We are so excited to have our first-ever repeat interview with the delightful, Evie Dunmore! Not only is she such a smokeshow (sorry Evie it had to be said!), but her debut novel, Bringing Down the Duke, was one of our favorite books so far on the podcast. And it felt so poetic to have her back for the 4th and final book in the series, The Gentleman's Gambit.  If you missed our first Evie interview, check it out here!  Some major highlights: The bittersweet feeling of finishing the series The difference between writing the first book for the love of it, versus writing the final book ..read more

We are so excited to have Melissa Saavedra on our podcast! She is a Latina entrepreneur and ex-US Navy veteran. She is the founder of Steamy Lit, a romance book subscription service which includes three novels, a series of self-care items, and a vibrator in each box. We spoke to Melissa about the origin of The Steamy Lit Box. Melissa shares how destigmatizing sexuality, orgasms, sensuality, and sex toys is part of Steamy Lit’s mission. And how romance novels can help you explore “what can make your bean tickle.” You can check out more of Melissa’s recommendations on her Instagram @bookrecsbyme ..read more

Y'all it's time for another round-up of all things romance in this month's RAAG on Romance. Bridget talks about the books that she's been reading (thank you to all publishers for the copies!), Shani and Bridget talk about what TV they have been binging, and generally laugh and play their way through the episode.  Special Thank You to Anna Lowe for sponsoring today's episode. Anna Lowe is the author of Tempting the Sheriff, a steamy, suspenseful paranormal romance featuring a female, fox shifter as Robin Hood and a dragon/knight as the new sheriff of Nottingham. The Sherwood Forest Shifter ..read more

New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Armentrout is on the podcast to talk about her latest YA Fantasy The Fire in the Flesh! This is book 3 in the Flesh and Fire Series. And you may not know, based on how wildly popular this and her Blood and Ash series have been in the last few years, but she started as a Romance author!  Jennifer has written AND published an astonishing 70 novels in 13 years!  We talked all about how her ADHD hyper-focus was a helper in writing for a long time until it "turned on her" and she had to figure out how to manage it. Her process for creating and ..read more

We're back with more delicious DarkHunters! Today we've got Sunshine and Talon giving us a lot of steam and some soul rebirth!  We learned more about Acheron's past, met his long "dead" twin, and got more representation of different cultures including Native people with Sunshine and her ancestors. Sunshine was a grown woman, with goals, happy to get her rocks off with Talon is a full marathon of sex and then say thank you and have a great life. Talon got a taste and just couldn't stay away! We couldn't be happier that these books stand up against the test of time! And as always, love that ..read more

If you haven't read today's author Elle M Drew's books you're missing out! What isn't to like about fat girls getting railed by the paranormal, as Elle's perfect tagline states.  I had such a blast speaking to Elle at the beginning of the year. She is hilarious, forthright about her books content and we had just the best time chatting romance, Tiktok for indie authors, having fat heroines, and how bears really mate IRL.  Thank you Elle for coming on the show, and many apologies for how long it took me to release the episode! Check out Elle's Tiktok, IG, and Website!  Get Elle's ..read more

Y'all Bridget had feelings about this one!! We read Hate Notes by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward. Thank you Marta for recommending it, and sorry it did not hit the spot for us! If you wanna come and chat with us at Book Club about it, we are chatting Sunday at 6PM CT!  ************** Wanna watch a movie with us? Join our Patreon and watch Red White & Royal Blue with us on September 24th at 6PM CT!  ************** If you wanna get on that Magic Mind brain power, you can get 20% off by using our code ROMANCE20! ************** As always get 30 days free on Kindle Unlimited just f ..read more

Dear listeners, welcome to our new series RAAG on Romance! It is going to be a super fun monthly episode where we will talk about all the romance we are consuming in our lives. Books, TV, movies, real life, and just anything funny that is coming up in our lives!  We hope you love it! Because of this, we'll have more time to make you content, run book club once a month, schedule watch parties and more. So if there is any topic you want us to cover, shoot your shot, and we can chat about it in RAAG on Romance :)  PS thank you to our lovely Patrons for voting on the name!  All the ..read more

Seriously?! Like have you seen the romance inside this romance novel? We read Lassiter by J.R. Ward, book 21 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. If you didn't know, we re-read books 1-11 on the podcast when we first started releasing books and...  WTF IS HAPPENING?!  We were not super optimistic going into the book, and we're sorry to say that we HATED IT! Come hang out with us as we discuss confounding things such as:   The romance taking a backseat to everything else Lassiter being TOTALLY different in this book The timeline! We've said it before in our previous reviews o ..read more

We got the chance to interview romance author Emma Barry on the podcast! Full disclosure and an apology, this was supposed to be out this spring! But burnout and life got in the way, so we’re dropping this episode way behind schedule. This is a good thing for you though, because both Emma Barry books we talk about, Chick Magnet and Funny Guy, are both out now for you to read. So if you’re in the mood for a cute, funny, banter-filled rom-com, make sure you check these books out! Emma was such a fun guest. We talked about what chickens Bridget should get, BTW I ended up with 2 Australorp, 2 Rhod ..read more