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Smooches, get your headphones and your wallets. This episode is about to load up your TBR with heroines who are not to be messed with. We're talking about heroines who serve the most see-you-next-Tuesday with Courtney Clark Michaels and Eve Dangerfield. Liz is offering copy editing services and tarot brainstorming sessions for romance authors! Go to ellediazromance.com to learn more. Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en Preorder Liz's next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC Find Courtney everywhere here: https://linktr.ee/courtneyclarkmichaels Find Eve everywhere here: https://www.evedangerfield.com/links One of many tweets about Eugene from the Try Guys: https://x.com/asiagobagei/status/1577131494530686978?s=46&t=JeSFURSpvI995pnXQScrDA Captivated by Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield The Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana Quincy Perv by Dakota Gray Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher Priest by Sierra Simone The Siren by Tiffany Reisz After Hours by Cara McKenna Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale Broderick by Katee Robert Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco by Talia Hibbert Open Hearts by Eve Dangerfield

This week I'm joined by author Andie J Christopher to discuss the truly, marvelously bonkers Lucky, by THE Jackie Collins. Is this a romance? debatable. Is it a very fun book to read? most definitely.  Want more Jackie Collins? Check out Fates Mates Trailblazer episode with Jackie Collins' daughters, Rory Green and Tiffany Lerman.    Please Rate, Review and Follow on Apple Podcasts. It helps the podcast grow. MERCH! Go to Tee-Public to get T-Shirts, Totes, Onesies and MORE: http://tee.pub/lic/learningthetropes Patreon Learning the Tropes Instagram @learningthetropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! Email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com

USA Today Bestselling Author Andie J. Christopher joins me today to chat Unrealistic Expectations, her September 26th release with Berkley!  Find Author Andie J. Christopher's website here. Keep up with Author Andie J. Christopher on Instagram here. You can find her on Facebook here.   Get your copy of Unrealistic Expectations by Andie J. Christopher from Barnes and Noble here. Get your copy from Amazon here.   ★   ♡♡If you enjoyed today's episode and listen via Apple Podcast, please consider rating and leaving the podcast a review. This is the easiest way to support us and will help other Category Romance readers find us ♡ For a list of all the places where you can find the podcast along with where you can find us on social media, click herefor our linktree! Our Email is thecategoricallyromancepod@gmail.com ♡ This podcast is engineered by Sincere Alexander and contains music from Lukrembo  

This week I am joined by romance author Andie J. Christopher to discuss the glory that is category romance and discuss Harlequin Present's Returning to Claim His Heir by Amanda Cinelli.      Follow Andie on Twitter and Instagram!    Please Rate, Review and Follow us on Apple Podcasts. It helps the podcast grow. Rate us Five Stars on Spotify! WE HAVE MERCH! Go to Tee-Public to get T-Shirts, Totes, Onesies and MORE: http://tee.pub/lic/learningthetropes   Find us- Patreon Learning the Tropes Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! Email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com

We're talking about teachers and librarians in romance today, but don't worry — not hot-for-teacher kinds of teachers and librarians (someday, Sarah will do that one on her own, maybe). Instead, we're talking about romances with main characters who are teachers or librarians, in honor of the hardworking, committed teachers and librarians who are fighting book bans all across the United States right now. And speaking of book bans…we've got author, activist and our friend Jarrett Dapier back with us this week to talk about the upcoming Spring off-cycle elections that are taking place around the country in the coming weeks…and how book bans are on the ballot in so many places right now. We encourage you to check the dates of your local elections, and make sure that if school or library board positions are on the ballot, you've done some research before you head to the polls! You can still get tickets to Fated Mates Live! Join us this Friday, March 24 in New York City with Tessa Bailey, Andie J. Christopher, Mila Finelli, Adriana Herrera, and Joanna Shupe! Amazing stories will be told, many laughs will be had, terrific books will be on sale, and there will be a bar! Get tickets now!Our first read along of 2023 (soon! we promise!) is Tracy MacNish's Stealing Midnight—we've heard the calls from our gothic romance readers and we're delivering with this truly bananas story, in which the hero is dug out of a grave and delivered, barely alive, to the heroine. Get ready. You can find Stealing Midnight (for $1.99!) at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or Apple Books. Show NotesWelcome Jarrett Dapier, author of Mr. Watson's Chickens, back to the podcast. He was a guest on our first book banning episode, click to listen and see the show notes. This is a time for action, not just being a keyboard warrior. Check our your local paper if you have one, your school district website, and your library's website.Wondering if there are upcoming elections in your state? Check out Rock the Vote and click on your state. You can find information about off-cycle elections, which is what non-November election are called (not “off brand” as Sarah accidentally said on the pod.)Moms for Liberty is bad, actually. These groups trying to ban books continue to ramp up their efforts—they are specifically targeting books with any kind of queer characters, regardless of sexual content, books with people of color, and books that tell the accurate story of our history. Other states are looking to ban books with any kind of sexual content. If you are looking for the big picture, you must follow the censorship tag at Book Riot. Reporter Kelly Jensen has been on the front line of this story for years, and if you're looking for resources this monster thread she keeps pinned to her twitter profile has ideas for how to take action. You should also check out this list to find an anti-censorship group to join in your area.The story about the library board in Niles, Illinois; an exciting new Right to Read law making it's way through the Illinois state congress could be duplicated in your state! Call your local rep and senator and tell them you support the freedom to read. Author Laurie Halse Anderson is a model for how you can show up.As for book recommendations this week, check out the list of romances about librarians from SuperWendy, and this list from Jessica Pryde, Hot for Teacher (but not Mine). And last but not least, Jen's list of Who Did it Better in the Library.

Pistols at dawn, y'all! We're talking about duels today — what they are, why they exist, who fights them, their rules and why they're so darn sexy when they are really just silly. We're taking our twenty paces alongside Chels_ebooks, one of our favorite BookTokkers, who has a longstanding love of old school romances and their covers, and a substack that you should subscribe to immediately. Of course, we're talking TikTok, too. This one is long and fun and full of book recs, so strap in! You can still get tickets to Fated Mates Live! Join us on March 24 in New York City with Tessa Bailey, Andie J. Christopher, Mila Finelli, Adriana Herrera, and Joanna Shupe! Amazing stories will be told, many laughs will be had, terrific books will be on sale, and there will be a bar! Get tickets now!Our first read along of 2023 (soon! we promise!) is Tracy MacNish's Stealing Midnight—we've heard the calls from our gothic romance readers and we're delivering with this truly bananas story, in which the hero is dug out of a grave and delivered, barely alive, to the heroine. Get ready. You can find Stealing Midnight (for $1.99!) at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or Apple Books.We are thrilled to welcome Chels, the Reigning Monarch of Bodice Ripper TikTok, to the show today. You can also follow them on twitter and subscribe to their substack, The Loose Cravat.Wondering about those TikTok hit pieces we mentioned? Read the ones from British GQ and London Review of Books. It's a few years old, but this Wall Street Journal video is a great look at the mysterious TikTok algorithm and how quickly it will rabbit hole you, and a more recent piece from Vox about TikTok's recent promises to become more transparent, and another one from The Verge about how TikTok suppresses content from disabled users.The relationship between BookTok and bookselling is complex and difficult to parse because of the lack of transparency around book sales. Check out Where Is All the Book Data by Melanie Walsh, as well as how book-buying habits changed during the pandemic.Deloping is bad, actually! So If you'd like to learn more about duels, Chels recommends Pistols at Dawn by Richard Hopton and The Duel: A History of Duelling by Robert Baldick. Jen recommends this article about dueling from JSTOR Daily, or this one about American dueling in the Smithsonian, which led her to the Code Duello as one example for the rules of dueling.Speaking of moral panics, JSTOR Daily has a list of them! I told you it was a good site!Deuling in pop culture: check out The Duelists by Ridley Scott, this famous scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and of course, Hamilton.For some real historical duels, check out: The billiards balls duel, The topless lady duelers in Austria, additional ladies being badass, Humphrey Howarth the naked dueler, and Burr and Hamilton. Senator Brooks caning Senator Sumner on the Senate floor is another thing entirely.Glove Slap!Finally, check out this page from Loretta Chase's website which describes and links to several videos about the Singing bird pistols from Lord Lovedon's Duel.

