Spoilers beware! Forced Proximity with self-certified professional fangirl Kate Whitley is bringing you up close and personal with your favorite (and maybe not so favorite) romance books. Unfiltered and real, this podcast rates, reviews, and rips apart Kate’s current romance reads while remaining tropey, funny, and as always, sex positive.
Kate is on a magical realism book kick with no signs of stopping and this episode we're covering another absolute GEM by Ashley Poston! Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
POV it's 2024 and we have an ABO story published in the mainstream media so of course we needed to talk about it... Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
EMILY HENRY HAS DONE IT AGAIN! CONSTANTLY RAISING MY STANDARDS WITH EVERY BOOK SHE WRITES!! Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
Tessa Bailey wrote a book with the word "fangirl" in the title and you really didn't think I'd be obsessed with it? Come on now... Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
Oh look! Kate's reading another small town, fake dating trope book! And absolutely no one is surprised!! Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
SEND MORE HANNAH GRACE BOOKS IMMEDIATELY!!! AND while we're at it let's set more romance books at summer camps!!!!!! This week we dive into "Wildfire", the latest book in the Maple Hills series. Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
Apparently everyone but me has read this book by now but nonetheless, here we are! An emotional rollercoaster from start to finish, Archer's Voice was packed with a surprising amount of overall spice and drama. Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
LIZ TOMFORDE HAS DONE IT AGAIN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. The third book in this Windy City sports romance series, Liz Tomforde writes a trope-filled dream of a baseball player and his so called "hot nanny". IFYKYK... Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
Need a quick break in seasonal content? For those still clinging on to the summer months or counting down the days until next spring, Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune sets the perfect warm vibe and setting. Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
Spooky season has begun! And what better way to celebrate then with a romance book full of witches, magic, halloween, and SPICE?! Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP. THIS EPISODE'S BOOK NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION AFTER IT'S BLOWN THE F UP AND I NEED TO SCREAM ABOUT WITH ALL OF YOU!!! Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
Rom-com lovers unite, this black cat x golden retriever fake dating novel by Wattpad sensation Emma Miller is a must read! Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
ALRIGHT BESTIES IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT ULTIMATE BOOK BF RYAN SHAY. If it wasn't obvious from the previous episode, this basketball romance quickly became one of my all time faves...Liz Tomforde you've done it again! Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
The first in the Windy City series, Mile High is a steamy hockey romance that Kate is honestly mad no one forced her to read sooner... Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
#BookTok blew this one up...and this week I'm telling ya'll if it really was worth the hype... (Oh AND the amount of tears I ugly cried over the last five chapters at 2 am!) Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
The fanfiction turned published romance book craze is REAL YA'LL. And Kate loves it, but did she love this specific book centered around two popular Stranger Things characters? Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
You either love it, or you hate it - Happy Place by Emily Henry is giving us a full-fledged second chance romance trope...and I'm here for it! Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
It's rich people problems o'clock! And resident billionaire CEO boyfriend expert Ana Huang is serving up another dish of it on today's episode, but is it as good as host Kate hoped? Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
Callahan Kane has more money than God and Lana Castillo has been hurt by him one too many times. But when they get a second-chance, who knows what could happen... Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
Handsome, funny, vulnerable ghost AND this book feels like a warm hug? Sign! Me! Up! Putting her own fears about death aside, on today's episode Kate is deep-diving into the spooky, yet romantic book, The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston.
Grab your towel, sunscreen, and your best fictional boyfriend delusions because in this very first episode of Forced Proximity we're talking Beach Read by Emily Henry. Join romance book mega-fan and host Kate Whitley as she breaks down her own thoughts and feelings about this book.
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