I believe so much that readers should be able to find themselves in books. Reading has helped me (with my endometriosis/adenomyosis, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and PTSD) feel seen. I hope these recommendations help someone feel less alone, too.

📚Physical Disability Rep

Burn the Ships by Niema Hunt

All editor Pippa Sinclair wants is to finish the impossibly last minute writing project she’s taken on in a desperate attempt to secure an early release from her work contract. However, the chances of meeting her deadline go from barely possible to all but impossible when work enemy Hadrian Hastings is assigned as her project editor. As someone with cerebral palsy himself, Hastings takes a dim view of her pro forma attitude towards the project she’s working a romance novel featuring a male hero with a similar form of CP. So a desperate and frustrated beyond belief Pippa challenges her rival to act as her sensitivity consultant only to discover, as Hadrian’s consultations become increasingly more intimate , that she may not hate the man quite as much as she thought… Burn the Ships is a sexy, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, workplace rescue romance featuring a sexy, slightly grumpy beta hero with cerebral palsy and spunky heroine determined to overcome her self-destructive Girl Friday ways. HEA Guaranteed.

Can’t Escape Love (Reluctant Royals #2.6) by Alyssa Cole

Regina Hobbs is nerdy by nature, businesswoman by nurture. She's finally taking her pop culture-centered media enterprise, Girls with Glasses, to the next level, but the stress is forcing her to face a familiar supervillain: insomnia. The only thing that helps her sleep when things get this bad is the deep, soothing voice of puzzle-obsessed live streamer Gustave Nguyen. The problem? His archive has been deleted.

Gus has been tasked with creating an escape room themed around a romance anime…except he knows nothing about romance or anime. Then mega-nerd and anime expert Reggie comes calling, and they make a trade: his voice for her knowledge. But when their online friendship has IRL chemistry, will they be able to escape love?

Appealed (The Legal Briefs #3) by Emma Chase

When Brent Mason looks at Kennedy Randolph, he doesn’t see the awkward, sweet girl who grew up next door. He sees a self-assured, stunning woman…who wants to crush the most intimate - and prized - parts of his anatomy beneath the heels of her Christian Louboutins.

Brent has never let the loss of his leg in a childhood accident affect his ability to lead a fulfilling life. He sets high goals–and then he reaches them.

And now he has his sights set on Kennedy.
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When Kennedy looks at Brent Mason, all she sees is the selfish, Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue-worthy teenager who humiliated her in high school to join the popular crowd. A crowd that made those years a living hell.

She’s not a lovesick social outcast anymore - she’s a DC prosecutor with a long winning streak behind her. Brent is the opposing attorney in her next case and she thinks it’s time to put him through a little hell of his own.

But things aren’t exactly working out that way.

Because every fiery exchange has her wondering if he’s as passionate in the bedroom as he is in the courtroom. Each argument and objection only makes him want her more. In the end, Brent and Kennedy may just find themselves in love…or in contempt of court.