We're talking Masquerades! Is it the Phantom of the Opera? Is it Amadeus? Is it Jude Deveraux's The Raider? We don't know but man we love a masquerade in a romance novel. We talk about the 3 to 5 different types of masks in romances, about why they're catnip, about what they mean, and recommend a full grip of romances (mostly historical) for you to read. Enjoy!You can still get tickets to Fated Mates Live! Join us on March 24 in New York City with Tessa Bailey, Andie J. Christopher, Mila Finelli, Adriana Herrera, and Joanna Shupe! Amazing stories will be told, many laughs will be had, terrific books will be on sale, and there will be a bar! Get tickets now!Our first read along of 2023 (soon! we promise!) is Tracy MacNish's Stealing Midnight—we've heard the calls from our gothic romance readers and we're delivering with this truly bananas story, in which the hero is dug out of a grave and delivered, barely alive, to the heroine. Get ready. You can find Stealing Midnight (for $1.99!) at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or Apple Books.

It feels like you can't turn around these days without stumbling into a story that's a little unsettling about technology and how we're all living our lives in this post (sort of) pandemic world. Between Twitter dramz, TikTok explosions and the rise of AI, it's a lot. So, it's probably to be expected that we are talking about how technology is impacting romance novels. We're talking about texting, about FaceTime, about podcasting, and yes…even about robots. If you can use it to fall in love, there's a romance using it…and we're recommending a few we really enjoyed. You can still get tickets to Fated Mates Live! Join us on March 24 in New York City with Tessa Bailey, Andie J. Christopher, Mila Finelli, Adriana Herrera, and Joanna Shupe! Amazing stories will be told, many laughs will be had, terrific books will be on sale, and there will be a bar! Get tickets now!Our first read along of 2023 (soon! we promise!) is Tracy MacNish's Stealing Midnight—we've heard the calls from our gothic romance readers and we're delivering with this truly bananas story, in which the hero is dug out of a grave and delivered, barely alive, to the heroine. Get ready. You can find Stealing Midnight (for $1.99!) at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or Apple Books.Show NotesThis New York Times article called When the Novel Swiped Right doesn't mention a single romance novel, of course. But don't worry. We've got you. Sarah wrote about tech in romance back in 2019 in the Washington Post.We are very excited about Ted Lasso season 3, which premiers on March 15, 2023. This is a very nice little teaser is a masterclass in character work, but here's the trailer.Also in the New York Times, this creepy article about interviewing the Microsoft Bing AI. Maybe that thing has love on the brain because Microsoft fed the AI a bunch of romance novels at some point. Seems legit. But then this New Yorker article came out and said that ChatGPT is just like a blurry jpeg, so everyone calm down.Match.com was invented in 1995, but it was the invention of the dating app a decade ago in 2013 that really changed the game. And if you're famous, you can get on Raya.Kevin Costner is relevant again! Everyone, time to reread Perfect.The pager situation was wild, but Sky Pager is a truly great song by A Tribe Called Quest, off of The Low End Theory, one of Jen's all time favorite albums. Poet Hanif Abdurraqib has written an entire book about A Tribe Called Quest called Go Ahead in the Rain for the fans out there.Watch this cute video about the guy who built a house for the frog living on his fence. And when it comes to the internet, cats rule and dogs drool.

Every once in a while, we decide we're going to do an episode about books we just really really really like. Books we want you to really really really like. Is that episode usually in February? Does it coincide with Sarah's book deadline? Don't worry about it. This one is for the bantr girlies. We're talking about books we loved so much on the first read that we wish we could reread them again for the first time. Please let us know if you try reading any of them for the first time…and when you do, tell us on Instagram and Twitter. Or Tumblr, where Eric is making fun new friends.Fated Mates Live is happening! Join us on March 24 in New York City with Tessa Bailey, Andie J. Christopher, Mila Finelli, Adriana Herrera, and Joanna Shupe! Amazing stories will be told, many laughs will be had, terrific books will be on sale, and there will be a bar! Get tickets now!Our first read along of 2023 (soon! we promise!) is Tracy MacNish's Stealing Midnight—we've heard the calls from our gothic romance readers and we're delivering with this truly bananas story, in which the hero is dug out of a grave and delivered, barely alive, to the heroine. Get ready. You can find Stealing Midnight (for $1.99!) at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, or Apple Books.

O que é que as primeiras frases dos livros que temos a ganhar pó nos dizem? Conseguem fazer-nos ter vontade de os ler imediatamente ou de nos esquecermos que existem? Esta semana fomos vasculhar a nossa TBR e pelo uma de nós saiu com a sua próxima leitura debaixo do braço. Livros mencionados neste episódio: - When in Rome, Sarah Adams (2:45) - The Hunting Wives, May Cobb (6:00) - Small Pleasures, Clare Chambers (7:38) - Early Morning Riser, Katherine Heiny (9:35) - Acts of Desperation, Megan Nolan (11:17) - O Senhor d'Além, Teresa Veiga (12:41) - Luster, Raven Leilani (15:08) - Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt (16:40) - Mary Jane, Jessica Anya Blau (18:57) - Mayflies, Andrew O'Hagan (21:03) - Hot Under His Collar, Andie J. Christopher (25:22) - Leading Men, Christopher Castellani (27:14) - You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty, Akwaeke Emezi (29:18) - Topics of Conversation, Miranda Popkey (30:55) - Heaven, Mieko Kawakami (33:03) - Cai a Noite em Caracas, Karina Sainz Borgo (34:35) - Big Summer, Jennifer Weiner (37:30) - Body Grammar, Jules Ohman (40:30) - The Most Fun We Ever Had, Claire Lombardo (42:30) - One True Loves, Taylor Jenkins Reid (45:13) ________________ Enviem as vossas questões ou sugestões para livratepodcast@gmail.com. Encontrem-nos nas redes sociais: www.instagram.com/julesdsilva www.instagram.com/ritadanova/ twitter.com/julesxdasilva twitter.com/RitaDaNova [a imagem do podcast é da autoria da maravilhosa, incrível e talentosa Mariana Cardoso, que podem encontrar em marianarfpcardoso@hotmail.com]

It's part 1 of The Next 365 Days! Naima Simone and Andie J. Christopher are back to discuss the 3rd movie in the Netflix movie series. We had to split this into 2 episodes (again) because we are THE MOST in this recap (as usual). Along the way we discuss mobster "documentaries," stepsibling TikTok, and accidental exhibitionism. Enjoy! Mentioned in this episode: August Book Club in the Temple! Temple members at the Joy Bringer and Celebrant tiers can look forward to a bundle of the first three books in Kit Rocha's BEYOND series as well as CAUGHT A VIBE by Eva Moore! We. Are. SO STOKED!!! https://bonkers-romance.captivate.fm/bookclub (Book Club)

