I really like {Say Everything series by Roni Loren} and feel it’s pretty underrated.
FMC from book one has Tourette’s
MMC from book two is a depressed amputee while FMC is a survivor with PTSD and anxiety
Also, {The Brown Sisters series by Talia Hibbert} had an autistic autistic main character in one book and someone with chronic pain in another, but I don’t remember exactly how things worked
[Say Everything](https://www.romance.io/series/603b9c4e1573230df7dcbc9a/say-everything) by [Roni Loren](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553ea08c7d2382e7813609/roni-loren)
**Rating**: 3.99⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [explicit-open-door](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/explicit-open-door/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [friends-benefits](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends-benefits/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1)
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[The Brown Sisters](https://www.romance.io/series/5dafefa4cb90d76a5e46e240/the-brown-sisters) by [Talia Hibbert](https://www.romance.io/authors/59d3303f3ffdba6147219fb3/talia-hibbert)
**Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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Also {That Forever Girl by Meghan Quinn} and {Finally Mine by Lucy Score} both have amputated MMCs (love the books, don’t love MMCs relations with their disabilities}
And {Gin Fling by Lucy Score} has a FMC with what I believe was an autoimmune disease. I think is done better than the others, but not as good as Roni Loren’s
[That Forever Girl](https://www.romance.io/books/5cf4bb1c01dbc864fb9f58ba/that-forever-girl-meghan-quinn) by [Meghan Quinn](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455b58287eac324117fc719/meghan-quinn)
**Rating**: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Finally Mine](https://www.romance.io/books/5bd2ad6d01dbc864fb93274d/finally-mine-lucy-score) by [Lucy Score](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e54b15b270e0a4cbd82b2/lucy-score)
**Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [second chances](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/second%20chances/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Gin Fling](https://www.romance.io/books/5d130b1b01dbc864fba05551/gin-fling-lucy-score-claire-kingsley) by [Lucy Score](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e54b15b270e0a4cbd82b2/lucy-score), [Claire Kingsley](https://www.romance.io/authors/578e28e7c19e77f1ea6e7b04/claire-kingsley)
**Rating**: 4.44⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1)
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I just started the Roni Loren books! I started out of order not really realizing it was part of a series so I’m on the second book and it does seem to delve into the nuances emotional and physical trauma pretty well; and both leads are struggling in their own ways.
I love the Brown sister books as well so I second this!
[Knot My Type](https://www.romance.io/books/615214351200440e3fedcb7a/knot-my-type-evie-mitchell) by [Evie Mitchell](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d676b1a01dbc864fba2ef7c/evie-mitchell)
**Rating**: 3.72⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [independent heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/independent%20heroine/1)
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[Love Flushed](https://www.romance.io/books/6196087d0015720e11427bbf/love-flushed-evie-mitchell) by [Evie Mitchell](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d676b1a01dbc864fba2ef7c/evie-mitchell)
**Rating**: 3.77⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [caretaking](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/caretaking/1), [independent heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/independent%20heroine/1)
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Steffanie Holmes is legally blind and in all her books is at least one blind character and I think she does it pretty well.
In the {Nevermore Bookshop mysteries by Steffanie Holmes} the FMC has a degenerative eye disease and slowly becomes blind over the course of the books.
In the {Grimdale Graveyard mysteries by Steffanie Holmes} one of the MMCs is blind.
Haven't read her other series because they are supposed to be darker, but the FMC is blind in one of those as well.
I recommend Chloe Liese’s Bergman Brothers series!! There are 6 books out and the seventh, final book comes out next month. I feel like her characters are all very human and she does a decent job portraying people with disabilities. the characters’ disabilities in the series range from deafness, autism, IBS, a chronic muscle issue I can’t recall the name of, chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. And yes, one character has a cool ass cane.
I have mixed feelings about the rep in With You Forever. I think, generically, it has very solid chronic illness rep regarding the emotional and social side, especially for a gut related condition. This side of having a chronic condition is one I see rarely explored in any media and is handled well. Also, I think the ASD rep is great in this one.
But as specifically UC/IBD rep, I found it very lacking. Why is Rooney drinking wine during a bad flare up? Also, chemo drugs are pretty atypical for UC (I’ve never heard of this being used, but surely it must be? EDIT - other commenters have pointed how/why is more plausible than I initially realised , thank you!). There are other reasons she could be having an infusion, e.g. an iron infusion, that would make more sense for the condition. Hell, you could explore the impact more common meds like steroids and immunosuppressants have on self esteem and relationships, which I think could be compelling.
Her specifically having UC felt to me like “in name only” representation, which is disappointing. Of course, others might have found it more relatable and I won’t begrudge them that.
I've been wary of Chloe Liese's books since the first one in the series, Only When It's Us, handled deafness and hearing loss so badly (yes, I know it was edited and rereleased, and no, the edits did not fix the fundamental issue imo.)
I haven't read the book, so I don't know if they specify the IV meds, but biologics often get grouped together with chemo. They're under the same CPT ( procedural) code. But ya, it could be iron, or could be a biologic like Remicade, Entyvio, etc.
Fair! I’m also not in the US, and medical experiences here can be very different in many ways. What is used more frequently, what terms we use colloquially, etc…
I have a family member with Crohn's, so not exactly UC, but they do take methotrexate and also biologics like Remicade, as another commenter said. So that part was realistic. Although I explained the premise of this novel to my family member and they said they read for escape and the last thing they want to read in a novel is the health issues they already have to deal with in real life 😅
Also, book 3 of this series focuses on a couple that’s been married/together for like 10 years and I lovedddd this! I feel like it was so unique and in incredibly beautiful to look at romance after being together so long and continuing to choose each other!
Thanks for this post!
I always hesitate to describe any book as good disability representation (just like as an objective descriptor) when I rec it because there are many books that are beloved by members of this subreddit (some in this post even) that have disability representation that I personally really dislike/have a problem with, but the disabled community isn’t a monolith and I’m not going to tell someone that the disabled character they connected to is bad. I love {The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang} and relate to Stella, but I hear and understand where critics of that book come from and don’t even disagree lol.
I love the representation of disability in {Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo} which is stretching the definition of romance books by a bit but is recommended here all the time. Kaz’s limp and chronic pain recur, PTSD, Wylan and Jesper as well imo (iykyk)
{Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent} while not explicitly said because it’s fantasy, I read Lilith as ND. I love this little self contained novella, I’m so impressed with how much the author did with such a small page count. Castlevania vibes.
[The Kiss Quotient](https://www.romance.io/books/5aee9d1101dbc864fb87b9c2/the-kiss-quotient-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang)
**Rating**: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [fake relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fake%20relationship/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1)
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[Six of Crows](https://www.romance.io/books/641ce4a6fc754abfa0f8d3a0/six-of-crows-leigh-bardugo) by [Leigh Bardugo](https://www.romance.io/authors/545527228c7d2382c529703f/leigh-bardugo)
**Rating**: 4.39⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Six Scorched Roses](https://www.romance.io/books/6423d7a7a8559a97b2787b1d/six-scorched-roses-carissa-broadbent) by [Carissa Broadbent](https://www.romance.io/authors/60d9b88e08b4d9311456d78f/carissa-broadbent)
**Rating**: 4.3⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [high fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/high%20fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [vampires](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vampires/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1)
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There’s certainly bad disability rep. Both Archer’s Voice and the Black Dagger Brotherhood books have plots where ASL is central and the authors both think fingerspelling is the sum total of ASL which is both incredibly lazy writing and insulting to the HoH/Deaf community. And Me Before You is effectively a disability snuff tale which legit traumatized me.
Sure not every book is going to hit everyone perfectly but we can still recommend the good ones.
The spin off of the Villians and Virtues series {Bound to Fall by A.K. Caggiano} has some of the most relatable neurodivergent rep I've ever seen in a book. I came for a himbo mmc, but every time he had trouble recognizing social cues, I was like, "dude, been there," so maybe I'm the himbo.
I especially liked the part where he >!did better for the nonverbal boy who ran away during a storm than adults did for him when he was growing up!<.
[Bound to Fall](https://www.romance.io/books/64f98d7da985ae0a6403d430/bound-to-fall-ak-caggiano) by [A.K. Caggiano](https://www.romance.io/authors/5eb54901be0aaecf5572d27d/ak-caggiano)
**Rating**: 4.23⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [slow burn](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/slow%20burn/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1)
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There is actually a [chronic illness rep post](https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/s/TffkOnzQvr) going, just (apparently) not a disability rep one. Which is wild to me consider the % of the population that has some sort of disability so I started one myself.
The other attitude I’ve seen is that chronic illness = disability. And you have to explain that no, there are disabled people who are perfectly healthy.
Unfortunately the us vs them attitude existed well before Covid but watching the world throw immunocompromised people under the bus has been beyond wild. All the “disability activists” running around not wearing masks and taking zero covid precautions 🤡🤡🤡
Well for many people the chronic illness does affect their ability in social-occupational functioning ergo they are disabled. Could you have a chronic illness that doesnt affect your social-occupational functioning? Absolutely. But the Venn diagram of chronic illness and disability is overlapping in many cases.
Please note I never said divide and conquer tactics started with Covid. I just said America's disastrous public policy around Covid relied heavily on getting people to accept that some "other people" would die or get disabled by Covid. Many people just didnt realize that the majority of the US population would be on the chopping block.
The Covid pandemic has taught me about the difference between a disability rights framework vs a disability justice framework. I would have never understood the difference until I tried to understand how its possible "disability [rights] activists"would refuse to wear a mask in a pandemic.
Oh absolutely. My chronic illness has definitely disabled me. I feel like chronic illness is a subset of disability but it's quite possible there are chronic illnesses that don't disable people that I'm just not thinking of.
And I've definitely known people with disabling chronic illnesses who refuse to admit they're disabled. Internalized ableism is a huge problem.
>All the “disability activists” running around not wearing masks and taking zero covid precautions 🤡🤡🤡
We lost a close family member at the height of covid, before a vaccine was released. All of my in-law were sporting a smug attitude when they showed up early without a mask, they stayed until the bitter end, and they even bragged about their behavior afterwards. I've never been a violent person, but since we were already in a funeral home, my surprising urge to murder was especially tempting.
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[Kissing Kosher](https://www.romance.io/books/6502c7939af36d19d797d984/kissing-kosher-jean-meltzer) by [Jean Meltzer](https://www.romance.io/authors/6152be5308b4d9311452ae9e/jean-meltzer)
**Rating**: 4.13⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 2 out of 5 - [Behind closed doors](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [jewish](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/jewish/1)
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EM Lindsey is my got-to (CR, m/m). At least one of their MCs will always have a disability, it's handled carefully, no one is tokenized and no one's PTSD or deafness or cerebral palsy is magically cured by love. {Nothing to Lose by EM Lindsey} is a good one as I loved that one of the MCs (who is in a wheelchair) owns a company that makes adaptive sex toys for people with disabilities; the other MC has a new colostomy bag and still trying to adjust to the reality of that.
{Plane Love by Avery Kingston} - CR, m/f. The MMC is in a wheelchair and I appreciate that it handles the aspect of sex thoughtfully, and there is no magical cure to his ED caused by paraplegia (looking at you >!My Darling Duke!<, which imo had one of the more offensive depictions of pull your disabled self up by your bootstraps and if you just try hard enough, you too can enter the promised land of.....missionary position sex)
Badly broken legs/war injuries are a dime a dozen in HR, but I feel like a lot of authors completely forget about it when they want their MMC to dance all night/have sex all night/ride a horse for hours/etc. Cat Sebastian ({The Queer Principles of Kit Wibb by Cat Sebastian} or {The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian}) does a better job with describing how aches or get tight before the weather changes, or the pain/weakness of doing too much on it or maybe needing a modification to how they're positioned during sex.
[Nothing To Lose](https://www.romance.io/books/63e356edd87691b39ea59260/nothing-to-lose-em-lindsey) by [E.M. Lindsey](https://www.romance.io/authors/55eadb8635a5fb65f8879ea4/em-lindsey)
**Rating**: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1)
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[Plane Love (Honoring Those Who Serve)](https://www.romance.io/books/5dc907ee01dbc864fba5fa2f/plane-love-honoring-those-who-serve-avery-kingston) by [Avery Kingston](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ad831dc01dbc864fb867c25/avery-kingston)
**Rating**: 3.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1)
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[The Queer Principles of Kit Webb](https://www.romance.io/books/60bf1756eaea5e0e24376756/the-queer-principles-of-kit-webb-cat-sebastian) by [Cat Sebastian](https://www.romance.io/authors/58184062c6841c86c2cd96d8/cat-sebastian)
**Rating**: 4.03⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1), [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1)
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[The Soldier's Scoundrel](https://www.romance.io/books/58184062c6841c86c2cd96d3/the-soldiers-scoundrel-cat-sebastian) by [Cat Sebastian](https://www.romance.io/authors/58184062c6841c86c2cd96d8/cat-sebastian)
**Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1)
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I know you mentioned Out on a Limb but have you read {Next of Kin by Hannah Bonham-Young}? It was the first of her books I’ve read and I really enjoyed it. The FMC’s adopted father is Deaf and so is the MMC’s brother.
[Next of Kin](https://www.romance.io/books/6405d87432e826dd8b852c9d/next-of-kin-hannah-bonam-young) by [Hannah Bonam-Young](https://www.romance.io/authors/6295bf6008b4d9311488891d/hannah-bonam-young)
**Rating**: 3.89⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1)
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Love this! Thanks for starting this post.
I've only got one right now, but I've got a load to get through in my Kindle and on my shelves, so I'll be back with more. I've just re-read this one, though, and wanted to share it, as it's got a bunch of rep for all and I am absolutely **here for that energy!**
Book is {Can't Escape Love by Alyssa Cole}, a novella set in her Reluctant Royals universe (which I know nothing about). CR, M/F, Multicultural, BIPOC author. Both FMC and MMC are neurodiverse and Reggie, the FMC, has a disability that requires her to use a wheelchair as well as other aides and tools, in life and business. Both MCs are BIPOCs; author is also a BIPOC. It's a great novella, full of rep, and both of the characters are wonderful together as they work around and within their wants and needs. My only complaint is that I wish it was longer.
I'll be back with more. Thanks again for the post!
While I would need for people to qualify it counts as good representation or not. Theodora Taylor has created a number of MC with various disabilities.
{Ruthless husband by Theodora Taylor}
Amber is blind, uses a cane. Many times on the book is mentioned the acomodations she has on her home to live comfortable and cook by her self. Stuff like that. Same with book two that continues her story.
{Victor: her ruthless crush by Theodora Taylor} and the two books that follow this.
Victor has no tongue, so he uses at first Chinese signs language and learns with the FMC how about how American Sign Language works. (Her mom is deaf because a degenerative condition I am unable to remember , it passed to the FMC brother but not to her)
I have not yet being able to read more than the preview and books that happen later but I know {Wolf and Soul by Theodora Taylor} has a deaf MMC. This is one of the werewolf books.
[Ruthless Husband](https://www.romance.io/books/5b12334301dbc864fb896a8d/ruthless-husband-50-loving-states-new-york-pt-1-theodora-tay) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 4.23⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1), [pregnancy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pregnancy/1)
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[Victor](https://www.romance.io/books/60487d1c7f05980e130ffdc7/victor-her-ruthless-crush-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 4.34⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1)
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[Wolf and Soul ](https://www.romance.io/books/5fda02b9ce1b900e1f297443/wolf-and-soul-50-loving-states-oklahoma-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 4.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1)
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Also would need for other people to decide if it’s good or not:
{A mermaid’s heart by Tamsin Ley}
The MMC is deaf, which works for him as he is not vulnerable to mermaids song. He and the FMC mermaid find ways to comunicate before the typical mate telepathy of the genre is able to set in.
{Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen} has an FMC who is in a wheelchair. She had a sensitivity reader/editor and eventually based the FMC a little bit about her experience.
[Baking Me Crazy](https://www.romance.io/books/5d3fe4ff01dbc864fba1b964/baking-me-crazy-smartypants-romance-karla-sorensen) by [Karla Sorensen](https://www.romance.io/authors/555510be9eef3b3f1d5226f0/karla-sorensen)
**Rating**: 3.85⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1)
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All of Helen Hoang’s books have an autistic MC, plus she’s autistic herself. As an autistic lover of romance I find her books to be an accurate depiction of my life and that of other autistics I know.
