Ravishing Among The Roses (which I wrote when very angry about something in my personal life, but the book ended up being kind of cosy which surprised me). #QueerWritersChat

"No one should have that much power over another person," Gabriel said, and Edward couldn't help him.
"My brother's problem is that he doesn't see the power he has, only the power he doesn't have."
Red roses in background with image of book cover (bare chested white guy in white shirt hanging off his shoulders).

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jan 14

New release! The fourth and final novella in my Cricket Slam series is available on KU. Fine Leg is a teammates, bi awakening, sapphic, anti-bullying story set at The Ashes. books2read.com/DahliaFineLeg

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Dec 28

1700+ downloads on Maiden Over thanks to ZoeBub! It's still free for a couple more days, and I've put the second in the series on sale too. If you want a novella with sports romance and #sapphic maybe try it. books2read.com/DahliaMaiden

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jul 23

Introducing Swain Cove - two mm Regency novellas and one sapphic one (it's already released). A smuggler's village, some piracy, discussions of ethics and power, and some fun stuff all with a HEA because happy endings are my favourite and queer happy endings are subversive.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· May 13

You'd attach the ropes to a collar (goes around a working horse's neck), like this picture.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Apr 17

An extract.

"You used to be charmed by him?"
"Yes. You have no idea how charming he can be. He can be clever and funny and wise and it feels like a privilege to stand beside him and be his brother, and then he can be so cutting and it leaves you with this sense of displaced relief - pleased that he didn't aim that nasty little joke at you."

Ravishing under the Roses - coming Xmas 2025

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Feb 9

Coming Soon - join my mailing list for pre-order links and bonus content. Maiden Over: a sapphic sports romance (Australian cricket) with fake dating between players from rival teams. Join: bookhip.com/XZWBWK

Cover of Maiden Over (brunette white girl in dark green hoodie) with Twitter post saying "you've heard of pretend you're dating me for this family event so that my relatives stop asking why I'm single, now get ready for 'pretend you're dating me for this family event bc you're exactly the kinda person my parents would HATE and i'm really looking to piss them off.'

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Jan 12

2025 Release Plan The Spy's Second Chance and The Duke's Secret Bargain are both mm Regency novellas. Maiden Over and Sweet Spot are sapphic contemporary cricket novellas. Dates and links tba (in my newsletter).

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Dec 30

Comfort reads of 2024

Re-reads
I did a lot of comfort re-reading in 2024, which was a very disruptive year.
- Ari Baran's The Penalty Box series
- KJ Charles' Proper English
- Fiona Zedde's House of Agnes
- Nathan Burgoine's Village series
- Rachel Reid's Heated Rivalry/The Long Game
- Chencia C Higgins' D'Vaughn & Kris Plan A Wedding

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Dec 30

My favourite reads and re-reads in 2024. I did a lot of comfort re-reading this year, which was a very disruptive one for my personal life.

New Reads
- The 7-10 Split by Karmen Lee
- My Own Worst Enemy by Lily Lindon
-Love Match by Clare Fletcher
- Secret Spark by Kelly Farmer
- Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake
-The (Fake) Dating Game by Timothy Janovsky
- More To Love by Georgina Kiersten
- The Unmatchmakers by Jackie Lau

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Dec 13

I just read an ARC of Kelly Farmer's Secret Spark. It's such a fun premise - misunderstood Super meets ordinary girl. There's a found family too.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Dec 23

I forgive old books, back before the author was known to be dreadful, but new and upcoming books - especially queer books - hell no. I did put a reference in a book of my own (2020).

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Nov 16

A year ago, Driven To Distraction, was released. books2read.com/u/3kPoA8

"The problem with this books is not enough stuff about cars and too much of that romance stuff." Review by Renee's son who hasn't actually read the book.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Nov 13

If you read a lot of mm, I'm looking for a few ARC readers for my upcoming Regency Xmas novella, Moaning Under the Mistletoe. Email me renee at reneedahlia dot dom to get the details.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Nov 1

We had a blast 'doing' Halloween in Sydney yesterday. Kid plus friend dressed as plague doctor and nurse. Posted with permission from my kid and their friend.

Two kids dressed up for Halloween. One holds a cardboard sign that says: We do bloodletting, wound cleaning, boil bursting
One is all in white with white plague nurse mask. The other is in black cape with black plague doctor mask, white apron, rope tied around waist, and black pants.
They are standing outside a house decorated with giant fake fluffy spiders.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Oct 29

Just testing to see how alt-text works for images. This is the cover of a newsletter exclusive collection. Sign up for my mm newsletter: dl.bookfunnel.com/o03d1p6bpt

Two blokes eating icecream with their foreheads touching.

Renee Dahlia@reneedahlia· Oct 6

I know I shouldn't drag reviewers, but a review like this is quite awful. TW - transphobia