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...”

There was only one bed…

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

I’m on a boat…

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

Set on an island

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

Secret (or Mistaken) Identity

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

Healthcare professional

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

Psychics/Telekinesis

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.”

Happy Ever After

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

Ice cream is mentioned

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

Dad jokes

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…”

Debut novel

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

Meddling matchmakers

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).”

Villain’s love story

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…”

Violet eyes

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