Podcasts about Kresley Cole

We hopped in our time machine this week to read 2006's A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole. When a Scottish Lykae (who just happens to be a king) finally scents his fated mate while being held prisoner by a bunch of vampires, he quite literally gnaws his way to freedom. Except that when he finds her on the streets of Paris, he realizes that she, too, is a vampire. Turn out, she's only half-vampire. Her other half is valkyrie. And she's a bada$$. (Eventually, anyway.) Also discussed: our professionalism, our dogs, and how technology is working against us. On that note, please excuse the random changes in audio quality. Up Next: Wild and Wrangled by Lyla SageSOS Novella: My Date with a Pair of Grey Sweatpants by Cassi O. PeiaMeet Me Over the Bridge by Veronica WynneWhat else we're reading:Assassin of the Gods by Rebekah SinclairThe Aliens Surrender (Outcasts of Corin #2) by Ella MavenSHOW INFORMATION: Join the DiscordFollow us on Spotify! (It helps us with sponsors!)Patreon: Support Us HereWebsite: www.chicklitbookclubpodcast.comMerch: https://chicklitbookclubpodcast.threadless.com/TikTok: ChickLitBookClubInstagram and Threads: ChickLitBookClubPodcastPinterest: ChickLitBookClubPodcastBlueSky:@clbcpodcast.bsky.socialYoutube: @ChickLitBookClubEmail: chicklitbookclubpodcast@gmail.com

Come sweat it out in the sauna with The Girls! This week Barbara is presenting “The Professional” by Kresley Cole! When hottie mafia enforcer Aleksandr 'The Siberian' Sevastyan is tasked with bringing Nebraskan Natalie Porter back to her mob boss father in Russia, he not only breaks her “manalyzer,” he breaks into her house! As much as he tries to stay professional, he realizes he simply must have her in all the steamy and rough ways. You'll never look at a sauna ladle the same! Speaking of which, should we do a Belgium trip? This book is from 2014 so while there are Fall Out Boy lyrics, there's not as much clarity as the girls would prefer! But at the end of the day, as always, it's just a book! New Episodes out every Tuesday! Join our Patreon to receive early, ad- free (and bonus!) episodes and more! Patreon.com/ClutchMyPearlsPod Watch the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel! Follow @ClutchMyPearlsPod on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and GoodReads! We have MERCH go to ClutchMyPearlsPod.com Do you have a smut recommendation for the girls? Send an email to: ClutchMyPearlsPod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kimberly Lemming and Alexis, Keeper of the Lore, are the LOTHAIRE lovers we need in these dark times! Read Kim's new book I GOT ABDUCTED BY ALIENS AND NOW I'M TRAPPED IN A ROM COM now! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! This Friday, we're doing a January 2025 Reading Roundup! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Kimberly Lemming and Alexis the Sword are here to recap LOTHAIRE by Kresley Cole with us!! Our morally gray king with questionable mental health is here!!!!!!!! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! This Friday, we're doing a January 2025 Reading Roundup! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! It's time for part 2! Jacob has decided to put his juvenile pranks behind him and make things right. Maybe he'll even do a little bit of a woo on her! Throw in a secret identity reveal, a hotel breach worthy of a cat burglar, and a pubic declaration of love and you've got an excellent second act! Bonus Content: Mel can't get over hotel event logistics, and so much more! Lady Loves: Mel: Rearrange your space! It'll give you a whole new perspective. Sabrina: Instead of doing New Year's resolutions that will inevitably make you feel terrible, make resolutions that don't suck! Like "pasta quest," where you eat as many different pasta shapes as you can by the end of the year! Remember to send in your READING EMBRACES! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! This Friday, we're recapping DREAMS OF A DARK WARRIOR by Kresley Cole! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! We're here recapping THE MATZAH BALL by Jean Meltzer! From the summer camp backstory, to the grown-up pranks, the hijinks abound in this Hanukkah romance! Bonus Content: Mel's friends know how to treat her bum, Sabrina's vendetta against poo-pourri, only ONE of these pals needs to be better about using the mail system, there's a LOT of horny internal monologue for a closed-door romance, and so much more! Remember to send in your READING EMBRACES! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! This Friday, we're recapping DREAMS OF A DARK WARRIOR by Kresley Cole! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Join us on this week's episode as we break down Alpha Night, where a female alpha wolf and a Psy male with a ticking time bomb in his head get insta-mated in the first chapter!  Gird your loins, listeners, in this wild ride as of an unconventional pairing, the challenges of navigating differing societies, and the power dynamics involved with skin-privileges. The stakes are high and the passion fiery in a story that combines psychic intrigue with raw, animal magnetism!   Sign up for author Nalini Singh's newsletter to receive fan service here: https://nalinisingh.com/ Want the official Psy-Changeling Reading Order? Click here: https://nalinisingh.com/books/psychangeling-series/   BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyers: https://amzn.to/49fpv8I  The Deadlands series by Kati Wilde: https://amzn.to/3ZoIB7L Darkness Dawns by Diana Duvall: https://amzn.to/3OJarqG Lothaire by Kresley Cole: https://amzn.to/3AUBM60  Bet Me by Jennifer Cruise: https://amzn.to/49dF3tN    Get ready for Last Guard, coming in 2 weeks! Grab your copy to read along: https://amzn.to/41dUro6    Want to learn worldbuilding from Leslye? Sign up here: https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/ Want to learn story structure from Ines? Sign up here: https://ineswrites.com/PTP   Find the hosts online at: Leslye Penelope: https://lpenelope.com/  Ines Johnson: https://ineswrites.com/  Credits: "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