We're on hiatus until September 14, when we'll start Season 5, but you won't miss us, because this week, we have the recording of Fated Mates Live, our first-ever in-person live! Headphones in for this one, y'all. We were joined in Alexandria, VA by Kate Clayborn, Adriana Herrera, Tracey Livesay, Naima Simone, Ali Hazelwood, Diana Quincy, Andie J. Christopher, and Sophie Jordan, and we had the best time! This audio is imperfect, but there's so much laughter here — we hope you'll join us for the next one (which will hopefully be in the spring)…stay tuned on that front! Be sure to subscribe to the podcast in your favorite podcasting app so you know the moment we return.Thanks to Fox & Wit, creators of the Foxglove Special Edition Book Box of Kennedy Ryan's Before I Let Go, available for preorder now. The box comes with a special edition cover of Before I Let Go, a signed book plate, and a letter from Kennedy herself.Season 5 starts in two weeks! Our first read along of the season is Lisa Kleypas's Marrying Winterborne. Get it at Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or at your local indie. Show NotesOur first in-person Live event was a smashing success! We welcomed Kate Clayborn, Adriana Herrera, Tracey Livesay, Naima Simone, Ali Hazelwood, Diana Quincy, Andie J. Christopher, and Sophie Jordan. Thank you to Old Town Books for partnering with us on this event. Thank you to the audience for their participation! We used a platform called Menti, which turned the screen behind us into an interactive platform (like an Instagram Live) where our audience could respond and comment. If we all have a reaction to something you can't hear....it's because someone in the audience said something brilliantly funny using Menti.The book Sarah accidentally interstitialed during the recording is C.M. Nascosta's Sweet Berries.

Anything can happen when the Wakefield twins are around… including the arrival of a brooding, mysterious vampire who becomes the most popular guy at Sweet Valley High. On Episode 202, Alli and her guest dive into the 126th book in the SVH series, Tall, Dark, and Deadly. It's the first installment in the famed “vampire trio” and it's quite a ride. This episode covers everything from vampire canon and camp love affairs to stalker-ish antics and the lack of representation in Jessica and Elizabeth's world.Andie J. Christopher is a USA Today bestselling author of sharp, witty, sexy contemporary romances about complex people finding happily ever after. Her work has been featured in NPR, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Post. Thank You, Next is her latest book. Follow her on Instagram (@authorandiej) and Twitter (@authorandiej).

In this episode, I am joined by USA Today bestselling romance author, Andie J. Christopher, author of the new romcom “Thank You, Next”. Her work has been featured in NPR, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Post.Special thank you to this episode's sponsor, Probably Smut, the best one stop shop for romance book merch. Visit www.probablysmut.com, and use my code GETLIT10 for 10% off! Andie's not only the author of a handful of romance books including “Not The Girl You Marry”, and “Hot Under His Collar”, but she's also the creator of one of my fave character tropes ever… the STERN BRUNCH DADDY!! I had the absolute BEST time chatting with Andie about her background and how she got into writing, the genesis behind the epic Stern Brunch Daddy trope, her creative process, the themes of this book, and what she's working on next! ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡  About Get Lit With Lianna: The Podcast  Join Instagram book content creator @getlitwithlianna as she sits down with a different guest author to chat about their books, writing career, and everything in between! Of course each conversation will have a very *LC* touch - aka crying over book boyfriends, marvelling over swoony moments, and obviously a ton of pop culture references!⁣  Follow me! Instagram: www.instagram.com/getlitwithlianna Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/getlitwithlianna  Email me: liannareadsbooks@gmail.com

Today's guest is romance author Andie J. Christopher. In this episode, we chat about Andie's latest book Thank You, Next, and some fun romance book recommendations that you must add to your TBR. SHOWNOTES AND BOOK LINKShttp://WhattoReadNextBlog.comMusic from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/hartzmann/sunnyLicense code: 0RDRBKGH6NGQCAXR

We swear we're going to get around to Needle in a Timestack at SOME point. Honestly. It's gonna happen. But until then, we've decided to round up our favorite summer reads of 2022 thus far and dish on all our favorite moments. Guess how many of them work their way back to Chris Evans? Far too many for it to just be a coincidence but we promise we did not plan it! Still, not the worst theme to work its way through the episode. Our List: Book Lovers by Emily Henry Set On You by Amy Lea Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey The Stand-In by Lily Chu Thank You, Next by Andie J. Christopher Wicked Beauty by Katee Roberts We also briefly discuss the chaos that is The Boys season 3 without trying to spoil Jenny too badly and what's left on our TBRs to get us through the summer. Don't be surprised if we do another one of these episodes soon! Please Subscribe/Rate/Review! If you liked the podcast recommend us to your friends!  You can follow our socials: Instagram @hotelvicarious Twitter @hotelvicarious Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hotelvicarious

This week, we're talking Superheroes! Why is it so rare to see a great romance in a superhero story? Is there really no room for love and capes? Do heroes eat? (spoiler: obviously) — We're joined by author Barry Lyga, a comics and superhero expert, to discuss all this and more…and to chat about the new YA Superhero anthology, Generation Wonder, in which Sarah has a short story (it's a romance). We also recommend some great superhero romances and comics, because of course we do. Do yourself a favor — be sure to check out show notes this week. The visuals are a delight.Fated Mates Live, in person, is happening!!! We'll be in Alexandria, VA on July 30th — join us there! We'll be joined by a ton of our favorites…find more information about the event and get tickets through Old Town Books! Thanks to Penguin Random House, publisher of Andie J. Christopher's Thank You, Next, for sponsoring the episode. Thanks, also, to Lumi Labs, creators of Microdose Gummies. Visit microdose.com and use code FATEDMATES to get free shipping & 30% off your first order.Our next read along is Virginia Henley's The Dragon and the Jewel, a deep cut from Sarah's childhood. Check your content warnings and remember this one is from 1991, so we don't even know, honestly. We're flying without a net here. Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo or your local indie.Show NotesThanks to Old Town Books, we are going to have a real Fated Mates Live event at Apollycon at the end of July. It will be Saturday evening July 30th in Alexandria. Stay tuned for details. Welcome Barry Lyga, comics author and editor of the YA superhero anthology Generation Wonder. Sarah has a story in the anthology, and we'll hope you'll buy one for the young reader in your life. There was no kissing in Doctor Strange, but we've been promised there will be in Thor: Love and Thunder. In fact, Taika Waititi said Mills & Boon, so...that's official.Back in the day, romance comics were just as popular as superhero comics. Check out the site Sequential Crush to see the history of romance comics. If after this episode you think you might want to check out more comics, Suzanne's site Love in Panels is the best place to start. Comics writer Mark Waid wrote about manhood and comics in an essay that is no longer available online, but Mark is also the author of Irredeemable, a comic about Superman turning villainous. Another essay about how modern superhero movies are romance and sex-free is called Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny.If you have little kids, check out the Mia Mayhem series of graphic novels. Jen was on Heaving Bosoms to discuss Cinnamon Blade.The TV Show about the superheroes going to work is called The Boys.Exactly one year ago (well, one year ago yesterday), Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker, co-creators of the DC Entertainment-HBO Max adult animated series “Harley Quinn,” told Variety that DC Comics removed a scene from the show of Batman "dining feline" (h/t bleedingcool for this delightful euphemism), saying "Heroes don't do that." As is right and just, the internet disagreed and #HeroesWhoEat and #BatmanGoesDown were born. It was a great day.For what it's worth, it wasn't just the internet that disagreed. Zach Snyder confirmed that Batman in fact does eat, with one of the greatest tweets of all time. At least, we think so. DC apparently did not care for it. While we like Snyder's version very much, here are some other NSFW images we like almost as much (eye headphones in): From artist @Mrs_Van_Damn; commentary from @realAgdtwinkie; from artist (with excellent commentary) @ArtKhobra; and this one, from artist @rpace, with special love for the pegging crew.

This week, the Bistresses are looking ahead to books coming out in June. Join Meka, Shannon, Sara, Natalia, Kristeen, Georgina, and Stacy as they share the releases they're most excited to read. Titles mentioned include: Piper Huguley, By Her Own Design: a Novel of Ann Low Tomi Obaro, Dele Weds Destiny Annabel Monaghan, Nora Goes Off Script Julie Clark, The Lies I Tell Sulari Gentill, The Woman In the Library Jenny Colgan, An Island Wedding (Mure #5) Rebecca Zanetti, Unforgiven (Deep Ops #5) Andie J. Christopher, Thank You, Next Jamie Brenner, Gilt Lucy Score, Maggie Moves On Kate White, The Second Husband Lisa Jackson, The Girl Who Survived Marcy Dermansky, Hurricane Girl Stacy Reid, A Matter of Temptation (A Matter of Temptation #1) Toni Anderson, Cold Silence (Cold Justice #16) Meg Mitchell Moore, Vacationland Kristan Higgins, Out of the Clear Blue Sky Kelly Rimmer, The German Wife Katie Gutierrez, More Than You'll Ever Know Kim Harrison, Trouble with the Cursed (The Hollows #16) Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro

We're back with part 2 of this glorious, glorious film! Naima Simone and Andie J. Christopher are back to recap the cinematic masterpiece that is 365 Days: This Day! We have many hot takes, an absurd amount of laughter, and an overall sense of delight that we exist in the same universe as this utterly perfect film. Buckle up! If you missed Part 1, https://www.bonkersromance.com/episodes/28 (you can find it here)! As always, if you're looking for more bonkers in your life, check out https://www.bonkersromance.com/temple (The Temple of Defiant Joy)! May I particularly recommend the video for this episode? You're welcome! Mentioned in this episode: May and June for Bonkers Book Clubbers! Hey y'all! It's the perfect time to join the Bonkers Romance Book Club! In May, you get The One Month Boyfriend by Roxie Noir and Always Practice Safe Hex by Juliette Cross. In June, you can look forward to After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez and Skin2 by Aveda Vice! Join the Temple of Defiant Joy at the Joy Bringer tier or higher to get these advanced copy ebooks! https://bonkers-romance.captivate.fm/temple (Temple of Defiant Joy)

We're joined by Naima Simone and Andie J. Christopher to recap the cinematic masterpiece that is 365 Days: This Day! We have many hot takes, an absurd amount of laughter, and an overall sense of delight that we exist in the same universe as this utterly perfect film. Buckle up! We'll be back next week with Part 2, sure to be filled with more laughter, horror, and horniness. As always, if you're looking for more bonkers in your life, check out https://www.bonkersromance.com/temple (The Temple of Defiant Joy)! May I particularly recommend the video for this episode? You're welcome!

We're joined byJoanna Shupe to recap https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B01HIHSBNU&linkCode=kpe&preview=newtab&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_JMPRSWW20Z7TY0EHBCMA&tag=babyinaback0c-20 (Dark Mafia Prince) by Annika Martin! Our first mafia romance did not let us down! Joanna has a brand new book out this month! https://www.amazon.com/Bride-Goes-Rogue-Avenue-Rebels-ebook/dp/B09B7LV2BG/ref=sr_1_3?crid=13YBEEFRSDSFD&keywords=Joanna+shupe&qid=1651737807&s=digital-text&sprefix=joanna+shupe%2Cdigital-text%2C150&sr=1-3 (The Bride Goes Rogue) is magnificent! The third book in the Fifth Avenue Rebels series about an arranged engagement destined for disaster…and it brings the heat! Our After Care suggestions were: -https://www.amazon.com/Every-Summer-After-Carley-Fortune-ebook/dp/B09CD83VVG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2IEBYVJXUVLVO&keywords=every%20summer%20after&qid=1651737717&s=digital-text&sprefix=every%20summer%20after%2Cdigital-text%2C121&sr=1-1 (Every Summer After) by Carley Fortune—a book that satisfied Jenny's deep craving for split timeline/first love, swoony romance. -365 Days: This Day -https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B09NHPZZS5&linkCode=kpe&preview=newtab&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_ETZGHHPADADRTQKPS13Z&tag=babyinaback0c-20 (Eyes on Me) by Sara Cate We'll be back next week to recap 365 Days: This Day with Naima Simone and Andie J. Christopher! Because you deserve nice things. As always, if you're looking for more bonkers in your life, check out https://apricots-cyan-l9mk.squarespace.com/temple-information (The Temple of Defiant Joy)! Mentioned in this episode: May and June for Bonkers Book Clubbers! Hey y'all! It's the perfect time to join the Bonkers Romance Book Club! In May, you get The One Month Boyfriend by Roxie Noir and Always Practice Safe Hex by Juliette Cross. In June, you can look forward to After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez and Skin2 by Aveda Vice! Join the Temple of Defiant Joy at the Joy Bringer tier or higher to get these advanced copy ebooks! https://bonkers-romance.captivate.fm/temple (Temple of Defiant Joy)

Vibe Check It has been... a week, LOL! Gwen is going to her first concert in a while—Eddie Vedder! Danielle did a virtual event with friend of the pod Jessica P. Pryde with Books are Magic last week. Follow her on social media for the link the replay!  * Main Discussion Some of the cool girls we discussed: Gone Girl, and the Salon article Everyone on Euphoria Julia Gardner/Anna from Inventing Anna Anne Hathaway/Rivka in We Crashed Sarah Michelle Gellar/Katherine in Cruel Intentions Mila Kunis/ Rachel in Forgetting Sarah Marshall Megan Fox/Reagan from New Girl Celebs: Glen Close, Olivia Coleman, Jennifer Lawrence, Zendaya, Billie Eilish, Betty White, Dionne Warwick Books: Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake, Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher * Recs from Mia P. Manansala Website: https://www.miapmanansala.com/ (sign up for her newsletter!) Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPMtheWriter Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MPMtheWriter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mpmthewriter/ All the food! Celebration/common Filipino dishes: Adobo, Lumpia, Pancit Unheard of dishes: Ginataang Bilo-bilo Good starter dish for the home cook: Sinigang Mia's website has a ton of recipes from and inspired by her book! Cozy mystery series Mia and her mom enjoy: Joanna Fluke's Hannah Swensen series, Vivien Chien's Noodle Shop Mysteries, Raquel V. Reyes's Caribbean Mystery series Mia LOVES candles. Bath & Body Works are among her favorites, but she also mentioned two small Filiapina-owned candle makers: Terra and Kilig Mia is also a new romance reader and enjoys novels by Talia Hibbert, Alyssa Cole, and Sherry Thomas! Goals/Comfort & Joy Danielle has succeeded in making her lunch for work! Gwen hasn't gotten around to exploring her neighborhood, but she has been taking Ronin (her dog!) on new walking routes. And... we are taking a break from goals this week! * EMAIL US! Thoughts or questions? Email us at podcast@freshfiction.com. * Find us on the Socials! Gwen Reyes Twitter Facebook Instagram Danielle Jackson Dresser Twitter Instagram Fresh Fiction Twitter Facebook Instagram EventBrite

Welp, we're back in a doom scrolling spiral this week, so why not take a visit to a small town full of hot single dads and firemen? We're reading London Hale this week, and talking about the appeal of the quick and dirty romance! We'll also talk about the value of a genuinely hot read and where all the stops are on the romance-to-erotica spectrum. We're also talking about kinks and why daddies are installed in so many of us. Basically, we're telling y'all to read these London Hale books so they'll write more of them for us. Thanks for listening! This episode is sponsored by Kennedy Ryan, author of Reel, and BetterHelp Online Therapy.Our next read along is Diana Quincy's Her Night With the Duke, which was on our Best of 2020 year-end list! Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, or at your local bookstore. You can also get it in audio from our partner, Chirp Books!Show NotesAuthors Ellis Leigh and Brighton Walsh are the two authors who write as London Hale. Sarah talked about their books back on the Quick and Dirty interstitial in Season 2. You should read Circe. And Jack Reacher. If you've run out of Jessa Kane books, try Chloe Maine. There is not a Harlequin Presents called The Pregnant Billionaire's Italian Mistress, but you can find The Italian's Pregnant Mistress, The Italian Billionaire's Pregnant Bride, The Italian's Pregnant Cinderella, The Italian's Pregnant Virgin, The Italian's Pregnancy Proposal, and The Italian's Pregnant Prisoner. Robert Redford was a snack. So was Richard Gere both in Pretty Woman and in “the one where he's an Air Force pilot.” (An Officer and a Gentleman, and it was the Navy. Fine.) We also admire the silver fox good looks of Benecio del Toro, Idris Elba, and George Clooney. Andie J. Christopher coined the phrase “stern brunch daddy” and we're all better off for it. Unfortunately, she's the kind of person who deletes old tweets so you can't see that picture of Oscar Isaac with an eating utensil that inspired it, but luckily they talked about it on Reddit and Andie talked about it on the Wicked Wallflowers Podcast. We're constantly trying to explain the difference between Romance vs erotic romance vs erotica.The Great Stepbrother Explosion was mostly 2015-2016, but I'm willing to talk some more about it or cite sources if you have them.The 2020 Netflix movie 365 Days was originally released in Poland under the name 365 dni and was based on a book by Blanka Lipinska. Apparently, there will be a sequel. It doesn't have a release date, but we'll keep you updated, baby girl. Jo Brenner and her friends have a gray scale for dark romance, and I hope she'll explain it all on twitter so I can link to it. Does calling a stranger for phone sex still exist–I bet you're shocked to find out that there was an uptick in demand during the pandemic. In editing, TK means “to come” as in I'll fill it in later. In Fumbled by Alexa Martin, it stands for Trevor Kyle. Eucalyptus is native to Australia and was introduced to England in 1774. You should follow the Male scent catalog on twitter, and if you want to read more about it, check out the book Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World's Smells.

Hi Smooches! Andie J. Christopher is back! She stopped by to help us recap “Marry Me,” starring Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, and Maluma. We were all very excited for a big budget rom-com that wasn't on Netflix. Oh, how was it? Well, um, hmm. This is the first pancake in what will hopefully be a very yummy stack of big budget rom-coms to come. Spoilers! Follow us on Instagram @makeoutalreadypod and on Twitter @makeout_already. You can also get in touch with us at makeoutalready@gmail.com and on our website, www.makeoutalreadypod.com. If you enjoy what we're doing, it would be awesome if you rated us 5 stars on Apple Podcasts! MERCH: https://make-out-already.creator-spring.com Preorder “Thank You, Next” by Andie J. Christopher https://www.andiejchristopher.com/thank-you-next Our recap of Tessa Bailey's “Window Shopping” with Andie https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/make-out-already/id1504732910?i=1000543482859

Yeah yeah yeah, it's a Christmas movie, but Richard Curtis must be stopped. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/romanceeverafter/message

Hi Smooches! 2021 was … a year that happened. We are thrilled to see that bitch go. But even when you know the breakup is for the best, you still think about the good times. So we're doing a Spotify-style 2021 wrapped of the highlights of our year in podcasting. There's data. There are games. There's crying. Thank you thank you thank you for the love and support you've shown us this year. We wish every single one of you the best 2022 imaginable. Now, onto our year in review. You can visit us at www.makeoutalreadypod.com. You can also follow us on Instagram @makeoutalreadypod and on Twitter @makeout_already, or email us at makeoutalready@gmail.com. You can support us by buying our merch! https://make-out-already.creator-spring.com/ Some of the books we mentioned: All They Want for Christmas by Andie J. Christopher https://www.andiejchristopher.com/all-they-want-for-christmas Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780525620778 Amor Actually https://www.amazon.com/Amor-Actually-Holiday-Romance-Anthology-ebook/dp/B09HYZH8KK Song of Achilles https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780062060624 Our guest spot on Heaving Bosoms recapping About Time https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Rv8BSfzUwujSVGD1oh4pC?si=vRehoKIjQOC6ut83C9S2ng Liz's guest spot on Bonkers Romance recapping Sing Me to Sleep by R.M. Virtues https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mjanjxMnJlPiNPZSl6m0H?si=6f7de466b0b94551 Liz's guest spot on The Pretty Good Podcast talking about WandaVision https://open.spotify.com/episode/7rVwthvwQgkr5sUbZ7t0xA?si=FQ_qVywLQmqjsEmHDnMqIg

In this episode, Nicole recaps her take on the Miss Universe pageant, and shares some new books that she's currently cataloging. Tori shares a young adult read and a juvenile read that both require tissues! The resources discussed in this episode are listed below: Not The Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher; Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher; What Happens In Vegas (2008) movie; My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris; Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys; The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart; Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein; The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; West Side Story (2021) movie; Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon anime

Hi friends! On this episode, we're recapping “Window Shopping” by Tessa Bailey, with special guest Andie J. Christopher. We talk to her about the inspiration behind her life-changing priest rom-com, the USA Today Bestseller “Hot Under His Collar,” and her upcoming project “Thank You, Next.” Then we get into the heartwarming and undie-incinerating “Window Shopping.” This grumpy-sunshine romance has an ex-con heroine who gets a second chance at her dream career, and falls for a bowtie-wearing optimist who is a sex god in Ted Lasso clothing. Spoilers ahead! You can visit us at www.makeoutalreadypod.com. You can also follow us on Instagram @makeoutalreadypod and on Twitter @makeout_already, or email us at makeoutalready@gmail.com. We have merch! https://make-out-already.creator-spring.com/ Stuff we mentioned: Window Shopping by Tessa Bailey https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9781087987590 Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9781984802682 Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9781984802705 Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780593200049 Thank You, Next by Andie J. Christopher https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780593200063 All They Want for Christmas novella by Andie J. Christopher https://www.amazon.com/They-Want-Christmas-Andie-Christopher-ebook/dp/B08L8BT4XK Twilight_talk on TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8n8go2H/ Don't Look Up trailer https://youtu.be/RbIxYm3mKzI Lelo https://www.lelo.com Lora Dicarlo https://loradicarlo.com Andie's socials are all authorandiej TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM8n8KndY/ Instagram https://instagram.com/authorandiej?utm_medium=copy_link Twitter https://twitter.com/authorandiej?s=21 Cocoa recipe: 2 parts milk: 1 part heavy cream: 1 part water 1/4 c chopped chocolate 1 T sugar Pinch salt Heat everything over the stove but do not boil. Blend for extra smoothness.

Hi friends! On this episode, we recap “Heartbeat Braves” by Pamela Sanderson. Our heroine is a no-nonsense professional who works at a community center serving the indigenous community. Her job is stressful enough without having to hand-hold the board's nepotism hire. And even worse, he is super cute. This book highlighted the glaring gaps in our bookshelves with regard to indigenous stories, and we had a lot of trouble finding stories that centered indigenous lives and not just indigenous trauma. So please please send us your recommendations, because we would love to read them. Now, spoilers ahead. You can visit us at www.makeoutalreadypod.com. You can also follow us on Instagram @makeoutalreadypod and on Twitter @makeout_already, or email us at makeoutalready@gmail.com. We have merch! https://make-out-already.creator-spring.com/ Our “Just My Luck” episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4q6uUlbA9NnRvXANaiE59O?si=b8a23fd323e4467d https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/make-out-already/id1504732910?i=1000542074783 Bonkers TikTok about “spicy” books that don't bang: https://www.tiktok.com/@bonkersromance/video/7031270749302246661?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7033772996410951173 Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780593200049 City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9781594634741 The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780385720953 Last year's holiday movie episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jz3GMI5Kx8MihQEiqpy2Y?si=kzrcREaySRi8ekAU87-94w https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/make-out-already/id1504732910?i=1000501494720 Dark History episode about Trail of Tears: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5BzGUfg3ddW2hjGTowbItT?si=02a48853b65b4f04 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dark-history/id1568505888?i=1000532350468 Dark History episode about residential schools: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3w3MnayvhzqC6GessAyI0O?si=ed563748737e46c1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dark-history/id1568505888?i=1000542184332 Lance Tsosie (Modern Warrior) on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@modern_warrior__?lang=en Meg's favorite cornbread mix: https://www.krusteaz.com/products/cornbread/honey-cornbread-muffin/

We're joined by Andie J. Christopher to recap Coyote Ugly (which somehow came out 20 years ago??)! We discuss early aughts fashion, dancing on bars, and this film's impact on our bisexual awakening—or in one of our cases, a definitive confirmation of straightness. Please enjoy the references to a Minotaur Cock Water Gun (which could only possibly be understood by Romancelandia) and Fievel Does Fleet Week! Andie just revealed the cover of her next book, https://amzn.to/3CNXCUq (Thank You, Next)…and we're obsessed with it! If you haven't gotten https://amzn.to/3BOawjD (Hot Under His Collar )(with Father What-a-Waste) yet, you're missing out! You can come back and thank Jenny when you reach a certain steamy bar scene. Aftercare Mentions: Andie: Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta and Bombshell by Sarah MacLean Mel: Magic Mike XXL The Thomas Crown Affair with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo—the bisexual awakening we all deserve. If you're reading ahead, next week's episode will be https://amzn.to/3EZ45wv (Beyond the Highland Mist) by Karen Marie Morning with Adriana Herrera and the following week will be https://amzn.to/3GMBtYR (Alien Quarantine Rescue) by Robin Lovett with Alexis Daria! You'll find links to all the books we mentioned in the https://www.bonkersromance.com/episodes/8 (show notes on our website)! We encourage you to check out https://romanceforroe.com/ (Romance for Roe), an anthology of 36 romance stories in aid of Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice

Hi friends! On this episode, we catch up about what we've been reading and watching separately from each other. There are hot priests, death gods, murder podcasters fictional and factual, and more. Spoilers ahead! You can visit us at www.makeoutalreadypod.com. You can also follow us on Instagram @makeoutalreadypod and on Twitter @makeout_already, or email us at makeoutalready@gmail.com. We have merch! https://make-out-already.creator-spring.com/ Stuff we mentioned: The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780451490841 Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780593200049 Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780525620778 Our episode on The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/make-out-already/id1504732910?i=1000527966072 His Leading Lady by Jenny Nordbak https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1956447016/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=# The Scarlett Letters by Jenny Nordbak https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9781250091130 Only Murders in the Building on Hulu Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto https://www.therippedbodicela.com/aff/MakeOutAlready/book/9780593333037 Bailey Sarian on YouTube https://youtube.com/c/BaileySarian Death by Delicious Chocolate episode on Bailey Sarian's channel https://youtu.be/4l8M3dQlUwg Hades and Persephone art for Neon Gods https://twitter.com/katee_robert/status/1386762505456955399?s=21

We deep dive into Lawless Lawyer, where Lee Joon Gi kicks some major butt, and Ahn Oh Ju gives us feelings we were not ready for -- him and his toe socks. We explain why the real chemistry of this drama was between the hero and the villain. Get into all the revenge plot goodness with us!Kpop Rec:Paint Me Naked by TenRomance book rec with a lawyer:Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher

That is the true question! In this week's episode we discuss all of our favorite and least favorite book tropes. Enemies to lovers? The Chosen One? Do we love them or do we hate them? You'll just have to listen and find out. Books we mention in this episode: (We talk about a lot!) The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean, Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Anxious People by Fredrik Backman, Seven Days in June by Tia Williams, These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong, Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert, Yearbook by Seth Rogen, Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover, The Guncle by Steven Rowley, Waiting for Tom Hanks (Waiting for Tom Hanks #1) by Kerry Winfrey, May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor, Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, The Sea Witch (Wicked Villains #5) by Katee Roberts, Surviving the Night by Riley Sager, Lock Every Door by Riley Sager, Night is Darkest (Men in Blue #1) by Jayne Rylon, Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall, Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata, Carry On Series by Rainbow Rowell, The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout, Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer, Cinder (Lunar Chronicles) by Marissa Meyer, Naked in Death (In Death #1) by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts), The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang, The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, Illuminae Files Series by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, The Aurora Cycle Series by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan, The Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin, The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary, The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot, The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary, A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas, The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren, Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma, The Simple WIld by K.A. Tucker, Radiance by Grace Draven, The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa, Looking for Alaska by John Green, Fifty Shades of Gray by E.L. James, To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han, Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, Jason Bourne Series by Robery Ludlum, Fallen Crest High by Tijan, The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, Divergent Series by Veronica Roth, Not That Kind of Guy by Andie J. Christopher, Jamison Valley Series by Deveny Perry, The Playboy Next Door by Christina Tetreault. Check out Pages n' Pages on Instagram. These opinions of the books are entirely our own and may not reflect the actual book. Image by Kapona via Vector Stock.

We promised you fun stuff while we are on Hiatus, and here we are! Last week, more than 700 of you joined us for a Fated Mates LIVE to celebrate Sarah's new book, Bombshell! We had a great time talking to some of our favorite people, playing games, talking about thighsexuality, 19th Century surgery, and, of course, girl gangs in pop culture. Thanks to our faves: Andie J. Christopher, Kate Clayborn, Alexis Daria, Adriana Herrera, Sophie Jordan, Christina Lauren, Diana Quincy, Kennedy Ryan and Joanna Shupe for celebrating with us, and to Northshire Bookstore, East City Bookshop, Katy Budget Books, Old Town Books & Mysterious Galaxy for being fabulous independent bookstores that always support romance novels. We're starting Season 4 in two weeks…we hope this helps tide you over until then!For more from the event, check this Twitter thread.

Bonus Episode! It's Bookstore Romance Day, so to celebrate, Ryan and Elisabeth are coming to you straight from Elisabeth's living room (with super great audio) with over an hour's worth of gushing about the romance genre (almost entirely unedited, including some swearing).  This episode is chock full of recommendations (ranked by steam levels), favorite tropes, hilarious anecdotes, and a whole lot of laughter. Also Ryan forgot how to do the outro. It's a grand old time! Enjoy!  Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local! Books Mentioned During This Episode RECENT READS Neon Gods by Katee Robert (Audiobook) While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (Audiobook) The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle (Audiobook) Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper (Audiobook) (October 5th, 2021) Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev (Audiobook) Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev (Audiobook) Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell (Audiobook)  Level 1: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall (Audiobook) So We Meet Again by Suzanne Park (Audiobook) Loathe at First Sight by Suzanne Park (Audiobook) Level 2: does not exist Level 3:  Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan (Audiobook) Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan (Audiobook) If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane (Audiobook) Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne (Audiobook) The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (Audiobook) Level 4:  First Comes Like by Alisha Rai (Audiobook) People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Audiobook) The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon (Audiobook) Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (Audiobook) Abby Jimenez (Nadia Cakes - Vageode Saga) Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper (Audiobook) Level 5:  A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (Audiobook) (November 2, 2021) One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (Audiobook) Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (Audiobook) Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Audiobook) Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (Audiobook) Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (Audiobook) Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey (Audiobook) Beach Read by Emily Henry (Audiobook) Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher (Audiobook) The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez (Audiobook) The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa (Audiobook) Level 6: Neon Gods by Katee Roberts (Audiobook) OTHER LINKS Shop The Laydown Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!  Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com

Hi friends! On this episode, we are burdened with the glorious purpose of discussing the MCU series Loki on Disney+. We talk about the ships and representation (or lack thereof) on the show, and use it as a springboard to talk about taboo in romance, with some more colorful Norse mythology thrown in. As we discuss in the episode, taboos are super personal, and triggers are as well. So please note that we're going to touch on all sorts of touchy subjects, so if you want to skip this episode or bow out after the shipping discussions, we understand and support you knowing what's best for you. With that being said, we've listed everything we've talked about, so if you'd like to do any research into the books we discuss, we hope it'll be helpful. And this is kind of a “duh” thing, but this episode is probably even more NSFW than our usual content. Without further ado, spoilers ahead. Excelsior! Stuff we mentioned: Find us everywhere at www.makeoutalreadypod.com. Arrested Development scene: https://youtu.be/nfXANC9M3vw Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland: https://youtu.be/IVScTpD-M6Y Some TikTokers making excellent MCU content: Nicquemarina: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicquemarina?lang=en Straw Hat Goofy: tiktok.com/@straw_hat_goofy?lang=en Geeks of the Week: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/geeks-of-the-week/id1562422008 Jstoobs: https://www.tiktok.com/@jstoobs?lang=en amandajustvibin: https://www.tiktok.com/@amandajustvibin?lang=en Whattheblueberry (shameless self promotion): https://www.tiktok.com/@whattheblueberry?lang=en And some TikTokers providing fun kink education: Catieosaurus: https://www.tiktok.com/@catieosaurus?lang=en Miss Lovelock: https://www.tiktok.com/@miss.lovelock?lang=en “Lokius” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6ZiNG9uvoVN0QqMNRQGQLY?si=9ef83c5a542a440e Svadilfari, Loki and Sleipnir: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Svadilfari [Sierra] Simone Scale of Taboo mug: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1064597031/simone-scale-of-taboo-extra-large-mug?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=simone+scale&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&frs=1 Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher Original Sinners series by Tiffany Reisz Feet: https://www.buzzfeed.com/daniellaemanuel/foot-fetish-theory-tiktok The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Unteachable and Cam Girl by Elliot Wake writing as Leah Raeder Anything by Katee Robert A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai Precious and Fragile Things; The Space Between Us; and Deeper by Megan Hart All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood Hot Texas Bosses series by Lyla Sinclair

In this episode, Dory and Lisa discuss sexy alphas, cowboys, bondage, and ruthless casino owners. They also touch on cozy mysteries, romance subgenres they just can't get into, and the things that are making them Happy for Now. There's even some Olympic talk thrown in. Listen now! Books mentioned in this episode: Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher, the Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon, the Immortals After Dark series by Kresley Cole, Jackson by LaQuette, The Bookshop Murder by Merryn Allingham, the Cowboys of California and the Beards & Bondage series by Rebekah Weatherspoon, The Prince of Broadway and The Devil of Downtown by Joanna Shupe, Love Her or Lose Her and Tools of Engagement by Tessa Bailey, and The Summer Games: Settling the Score by R.S. Grey. Podcasts mentioned in this episode: Planners and Wine, Heaving Bosoms, Fated Mates, and Julie Moody-Freeman's Black Romance Podcast. Follow us on Instagram @yall.this.book and on Twitter @yallthisbook. And be sure to check out our blog, www.yallthisbook.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dory--lisa/message

Hey y'all! Andie J. Christopher is here to talk about her new release Hot Under His Collar and recap the 2001 romcom Keeping the Faith! Are there problematic elements in the movie? Yes. Is the priest as hot as Andie's Father Patrick? Not quite. But this movie still f*cks! And should have ended with a throuple. We will both happily die on this hill.  Bonus Content:  WHERE IS OUR THROUPLE?!, racist Asian representation, emotional wall stands, bring back the f*ckiness of 2000's mid-budget romcoms, manifesting hot Australians, Andie's Formula One MMF novella in the works, and so much more.  Lady Loves:  Andie: Formula 1: Drive to Survive. Basically a soap opera staring hot formula 1 drivers and it will be good to you! Mel: The new She-Ra cartoon on Netflix! It's also for adults, it's a big empower, and there's lots of homoerotic energy! You need it! Follow Andie! Instagram | Twitter | TikTok Episode Sponsor:  The Queen of Second Chances by DM Barr. It's a sweet romcom about a woman working in a senior center and the overprotective attorney she wins over. Check it out ASAP!! Indie Pod Promo:  A Little Bit Grim! Patreon Shout Out:  Cassidy L, you are descended from Hemera, the Greek primordial goddess of day. She has divine authority and control over fire, and can control the movement and rotation of the planets. Which means she can change the flow of day into night. So, you're basically a flamethrowing superperson who's capable of circadian manipulation. Plus, you're goddamned bright in every single way. Sunshine personified.

“Hang on,” we can hear you saying, “isn't this a romance novel podcast?” It absolutely is, and that's why we're dropping a very special episode about the character who is the most perfect on-screen version of a romance hero that ever there was: Captain of the AFC Richmond team, Roy Kent. Added bonus, we're joined by Jen's brother Erik to talk sports stories (and check in on Jürgen Klopp).Spoilers abound, so if you haven't watched Season 1, do that first!Our next read along is Cat Sebastian's wonderful Unmasked by the Marquess. Get it at Amazon, Apple Books, B&N, Kobo, or Bookshop.org. Thank you, as always, for listening! Please follow us on your favorite podcasting app, and if you are up for leaving a rating or review there, we would be very grateful! Show NotesTed Lasso season two starts this Friday, and the reviews look great. Also, if you haven't read this GQ profile of Jason Sudeikis, you are missing out.In season 2, we talked about Cinnamon Roll heroes, as compared to Alpha heroes. Grunting is definitely an alpha hero trait. We love Hannah Waddingham (Rebecca) and Juno Temple (Keeley) and that's all we have to say about that. Apparently, there are ways to watch Apple TV Plus shows even if you don't have an Apple Device. Who knew! You, too, can bake Ted's biscuits. USAians have a different relationship with Soccer than the rest of the world. Perhaps you need a primer on the Premier League, promotion and relegation, the average age of Premier League players, and just how popular is Premier League football really is.Fated Mates has a favorite team, it's Liverpool, and it's basically because of our favorite stern brunch daddy TM, Jürgen Klopp. Stern Brunch Daddy(tm) is the invention of Andie J. Christopher, friend of the pod, who has a new book out this week! Richmond is a fake team, but that won't stop you from buying gear to show your team spirit. This year, London was home to six Premier League teams: Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Tottenham, and West Ham United.Yes, Jen hates it when young characters make ancient pop culture references in romances, but in this case, Indiana Jones is appropriate for people our age! Go ahead and write I Love You on your eyelids! More about the story of how Brett Goldstein got the part of Roy Kent. Jen's sister-in-law Janine writes for TV and she's kind of a big deal! Susan Elizabeth Philips was a guest a few weeks ago, and she talked about the trope of the grizzled veteran at the end of his career and how it's a hallmark of the Chicago Stars series.Jen mentioned a series of soccer romances--it's the Atlanta Skyline series by Rebecca Crowley.You know, Roy Kent really should have tried to get that Rolex back. In a New York Times article about adapting romance to TV and film, Outlander showrunner Matthew B. Roberts “found that voice-over sequences left actors standing around with nothing to play against. Interior monologue has to become exterior dialogue. ‘That's our biggest challenge always.'“It's witched” was a joke from our very first episode, in case you're into that sort of thing. That German word (phrase?) is sturm und drang and it means turmoil.No topping from the bottom.Maureen Murdock's Heroine's Journey is an archetype that values community building over individualism, we like the latest iteration from Gail Carriger.Rupert Mannion is the woooooorst. That darts scene is awesome though, and if you want to read a contemporary romance set in a pub that includes darts playing, Sarah wrote one!Other sports TV shows and movies we mentioned: Friday Night Lights, Sports Night, The League, Bull Durham, and Major League. Maybe you didn't know that the character of Ted Lasso originated in a series of TV commercials for NBC. Bill Lawrence was a producer for Spin City and Scrubs, which were other funny workplace comedies. In the past few weeks, Italy won the Euro 2020 and Argentina won the Copa America. And the Olympics football competition will be interesting since men's teams are limited to players under 23 years of age. FYI, the US Soccer Federation is pretty awful. For Generation X and Millenials, soccer was a big deal. If you are interested in a family friendly sports outing, maybe your city has a professional soccer team! The Chicago Fire is awesome, and New York has two teams! The 1994 World Cup was played in the USA, and Sarah remembered the name of defender Alexi Lalas. Now he's a commentator and we would like him to do better. So there are trick plays in football and . . . well, football.The last few decades of television have focused on the antihero, and lots of people wonder if that didn't help create our recent political moment. It's hard to beat the fan experience of singing You'll Never Walk Alone at Anfield; but Erik recommends this 2019 video of the team and fans singing after Liverpool defeated Barcelona. The version in the last episode of season 1 of Ted Lasso is this one by Marcus Mumford. Follow AFC Richmond, Ted Lasso, Hannah Waddingham and Brett Goldstein on Twitter. Jürgen Klopp does not have Twitter because "he is a grown man with a job."You can preorder signed copies of Bombshell from Word in Brooklyn, buttons and stickers from Best Friend Kelly, and Fated Mates merch from Jordan Dene.

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss For Your Own Good, Intimacies, The River Has Teeth, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing  The Dire Days of Willowweep Manor by Shaenon K. Garrity and Christopher Baldwin Jillian vs. Parasite Planet by Nicole Kornher-Stace, Scott Brown In the Same Boat by Holly Green Intimacies by Katie Kitamura The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig  You & Me at the End of the World by Brianna Bourne WHAT WE'RE READING: Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Noor by Nnedi Okorafor Carrie by Stephen King MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Colorful by Eto Mori  Fish Heads and Duck Skin by Lindsey Salatka Stolen: A Memoir by Elizabeth Gilpin The Woman from Uruguay by Pedro Mairal, Jennifer Croft (Translator) The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion by Gwen Adshead and Eileen Horne  Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine by Nicola Twilley, Geoff Manaugh Paradise, WV by Rob Rufus The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion by Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell I Will: How Four American Indians Put Their Lives on the Line and Changed History by Sheron Wyant-Leonard Come With Me by Ronald Malfi Isn't It Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams Sixteen Horses by Greg Buchanan The Bachelor by Andrew Palmer  El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World's Most Infamous Drug Lord by Noah Hurowitz Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story by Winifred Gallagher The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World by Patrick Wyman Better With Butter by Victoria Piontek Curses by Lish McBride Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North More Anon: Selected Poems by Maureen N. McLane When We Were Young by Richard Roper The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristin Miller By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs by Benjamin H. Milligan Linked by Gordon Korman  False Witness by Karin Slaughter  Sleeper Agent: The Atomic Spy in America Who Got Away by Ann Hagedorn The Tiny Bee That Hovers at the Center of the World by David Searcy The Council of Animals by Nick McDonell, Steven Tabbutt (Illustrator) These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan  The Retreat by Elisabeth de Mariaffi The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America by Julie Flavell After the Ink Dries by Cassie Gustafson Virtue by Hermione Hoby  Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe  Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World by Lisa Wells She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan  Red Traitor by Owen Matthews A Radical Act of Free Magic (The Shadow Histories) by H. G. Parry Closing Costs by Bracken MacLeod What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente  The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Webber Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite by John Glatt Better to Have Gone: Love, Death, and the Quest for Utopia in Auroville by Akash Kapur See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey y'all! Liz and Meg from Make Out Already podcast is here with Mel to recap feel good movie About Time!  Bonus Content: Star Wars pairings, Fleabag spoilers, Andie J. Christopher's upcoming release Hot Under His Collar, international treasure Bill Nighy and a veritable rolodex of English actors, Scrotal Recall (now called "Love Sick"), time travel via masturbation, and so much more! Lady Loves:  Liz: Olivia Rodrigo's "Sour" and all the MCU edits people are doing on Tik Tok!  Meg: The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown.  Mel: Like in the movie, enjoy the little things! We grilled for no reason and it was soooooooooo nice.  Follow Make Out Already! Twitter, Instagram Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :) Get more content on PATREON!! Sign up for our Newsletter!  MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble Make your life better and hire Natalie to assist you!!! And follow our socials:  Instagram: @heavingbosoms Twitter: @heaving_bosoms Facebook

Happy St. Vincent Day!! We're thrilled to feature a special crossover episode with Heaving Bosoms to celebrate! As if that wasn't awesome enough, we're also joined by beloved author Andie J. Christopher who hosts Drunk Romance History on Instagram! Listen for Andie's solemn vow to write us a St. Vincent/Derek Craven MMF, why we all adore Sebastian St. Vincent, and how we think you should celebrate St. Vincent Day! Come tell us who you picture as St. Vincent and how you plan to celebrate! 

We're baaaaack! So we're releasing our holiday movies episode in February...but *gestures at the world*. We hope the absolute delight of having Andie and Naima back will help to make up for it. We discuss The Holidate and Happiest Season--and how we were shocked that we loved the one we thought we'd hate and hated the one we thought we'd love. In addition to the movies, we talk about our worst first kisses, why Andie is going to be the "vodka aunt", and what dating life might be like post covid. 

We get a little ridiculous discussing the Netflix film 365 DNI with Naima Simone and Andie J. Christopher. Chaos and giggling ensues. 

Things have gone off the rails here in the Wicked Wallflowers Club. This episode (and the show we're talking about) may or may not be kind of a shit show, but we hope it's a hilarious, delightful shit show. Andie J. Christopher and Naima Simone are back to help us attempt to digest the train wreck that is Netflix's new show, Too Hot to Handle! I have no idea how else to summarize this, so I've included some choice out of context quotes instead of show notes!"I have trust issues because everyone hates my Christmas tree dick." -Sarah"I just laughed so hard I poured coffee all over my bed!" -Sarah"When I was in my early to mid twenties, I would've fucked both Harry and David." -Andie"It just looked like a tit explosion!" -Naima"...they start using Lana as a sex toy." -Jenny"In my early thirties, I would've fucked Matthew." -Andie"You know Sharron does not eat pussy. He has never had a pussy near his face." -Andie"With Bryce...I had to look inside my soul and make sure I hadn't actually fucked him." -Andie"Wait...you haven't been hogtied?" -Jenny"What kind of trash bag doesn't even offer to reciprocate!?" -Naima

Join us as we chat about Australian TV show, Satisfaction. Satisfaction is set in a brothel, so we get into dating, sex work, emotional labor, dick pics, and our thoughts on full frontal male nudity. We don't give any major spoilers for the show if you haven't seen it yet and are worried! 

We're joined by fan favorite Andie J. Christopher and her editor at Berkley, the fabulous Kristine Swartz! We chat about Not the Girl You Marry, how their author/editor relationship came to be...and Jenny may or may not cry while talking about the book!

Andie J. Christopher is back to chat with us about Speed (it's totally a romance!), This Means War, and My Best Friend's Wedding. We also discuss some of the more mortifying moments from our youth. If there's a movie you'd love to hear us discuss, be sure to let us know!

We're joined by author Andie J. Christopher to get her thoughts on Notting Hill, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and to explain to us just what a Stern Brunch Daddy is!

We're joined by USA Today bestselling author And J. Christopher and special guest cohost Jenny Holiday. We chat about her upcoming release with Berkley, Not the Girl You Marry. We also discuss Andie's dating history, that time she flashed a priest, and what it was like for her growing up in Minnesota.