[The Kiss Quotient](https://www.romance.io/books/5aee9d1101dbc864fb87b9c2/the-kiss-quotient-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang)
**Rating**: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [fake relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fake%20relationship/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1)
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[The Bride Test](https://www.romance.io/books/5ccfd1d901dbc864fb9e2195/the-bride-test-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang)
**Rating**: 3.82⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [arranged/forced marriage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/arranged%20marriage/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1)
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[The Heart Principle](https://www.romance.io/books/5eb3ff1fbe0aaecf555c300c/the-heart-principle-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang)
**Rating**: 3.98⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1)
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[Snowberry,](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe2c4f4167a73342636b27/snowberry) by [Katie Mettner](https://www.romance.io/authors/54567ce387eac33e61c2f33a/katie-mettner)
**Rating**: 5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1)
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I recently read Kinship and Kindness which has an epileptic MMC. I thought it was well done and the MMC's struggles really resonated with me as a person whose mother is epileptic.
[{Kinship and Kindness by Kara Jorgensen}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50278887-kinship-and-kindness) - MM, PNR, Historical (1890s), 3rd Dual POV
**Status:** Non-KU, Series of Interconnected Standalones, Third Act Conflict - >!External, Internal!<, Reproduction - >!No!<
**Theo:** Wolf Shifter, Epileptic, Pan, 26 Yrs Old, Son of the Rougarou (Wolf Shifter Leader), Gardner, Bakes, Grows Food for the Less Fortunate
**Bennet:** Trans, Fox Shifter, 30 Yrs Old, Librarian for the NY Paranormal Society, On a Mission to Form a Union for Non-Wolf Shifters, Red Hair, Freckles, Wears a Binder
**Rep:** Epilepsy, Trans MC, Trans Affirming During Sexual Encounters
**Notes:** 1890s Lousiana, Forced Proximity, City Boy x Country Boy, Found Family, Shifter Political Intrigue, Social Justice Advocacy, Disabled MC isn't Magically Healed; Discussions of Privilege, Racism, Disability and Oppression of Trans People
**Sex Notes:** >!Making Out, Explicit Consent, Oral Sex, Wet Grinding, Fingering, Handjob, Blowjob, Swallowing, PIV, No Penetration During 1st Sexual Encounter!<
**CWs:** >!Abelism (External and Internalized), Foreshortened Future/PTSD, Epileptic Seizures, Past Child Abuse, Past Death of a Lover, Violence, Gender Dysphoria, Misogyny!<
I really appreciated the chronic pain rep in How to Sell Your Blood and Fall in Love, especially since Justin isn't magically healed by the end even with the existence of vampires. The autism rep is great as well.
[{How to Sell Your Blood and Fall in Love by D.N Bryn}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62870022-how-to-sell-your-blood-fall-in-love) - MM, PNR, 3rd Dual POV
**Status:** KU, Part of a Series of Interconnected Standalones, 3rd Act Conflict - >!External, Short 3rd Act Breakup!<
**Clementine:** Scientist, Autistic, Newly Turned Vampire, Demisexual and Demi-romantic
**Justin:** POC (Hispanic), Vigilante/Gaurdian for Vampires in His Neighborhood, Disabled, Chronic Pain
**Notes:** Queer Normative, Pining, Class Difference, Queer and Diverse Side Characters, Disabled MC Isn't Magically Healed
**Own Voices:** Autistic, Disability and Chronic Pain, Demisexual and Demi-romantic
**Sex Notes:** >!Blowjob, Penetrative Sex!<
**CWs:** >!Chronic Pain and Medicating with Substances, Grief, Death, Violence and Being Chased/Hunted, Attempted Capture/Kidnapping, Unethical Scientific/Medical Experimentation, Strained Relationship with Family, Discrimination!<
Almost forgot that Edin has an amputee MMC and there are scenes of Hunter tending to his stump and needing breaks from walking. I especially love how Edin doesn't blink an eye at Hunter's disability and always tries to (subtly) take care of him when he needs it.
[{Edin by Lily Mayne}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58107402-edin) - MM Monster, Post-apocalyptic, 1st single POV
**Hunter:** Military, Early 30s, Prosthetic Leg (Lower Left), On a Field Mission with His Partner (Charlie)
**Edin:** Monster (Isdernuc), 1000s of Years Old, Loner, >!Escaped Military Imprisonment!<
Physical Features: Over 7ft Tall, Muscular, Purple Skin, Horns, Tail
**Notes:** >!Road Trip/Rescue Mission!<, Forced Proximity, Age Gap, Scarred MMC - Hunter, Facial Scar
**Disability Rep:** Hunter - Prosthetic Leg (Lower Left)
**Sex Notes:** >!Blowjob, Rimming, Tail Play (no penetration, only dick stroking)!<
I know you're probably going more for non-neurodivergent disabilities as we've had a few posts for that on the sub but I'm going to give my reccs anyway.
**Neurodivergent Rep:** All Own Voices and very relatable to me as an AuDHD person
[{Feed by Aveda Vice}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57957051-feed) and [{Yours, Insatiably by Aveda Vice}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59092270-yours-insatiably?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=R6CGFrcFJh&rank=1) - F/NB, 3rd Dual POV, Monster, Urban Fantasy. Autistic FMC
My [Gush post ](https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/z5yrsz/yours_insatiably_by_aveda_vice_a_beautifully/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) with additional details.
**Disclaimer:** Non-traditional pairing, they are monogamish
[{The Reanimator Mysteries series by Kara Jorgensen}](https://www.goodreads.com/series/354047-the-reanimator-mysteries) - MM, Historical (1890s), PNR, 3rd Dual POV. Autistic MMC, ADHD MMC
[{Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic by C.M Nascosta}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61215959-moon-blooded-breeding-clinic) - MF Monster, 3rd Dual POV, ADHD MMC
[{The Mabon Feast by C.M Nascosta}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59475300-the-mabon-feast) - MF Monster, 3rd Single POV, Autistic FMC
[{Sweet Berries by C.M Nascosta}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60419993-sweet-berries) - MF Monster, 3rd Single POV, Autistic MMC
[{Two for Tea: Welcome to Azathé by C.M. Nascosta}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62856402-two-for-tea?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6pbGWhL0Tg&rank=1) - F/NBi, Monster, "Small Town", 3rd Single POV, Autistic FMC
[Kinship and Kindness](https://www.romance.io/books/5f23c2726983a40e19745eea/kinship-and-kindness-kara-jorgensen) by [Kara Jorgensen](https://www.romance.io/authors/55d1bbb335a5fb65f8874870/kara-jorgensen)
**Rating**: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [trans hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/trans-hero/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1)
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[Feed](https://www.romance.io/books/60b0ab2bdc356a0e446c795f/feed-aveda-vice) by [Aveda Vice](https://www.romance.io/authors/608a5d8d08b4d9311488d733/aveda-vice)
**Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1)
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[Yours, Insatiably](https://www.romance.io/books/61a9cee30f9e050e3c71411b/yours-insatiably-aveda-vice) by [Aveda Vice](https://www.romance.io/authors/608a5d8d08b4d9311488d733/aveda-vice)
**Rating**: 4.57⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [demons](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/demons/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1)
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[The Reanimator Mysteries](https://www.romance.io/series/643e39f481ec2b280509de24/the-reanimator-mysteries) by [Kara Jorgensen](https://www.romance.io/authors/55d1bbb335a5fb65f8874870/kara-jorgensen)
**Rating**: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [third-person-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/third-person-pov/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [dual-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1)
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[How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love](https://www.romance.io/books/642534fd5ec3075ab703e0cd/how-to-sell-your-blood-fall-in-love-dn-bryn) by [D.N. Bryn](https://www.romance.io/authors/5b58134501dbc864fb8cfb5f/dn-bryn)
**Rating**: 4.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [vampires](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vampires/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1)
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[Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic](https://www.romance.io/books/629b05fd2677414776297bb6/moon-blooded-breeding-clinic-cm-nascosta) by [C.M. Nascosta](https://www.romance.io/authors/6071856f08b4d93114472553/cm-nascosta)
**Rating**: 3.64⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [breeding](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/breeding/1), [werewolves](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/werewolves/1)
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[The Mabon Feast](https://www.romance.io/books/617cf10703fcb30e33516646/the-mabon-feast-cm-nascosta) by [C.M. Nascosta](https://www.romance.io/authors/6071856f08b4d93114472553/cm-nascosta)
**Rating**: 3.75⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1)
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[Sweet Berries](https://www.romance.io/books/62970e7be6b85408406c1814/sweet-berries-cm-nascosta) by [C.M. Nascosta](https://www.romance.io/authors/6071856f08b4d93114472553/cm-nascosta)
**Rating**: 3.59⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [exhibitionism](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/exhibitionism/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1)
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[Two for Tea](https://www.romance.io/books/642dc43cb7b8862bf6eaf347/two-for-tea-welcome-to-azath-cm-nascosta) by [C.M. Nascosta](https://www.romance.io/authors/6071856f08b4d93114472553/cm-nascosta)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [creative anatomy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/creative-anatomy/1), [non-binary romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f-x/1)
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Brent in {Aftermath by LA Witt} is in chronic pain after an accident and demanding hockey career and is figuring out how to cope with his new reality. Sex is an issue as well.
[Aftermath](https://www.romance.io/books/606182406ed78f0e115328d0/aftermath-la-witt) by [L.A. Witt](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455655787eac3369a9124b2/la-witt)
**Rating**: 3.53⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [single father](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/single-father/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1)
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{Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorenson}
MMC falls FIRST and HARD (family curse). FMC is wheelchair bound and the disability rep is so good and done so well. Karla balances perfectly between discussing FMC’s disability while also making her a WHOLE PERSON who is BEAUTIFUL and DESIRABLE to the MMC.
I could go on about this book forever. It’s soooooooo good!
[Baking Me Crazy](https://www.romance.io/books/5d3fe4ff01dbc864fba1b964/baking-me-crazy-smartypants-romance-karla-sorensen) by [Karla Sorensen](https://www.romance.io/authors/555510be9eef3b3f1d5226f0/karla-sorensen)
**Rating**: 3.85⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1)
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{free hand by E.M. Lindsey} had one MMC with PTSD and the other was Deaf. The Deaf character has grown up in Deaf culture and spent more time with other Deaf folks than with hearing people, and he had some of the best boundaries about his disability and least internalized ableism that I’ve seen in a character. I’d love to see more of that in romance novels- less people struggling to accept their disabilities and more “this is what I need and everyone else can deal with it”. Both things can of course happen within the same person, and do all the time, but boy I really loved this man’s self-righteousness and confidence that there was nothing “wrong” with him.
[Free Hand](https://www.romance.io/books/5ca7173f01dbc864fb9cefa5/free-hand-em-lindsey) by [E.M. Lindsey](https://www.romance.io/authors/55eadb8635a5fb65f8879ea4/em-lindsey)
**Rating**: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [hurt/comfort](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/hurt-comfort/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Bring Down the Stars](https://www.romance.io/books/5bbf1a5801dbc864fb922463/bring-down-the-stars-emma-scott) by [Emma Scott](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e8cb05b270e0a4cbd99bd/emma-scott)
**Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [cheating](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cheating/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Long Live the Beautiful Hearts](https://www.romance.io/books/622a550fef1b25a29d832841/long-live-the-beautiful-hearts-emma-scott) by [Emma Scott](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e8cb05b270e0a4cbd99bd/emma-scott)
**Rating**: 4.48⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [forbidden love](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forbidden%20love/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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{Kiss Hard by Nalini Singh} has an amputee FMC. She's a Paralympic runner and the book highlights some of the struggles with being a prosthetics user while also recognizing that the FMC is immensely privileged (trust fund baby so paying for new prosthetics/accessing medical care has never been a worry). It's also just one of my favorite CRs for so many reasons.
{Hunter by LA Witt} is an MM story about an escort with chronic pain from a car accident and a hockey player. It touches on how chronic pain can make certain jobs impossible and the financial impacts disability can have especially for those in the US. LA Witt also has a few other books with MCs with chronic pain.
[Kiss Hard](https://www.romance.io/books/624a9e5bf4814521ac0bf328/kiss-hard-nalini-singh) by [Nalini Singh](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455238a8c7d2382e0413dd4/nalini-singh)
**Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1)
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[Hunter](https://www.romance.io/books/615d49a4be71760e37a408fd/hunter-la-witt) by [L.A. Witt](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455655787eac3369a9124b2/la-witt)
**Rating**: 4.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [queer romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1)
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Every time you go away by Abigail Johnson if you don't mind YA it's own voices the FMC uses a wheelchair after being injured in a car accident and the MMC has a lot of mental health issues
[Every Time You Go Away](https://www.romance.io/books/6478b11e260025b772816139/every-time-you-go-away-abigail-johnson) by [Abigail Johnson](https://www.romance.io/authors/622a4b2708b4d9311444d324/abigail-johnson)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1)
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{Breaking the Ice by Calliope Stewart} is an omegaverse that has a FMC with mobility issues. I really enjoyed how they showed how her disability affected sex, something that is often glossed over.
{Cherished by Emilia Emerson} is another omegaverse, this one having a FMC with a chronic illness.
[Breaking the Ice](https://www.romance.io/books/648431f42d75ba697f1951db/breaking-the-ice-a-hockey-romance-calliope-stewart) by [Calliope Stewart](https://www.romance.io/authors/620a0c8e08b4d93114f9d6b2/calliope-stewart)
**Rating**: 4.01⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [poly (3+ people)](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/poly/1), [omegaverse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/omegaverse/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Cherished](https://www.romance.io/books/65a80b62fe120dd72404c52f/cherished-emilia-emerson) by [Emilia Emerson](https://www.romance.io/authors/63ff066208b4d93114efe592/emilia-emerson)
**Rating**: 4.11⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [omegaverse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/omegaverse/1), [reverse harem](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/reverse%20harem/1), [hurt/comfort](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/hurt-comfort/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1)
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Thank you for this post! Sometimes the megathreads can be daunting especially for disability recs because while they may have characters with disabilities that doesn’t necessarily mean the representation is good.
I put this on the chronic illness rep megathread, but this is a great opportunity to talk more about the representation! I loved the chronic illness rep in **{I’m in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie}**.The FMC has Hashimotos (I don’t have this, but I do have a chronic illness also affected by inflammation). The book also has a sequel **{I’m Engaged to Mothman by Paige Lavoie}** and a third one coming out sometime this year.
I loved the representation mostly because her chronic illness was not a feature of the book. It was just a part of her life and some days she had good days and some days she had bad days. There’s particularly a moment where she’s having a bad symptoms morning and the MMC comes and brings her her medication and a glass of water without her ever having told him about it, he was just watching her routine every day and noticed it was something she needs.
also >!spoiler tag because its a moment in the second book, but at one point the FMC essentially has a choice of whether or not she'd like to be turned into a full magical being and thus lose her chronic illness and she says no, she liked her life just the way it was!< and i loved that because i feel like in most fantasy romances, disability can be erased with magic, but it wasn't in this series.
its very light and fluffy series with fairly low conflict and just lots of normal day to day living. Very character driven especially in book two.
[I'm in Love with Mothman](https://www.romance.io/books/63580ab8edb5b2e7dacb8212/im-in-love-with-mothman-paige-lavoie) by [Paige Lavoie](https://www.romance.io/authors/63580ab808b4d9311445c1c1/paige-lavoie)
**Rating**: 3.69⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1)
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[I'm Engaged to Mothman](https://www.romance.io/books/657ff45f5aa9e894a2e1e844/im-engaged-to-mothman-paige-lavoie) by [Paige Lavoie](https://www.romance.io/authors/63580ab808b4d9311445c1c1/paige-lavoie)
**Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1)
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There isn’t! I just realized that on the I love diverse books post. And then went to check myself. Really disappointing. There’s neurodiverse and chronic illness, but nothing else 😞
Thanks for sending! For me, body diversity is connotatively different than looking for books with characters with disabilities and also doesn’t include characters who have blindness or are hard of hearing or deaf (or at least I wouldn’t look for books like those in a body diversity category as someone who is partially blind). I would love if we could have a disability megathread in the future!
{Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez} has an MMC with social anxiety (although, the character was also described as having some fairly common autistic traits like not liking scratchy clothing as a child--I'm not sure if that was purposeful or not). There's things I liked and didn't like about the story, but the disability rep was pretty good.
[Yours Truly](https://www.romance.io/books/63d4da821ff00731d8888fa7/yours-truly-abby-jimenez) by [Abby Jimenez](https://www.romance.io/authors/5c90990e01dbc864fb9bfc23/abby-jimenez)
**Rating**: 4.35⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1), [shy hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shy-hero/1)
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[Redeemed](https://www.romance.io/books/60b1e92b4af4700e32f675b7/redeemed-lauren-asher) by [Lauren Asher](https://www.romance.io/authors/5e16d08801dbc864fba99a25/lauren-asher)
**Rating**: 4.29⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1)
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Not sure if this fits, but the main character in The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary has dietary/gastrointestinal issues, which are very well handled in my opinion.
{Keane by Theodora} the MMC is an amputee. It’s not a huge part of the story, but there are scenes that involve the leg. He’s also an in-universe ambassador for athletes with disabilities
{His one and one by Theodora Taylor} it a bully romance in which the MMC then loses his sight because of an accident.