HBs!!!! We're back for [art 2 of THE GOVERNESS AND THE ORC by Finley Fenn, the 7th book in the Orc Sworn series. When we left off, Rathgar had just gotten Geva to be very vulnerable in front of all of his kin and then he called her easy and cheap. I still don't think I've recovered. Reconciliation seems like a really big ask, but Finley Fenn has convinced us of more in the past! Lady Loves: Mel: sleeping in separate rooms on occasion! Sometimes even the daintiest of ladies snore and their partner might benefit from a good night of sleep. There's no shame in it! Sabrina: Adding a protein shake to coffee as the creamer to make sure you're packing in some macronutrients. Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! This Friday, we're recapping DEMON FROM THE DARK by Kresley Cole! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

HBs!!!! We're back! Yeah, we're back at Orc (Splash) Mountain! Mel and Sabrina are recapping THE GOVERNESS AND THE ORC by Finley Fenn, the 7th book in her Orc Sworn series. Geva Okoro is a damn good governess working for terrible people. And then she's forced to help an orc pirate steal all their stuff! Instead of trying to flee and hide as a Black woman in a very white region, this orc offers to hire her for a fake relationship! Y'all. This is the book in which Finley Fenn took come play to the next level for Melody. Scent is VERY IMPORTANT to orcs! Part 2 is tomorrow! Bonus Content: Sabrina is back in this orc hole, realizing some childhood memories were actually dreams, Orc Sworn Next Gen requests, orcs can smell ANYthing (unless they don't), the pals explain their clan identification, yes we are Orc Sworn anthropologists, and so much more! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! This Friday, we're recapping DEMON FROM THE DARK by Kresley Cole! Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

A security specialist with a life-threatening brain chip. A changeling chef with her own guarded secrets. Bowen and Kaia's love story starts off as a slow burn in “Ocean Light,” but things heat up and combust before the tale is over. This book not only explores the romance and challenges between Bowen and Kaia but also serves as an intense lesson for authors on how to continuously raise the stakes throughout a novel. It is a masterclass on how to maintain suspense and tension all the way to the last page.  Sign up for author Nalini Singh's newsletter to receive fan service here: https://nalinisingh.com/ Want the official Psy-Changeling Reading Order? Click here: https://nalinisingh.com/books/psychangeling-series/   BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo: https://amzn.to/4hFSfeQ The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell: https://amzn.to/3NXmrnN  Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta: https://amzn.to/3AFsSJa Lothaire by Kresley Cole: https://amzn.to/3Ay2Vez   Get ready for Wolf Rain, coming in 2 weeks! Grab your copy to read along: https://amzn.to/3NswRvq    Want to learn worldbuilding from Leslye? Sign up here: https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/   Want to learn story structure from Ines? Sign up here: https://ineswrites.com/PTP   Find the hosts online at: Leslye Penelope: https://lpenelope.com/  Ines Johnson: https://ineswrites.com/    Credits: "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

This time, just in time for Black Friday, we bring you 8 amazing titles! Amazing! Peter talks about: The Change by Whoopi Goldberg: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2363826 Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat by R.D. Creekmore Meagan talks about: How to write an autobiographical novel : essays by Alexander Chee: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2144516 Alien: Thaw by Declan Shalvey, writer ; Andrea Broccardo, artist ; Tríona Farrell & Ruth Redmond, color artists ; VC's Clayton Cowles, letterer: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2357888 We also briefly discuss: Kids Shenanigans by Klutz Press From Below by John Grover: https://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/from-below-a-short-story-john-grover/17123378 Lackadaisy by author & artist Tracy J. Butler: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2351399 A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole: https://hpldencore.mylibrary.us/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2365728

Hey pals! Today, we're wrapping up the second half of LOTHAIRE today and this book ramps up the camp to approximately 1000!! Ellie and Lothaire exchange body parts, Alison finally gets to read a blood blowjob, and Lothaire gets another dog. We thank Kresley Cole every day for writing this wildly fun, sexy, romantic, bonkers book. Enjoy the show! Part 1 Brazen banter: The end of the Eras Tour? