Jess and Lisa are back for a new season of The Sexy Scary Book Club. Over our break, we discovered author Carissa Broadbent and we loved both of the books we read so much, we simply couldn't choose which one to cover on the pod. So, we decided to create a new theme so we could talk about both! The theme for this week is 2 Books, 1 Author. We are diving into two very different but equally lush and dangerous worlds full of vampires, fae, magic, monsters and (of course) complicated relationships. Join us while we delve into Daughter of No Worlds and The Serpent & the Wings of Night for our Se ..read more

It seems like most paranormal romance, fantasy romance series meets it's heroine here at some point. She comes face to face with her life as she knows it and a brave new world where nothing is as it seems. The world she was raised in is all of a sudden nothing but question marks and no one is willing to share all the information. Secrets are uncovered, those once thought enemies might become the only people she can trust. At the end of it all, she'll have to choose a side and fight for what she believes. This week we're reading Gleam by Raven Kennedy and Blood Oath by Raye Wagner and Kelly St ..read more

What makes for a kind alpha, and are we starting to see more of them in recent paranormal/fantasy fiction? Okay, sure, there's still some manipulation at play here, but it's all for the greater good and growth of our heroine's arc... so that's probably okay, right? In this episode, Lisa and Jess look at Commander Rip from The Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy and Rhysand from A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas ..read more

The theme this week looks at retellings of popular figures from mythology, religion and lore. Lisa and Jess discuss Neon Gods by Katee Roberts and Gild by Raven Kennedy. Sex parties, spicy bargains and a touch of pure gold. Oh my! Join us for another episode, won't you ..read more

Aliens Attack! this week where Lisa and Jess ask the question, does it really count as captivity when your lodgings are like a 5 star hotel with 24 hour room services and your captor has abs of steel and is real good in bed?, in The Krinar Captive by Anna Zaires. Oh, and how about some conscious consent and maybe a shower before snacking on my downstairs, thank you very much, in Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon ..read more

From Victorian London to Istanbul. From dragons to fallen angels. From secret parentage and faked deaths, to barely restrained lust and some...questionable consent. This week we'll be discussing everyone's favorite, the Secret trope, highlighting Shana Abe's The Smoke Thief and The Scribe by Elizabeth Hunter ..read more

Lisa and Jess discuss The Restorer by Amanda Stevens and The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams this week. Our theme is all about those books that you've read, you've loved, but you just can't quite remember them...like...at all. Jess has picked the first book in the Graveyard Queen series for Lisa. Amelia gray is a cemetery restorer in Charleston who can also see ghosts. Amelia finds herself swept up in a murder mystery, when bodies keep being discovered in the cemetery that she’s been hired to restore…ones that aren’t supposed to be there. During the investigation, Amelia is introduced to detec ..read more

Sure main characters are great, or whatever, but how about some love for those side-piece characters who are always catching our eye?? You know who I'm talking about. Our Wolven bestie Kieran from the Blood & Ash series by Jennifer Armentrout. Poppy may only have eyes for Casteel, except, wait a minute...she's been peeping some of Kieran's personal biz. There's a particular outdoor celebration that comes to mind, or maybe multiple outdoor...celebrations...Okay, girl. We see you. And let us not forget everyone's favorite Demon Daddy, Lars from Stacey Marie Brown's Darkness series. Who doesn ..read more

Last week we went old school and this week we're going Back to School. We're talking about the first book in the Zodiac Academy series, The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. Twins Tori and Darcy find out that instead of being the humans they thought, they are actually Fae, and not only that, but the last known heirs to the throne. Whisked away to the Zodiac Academy, they'll have to master their newfound powers quickly in order to protect themselves. Mostly from the constant harassment of the 4 Celestial Heirs, who never pass up an opportunity to torment them. Can they do what ..read more

This week the theme is Going Old Skool & we'll be chatting about some of the OGs in the paranormal romance/urban fantasy genre. We'll be hanging out at Mercy garage with Mechanic and coyote shifter Mercy Thompson. When a wayward kid, and newly turned werewolf shows up dead on her porch after putting in a few days work at her shop, Mercy is roped into helping unravel the mystery of who murdered the kid and who is drugging and killing local Werewolves, in Patricia Brigg's Moon Called. Then we're spending time in the world of Necromancer, Paranormal Investigator, Vampire slayer and overall ba ..read more