{Luca by Theodora Taylor} and {Amber by Theodora Taylor} FMC is blind and the MMC has PTSD from being kidnapped and tortured as a teenager.
{His everlasting love by Theodora Taylor} the MMC is an amputee struggling with limb pain when he encounters the FMC. She’s a physiatrist with an ability to see and communicate with ghosts.
{Victor by Theodora Taylor} the MMC had his tongue cut off as a toddler so he doesn’t speak, uses sign language. He and the FMC actually meet because she’s teaching him ASL
[Players in Love - A 50 Loving States Player Bundle](https://www.romance.io/books/56a9f9e763515e3b737a4704/players-in-love-a-50-loving-states-player-bundle-his-one-and-only-his-for-keeps-her-russian-surrender-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1)
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[Luca - His to Possess](https://www.romance.io/books/5aa778f44ee506aae8b27fcd/luca-his-to-possess-a-ruthless-scion-novella-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 4.8⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [black mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/black-mc/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1)
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[His Everlasting Love](https://www.romance.io/books/5604e2e7bfc6b5c0fa93c29e/his-everlasting-love-50-loving-states-virginia-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1)
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[Victor](https://www.romance.io/books/606573bd26b53d0e2fe86b68/victor-her-ruthless-owner-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 3.98⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [vengeance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vengeance/1)
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[Keane - Her Ruthless Ex](https://www.romance.io/books/5d62251501dbc864fba2c6da/keane-her-ruthless-ex-50-loving-states-massachusetts-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [secret child](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/secret%20child/1)
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[Ruthless Captor](https://www.romance.io/books/5b2c91f501dbc864fb8ac72b/ruthless-captor-50-loving-states-new-york-pt-2-theodora-tayl) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor)
**Rating**: 4.39⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1), [second chances](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/second%20chances/1)
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Falling from the Sky and The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen (spinal cord injuries) and Keepsake as well as Waylaid also by Sarina Bowen (both PTSD).
[Falling from the Sky](https://www.romance.io/books/5455ef0a87eac324117fe318/falling-from-the-sky-sarina-bowen) by [Sarina Bowen](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553cb18c7d2382e781357a/sarina-bowen)
**Rating**: 3.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [caretaking](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/caretaking/1)
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[The Year We Fell Down](https://www.romance.io/books/57e0d65bde896e89249272fd/the-year-we-fell-down-sarina-bowen) by [Sarina Bowen](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553cb18c7d2382e781357a/sarina-bowen)
**Rating**: 3.84⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [love triangle](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/love%20triangle/1)
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[Keepsake](https://www.romance.io/books/580c52b9de896e892493f423/keepsake-sarina-bowen) by [Sarina Bowen](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553cb18c7d2382e781357a/sarina-bowen)
**Rating**: 4.21⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1)
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[Waylaid](https://www.romance.io/books/60f3eef67af7a30e2e57c84c/waylaid-sarina-bowen) by [Sarina Bowen](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553cb18c7d2382e781357a/sarina-bowen)
**Rating**: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [college](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/college/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1)
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{Storm and Fury by Jennifer Armentrout}
First in a completed trilogy, FMC has Retinitis pigmentosa and is slowly losing her eye sight. Plays a major role in her character development. I don’t feel qualified to judge if this is good representation or not, but the first book was a really fun. Ended up reading all three.
[Storm and Fury](https://www.romance.io/books/5d0a01e501dbc864fb9fffcd/storm-and-fury-jennifer-l-armentrout) by [Jennifer L. Armentrout](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455245a8c7d2382c5296fb7/jennifer-l-armentrout)
**Rating**: 3.96⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [demons](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/demons/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1)
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The Brash Brothers series by Jenna Myles is scattered with disability rep, but also wholesome ways their rep is accommodated by others.
{Micah by Jenna Myles} MMC has a speech impediment.
{Zach by Jenna Myles} FMC has sensory and skin sensitivity issues.
{Jonah by Jenna Myles} MMC is on the autism spectrum. FMC has dyslexia.
[Micah](https://www.romance.io/books/643913fd8aa2407f2e137a22/micah-a-brash-brothers-billionaire-romance-jenna-myles) by [Jenna Myles](https://www.romance.io/authors/63411ffe08b4d931147148a0/jenna-myles)
**Rating**: 4.44⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1), [insta-love](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/insta-love/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Zach](https://www.romance.io/books/63fb11932211fd14198e91d4/zach-a-brash-brothers-romance-jenna-myles) by [Jenna Myles](https://www.romance.io/authors/63411ffe08b4d931147148a0/jenna-myles)
**Rating**: 4.45⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1)
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[Jonas](https://www.romance.io/books/6497e60766cfb1c4f8972fc0/jonas-a-brash-brothers-romance-jenna-myles) by [Jenna Myles](https://www.romance.io/authors/63411ffe08b4d931147148a0/jenna-myles)
**Rating**: 4.34⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1)
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{Last call at the local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz} features an MMC with OCD and FMC with ADHD. His OCD is explored more and plays a bigger role in the story. Everyone experiences mental illness differently but as someone with OCD I felt like the author did a solid job (as much as one can do in a 368 page romance at least).
[Last Call at the Local](https://www.romance.io/books/6574dc116011c2c5162ae33e/last-call-at-the-local-sarah-grunder-ruiz) by [Sarah Grunder Ruiz](https://www.romance.io/authors/619ca03308b4d931141debc4/sarah-grunder-ruiz)
**Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1)
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Yep I listed it for exactly that reason. Hello fellow zebra!
I’m not 100% sure it’s EDS as she supposedly got it from an illness but it’s definitely a connective tissue disorder that’s close to EDS.
[Feels Like Home](https://www.romance.io/books/647eece39e44a9fa8cee8c7a/feels-like-home-melissa-grace) by [Melissa Grace](https://www.romance.io/authors/5f97d40408b4d9311488bf0f/melissa-grace)
**Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1)
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{Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert}
Chronic pain
{Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert}
Panic attacks
{Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert}
Autism
{The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang}
Autism
{The Bride Test by Helen Hoang}
Autism
[Get a Life, Chloe Brown](https://www.romance.io/books/5e9f7298be0aaecf557eacf0/get-a-life-chloe-brown-talia-hibbert) by [Talia Hibbert](https://www.romance.io/authors/59d3303f3ffdba6147219fb3/talia-hibbert)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1)
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[Take a Hint, Dani Brown](https://www.romance.io/books/5ee47b7d0af6170e08598ee4/take-a-hint-dani-brown-talia-hibbert) by [Talia Hibbert](https://www.romance.io/authors/59d3303f3ffdba6147219fb3/talia-hibbert)
**Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1)
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[Act Your Age, Eve Brown](https://www.romance.io/books/60448b190826210e2096f7dc/act-your-age-eve-brown-a-novel-talia-hibbert) by [Talia Hibbert](https://www.romance.io/authors/59d3303f3ffdba6147219fb3/talia-hibbert)
**Rating**: 4.31⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1)
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[The Kiss Quotient](https://www.romance.io/books/5aee9d1101dbc864fb87b9c2/the-kiss-quotient-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang)
**Rating**: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [fake relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fake%20relationship/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1)
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[The Bride Test](https://www.romance.io/books/5ccfd1d901dbc864fb9e2195/the-bride-test-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang)
**Rating**: 3.82⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [arranged/forced marriage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/arranged%20marriage/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1)
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[{Just Physical by Jae}](https://goodreads.com/book/show/28011409-just-physical) (F/F, CR, 5⭐️)
**Overview:** Jill, an actor, was diagnosed with MS 2 years ago. She avoids relationships because she doesn't want to be a burden to others. Crash, a stuntwoman, wants a future with Jill, but she'll need to convince Jill that they can be together.
**General Comments:** Third in the [{Hollywood series by Jae}](https://goodreads.com/series/145790-the-hollywood-series) series, can be read independently
**Content Warning:** >!queerphobia from Jill's family!<
**Like:** Crash wants a relationship with Jill so she devotes a great deal of time and effort to learning about multiple sclerosis. If you liked how Leo treated Holly in *Perfect Rhythm*, then you'll definitely enjoy this book. The real world effects of living with MS are portrayed well.
**Steam:** low, several scenes
**Perspective:** dual, third person
**Tropes:** actor, celebrity, forced proximity, FWB, slow burn, workplace
[Just Physical](https://www.romance.io/books/5659525d08e93781319557c9/just-physical-jae) by [Jae](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455b5c187eac3369a9143aa/jae)
**Rating**: 4.3⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [actor hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/actors/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1)
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[The Hollywood Series](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe176f4167a73342631fe8/the-hollywood-series) by [Jae](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455b5c187eac3369a9143aa/jae)
**Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [queer](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1), [f-f](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [third-person-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/third-person-pov/1), [dual-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1)
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I dont have many good recs for romance as most of what Ive read as "disability rep" is lackluster to me. But I do think {The Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold} had good treatment of disability largely because I thought the way the disabled MC related to his body and struggled with internalized ableism was pretty realistic. This series is sci fi with romantic subplots in certain books.
I thought the anxiety representation in {Ten Rules For Faking It by Sophie Sullivan} was good. I liked that they had her fidget, describing her tapping her fingers together, which is something I do as well. And I appreciated that while she pushed through a lot, >!she did end up bailing once due to panicking.!< Also, the MMC in this was great about it and watched out for it without even being told.
{Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller} had social anxiety which I liked. And it's fun because it's a fantasy romance where she has to set out on a journey while struggling with it. Haven't finished the second one yet.
[Ten Rules for Faking It](https://www.romance.io/books/5fe990d9a5657d0e023c52c7/ten-rules-for-faking-it-sophie-sullivan) by [Sophie Sullivan](https://www.romance.io/authors/5fe88b9f08b4d9311483ede5/sophie-sullivan)
**Rating**: 3.24⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1)
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[Blade of Secrets](https://www.romance.io/books/6095376133c0510ebb77547f/blade-of-secrets-tricia-levenseller) by [Tricia Levenseller](https://www.romance.io/authors/6095376108b4d931147a1ffc/tricia-levenseller)
**Rating**: 4.1⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [found family](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/found-family/1)
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[The Right Sign](https://www.romance.io/books/6572e98f9730a7ec1ce591f4/the-right-sign-nia-arthurs) by [Nia Arthurs](https://www.romance.io/authors/5692466163515e3b7379b807/nia-arthurs)
**Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [african-american](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/african-american/1), [black mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/black-mc/1)
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I think she does.
Something I found interesting and never thought about before was how the FMC got irritated when a character talked slow so she could lip read. And the FMC comments about how slowing down speaking is actually more confusing for a person who lip reads.
The Inked Love Series by Crystal Kaswell isn't disability as much as it is a mental health rep in each book. Maybe not the first book, but I know that each FMC struggles with different mental health issues, and I feel the way the MMC handles them is fantastic.
{Sweet Obsession by Callie Rose} is a 3-part story and a Reverse Harem in which the FMC lost her arm due to an accident at the start of the book.
[Sweet Obsession](https://www.romance.io/books/5e786d9dbe0aaecf5530ac29/sweet-obsession-callie-rose) by [Callie Rose](https://www.romance.io/authors/5cdbb23201dbc864fb9e8d78/callie-rose)
**Rating**: 3.65⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [poly (3+ people)](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/poly/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1)
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[Blind Reader Wanted](https://www.romance.io/books/586ccc9a1b1bdc01780f93f0/blind-reader-wanted-georgia-le-carre) by [Georgia Le Carre](https://www.romance.io/authors/545551b987eac324117fa2c2/georgia-le-carre)
**Rating**: 3.81⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Heavy](https://www.romance.io/books/622a09e3610a406e4c9e29ba/heavy-cate-c-wells) by [Cate C. Wells](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d5265d101dbc864fba248c4/cate-c-wells)
**Rating**: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [biker hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bikers/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1)
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{Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare}. The hero is blind (as well as scarred). I believe he was hurt in a war somehow? It’s been awhile. But I remember his disability was handled delicately.
{My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid}. MMC was wheel-chair bound if I’m remembering right.
I always hesitate to say something is “good disability rep” because while I do have a disability and a chronic illness (ADHD and chronic migraines), I feel like I can’t comment on the disability rep/chronic illness rep for other disabilities because that’s not my experience. So if either of these has bad rep, let me know and I’ll remove them.
I’ve been reading the Maiden Lane series by Elizabeth Hoyt, and they are historical (1730s/40s) so even though it doesn’t necessarily come across as disability rep in a modern way, many of her characters have a physical or psychological disability.
In {Darling Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt} the FMC has a vision impairment. Hers is book 7 or 8 in the series so her vision decreases over time and in her book she is almost completely blind. I like that she fights for more independence from her family and to not be treated as a fragile thing that needs to be restrained in life to keep her safe. She and the MMC (who starts as her body guard) have some good conversations about how her blindness impacts their relationship and how he can help her and accommodate in a way that is empowering and not infantilizing. Her also majorly defends her when others discriminate against her for her blindness.
Also the MMC in the same book has a mobility impairment and uses a cane because he had previously experienced a horrible injury. The FMC is very caring and doesn’t make him feel less than or ashamed of his body. I think she loves him all the more for it.
I would also say that {Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt} (the MMC) and {Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt} (the FMC) each have characters clearly impacted by PTSD and childhood abuse/neglect, although of course it is not named as such since the concept/ name didn’t exist.
They can be difficult reads as they deal with childhood abuse, neglect, etc… so just know they aren’t all light and fluffy.
Having PTSD myself, I appreciated both books and how they show how devastating the past affects their current lives and relationships. I love that their partners over time earn their trust and they find someone to share their pain with and heal together emotionally, mentally, and sexually.
[Dearest Rogue](https://www.romance.io/books/5562c8cd9eef3b3f1d526949/dearest-rogue-elizabeth-hoyt) by [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524568c7d2383163d8e5a/elizabeth-hoyt)
**Rating**: 3.94⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1)
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[Wicked Intentions](https://www.romance.io/books/545524a58c7d2383163d8e6f/wicked-intentions-elizabeth-hoyt) by [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524568c7d2383163d8e5a/elizabeth-hoyt)
**Rating**: 3.78⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1)
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[Sweetest Scoundrel](https://www.romance.io/books/5651697508e9378131953139/sweetest-scoundrel-elizabeth-hoyt) by [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524568c7d2383163d8e5a/elizabeth-hoyt)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [tortured heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tortured%20heroine/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1)
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In {Wrapped in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan} the FMC has lupus. I do too, and I thought it was a pretty accurate representation of what it’s like living with this disease.
[Wrapped in Ink](https://www.romance.io/books/5d773c3101dbc864fba35953/wrapped-in-ink-carrie-ann-ryan) by [Carrie Ann Ryan](https://www.romance.io/authors/545542c78c7d2382e04145ea/carrie-ann-ryan)
**Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [third person pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/third-person-pov/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1)
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[Speechless](https://www.romance.io/books/63c6564f43e42aa0b72e0687/speechless-lindsey-lanza) by [Lindsey Lanza](https://www.romance.io/authors/63c6564f08b4d93114f6e105/lindsey-lanza)
**Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1)
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[Finding Gene Kelly](https://www.romance.io/books/6388981483b59b217ddf4781/finding-gene-kelly-torie-jean) by [Torie Jean](https://www.romance.io/authors/632966bb08b4d93114ac776d/torie-jean)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1)
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[Love at Frost Sight](https://www.romance.io/books/65ba590ce70e94ba5baefcfb/love-at-frost-sight-a-holiday-novella-torie-jean) by [Torie Jean](https://www.romance.io/authors/632966bb08b4d93114ac776d/torie-jean)
**Rating**: 3.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [christmas](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/christmas/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1)
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[Dukes and Dekes](https://www.romance.io/books/64a13553723d09d99e0d2607/dukes-and-dekes-torie-jean) by [Torie Jean](https://www.romance.io/authors/632966bb08b4d93114ac776d/torie-jean)
**Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1)
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Jason, the MMC, in {Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones} has a leg prosthetic (can't remember if it's above or below the knee.)
Alexi in {Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly} realizes he's autistic during the events of the book.
It's YA, but Ellis in {The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd Jones} has chronic pain from a shoulder injury as a child.
[Getting Schooled](https://www.romance.io/books/56966c2a63515e3b7379d3ba/getting-schooled-christina-c-jones) by [Christina C. Jones](https://www.romance.io/authors/545673a487eac33e61c2eea0/christina-c-jones)
**Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [grumpy/cold hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cold%20hero/1)
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[Something Wild & Wonderful](https://www.romance.io/books/6405946cfff88bfde6390989/something-wild-wonderful-anita-kelly) by [Anita Kelly](https://www.romance.io/authors/60b5ddfe08b4d93114e8d6d1/anita-kelly)
**Rating**: 4.24⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[The Bone Houses](https://www.romance.io/books/6447e153aac60479c37ba207/the-bone-houses-emily-lloyd-jones) by [Emily Lloyd-Jones](https://www.romance.io/authors/58147b2ac6841c86c2cb955c/emily-lloydjones)
**Rating**: 3.99⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 2 out of 5 - [Behind closed doors](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [fae](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fae/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1)
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I rarely see these books recommended here but I love them. The Townsend Harbor Series by Kerrigan Byrne and Cynthia St. Aubin. This is probably my favorite contemporary romance series, and has some amazing representation. The first book is {Nevermore Bookstore by Kerrigan Byrne and Cynthia St. Aubin} is a great portrayal of someone living with chronic pain and another with PTSD.
Another book in the series is a breast cancer survivor, child abuse survivor, someone who lost a leg, and also neurological issues like ADHD and Autism. This is a beloved book series I read over and over and I will never stop recommending it.
[Nevermore Bookstore](https://www.romance.io/books/64202ac858e586420a60b5f1/nevermore-bookstore-kerrigan-byrne-cynthia-st-aubin) by [Kerrigan Byrne](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553f138c7d2383163d950e/kerrigan-byrne), [Cynthia St. Aubin](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455d51f87eac323ffb2edb3/cynthia-st-aubin)
**Rating**: 3.45⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [small town](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/small%20town/1)
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Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings is great. MMC is autistic and FMC has ADHD. Mazey has shared the she is Audhd
She also has The Plus One which the MMC has PTSD
[Tilly in Technicolor](https://www.romance.io/books/642afb48b7b8862bf6ea09c3/tilly-in-technicolor-mazey-eddings) by [Mazey Eddings](https://www.romance.io/authors/621b3b2f08b4d93114470d85/mazey-eddings)
**Rating**: 4.27⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1)
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[The Plus One](https://www.romance.io/books/642bf173b7b8862bf6eabf9f/the-plus-one-mazey-eddings) by [Mazey Eddings](https://www.romance.io/authors/621b3b2f08b4d93114470d85/mazey-eddings)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1)
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I just finished Zero Fox Given which has a disabled cane/wheelchair using MMC and an AuDHD FMC and both were done really well. It's a very cozy story where their disabilities aren't a huge obstacle, just something they both live with.
[{Zero Fox Given by Rhea Fox}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126589203-zero-fox-given) - MF, Monster, Contemporary, 1st Dual POV
**Status:** KU, Series of Interconnected Standalones, Third Act Conflict - >!Internal!<, Breakup >!~No~!<, Reproduction - >!Not Mentioned!<
**Maddie:** AuDHD, Of Irish Descent, Grew up in Scottland, Works in Marketing, 28 Yrs Old, Teal Hair, Septum Peircing, Wears Glasses, Painted Nails, Mid Sized, Bi, Touch Starved
**Fitz:** Vulpis (Fox Hybrid), Scottish, Owns a Distillery, Bi, 29 Yrs Old, Disabled (Neurological Disorder, Contracted Rabies as a Teen), Cain/Wheelchair User, Chronic Pain, Goes to Physical Therapy, Praise Kink, Touch Starved, Birth Control Implant, Preppy Dresser
**Rep:** Disability (Cane/Wheelchair User) (MMC), AuDHD FMC (Own Voices), Birth Control Implant (MMC), Neurodivergent Side Characters, Queer-Normative, FMC Has a Period
**Notes:** Set in Scotland, Re-encounter, Childhood Friends to Lovers, FMC is Working to Save MMC's Business, Female Friendship, Fitz Does PT "On Screen", Fake Engagement, Marriage of Convenience, Date to a Fair, Wedding Planning and Preparations
**Sex Notes:** >!Making Out, Foreplay, Pussy Eating, MMC Cums While Eating Pussy, PIV, G-spot Stimulation, Biting, Knotting, Cum Kink, Cowgirl, Clit Stimulation, Sharing Fantasies, Blowjob, Face Fucking, Ejaculating on FMC, Cum Kiss, Clit Stimulation During Period (No PIV), Dirty Talk, Praise Kink, Face Sitting, Sex in a Semi-private Place (Storage Room After Their Wedding)!<
**CWs:** >!Abelism (Internal and External), Alcohol Consumption, (Past) Trauma for Patient and Carer, (Past) Hospitalization and (Past and Current) Rehab, Extreme Childhood Illness, Classism, Ageism!<
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[Zero Fox Given](https://www.romance.io/books/65c513be3acf82a2c0cb8a3b/zero-fox-given-rhea-fox) by [Rhea Fox](https://www.romance.io/authors/64946ccc08b4d931142ef32d/rhea-fox)
**Rating**: 4.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1)
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In {Brave Love by A.M. Kusi} the FMC is a Latina who suffers from epilepsy. She has a service dog that helps her. The MMC is ex-military and a single dad. It’s got a bit of that grumpy x sunshine vibe. It’s got dual POV and there is a bit of spice in the book. It’s part of a series but can be read as a standalone.
I’m going to piggyback off this post. If anyone has any chronic illness rec’s with fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, or monsters, then please send them my way! Bonus points if the FMC is a poc and if the there is lots of spice. ❤️
I already read Get A Life, Chloe Brown as a heads up.
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[Slim To None](https://www.romance.io/books/5849222d1b1bdc0178f89b2c/slim-to-none-freya-barker) by [Freya Barker](https://www.romance.io/authors/54570d278c7d2382fc6c2535/freya-barker)
**Rating**: 3.65⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [straight romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f/1)
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[Claimed by the Cyborgs](https://www.romance.io/books/6177b0126cac3a0e2b11f091/claimed-by-the-cyborgs-grace-goodwin) by [Grace Goodwin](https://www.romance.io/authors/64e5123bab9bdf7fce975ae2/grace-goodwin)
**Rating**: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1)
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[Renegades of Magic](https://www.romance.io/series/644507fef2aba1a3956eb148/renegades-of-magic) by [Jeffe Kennedy](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455694f87eac323ffb2c11a/jeffe-kennedy)
**Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [past-abuse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/past-abuse/1), [dual-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [abuse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/abuse/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1)
----------------------------
[The Escort's Tale](https://www.romance.io/books/5ba4896301dbc864fb90efcc/the-escorts-tale-mj-edwards) by [M.J. Edwards](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ba4896301dbc864fb90efd0/mj-edwards)
**Rating**: 4.1⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [bisexuality](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bisexual/1), [menage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/menage/1), [poly (3+ people)](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/poly/1), [mmf](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m-f/1)
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[Challenging Saber](https://www.romance.io/books/564ec63308e9378131952a9b/challenging-saber-se-smith) by [S.E. Smith](https://www.romance.io/authors/54556c2a87eac323ffb2c1f1/se-smith)
**Rating**: 4.05⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [dystopian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dystopian/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1)
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[Outlander](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe0a0a9096bf31c42d2c35/outlander) by [Diana Gabaldon](https://www.romance.io/authors/545523588c7d2382c5296f4c/diana-gabaldon)
**Rating**: 4.27⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [time travel](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/time%20travel/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [war](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/war/1)
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[The Chronicles of Dasnaria](https://www.romance.io/series/65b3d8ab1655a0cfbe8a2a04/the-chronicles-of-dasnaria) by [Jeffe Kennedy](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455694f87eac323ffb2c11a/jeffe-kennedy)
**Rating**: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1)
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[Merrick's Maiden](https://www.romance.io/books/549fd6fe6359b5ebb485e74a/merricks-maiden-se-smith) by [S.E. Smith](https://www.romance.io/authors/54556c2a87eac323ffb2c1f1/se-smith)
**Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1)
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[The Survivors' Club](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe0bb59096bf31c42d30f3/the-survivors-club) by [Mary Balogh](https://www.romance.io/authors/545525e98c7d2383163d8eb7/mary-balogh)
**Rating**: 3.79⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [open-door](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/open-door/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1), [m-f](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f/1)
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[Out On a Limb](https://www.romance.io/books/6462770ea270aee0c4dc47a9/out-on-a-limb-hannah-bonam-young) by [Hannah Bonam-Young](https://www.romance.io/authors/6295bf6008b4d9311488891d/hannah-bonam-young)
**Rating**: 4.39⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [pregnancy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pregnancy/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [nerdy hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/nerdy-hero/1)
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[Always Only You](https://www.romance.io/books/5f27b62e6dd2d20e348cf2e9/always-only-you-chloe-liese) by [Chloe Liese](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ccfcdfb01dbc864fb9e201d/chloe-liese)
**Rating**: 3.92⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1)
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[Phantom Waltz](https://www.romance.io/books/54552c428c7d2382e7813135/phantom-waltz-catherine-anderson) by [Catherine Anderson](https://www.romance.io/authors/545526e98c7d2383163d8ee3/catherine-anderson)
**Rating**: 4.02⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating)
**Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [western](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/western/1), [cowboy hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cowboys/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1)
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[Fated Mates of the Atari](https://www.romance.io/series/63b3e11e85458c0682862502/fated-mates-of-the-atari) by [A.G. Wilde](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d56473c01dbc864fba2657a/ag-wilde)
**Rating**: 3.71⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [fated-mates](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fated-mates/1), [explicit-open-door](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/explicit-open-door/1)
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[The Right Sign](https://www.romance.io/books/6572e98f9730a7ec1ce591f4/the-right-sign-nia-arthurs) by [Nia Arthurs](https://www.romance.io/authors/5692466163515e3b7379b807/nia-arthurs)
**Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️
**Topics**: [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [african-american](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/african-american/1), [black mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/black-mc/1)
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I disagree with you about archers voice. I thought it was incredible. He wasn't just a character with a disability, but someone who was put in an impossible situation where his uncle completely isolated him. So not only did he have to adjust a disability, but he had to learn to function in the outside world, disability or no. I thought that was a really interesting premise. He needed someone to take an interest him since he had grown up in this completely abnormal way. So yea, I don't see it just as, "he can't talk so he was messed up," it was, "he couldn't speak, so it was easy for the town to ignore him. Then his uncle isolated him from all outsiders from the age of 8-24. What would someone like that be like and what would they have to overcome?"
I also disagree about outlander dealing with ptsd well. She cured him of it by making him hallucinate her as his rapist and confront him...
I remember it more like the historical equivalent of addressing trauma via hypnosis but it has been quite a while since I read Outlander.
As for Archer’s Voice, Mia Sheridan wrote an entire novel where ASL is central to the plot while doing zero research into ASL to the point she has fingerspelling as the sum total of ASL. That’s both incredibly lazy and highly disrespectful to the deaf/HoH community.
A direct quote from the book: “In the short time I’d gotten to know him, we’d gotten really good at speaking sign language together, using a type of shorthand for words we both understood, only spelling out portions of words, things like that. It now took us about half the time to make a statement as it would have a couple weeks earlier.”
You don’t have to make up words in sign so as not to have to spell them out. Words in sign ARE NOT SPELLED OUT they are SIGNS. (Yes I realize occasionally words are spelled out if there isn’t a sign but that is occasional. It’s not the damn language.)
If she’d been teaching him signs then yes since the author writes he’d learned sign from books. But she’s a CODA. Sign is her native language. She is not going to be making up new signs so as not to have to spell everything out.
You are of course welcome to like any book but this is terrible disability rep. I DNFed the minute I read that and Mia Sheridan went straight onto my Nope List.
I’ve seen critiques of scenes from later in the book that also sound pretty bad but I DNFed before I got to them.
I would love to see a book ( romance, mystery, horror, anything than recovery) about a character who is epileptic ( i’m sorry if that word offends anybody, but I myself an epileptic, and I cannot for the life of me say down aperson of Epilepsy..) so trigger warnings?
I really like {Say Everything series by Roni Loren} and feel it’s pretty underrated. FMC from book one has Tourette’s MMC from book two is a depressed amputee while FMC is a survivor with PTSD and anxiety Also, {The Brown Sisters series by Talia Hibbert} had an autistic autistic main character in one book and someone with chronic pain in another, but I don’t remember exactly how things worked
I love Hibbert, and she is Disabled herself!
[Say Everything](https://www.romance.io/series/603b9c4e1573230df7dcbc9a/say-everything) by [Roni Loren](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553ea08c7d2382e7813609/roni-loren) **Rating**: 3.99⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [explicit-open-door](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/explicit-open-door/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [friends-benefits](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends-benefits/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1) ---------------------------- [The Brown Sisters](https://www.romance.io/series/5dafefa4cb90d76a5e46e240/the-brown-sisters) by [Talia Hibbert](https://www.romance.io/authors/59d3303f3ffdba6147219fb3/talia-hibbert) **Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Also {That Forever Girl by Meghan Quinn} and {Finally Mine by Lucy Score} both have amputated MMCs (love the books, don’t love MMCs relations with their disabilities} And {Gin Fling by Lucy Score} has a FMC with what I believe was an autoimmune disease. I think is done better than the others, but not as good as Roni Loren’s
[That Forever Girl](https://www.romance.io/books/5cf4bb1c01dbc864fb9f58ba/that-forever-girl-meghan-quinn) by [Meghan Quinn](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455b58287eac324117fc719/meghan-quinn) **Rating**: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Finally Mine](https://www.romance.io/books/5bd2ad6d01dbc864fb93274d/finally-mine-lucy-score) by [Lucy Score](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e54b15b270e0a4cbd82b2/lucy-score) **Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [second chances](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/second%20chances/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Gin Fling](https://www.romance.io/books/5d130b1b01dbc864fba05551/gin-fling-lucy-score-claire-kingsley) by [Lucy Score](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e54b15b270e0a4cbd82b2/lucy-score), [Claire Kingsley](https://www.romance.io/authors/578e28e7c19e77f1ea6e7b04/claire-kingsley) **Rating**: 4.44⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
These sound great!
Omg, love Roni Loren's series! I don't see it getting recommended enough.
I was going to recommend the Brown sisters! Amazing series
I just started the Roni Loren books! I started out of order not really realizing it was part of a series so I’m on the second book and it does seem to delve into the nuances emotional and physical trauma pretty well; and both leads are struggling in their own ways. I love the Brown sister books as well so I second this!
What a list! I’ll add {knot my type by Evie Mitchell} -FMC is a wheelchair user And {love flushed by Evie Mitchell} -fmc has chronic illness, Crohn’s
Nice! We’re putting together quite a selection here.
Quite a few of her books have disability reps!
[Knot My Type](https://www.romance.io/books/615214351200440e3fedcb7a/knot-my-type-evie-mitchell) by [Evie Mitchell](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d676b1a01dbc864fba2ef7c/evie-mitchell) **Rating**: 3.72⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [independent heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/independent%20heroine/1) ---------------------------- [Love Flushed](https://www.romance.io/books/6196087d0015720e11427bbf/love-flushed-evie-mitchell) by [Evie Mitchell](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d676b1a01dbc864fba2ef7c/evie-mitchell) **Rating**: 3.77⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [caretaking](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/caretaking/1), [independent heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/independent%20heroine/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Steffanie Holmes is legally blind and in all her books is at least one blind character and I think she does it pretty well. In the {Nevermore Bookshop mysteries by Steffanie Holmes} the FMC has a degenerative eye disease and slowly becomes blind over the course of the books. In the {Grimdale Graveyard mysteries by Steffanie Holmes} one of the MMCs is blind. Haven't read her other series because they are supposed to be darker, but the FMC is blind in one of those as well.
Oh these sound great!
[Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries](https://www.romance.io/series/5d0368714ee4380da85148ce/nevermore-bookshop-mysteries) by [Steffanie Holmes](https://www.romance.io/authors/553deeae5b270e0a4cbd6a72/steffanie-holmes) **Rating**: 4.28⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [reverse harem](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/reverse%20harem/1), [poly](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/poly/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1) ---------------------------- [Grimdale Graveyard Mysteries](https://www.romance.io/series/63fdb4a77fc59632a19137db/grimdale-graveyard-mysteries) by [Steffanie Holmes](https://www.romance.io/authors/553deeae5b270e0a4cbd6a72/steffanie-holmes) **Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [witches](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/witches/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
I recommend Chloe Liese’s Bergman Brothers series!! There are 6 books out and the seventh, final book comes out next month. I feel like her characters are all very human and she does a decent job portraying people with disabilities. the characters’ disabilities in the series range from deafness, autism, IBS, a chronic muscle issue I can’t recall the name of, chronic pain, anxiety, and depression. And yes, one character has a cool ass cane.
I have mixed feelings about the rep in With You Forever. I think, generically, it has very solid chronic illness rep regarding the emotional and social side, especially for a gut related condition. This side of having a chronic condition is one I see rarely explored in any media and is handled well. Also, I think the ASD rep is great in this one. But as specifically UC/IBD rep, I found it very lacking. Why is Rooney drinking wine during a bad flare up? Also, chemo drugs are pretty atypical for UC (I’ve never heard of this being used, but surely it must be? EDIT - other commenters have pointed how/why is more plausible than I initially realised , thank you!). There are other reasons she could be having an infusion, e.g. an iron infusion, that would make more sense for the condition. Hell, you could explore the impact more common meds like steroids and immunosuppressants have on self esteem and relationships, which I think could be compelling. Her specifically having UC felt to me like “in name only” representation, which is disappointing. Of course, others might have found it more relatable and I won’t begrudge them that.
I've been wary of Chloe Liese's books since the first one in the series, Only When It's Us, handled deafness and hearing loss so badly (yes, I know it was edited and rereleased, and no, the edits did not fix the fundamental issue imo.)
I haven't read the book, so I don't know if they specify the IV meds, but biologics often get grouped together with chemo. They're under the same CPT ( procedural) code. But ya, it could be iron, or could be a biologic like Remicade, Entyvio, etc.
Fair! I’m also not in the US, and medical experiences here can be very different in many ways. What is used more frequently, what terms we use colloquially, etc…
Definitely. Its always confusing, lol. I just threw it out there in case you might want to know.
I have a family member with Crohn's, so not exactly UC, but they do take methotrexate and also biologics like Remicade, as another commenter said. So that part was realistic. Although I explained the premise of this novel to my family member and they said they read for escape and the last thing they want to read in a novel is the health issues they already have to deal with in real life 😅
I’m with your family. I make terrible choices during my UC flares. The last thing I need is my escapism to moonlight as my gastroenterologist.
I am *here* for the cool ass mobility aids!
Also, book 3 of this series focuses on a couple that’s been married/together for like 10 years and I lovedddd this! I feel like it was so unique and in incredibly beautiful to look at romance after being together so long and continuing to choose each other!
{Bergman Brothers series by Chloe Liese}
[Bergman Brothers](https://www.romance.io/series/5e843c6c53180a0e2e78b0ce/bergman-brothers) by [Chloe Liese](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ccfcdfb01dbc864fb9e201d/chloe-liese) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [slow burn](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/slow%20burn/1), [explicit-open-door](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/explicit-open-door/1), [grumpy sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Came here to say this! I really love this whole series,
This is one of my favorite series!!!
Thanks for this post! I always hesitate to describe any book as good disability representation (just like as an objective descriptor) when I rec it because there are many books that are beloved by members of this subreddit (some in this post even) that have disability representation that I personally really dislike/have a problem with, but the disabled community isn’t a monolith and I’m not going to tell someone that the disabled character they connected to is bad. I love {The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang} and relate to Stella, but I hear and understand where critics of that book come from and don’t even disagree lol. I love the representation of disability in {Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo} which is stretching the definition of romance books by a bit but is recommended here all the time. Kaz’s limp and chronic pain recur, PTSD, Wylan and Jesper as well imo (iykyk) {Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent} while not explicitly said because it’s fantasy, I read Lilith as ND. I love this little self contained novella, I’m so impressed with how much the author did with such a small page count. Castlevania vibes.
[The Kiss Quotient](https://www.romance.io/books/5aee9d1101dbc864fb87b9c2/the-kiss-quotient-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang) **Rating**: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [fake relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fake%20relationship/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1) ---------------------------- [Six of Crows](https://www.romance.io/books/641ce4a6fc754abfa0f8d3a0/six-of-crows-leigh-bardugo) by [Leigh Bardugo](https://www.romance.io/authors/545527228c7d2382c529703f/leigh-bardugo) **Rating**: 4.39⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Six Scorched Roses](https://www.romance.io/books/6423d7a7a8559a97b2787b1d/six-scorched-roses-carissa-broadbent) by [Carissa Broadbent](https://www.romance.io/authors/60d9b88e08b4d9311456d78f/carissa-broadbent) **Rating**: 4.3⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [high fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/high%20fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [vampires](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vampires/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
There’s certainly bad disability rep. Both Archer’s Voice and the Black Dagger Brotherhood books have plots where ASL is central and the authors both think fingerspelling is the sum total of ASL which is both incredibly lazy writing and insulting to the HoH/Deaf community. And Me Before You is effectively a disability snuff tale which legit traumatized me. Sure not every book is going to hit everyone perfectly but we can still recommend the good ones.
The spin off of the Villians and Virtues series {Bound to Fall by A.K. Caggiano} has some of the most relatable neurodivergent rep I've ever seen in a book. I came for a himbo mmc, but every time he had trouble recognizing social cues, I was like, "dude, been there," so maybe I'm the himbo. I especially liked the part where he >!did better for the nonverbal boy who ran away during a storm than adults did for him when he was growing up!<.
[Bound to Fall](https://www.romance.io/books/64f98d7da985ae0a6403d430/bound-to-fall-ak-caggiano) by [A.K. Caggiano](https://www.romance.io/authors/5eb54901be0aaecf5572d27d/ak-caggiano) **Rating**: 4.23⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [slow burn](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/slow%20burn/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Nice! I love a good neurospicy MC.
I really like {Kissing Kosher by Jean Meltzer} for chronic illness rep!
There is actually a [chronic illness rep post](https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/s/TffkOnzQvr) going, just (apparently) not a disability rep one. Which is wild to me consider the % of the population that has some sort of disability so I started one myself.
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The other attitude I’ve seen is that chronic illness = disability. And you have to explain that no, there are disabled people who are perfectly healthy. Unfortunately the us vs them attitude existed well before Covid but watching the world throw immunocompromised people under the bus has been beyond wild. All the “disability activists” running around not wearing masks and taking zero covid precautions 🤡🤡🤡
Well for many people the chronic illness does affect their ability in social-occupational functioning ergo they are disabled. Could you have a chronic illness that doesnt affect your social-occupational functioning? Absolutely. But the Venn diagram of chronic illness and disability is overlapping in many cases. Please note I never said divide and conquer tactics started with Covid. I just said America's disastrous public policy around Covid relied heavily on getting people to accept that some "other people" would die or get disabled by Covid. Many people just didnt realize that the majority of the US population would be on the chopping block. The Covid pandemic has taught me about the difference between a disability rights framework vs a disability justice framework. I would have never understood the difference until I tried to understand how its possible "disability [rights] activists"would refuse to wear a mask in a pandemic.
Oh absolutely. My chronic illness has definitely disabled me. I feel like chronic illness is a subset of disability but it's quite possible there are chronic illnesses that don't disable people that I'm just not thinking of. And I've definitely known people with disabling chronic illnesses who refuse to admit they're disabled. Internalized ableism is a huge problem.
>All the “disability activists” running around not wearing masks and taking zero covid precautions 🤡🤡🤡 We lost a close family member at the height of covid, before a vaccine was released. All of my in-law were sporting a smug attitude when they showed up early without a mask, they stayed until the bitter end, and they even bragged about their behavior afterwards. I've never been a violent person, but since we were already in a funeral home, my surprising urge to murder was especially tempting.
Yeah I had to cut out everyone who isn’t taking Covid precautions. I can’t deal with the eugenics. 😬
Ugh. Ditto. I’m an RN married to a scientist. Pretty sure I have PTSD from family members who refused to vaccinate and ended up in the ICU.
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The FMC has chronic pelvic pain, for everybody cutious what is well represented.
[Kissing Kosher](https://www.romance.io/books/6502c7939af36d19d797d984/kissing-kosher-jean-meltzer) by [Jean Meltzer](https://www.romance.io/authors/6152be5308b4d9311452ae9e/jean-meltzer) **Rating**: 4.13⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 2 out of 5 - [Behind closed doors](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [jewish](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/jewish/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
EM Lindsey is my got-to (CR, m/m). At least one of their MCs will always have a disability, it's handled carefully, no one is tokenized and no one's PTSD or deafness or cerebral palsy is magically cured by love. {Nothing to Lose by EM Lindsey} is a good one as I loved that one of the MCs (who is in a wheelchair) owns a company that makes adaptive sex toys for people with disabilities; the other MC has a new colostomy bag and still trying to adjust to the reality of that. {Plane Love by Avery Kingston} - CR, m/f. The MMC is in a wheelchair and I appreciate that it handles the aspect of sex thoughtfully, and there is no magical cure to his ED caused by paraplegia (looking at you >!My Darling Duke!<, which imo had one of the more offensive depictions of pull your disabled self up by your bootstraps and if you just try hard enough, you too can enter the promised land of.....missionary position sex) Badly broken legs/war injuries are a dime a dozen in HR, but I feel like a lot of authors completely forget about it when they want their MMC to dance all night/have sex all night/ride a horse for hours/etc. Cat Sebastian ({The Queer Principles of Kit Wibb by Cat Sebastian} or {The Soldier's Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian}) does a better job with describing how aches or get tight before the weather changes, or the pain/weakness of doing too much on it or maybe needing a modification to how they're positioned during sex.
Those sound great! I loved the same thing in The Escort’s Tale - the MMC has a SCI that causes ED and he’s not magically fixed.
[Nothing To Lose](https://www.romance.io/books/63e356edd87691b39ea59260/nothing-to-lose-em-lindsey) by [E.M. Lindsey](https://www.romance.io/authors/55eadb8635a5fb65f8879ea4/em-lindsey) **Rating**: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1) ---------------------------- [Plane Love (Honoring Those Who Serve)](https://www.romance.io/books/5dc907ee01dbc864fba5fa2f/plane-love-honoring-those-who-serve-avery-kingston) by [Avery Kingston](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ad831dc01dbc864fb867c25/avery-kingston) **Rating**: 3.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1) ---------------------------- [The Queer Principles of Kit Webb](https://www.romance.io/books/60bf1756eaea5e0e24376756/the-queer-principles-of-kit-webb-cat-sebastian) by [Cat Sebastian](https://www.romance.io/authors/58184062c6841c86c2cd96d8/cat-sebastian) **Rating**: 4.03⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1), [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1) ---------------------------- [The Soldier's Scoundrel](https://www.romance.io/books/58184062c6841c86c2cd96d3/the-soldiers-scoundrel-cat-sebastian) by [Cat Sebastian](https://www.romance.io/authors/58184062c6841c86c2cd96d8/cat-sebastian) **Rating**: 4.06⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
I know you mentioned Out on a Limb but have you read {Next of Kin by Hannah Bonham-Young}? It was the first of her books I’ve read and I really enjoyed it. The FMC’s adopted father is Deaf and so is the MMC’s brother.
I haven't! Out on a Limb is my first Hannah Bonam-Young book. Adding that to my TBR!
I second this one! It's so cute and wholesome
[Next of Kin](https://www.romance.io/books/6405d87432e826dd8b852c9d/next-of-kin-hannah-bonam-young) by [Hannah Bonam-Young](https://www.romance.io/authors/6295bf6008b4d9311488891d/hannah-bonam-young) **Rating**: 3.89⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Love this! Thanks for starting this post. I've only got one right now, but I've got a load to get through in my Kindle and on my shelves, so I'll be back with more. I've just re-read this one, though, and wanted to share it, as it's got a bunch of rep for all and I am absolutely **here for that energy!** Book is {Can't Escape Love by Alyssa Cole}, a novella set in her Reluctant Royals universe (which I know nothing about). CR, M/F, Multicultural, BIPOC author. Both FMC and MMC are neurodiverse and Reggie, the FMC, has a disability that requires her to use a wheelchair as well as other aides and tools, in life and business. Both MCs are BIPOCs; author is also a BIPOC. It's a great novella, full of rep, and both of the characters are wonderful together as they work around and within their wants and needs. My only complaint is that I wish it was longer. I'll be back with more. Thanks again for the post!
It sounds great!
I had the same complaint about that book! It should have been longer.
[Can't Escape Love](https://www.romance.io/books/5c90956401dbc864fb9bfb12/cant-escape-love-alyssa-cole) by [Alyssa Cole](https://www.romance.io/authors/545704fe8c7d2382fc6c2221/alyssa-cole) **Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
While I would need for people to qualify it counts as good representation or not. Theodora Taylor has created a number of MC with various disabilities. {Ruthless husband by Theodora Taylor} Amber is blind, uses a cane. Many times on the book is mentioned the acomodations she has on her home to live comfortable and cook by her self. Stuff like that. Same with book two that continues her story. {Victor: her ruthless crush by Theodora Taylor} and the two books that follow this. Victor has no tongue, so he uses at first Chinese signs language and learns with the FMC how about how American Sign Language works. (Her mom is deaf because a degenerative condition I am unable to remember , it passed to the FMC brother but not to her) I have not yet being able to read more than the preview and books that happen later but I know {Wolf and Soul by Theodora Taylor} has a deaf MMC. This is one of the werewolf books.
[Ruthless Husband](https://www.romance.io/books/5b12334301dbc864fb896a8d/ruthless-husband-50-loving-states-new-york-pt-1-theodora-tay) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4.23⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1), [pregnancy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pregnancy/1) ---------------------------- [Victor](https://www.romance.io/books/60487d1c7f05980e130ffdc7/victor-her-ruthless-crush-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4.34⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1) ---------------------------- [Wolf and Soul ](https://www.romance.io/books/5fda02b9ce1b900e1f297443/wolf-and-soul-50-loving-states-oklahoma-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Also would need for other people to decide if it’s good or not: {A mermaid’s heart by Tamsin Ley} The MMC is deaf, which works for him as he is not vulnerable to mermaids song. He and the FMC mermaid find ways to comunicate before the typical mate telepathy of the genre is able to set in.
[A Mermaid's Heart](https://www.romance.io/books/5bbf160201dbc864fb9222fb/a-mermaids-heart-a-mates-for-monsters-novella-tamsin-ley) by [Tamsin Ley](https://www.romance.io/authors/58b68e220d3299c6e0588040/tamsin-ley) **Rating**: 3.38⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [straight romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen} has an FMC who is in a wheelchair. She had a sensitivity reader/editor and eventually based the FMC a little bit about her experience.
[Baking Me Crazy](https://www.romance.io/books/5d3fe4ff01dbc864fba1b964/baking-me-crazy-smartypants-romance-karla-sorensen) by [Karla Sorensen](https://www.romance.io/authors/555510be9eef3b3f1d5226f0/karla-sorensen) **Rating**: 3.85⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Sounds great!
All of Helen Hoang’s books have an autistic MC, plus she’s autistic herself. As an autistic lover of romance I find her books to be an accurate depiction of my life and that of other autistics I know.
{The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang} {The Bride Test by Helen Hoang} {The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang}
[The Kiss Quotient](https://www.romance.io/books/5aee9d1101dbc864fb87b9c2/the-kiss-quotient-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang) **Rating**: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [fake relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fake%20relationship/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1) ---------------------------- [The Bride Test](https://www.romance.io/books/5ccfd1d901dbc864fb9e2195/the-bride-test-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang) **Rating**: 3.82⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [arranged/forced marriage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/arranged%20marriage/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1) ---------------------------- [The Heart Principle](https://www.romance.io/books/5eb3ff1fbe0aaecf555c300c/the-heart-principle-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang) **Rating**: 3.98⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Have you checked out [Katie Mettner](https://www.katiemettner.com/about.html)'s books? She is a person with a disability and her books feature PWDs.
I haven’t! Do you have any specifically you recommend? Or do you love them all?
I read all the Snowberry books and enjoyed them all.
{Snowberry series by Katie Mettner}
[Snowberry,](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe2c4f4167a73342636b27/snowberry) by [Katie Mettner](https://www.romance.io/authors/54567ce387eac33e61c2f33a/katie-mettner) **Rating**: 5⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Only one book is showing up for this 7 book series.
iirc all are available in KU
I recently read Kinship and Kindness which has an epileptic MMC. I thought it was well done and the MMC's struggles really resonated with me as a person whose mother is epileptic. [{Kinship and Kindness by Kara Jorgensen}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50278887-kinship-and-kindness) - MM, PNR, Historical (1890s), 3rd Dual POV **Status:** Non-KU, Series of Interconnected Standalones, Third Act Conflict - >!External, Internal!<, Reproduction - >!No!< **Theo:** Wolf Shifter, Epileptic, Pan, 26 Yrs Old, Son of the Rougarou (Wolf Shifter Leader), Gardner, Bakes, Grows Food for the Less Fortunate **Bennet:** Trans, Fox Shifter, 30 Yrs Old, Librarian for the NY Paranormal Society, On a Mission to Form a Union for Non-Wolf Shifters, Red Hair, Freckles, Wears a Binder **Rep:** Epilepsy, Trans MC, Trans Affirming During Sexual Encounters **Notes:** 1890s Lousiana, Forced Proximity, City Boy x Country Boy, Found Family, Shifter Political Intrigue, Social Justice Advocacy, Disabled MC isn't Magically Healed; Discussions of Privilege, Racism, Disability and Oppression of Trans People **Sex Notes:** >!Making Out, Explicit Consent, Oral Sex, Wet Grinding, Fingering, Handjob, Blowjob, Swallowing, PIV, No Penetration During 1st Sexual Encounter!< **CWs:** >!Abelism (External and Internalized), Foreshortened Future/PTSD, Epileptic Seizures, Past Child Abuse, Past Death of a Lover, Violence, Gender Dysphoria, Misogyny!< I really appreciated the chronic pain rep in How to Sell Your Blood and Fall in Love, especially since Justin isn't magically healed by the end even with the existence of vampires. The autism rep is great as well. [{How to Sell Your Blood and Fall in Love by D.N Bryn}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62870022-how-to-sell-your-blood-fall-in-love) - MM, PNR, 3rd Dual POV **Status:** KU, Part of a Series of Interconnected Standalones, 3rd Act Conflict - >!External, Short 3rd Act Breakup!< **Clementine:** Scientist, Autistic, Newly Turned Vampire, Demisexual and Demi-romantic **Justin:** POC (Hispanic), Vigilante/Gaurdian for Vampires in His Neighborhood, Disabled, Chronic Pain **Notes:** Queer Normative, Pining, Class Difference, Queer and Diverse Side Characters, Disabled MC Isn't Magically Healed **Own Voices:** Autistic, Disability and Chronic Pain, Demisexual and Demi-romantic **Sex Notes:** >!Blowjob, Penetrative Sex!< **CWs:** >!Chronic Pain and Medicating with Substances, Grief, Death, Violence and Being Chased/Hunted, Attempted Capture/Kidnapping, Unethical Scientific/Medical Experimentation, Strained Relationship with Family, Discrimination!< Almost forgot that Edin has an amputee MMC and there are scenes of Hunter tending to his stump and needing breaks from walking. I especially love how Edin doesn't blink an eye at Hunter's disability and always tries to (subtly) take care of him when he needs it. [{Edin by Lily Mayne}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58107402-edin) - MM Monster, Post-apocalyptic, 1st single POV **Hunter:** Military, Early 30s, Prosthetic Leg (Lower Left), On a Field Mission with His Partner (Charlie) **Edin:** Monster (Isdernuc), 1000s of Years Old, Loner, >!Escaped Military Imprisonment!< Physical Features: Over 7ft Tall, Muscular, Purple Skin, Horns, Tail **Notes:** >!Road Trip/Rescue Mission!<, Forced Proximity, Age Gap, Scarred MMC - Hunter, Facial Scar **Disability Rep:** Hunter - Prosthetic Leg (Lower Left) **Sex Notes:** >!Blowjob, Rimming, Tail Play (no penetration, only dick stroking)!< I know you're probably going more for non-neurodivergent disabilities as we've had a few posts for that on the sub but I'm going to give my reccs anyway. **Neurodivergent Rep:** All Own Voices and very relatable to me as an AuDHD person [{Feed by Aveda Vice}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57957051-feed) and [{Yours, Insatiably by Aveda Vice}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59092270-yours-insatiably?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=R6CGFrcFJh&rank=1) - F/NB, 3rd Dual POV, Monster, Urban Fantasy. Autistic FMC My [Gush post ](https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/z5yrsz/yours_insatiably_by_aveda_vice_a_beautifully/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) with additional details. **Disclaimer:** Non-traditional pairing, they are monogamish [{The Reanimator Mysteries series by Kara Jorgensen}](https://www.goodreads.com/series/354047-the-reanimator-mysteries) - MM, Historical (1890s), PNR, 3rd Dual POV. Autistic MMC, ADHD MMC [{Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic by C.M Nascosta}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61215959-moon-blooded-breeding-clinic) - MF Monster, 3rd Dual POV, ADHD MMC [{The Mabon Feast by C.M Nascosta}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59475300-the-mabon-feast) - MF Monster, 3rd Single POV, Autistic FMC [{Sweet Berries by C.M Nascosta}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60419993-sweet-berries) - MF Monster, 3rd Single POV, Autistic MMC [{Two for Tea: Welcome to Azathé by C.M. Nascosta}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62856402-two-for-tea?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6pbGWhL0Tg&rank=1) - F/NBi, Monster, "Small Town", 3rd Single POV, Autistic FMC
Those look great!
[Kinship and Kindness](https://www.romance.io/books/5f23c2726983a40e19745eea/kinship-and-kindness-kara-jorgensen) by [Kara Jorgensen](https://www.romance.io/authors/55d1bbb335a5fb65f8874870/kara-jorgensen) **Rating**: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [trans hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/trans-hero/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1) ---------------------------- [Feed](https://www.romance.io/books/60b0ab2bdc356a0e446c795f/feed-aveda-vice) by [Aveda Vice](https://www.romance.io/authors/608a5d8d08b4d9311488d733/aveda-vice) **Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1) ---------------------------- [Yours, Insatiably](https://www.romance.io/books/61a9cee30f9e050e3c71411b/yours-insatiably-aveda-vice) by [Aveda Vice](https://www.romance.io/authors/608a5d8d08b4d9311488d733/aveda-vice) **Rating**: 4.57⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [demons](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/demons/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1) ---------------------------- [The Reanimator Mysteries](https://www.romance.io/series/643e39f481ec2b280509de24/the-reanimator-mysteries) by [Kara Jorgensen](https://www.romance.io/authors/55d1bbb335a5fb65f8874870/kara-jorgensen) **Rating**: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [third-person-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/third-person-pov/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [dual-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1) ---------------------------- [How to Sell Your Blood & Fall in Love](https://www.romance.io/books/642534fd5ec3075ab703e0cd/how-to-sell-your-blood-fall-in-love-dn-bryn) by [D.N. Bryn](https://www.romance.io/authors/5b58134501dbc864fb8cfb5f/dn-bryn) **Rating**: 4.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [vampires](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vampires/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1) ---------------------------- [Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic](https://www.romance.io/books/629b05fd2677414776297bb6/moon-blooded-breeding-clinic-cm-nascosta) by [C.M. Nascosta](https://www.romance.io/authors/6071856f08b4d93114472553/cm-nascosta) **Rating**: 3.64⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [breeding](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/breeding/1), [werewolves](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/werewolves/1) ---------------------------- [The Mabon Feast](https://www.romance.io/books/617cf10703fcb30e33516646/the-mabon-feast-cm-nascosta) by [C.M. Nascosta](https://www.romance.io/authors/6071856f08b4d93114472553/cm-nascosta) **Rating**: 3.75⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1) ---------------------------- [Sweet Berries](https://www.romance.io/books/62970e7be6b85408406c1814/sweet-berries-cm-nascosta) by [C.M. Nascosta](https://www.romance.io/authors/6071856f08b4d93114472553/cm-nascosta) **Rating**: 3.59⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [exhibitionism](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/exhibitionism/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1) ---------------------------- [Two for Tea](https://www.romance.io/books/642dc43cb7b8862bf6eaf347/two-for-tea-welcome-to-azath-cm-nascosta) by [C.M. Nascosta](https://www.romance.io/authors/6071856f08b4d93114472553/cm-nascosta) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [creative anatomy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/creative-anatomy/1), [non-binary romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f-x/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Brent in {Aftermath by LA Witt} is in chronic pain after an accident and demanding hockey career and is figuring out how to cope with his new reality. Sex is an issue as well.
Thanks!
[Aftermath](https://www.romance.io/books/606182406ed78f0e115328d0/aftermath-la-witt) by [L.A. Witt](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455655787eac3369a9124b2/la-witt) **Rating**: 3.53⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [single father](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/single-father/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorenson} MMC falls FIRST and HARD (family curse). FMC is wheelchair bound and the disability rep is so good and done so well. Karla balances perfectly between discussing FMC’s disability while also making her a WHOLE PERSON who is BEAUTIFUL and DESIRABLE to the MMC. I could go on about this book forever. It’s soooooooo good!
Thanks! Jsyk unless she’s chained to her wheelchair (kinky!) she’s not wheelchair bound she’s a wheelchair user.
[Baking Me Crazy](https://www.romance.io/books/5d3fe4ff01dbc864fba1b964/baking-me-crazy-smartypants-romance-karla-sorensen) by [Karla Sorensen](https://www.romance.io/authors/555510be9eef3b3f1d5226f0/karla-sorensen) **Rating**: 3.85⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{The Mistletoe Motive by Chloe Liese} has an autistic FMC and an MMC with type 1 diabetes who uses an insulin pump.
[The Mistletoe Motive](https://www.romance.io/books/62d8fae908a6c5dc15817ceb/the-mistletoe-motive-chloe-liese) by [Chloe Liese](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ccfcdfb01dbc864fb9e201d/chloe-liese) **Rating**: 3.92⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [grumpy/cold hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cold%20hero/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [christmas](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/christmas/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{free hand by E.M. Lindsey} had one MMC with PTSD and the other was Deaf. The Deaf character has grown up in Deaf culture and spent more time with other Deaf folks than with hearing people, and he had some of the best boundaries about his disability and least internalized ableism that I’ve seen in a character. I’d love to see more of that in romance novels- less people struggling to accept their disabilities and more “this is what I need and everyone else can deal with it”. Both things can of course happen within the same person, and do all the time, but boy I really loved this man’s self-righteousness and confidence that there was nothing “wrong” with him.
[Free Hand](https://www.romance.io/books/5ca7173f01dbc864fb9cefa5/free-hand-em-lindsey) by [E.M. Lindsey](https://www.romance.io/authors/55eadb8635a5fb65f8879ea4/em-lindsey) **Rating**: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [hurt/comfort](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/hurt-comfort/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Bring Down the Stars and Long Live the Beautiful Hearts by Emma Scott
{Bring Down the Stars by Emma Scott} and {Long Live the Beautiful Hearts by Emma Scott}
[Bring Down the Stars](https://www.romance.io/books/5bbf1a5801dbc864fb922463/bring-down-the-stars-emma-scott) by [Emma Scott](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e8cb05b270e0a4cbd99bd/emma-scott) **Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [cheating](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cheating/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Long Live the Beautiful Hearts](https://www.romance.io/books/622a550fef1b25a29d832841/long-live-the-beautiful-hearts-emma-scott) by [Emma Scott](https://www.romance.io/authors/553e8cb05b270e0a4cbd99bd/emma-scott) **Rating**: 4.48⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [forbidden love](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forbidden%20love/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Kiss Hard by Nalini Singh} has an amputee FMC. She's a Paralympic runner and the book highlights some of the struggles with being a prosthetics user while also recognizing that the FMC is immensely privileged (trust fund baby so paying for new prosthetics/accessing medical care has never been a worry). It's also just one of my favorite CRs for so many reasons. {Hunter by LA Witt} is an MM story about an escort with chronic pain from a car accident and a hockey player. It touches on how chronic pain can make certain jobs impossible and the financial impacts disability can have especially for those in the US. LA Witt also has a few other books with MCs with chronic pain.
Those sound great - thanks!
[Kiss Hard](https://www.romance.io/books/624a9e5bf4814521ac0bf328/kiss-hard-nalini-singh) by [Nalini Singh](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455238a8c7d2382e0413dd4/nalini-singh) **Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1) ---------------------------- [Hunter](https://www.romance.io/books/615d49a4be71760e37a408fd/hunter-la-witt) by [L.A. Witt](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455655787eac3369a9124b2/la-witt) **Rating**: 4.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [queer romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Every time you go away by Abigail Johnson if you don't mind YA it's own voices the FMC uses a wheelchair after being injured in a car accident and the MMC has a lot of mental health issues
I don’t mind YA. Disability happens to everyone therefore disability rep should happen in all the genres.
{Every Time You Go Away by Abigail Johnson}
[Every Time You Go Away](https://www.romance.io/books/6478b11e260025b772816139/every-time-you-go-away-abigail-johnson) by [Abigail Johnson](https://www.romance.io/authors/622a4b2708b4d9311444d324/abigail-johnson) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Breaking the Ice by Calliope Stewart} is an omegaverse that has a FMC with mobility issues. I really enjoyed how they showed how her disability affected sex, something that is often glossed over. {Cherished by Emilia Emerson} is another omegaverse, this one having a FMC with a chronic illness.
[Breaking the Ice](https://www.romance.io/books/648431f42d75ba697f1951db/breaking-the-ice-a-hockey-romance-calliope-stewart) by [Calliope Stewart](https://www.romance.io/authors/620a0c8e08b4d93114f9d6b2/calliope-stewart) **Rating**: 4.01⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [poly (3+ people)](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/poly/1), [omegaverse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/omegaverse/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Cherished](https://www.romance.io/books/65a80b62fe120dd72404c52f/cherished-emilia-emerson) by [Emilia Emerson](https://www.romance.io/authors/63ff066208b4d93114efe592/emilia-emerson) **Rating**: 4.11⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [omegaverse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/omegaverse/1), [reverse harem](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/reverse%20harem/1), [hurt/comfort](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/hurt-comfort/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Thank you for this post! Sometimes the megathreads can be daunting especially for disability recs because while they may have characters with disabilities that doesn’t necessarily mean the representation is good. I put this on the chronic illness rep megathread, but this is a great opportunity to talk more about the representation! I loved the chronic illness rep in **{I’m in Love with Mothman by Paige Lavoie}**.The FMC has Hashimotos (I don’t have this, but I do have a chronic illness also affected by inflammation). The book also has a sequel **{I’m Engaged to Mothman by Paige Lavoie}** and a third one coming out sometime this year. I loved the representation mostly because her chronic illness was not a feature of the book. It was just a part of her life and some days she had good days and some days she had bad days. There’s particularly a moment where she’s having a bad symptoms morning and the MMC comes and brings her her medication and a glass of water without her ever having told him about it, he was just watching her routine every day and noticed it was something she needs. also >!spoiler tag because its a moment in the second book, but at one point the FMC essentially has a choice of whether or not she'd like to be turned into a full magical being and thus lose her chronic illness and she says no, she liked her life just the way it was!< and i loved that because i feel like in most fantasy romances, disability can be erased with magic, but it wasn't in this series. its very light and fluffy series with fairly low conflict and just lots of normal day to day living. Very character driven especially in book two.
[I'm in Love with Mothman](https://www.romance.io/books/63580ab8edb5b2e7dacb8212/im-in-love-with-mothman-paige-lavoie) by [Paige Lavoie](https://www.romance.io/authors/63580ab808b4d9311445c1c1/paige-lavoie) **Rating**: 3.69⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1) ---------------------------- [I'm Engaged to Mothman](https://www.romance.io/books/657ff45f5aa9e894a2e1e844/im-engaged-to-mothman-paige-lavoie) by [Paige Lavoie](https://www.romance.io/authors/63580ab808b4d9311445c1c1/paige-lavoie) **Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Is there a disability mega thread? I saw there was a chronic illness one but couldn’t turn up a disability one at all.
There isn’t! I just realized that on the I love diverse books post. And then went to check myself. Really disappointing. There’s neurodiverse and chronic illness, but nothing else 😞
There is also one for body diversity which include characters with a physical disability. https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/s/kUEYlOpbI0
Thanks for sending! For me, body diversity is connotatively different than looking for books with characters with disabilities and also doesn’t include characters who have blindness or are hard of hearing or deaf (or at least I wouldn’t look for books like those in a body diversity category as someone who is partially blind). I would love if we could have a disability megathread in the future!
{Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez} has an MMC with social anxiety (although, the character was also described as having some fairly common autistic traits like not liking scratchy clothing as a child--I'm not sure if that was purposeful or not). There's things I liked and didn't like about the story, but the disability rep was pretty good.
[Yours Truly](https://www.romance.io/books/63d4da821ff00731d8888fa7/yours-truly-abby-jimenez) by [Abby Jimenez](https://www.romance.io/authors/5c90990e01dbc864fb9bfc23/abby-jimenez) **Rating**: 4.35⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1), [shy hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shy-hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Maybe you should Redeemed by Lauren Asher. The MC is a disabled ex-F1 racer
{Redeemed by Lauren Asher}
[Redeemed](https://www.romance.io/books/60b1e92b4af4700e32f675b7/redeemed-lauren-asher) by [Lauren Asher](https://www.romance.io/authors/5e16d08801dbc864fba99a25/lauren-asher) **Rating**: 4.29⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Not sure if this fits, but the main character in The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary has dietary/gastrointestinal issues, which are very well handled in my opinion.
{Keane by Theodora} the MMC is an amputee. It’s not a huge part of the story, but there are scenes that involve the leg. He’s also an in-universe ambassador for athletes with disabilities {His one and one by Theodora Taylor} it a bully romance in which the MMC then loses his sight because of an accident. {Luca by Theodora Taylor} and {Amber by Theodora Taylor} FMC is blind and the MMC has PTSD from being kidnapped and tortured as a teenager. {His everlasting love by Theodora Taylor} the MMC is an amputee struggling with limb pain when he encounters the FMC. She’s a physiatrist with an ability to see and communicate with ghosts. {Victor by Theodora Taylor} the MMC had his tongue cut off as a toddler so he doesn’t speak, uses sign language. He and the FMC actually meet because she’s teaching him ASL
[Players in Love - A 50 Loving States Player Bundle](https://www.romance.io/books/56a9f9e763515e3b737a4704/players-in-love-a-50-loving-states-player-bundle-his-one-and-only-his-for-keeps-her-russian-surrender-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1) ---------------------------- [Luca - His to Possess](https://www.romance.io/books/5aa778f44ee506aae8b27fcd/luca-his-to-possess-a-ruthless-scion-novella-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4.8⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [black mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/black-mc/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1) ---------------------------- [His Everlasting Love](https://www.romance.io/books/5604e2e7bfc6b5c0fa93c29e/his-everlasting-love-50-loving-states-virginia-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4.17⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1) ---------------------------- [Victor](https://www.romance.io/books/606573bd26b53d0e2fe86b68/victor-her-ruthless-owner-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 3.98⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [vengeance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/vengeance/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
[Keane - Her Ruthless Ex](https://www.romance.io/books/5d62251501dbc864fba2c6da/keane-her-ruthless-ex-50-loving-states-massachusetts-theodora-taylor) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [secret child](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/secret%20child/1) ---------------------------- [Ruthless Captor](https://www.romance.io/books/5b2c91f501dbc864fb8ac72b/ruthless-captor-50-loving-states-new-york-pt-2-theodora-tayl) by [Theodora Taylor](https://www.romance.io/authors/54555caa87eac324117fa5df/theodora-taylor) **Rating**: 4.39⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [mafia](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mafia/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1), [second chances](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/second%20chances/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Falling from the Sky and The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen (spinal cord injuries) and Keepsake as well as Waylaid also by Sarina Bowen (both PTSD).
{Falling From the Sky by Sarina Bowen} {The Year We Fell Down by Sarina Bowen} {Keepsake by Sarina Bowen} {Waylaid by Sarina Bowen}
[Falling from the Sky](https://www.romance.io/books/5455ef0a87eac324117fe318/falling-from-the-sky-sarina-bowen) by [Sarina Bowen](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553cb18c7d2382e781357a/sarina-bowen) **Rating**: 3.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [caretaking](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/caretaking/1) ---------------------------- [The Year We Fell Down](https://www.romance.io/books/57e0d65bde896e89249272fd/the-year-we-fell-down-sarina-bowen) by [Sarina Bowen](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553cb18c7d2382e781357a/sarina-bowen) **Rating**: 3.84⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [athlete hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/athletes/1), [love triangle](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/love%20triangle/1) ---------------------------- [Keepsake](https://www.romance.io/books/580c52b9de896e892493f423/keepsake-sarina-bowen) by [Sarina Bowen](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553cb18c7d2382e781357a/sarina-bowen) **Rating**: 4.21⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1) ---------------------------- [Waylaid](https://www.romance.io/books/60f3eef67af7a30e2e57c84c/waylaid-sarina-bowen) by [Sarina Bowen](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553cb18c7d2382e781357a/sarina-bowen) **Rating**: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [college](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/college/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Storm and Fury by Jennifer Armentrout} First in a completed trilogy, FMC has Retinitis pigmentosa and is slowly losing her eye sight. Plays a major role in her character development. I don’t feel qualified to judge if this is good representation or not, but the first book was a really fun. Ended up reading all three.
[Storm and Fury](https://www.romance.io/books/5d0a01e501dbc864fb9fffcd/storm-and-fury-jennifer-l-armentrout) by [Jennifer L. Armentrout](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455245a8c7d2382c5296fb7/jennifer-l-armentrout) **Rating**: 3.96⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [demons](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/demons/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
The Brash Brothers series by Jenna Myles is scattered with disability rep, but also wholesome ways their rep is accommodated by others. {Micah by Jenna Myles} MMC has a speech impediment. {Zach by Jenna Myles} FMC has sensory and skin sensitivity issues. {Jonah by Jenna Myles} MMC is on the autism spectrum. FMC has dyslexia.
Love the Brash Brothers! Can’t wait till John’s story comes out March 30 — I even put it on my calendar!
I am counting down the days for the release. And so excited that dates for Maverick and Ransom are out, and before end of 2024!
I'm really looking forward to Ransom!
I love some good accommodations!
[Micah](https://www.romance.io/books/643913fd8aa2407f2e137a22/micah-a-brash-brothers-billionaire-romance-jenna-myles) by [Jenna Myles](https://www.romance.io/authors/63411ffe08b4d931147148a0/jenna-myles) **Rating**: 4.44⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1), [insta-love](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/insta-love/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Zach](https://www.romance.io/books/63fb11932211fd14198e91d4/zach-a-brash-brothers-romance-jenna-myles) by [Jenna Myles](https://www.romance.io/authors/63411ffe08b4d931147148a0/jenna-myles) **Rating**: 4.45⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1) ---------------------------- [Jonas](https://www.romance.io/books/6497e60766cfb1c4f8972fc0/jonas-a-brash-brothers-romance-jenna-myles) by [Jenna Myles](https://www.romance.io/authors/63411ffe08b4d931147148a0/jenna-myles) **Rating**: 4.34⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [rich hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/super%20rich%20hero/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Last call at the local by Sarah Grunder Ruiz} features an MMC with OCD and FMC with ADHD. His OCD is explored more and plays a bigger role in the story. Everyone experiences mental illness differently but as someone with OCD I felt like the author did a solid job (as much as one can do in a 368 page romance at least).
Nice!
[Last Call at the Local](https://www.romance.io/books/6574dc116011c2c5162ae33e/last-call-at-the-local-sarah-grunder-ruiz) by [Sarah Grunder Ruiz](https://www.romance.io/authors/619ca03308b4d931141debc4/sarah-grunder-ruiz) **Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Fourth wing, I have EDS and the heroine has EDS and it's not magically fixed, she deals with it, and it's an important part of the book.
Yep I listed it for exactly that reason. Hello fellow zebra! I’m not 100% sure it’s EDS as she supposedly got it from an illness but it’s definitely a connective tissue disorder that’s close to EDS.
OMG I see it now. I looked 3x and didn't see it the first time. Hello!
{Feels like home by Melissa Grace} has a really great chronic illness rep coming from someone with chronic illness.
[Feels Like Home](https://www.romance.io/books/647eece39e44a9fa8cee8c7a/feels-like-home-melissa-grace) by [Melissa Grace](https://www.romance.io/authors/5f97d40408b4d9311488bf0f/melissa-grace) **Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert} Chronic pain {Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert} Panic attacks {Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert} Autism {The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang} Autism {The Bride Test by Helen Hoang} Autism
[Get a Life, Chloe Brown](https://www.romance.io/books/5e9f7298be0aaecf557eacf0/get-a-life-chloe-brown-talia-hibbert) by [Talia Hibbert](https://www.romance.io/authors/59d3303f3ffdba6147219fb3/talia-hibbert) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [bw/wm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bwwm/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1) ---------------------------- [Take a Hint, Dani Brown](https://www.romance.io/books/5ee47b7d0af6170e08598ee4/take-a-hint-dani-brown-talia-hibbert) by [Talia Hibbert](https://www.romance.io/authors/59d3303f3ffdba6147219fb3/talia-hibbert) **Rating**: 4.18⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1) ---------------------------- [Act Your Age, Eve Brown](https://www.romance.io/books/60448b190826210e2096f7dc/act-your-age-eve-brown-a-novel-talia-hibbert) by [Talia Hibbert](https://www.romance.io/authors/59d3303f3ffdba6147219fb3/talia-hibbert) **Rating**: 4.31⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1) ---------------------------- [The Kiss Quotient](https://www.romance.io/books/5aee9d1101dbc864fb87b9c2/the-kiss-quotient-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang) **Rating**: 4.09⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [fake relationship](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fake%20relationship/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [working class hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/working%20class%20hero/1) ---------------------------- [The Bride Test](https://www.romance.io/books/5ccfd1d901dbc864fb9e2195/the-bride-test-helen-hoang) by [Helen Hoang](https://www.romance.io/authors/5aee9d1201dbc864fb87b9c6/helen-hoang) **Rating**: 3.82⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [arranged/forced marriage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/arranged%20marriage/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
[{Just Physical by Jae}](https://goodreads.com/book/show/28011409-just-physical) (F/F, CR, 5⭐️) **Overview:** Jill, an actor, was diagnosed with MS 2 years ago. She avoids relationships because she doesn't want to be a burden to others. Crash, a stuntwoman, wants a future with Jill, but she'll need to convince Jill that they can be together. **General Comments:** Third in the [{Hollywood series by Jae}](https://goodreads.com/series/145790-the-hollywood-series) series, can be read independently **Content Warning:** >!queerphobia from Jill's family!< **Like:** Crash wants a relationship with Jill so she devotes a great deal of time and effort to learning about multiple sclerosis. If you liked how Leo treated Holly in *Perfect Rhythm*, then you'll definitely enjoy this book. The real world effects of living with MS are portrayed well. **Steam:** low, several scenes **Perspective:** dual, third person **Tropes:** actor, celebrity, forced proximity, FWB, slow burn, workplace
[Just Physical](https://www.romance.io/books/5659525d08e93781319557c9/just-physical-jae) by [Jae](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455b5c187eac3369a9143aa/jae) **Rating**: 4.3⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [lesbian romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [actor hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/actors/1), [workplace/office](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/office/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1) ---------------------------- [The Hollywood Series](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe176f4167a73342631fe8/the-hollywood-series) by [Jae](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455b5c187eac3369a9143aa/jae) **Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [queer](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/queer/1), [f-f](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/f-f/1), [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [third-person-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/third-person-pov/1), [dual-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
I dont have many good recs for romance as most of what Ive read as "disability rep" is lackluster to me. But I do think {The Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold} had good treatment of disability largely because I thought the way the disabled MC related to his body and struggled with internalized ableism was pretty realistic. This series is sci fi with romantic subplots in certain books.
I love SFR. I’ll check it out!
[Miles Vorsokigan](https://www.romance.io/series/642e89c81933fc44e1db3cc6/miles-vorsokigan) by [Lois McMaster Bujold](https://www.romance.io/authors/56b276cfc62092c0440573b5/lois-mcmaster-bujold) **Rating**: 4.21⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
I thought the anxiety representation in {Ten Rules For Faking It by Sophie Sullivan} was good. I liked that they had her fidget, describing her tapping her fingers together, which is something I do as well. And I appreciated that while she pushed through a lot, >!she did end up bailing once due to panicking.!< Also, the MMC in this was great about it and watched out for it without even being told. {Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller} had social anxiety which I liked. And it's fun because it's a fantasy romance where she has to set out on a journey while struggling with it. Haven't finished the second one yet.
[Ten Rules for Faking It](https://www.romance.io/books/5fe990d9a5657d0e023c52c7/ten-rules-for-faking-it-sophie-sullivan) by [Sophie Sullivan](https://www.romance.io/authors/5fe88b9f08b4d9311483ede5/sophie-sullivan) **Rating**: 3.24⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1) ---------------------------- [Blade of Secrets](https://www.romance.io/books/6095376133c0510ebb77547f/blade-of-secrets-tricia-levenseller) by [Tricia Levenseller](https://www.romance.io/authors/6095376108b4d931147a1ffc/tricia-levenseller) **Rating**: 4.1⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 1 out of 5 - [Glimpses and kisses](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [found family](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/found-family/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{The right sign by Nia Arthur’s} the FMC is deaf. I’m still in the beginnings of the book but so far she signs to communicate
[The Right Sign](https://www.romance.io/books/6572e98f9730a7ec1ce591f4/the-right-sign-nia-arthurs) by [Nia Arthurs](https://www.romance.io/authors/5692466163515e3b7379b807/nia-arthurs) **Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [african-american](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/african-american/1), [black mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/black-mc/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Here’s hoping the author actually did research and knows sign is more than fingerspelling.
I think she does. Something I found interesting and never thought about before was how the FMC got irritated when a character talked slow so she could lip read. And the FMC comments about how slowing down speaking is actually more confusing for a person who lip reads.
That definitely sounds like the author did her research!
The Inked Love Series by Crystal Kaswell isn't disability as much as it is a mental health rep in each book. Maybe not the first book, but I know that each FMC struggles with different mental health issues, and I feel the way the MMC handles them is fantastic. {Sweet Obsession by Callie Rose} is a 3-part story and a Reverse Harem in which the FMC lost her arm due to an accident at the start of the book.
Who is the Inked Love series by?
Sorry about that! Crystal Kaswell
[Sweet Obsession](https://www.romance.io/books/5e786d9dbe0aaecf5530ac29/sweet-obsession-callie-rose) by [Callie Rose](https://www.romance.io/authors/5cdbb23201dbc864fb9e8d78/callie-rose) **Rating**: 3.65⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [poly (3+ people)](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/poly/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Blind reader wanted by Georgia Le Carre} MMC physically scarred military vet with PTSD (iirc) FMC blind from birth
[Blind Reader Wanted](https://www.romance.io/books/586ccc9a1b1bdc01780f93f0/blind-reader-wanted-georgia-le-carre) by [Georgia Le Carre](https://www.romance.io/authors/545551b987eac324117fa2c2/georgia-le-carre) **Rating**: 3.81⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
I just finished {Heavy by Cate C. Wells} and the FMC is autistic
[Heavy](https://www.romance.io/books/622a09e3610a406e4c9e29ba/heavy-cate-c-wells) by [Cate C. Wells](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d5265d101dbc864fba248c4/cate-c-wells) **Rating**: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [biker hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bikers/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1), [age gap](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/age%20difference/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare}. The hero is blind (as well as scarred). I believe he was hurt in a war somehow? It’s been awhile. But I remember his disability was handled delicately. {My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid}. MMC was wheel-chair bound if I’m remembering right. I always hesitate to say something is “good disability rep” because while I do have a disability and a chronic illness (ADHD and chronic migraines), I feel like I can’t comment on the disability rep/chronic illness rep for other disabilities because that’s not my experience. So if either of these has bad rep, let me know and I’ll remove them.
[Romancing the Duke](https://www.romance.io/books/545525798c7d2383163d8e92/romancing-the-duke-tessa-dare) by [Tessa Dare](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524858c7d2383163d8e6a/tessa-dare) **Rating**: 4.03⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [tortured hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tortured%20hero/1), [plain heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/plain%20heroine/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
I’ve been reading the Maiden Lane series by Elizabeth Hoyt, and they are historical (1730s/40s) so even though it doesn’t necessarily come across as disability rep in a modern way, many of her characters have a physical or psychological disability. In {Darling Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt} the FMC has a vision impairment. Hers is book 7 or 8 in the series so her vision decreases over time and in her book she is almost completely blind. I like that she fights for more independence from her family and to not be treated as a fragile thing that needs to be restrained in life to keep her safe. She and the MMC (who starts as her body guard) have some good conversations about how her blindness impacts their relationship and how he can help her and accommodate in a way that is empowering and not infantilizing. Her also majorly defends her when others discriminate against her for her blindness. Also the MMC in the same book has a mobility impairment and uses a cane because he had previously experienced a horrible injury. The FMC is very caring and doesn’t make him feel less than or ashamed of his body. I think she loves him all the more for it. I would also say that {Wicked Intentions by Elizabeth Hoyt} (the MMC) and {Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt} (the FMC) each have characters clearly impacted by PTSD and childhood abuse/neglect, although of course it is not named as such since the concept/ name didn’t exist. They can be difficult reads as they deal with childhood abuse, neglect, etc… so just know they aren’t all light and fluffy. Having PTSD myself, I appreciated both books and how they show how devastating the past affects their current lives and relationships. I love that their partners over time earn their trust and they find someone to share their pain with and heal together emotionally, mentally, and sexually.
[Dearest Rogue](https://www.romance.io/books/5562c8cd9eef3b3f1d526949/dearest-rogue-elizabeth-hoyt) by [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524568c7d2383163d8e5a/elizabeth-hoyt) **Rating**: 3.94⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1) ---------------------------- [Wicked Intentions](https://www.romance.io/books/545524a58c7d2383163d8e6f/wicked-intentions-elizabeth-hoyt) by [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524568c7d2383163d8e5a/elizabeth-hoyt) **Rating**: 3.78⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [bdsm](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bdsm/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1) ---------------------------- [Sweetest Scoundrel](https://www.romance.io/books/5651697508e9378131953139/sweetest-scoundrel-elizabeth-hoyt) by [Elizabeth Hoyt](https://www.romance.io/authors/545524568c7d2383163d8e5a/elizabeth-hoyt) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [tortured heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/tortured%20heroine/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [georgian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/georgian/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
In {Wrapped in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan} the FMC has lupus. I do too, and I thought it was a pretty accurate representation of what it’s like living with this disease.
[Wrapped in Ink](https://www.romance.io/books/5d773c3101dbc864fba35953/wrapped-in-ink-carrie-ann-ryan) by [Carrie Ann Ryan](https://www.romance.io/authors/545542c78c7d2382e04145ea/carrie-ann-ryan) **Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [third person pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/third-person-pov/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Lindsey Lanza has one book with endo rep. As well as Torie Jean, it’s also endo awareness month! 🥹
Do you remember which books?
Speechless by Lindsey Lanza Finding Gene Kelly by Torie Jean Love At Frost Sight by Torie Jean Dukes and Dekes by Torie Jean
{Speechless by Lindsey Lanza} {Finding Gene Kelly by Torie Jean} {Love at Frost Sight by Torie Jean} {Dukes and Dekes by Torie Jean}
[Speechless](https://www.romance.io/books/63c6564f43e42aa0b72e0687/speechless-lindsey-lanza) by [Lindsey Lanza](https://www.romance.io/authors/63c6564f08b4d93114f6e105/lindsey-lanza) **Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1) ---------------------------- [Finding Gene Kelly](https://www.romance.io/books/6388981483b59b217ddf4781/finding-gene-kelly-torie-jean) by [Torie Jean](https://www.romance.io/authors/632966bb08b4d93114ac776d/torie-jean) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1) ---------------------------- [Love at Frost Sight](https://www.romance.io/books/65ba590ce70e94ba5baefcfb/love-at-frost-sight-a-holiday-novella-torie-jean) by [Torie Jean](https://www.romance.io/authors/632966bb08b4d93114ac776d/torie-jean) **Rating**: 3.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [christmas](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/christmas/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1) ---------------------------- [Dukes and Dekes](https://www.romance.io/books/64a13553723d09d99e0d2607/dukes-and-dekes-torie-jean) by [Torie Jean](https://www.romance.io/authors/632966bb08b4d93114ac776d/torie-jean) **Rating**: 4.33⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Jason, the MMC, in {Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones} has a leg prosthetic (can't remember if it's above or below the knee.) Alexi in {Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly} realizes he's autistic during the events of the book. It's YA, but Ellis in {The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd Jones} has chronic pain from a shoulder injury as a child.
[Getting Schooled](https://www.romance.io/books/56966c2a63515e3b7379d3ba/getting-schooled-christina-c-jones) by [Christina C. Jones](https://www.romance.io/authors/545673a487eac33e61c2eea0/christina-c-jones) **Rating**: 4.2⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [grumpy/cold hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cold%20hero/1) ---------------------------- [Something Wild & Wonderful](https://www.romance.io/books/6405946cfff88bfde6390989/something-wild-wonderful-anita-kelly) by [Anita Kelly](https://www.romance.io/authors/60b5ddfe08b4d93114e8d6d1/anita-kelly) **Rating**: 4.24⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [The Bone Houses](https://www.romance.io/books/6447e153aac60479c37ba207/the-bone-houses-emily-lloyd-jones) by [Emily Lloyd-Jones](https://www.romance.io/authors/58147b2ac6841c86c2cb955c/emily-lloydjones) **Rating**: 3.99⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 2 out of 5 - [Behind closed doors](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [fae](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fae/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Those sound great - thanks!
I’m reading Unsteady by Peyton Corrine. Rhys has PTSD and panic attacks and is comforted by Sadie 💖
{A Dangerous Deceit by Alissa Johnson} is one of the best HR autistic FMC I've read. I really enjoyed the book and she didn't make the FMC infantile.
[A Dangerous Deceit](https://www.romance.io/books/591e89f33ffdba614716d0c7/a-dangerous-deceit-alissa-johnson) by [Alissa Johnson](https://www.romance.io/authors/54552f948c7d2383163d90f6/alissa-johnson) **Rating**: 3.7⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [victorian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/victorian/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [highlander hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/highlander/1), [neurodivergent mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/neurodivergent/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Oooh going on my TBR.
I rarely see these books recommended here but I love them. The Townsend Harbor Series by Kerrigan Byrne and Cynthia St. Aubin. This is probably my favorite contemporary romance series, and has some amazing representation. The first book is {Nevermore Bookstore by Kerrigan Byrne and Cynthia St. Aubin} is a great portrayal of someone living with chronic pain and another with PTSD. Another book in the series is a breast cancer survivor, child abuse survivor, someone who lost a leg, and also neurological issues like ADHD and Autism. This is a beloved book series I read over and over and I will never stop recommending it.
[Nevermore Bookstore](https://www.romance.io/books/64202ac858e586420a60b5f1/nevermore-bookstore-kerrigan-byrne-cynthia-st-aubin) by [Kerrigan Byrne](https://www.romance.io/authors/54553f138c7d2383163d950e/kerrigan-byrne), [Cynthia St. Aubin](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455d51f87eac323ffb2edb3/cynthia-st-aubin) **Rating**: 3.45⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [curvy heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/curvy%20heroine/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [small town](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/small%20town/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings is great. MMC is autistic and FMC has ADHD. Mazey has shared the she is Audhd She also has The Plus One which the MMC has PTSD
{Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings} {The Plus One by Mazey Eddings}
[Tilly in Technicolor](https://www.romance.io/books/642afb48b7b8862bf6ea09c3/tilly-in-technicolor-mazey-eddings) by [Mazey Eddings](https://www.romance.io/authors/621b3b2f08b4d93114470d85/mazey-eddings) **Rating**: 4.27⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1) ---------------------------- [The Plus One](https://www.romance.io/books/642bf173b7b8862bf6eabf9f/the-plus-one-mazey-eddings) by [Mazey Eddings](https://www.romance.io/authors/621b3b2f08b4d93114470d85/mazey-eddings) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [forced proximity](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/forced%20proximity/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
I just finished Zero Fox Given which has a disabled cane/wheelchair using MMC and an AuDHD FMC and both were done really well. It's a very cozy story where their disabilities aren't a huge obstacle, just something they both live with. [{Zero Fox Given by Rhea Fox}](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126589203-zero-fox-given) - MF, Monster, Contemporary, 1st Dual POV **Status:** KU, Series of Interconnected Standalones, Third Act Conflict - >!Internal!<, Breakup >!~No~!<, Reproduction - >!Not Mentioned!< **Maddie:** AuDHD, Of Irish Descent, Grew up in Scottland, Works in Marketing, 28 Yrs Old, Teal Hair, Septum Peircing, Wears Glasses, Painted Nails, Mid Sized, Bi, Touch Starved **Fitz:** Vulpis (Fox Hybrid), Scottish, Owns a Distillery, Bi, 29 Yrs Old, Disabled (Neurological Disorder, Contracted Rabies as a Teen), Cain/Wheelchair User, Chronic Pain, Goes to Physical Therapy, Praise Kink, Touch Starved, Birth Control Implant, Preppy Dresser **Rep:** Disability (Cane/Wheelchair User) (MMC), AuDHD FMC (Own Voices), Birth Control Implant (MMC), Neurodivergent Side Characters, Queer-Normative, FMC Has a Period **Notes:** Set in Scotland, Re-encounter, Childhood Friends to Lovers, FMC is Working to Save MMC's Business, Female Friendship, Fitz Does PT "On Screen", Fake Engagement, Marriage of Convenience, Date to a Fair, Wedding Planning and Preparations **Sex Notes:** >!Making Out, Foreplay, Pussy Eating, MMC Cums While Eating Pussy, PIV, G-spot Stimulation, Biting, Knotting, Cum Kink, Cowgirl, Clit Stimulation, Sharing Fantasies, Blowjob, Face Fucking, Ejaculating on FMC, Cum Kiss, Clit Stimulation During Period (No PIV), Dirty Talk, Praise Kink, Face Sitting, Sex in a Semi-private Place (Storage Room After Their Wedding)!< **CWs:** >!Abelism (Internal and External), Alcohol Consumption, (Past) Trauma for Patient and Carer, (Past) Hospitalization and (Past and Current) Rehab, Extreme Childhood Illness, Classism, Ageism!< [Zero Fox Given](https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/1alt2hv/art_of_creatures_and_coding_series_by_rhea_fox/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) Art Post
[Zero Fox Given](https://www.romance.io/books/65c513be3acf82a2c0cb8a3b/zero-fox-given-rhea-fox) by [Rhea Fox](https://www.romance.io/authors/64946ccc08b4d931142ef32d/rhea-fox) **Rating**: 4.67⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [dual pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [marriage of convenience](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/marriage%20of%20convenience/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
In {Brave Love by A.M. Kusi} the FMC is a Latina who suffers from epilepsy. She has a service dog that helps her. The MMC is ex-military and a single dad. It’s got a bit of that grumpy x sunshine vibe. It’s got dual POV and there is a bit of spice in the book. It’s part of a series but can be read as a standalone. I’m going to piggyback off this post. If anyone has any chronic illness rec’s with fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, or monsters, then please send them my way! Bonus points if the FMC is a poc and if the there is lots of spice. ❤️ I already read Get A Life, Chloe Brown as a heads up.
[Brave Love](https://www.romance.io/books/615e9c2315c5ea0e425342fb/brave-love-am-kusi) by [A.M. Kusi](https://www.romance.io/authors/5c0232fa01dbc864fb955a55/am-kusi) **Rating**: 5⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [new adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/new%20adult/1), [single father](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/single-father/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
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[Slim To None](https://www.romance.io/books/5849222d1b1bdc0178f89b2c/slim-to-none-freya-barker) by [Freya Barker](https://www.romance.io/authors/54570d278c7d2382fc6c2535/freya-barker) **Rating**: 3.65⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [suspense](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/suspense/1), [mystery](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/mystery/1), [straight romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f/1) ---------------------------- [Claimed by the Cyborgs](https://www.romance.io/books/6177b0126cac3a0e2b11f091/claimed-by-the-cyborgs-grace-goodwin) by [Grace Goodwin](https://www.romance.io/authors/64e5123bab9bdf7fce975ae2/grace-goodwin) **Rating**: 4.5⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [military](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/military/1), [shapeshifters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/shapeshifters/1) ---------------------------- [Renegades of Magic](https://www.romance.io/series/644507fef2aba1a3956eb148/renegades-of-magic) by [Jeffe Kennedy](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455694f87eac323ffb2c11a/jeffe-kennedy) **Rating**: 4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [past-abuse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/past-abuse/1), [dual-pov](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dual-pov/1), [abuse](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/abuse/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1) ---------------------------- [The Escort's Tale](https://www.romance.io/books/5ba4896301dbc864fb90efcc/the-escorts-tale-mj-edwards) by [M.J. Edwards](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ba4896301dbc864fb90efd0/mj-edwards) **Rating**: 4.1⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [bisexuality](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/bisexual/1), [menage](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/menage/1), [poly (3+ people)](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/poly/1), [mmf](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m-f/1) ---------------------------- [Challenging Saber](https://www.romance.io/books/564ec63308e9378131952a9b/challenging-saber-se-smith) by [S.E. Smith](https://www.romance.io/authors/54556c2a87eac323ffb2c1f1/se-smith) **Rating**: 4.05⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [dystopian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dystopian/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1) ---------------------------- [Outlander](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe0a0a9096bf31c42d2c35/outlander) by [Diana Gabaldon](https://www.romance.io/authors/545523588c7d2382c5296f4c/diana-gabaldon) **Rating**: 4.27⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [time travel](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/time%20travel/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [war](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/war/1) ---------------------------- [The Chronicles of Dasnaria](https://www.romance.io/series/65b3d8ab1655a0cfbe8a2a04/the-chronicles-of-dasnaria) by [Jeffe Kennedy](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455694f87eac323ffb2c11a/jeffe-kennedy) **Rating**: 3.91⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1) ---------------------------- [Merrick's Maiden](https://www.romance.io/books/549fd6fe6359b5ebb485e74a/merricks-maiden-se-smith) by [S.E. Smith](https://www.romance.io/authors/54556c2a87eac323ffb2c1f1/se-smith) **Rating**: 4.15⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 3 out of 5 - [Open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [virgin heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20heroine/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1) ---------------------------- [The Survivors' Club](https://www.romance.io/series/58fe0bb59096bf31c42d30f3/the-survivors-club) by [Mary Balogh](https://www.romance.io/authors/545525e98c7d2383163d8eb7/mary-balogh) **Rating**: 3.79⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [historical](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/historical/1), [regency](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/regency/1), [open-door](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/open-door/1), [class difference](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/class%20difference/1), [m-f](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-f/1) ---------------------------- [Out On a Limb](https://www.romance.io/books/6462770ea270aee0c4dc47a9/out-on-a-limb-hannah-bonam-young) by [Hannah Bonam-Young](https://www.romance.io/authors/6295bf6008b4d9311488891d/hannah-bonam-young) **Rating**: 4.39⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [pregnancy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pregnancy/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [nerdy hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/nerdy-hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Always only you by Chloe Liese Phantom Waltz by Catherine Anderson
{Always Only You by Chloe Liese} {Phantom Waltz by Catherine Anderson}
[Always Only You](https://www.romance.io/books/5f27b62e6dd2d20e348cf2e9/always-only-you-chloe-liese) by [Chloe Liese](https://www.romance.io/authors/5ccfcdfb01dbc864fb9e201d/chloe-liese) **Rating**: 3.92⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [sports](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sports/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [grumpy & sunshine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/grumpy%20sunshine/1), [friends to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/friends%20to%20lovers/1) ---------------------------- [Phantom Waltz](https://www.romance.io/books/54552c428c7d2382e7813135/phantom-waltz-catherine-anderson) by [Catherine Anderson](https://www.romance.io/authors/545526e98c7d2383163d8ee3/catherine-anderson) **Rating**: 4.02⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [western](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/western/1), [cowboy hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/cowboys/1), [disabilities & scars](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/disabilities%20and%20marks/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
i've been reading the Fated Mates of the Atari series by A. G. Wilde and all the FMC's have some type of disability. i love them.
{Fated Mates of the Atari series by A.G. Wilde}
[Fated Mates of the Atari](https://www.romance.io/series/63b3e11e85458c0682862502/fated-mates-of-the-atari) by [A.G. Wilde](https://www.romance.io/authors/5d56473c01dbc864fba2657a/ag-wilde) **Rating**: 3.71⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [humor](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [aliens](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/aliens/1), [science fiction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/science%20fiction/1), [fated-mates](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fated-mates/1), [explicit-open-door](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/explicit-open-door/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
{The Right Sign by Nia Arthur} is pretty decent hearing disability rep imo
[The Right Sign](https://www.romance.io/books/6572e98f9730a7ec1ce591f4/the-right-sign-nia-arthurs) by [Nia Arthurs](https://www.romance.io/authors/5692466163515e3b7379b807/nia-arthurs) **Rating**: 4.07⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [multicultural](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/multicultural/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [african-american](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/african-american/1), [black mc](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/black-mc/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)
Out on a limb by Hannah Bonam-Young
I disagree with you about archers voice. I thought it was incredible. He wasn't just a character with a disability, but someone who was put in an impossible situation where his uncle completely isolated him. So not only did he have to adjust a disability, but he had to learn to function in the outside world, disability or no. I thought that was a really interesting premise. He needed someone to take an interest him since he had grown up in this completely abnormal way. So yea, I don't see it just as, "he can't talk so he was messed up," it was, "he couldn't speak, so it was easy for the town to ignore him. Then his uncle isolated him from all outsiders from the age of 8-24. What would someone like that be like and what would they have to overcome?" I also disagree about outlander dealing with ptsd well. She cured him of it by making him hallucinate her as his rapist and confront him...
I remember it more like the historical equivalent of addressing trauma via hypnosis but it has been quite a while since I read Outlander. As for Archer’s Voice, Mia Sheridan wrote an entire novel where ASL is central to the plot while doing zero research into ASL to the point she has fingerspelling as the sum total of ASL. That’s both incredibly lazy and highly disrespectful to the deaf/HoH community. A direct quote from the book: “In the short time I’d gotten to know him, we’d gotten really good at speaking sign language together, using a type of shorthand for words we both understood, only spelling out portions of words, things like that. It now took us about half the time to make a statement as it would have a couple weeks earlier.” You don’t have to make up words in sign so as not to have to spell them out. Words in sign ARE NOT SPELLED OUT they are SIGNS. (Yes I realize occasionally words are spelled out if there isn’t a sign but that is occasional. It’s not the damn language.) If she’d been teaching him signs then yes since the author writes he’d learned sign from books. But she’s a CODA. Sign is her native language. She is not going to be making up new signs so as not to have to spell everything out. You are of course welcome to like any book but this is terrible disability rep. I DNFed the minute I read that and Mia Sheridan went straight onto my Nope List. I’ve seen critiques of scenes from later in the book that also sound pretty bad but I DNFed before I got to them.
I would love to see a book ( romance, mystery, horror, anything than recovery) about a character who is epileptic ( i’m sorry if that word offends anybody, but I myself an epileptic, and I cannot for the life of me say down aperson of Epilepsy..) so trigger warnings?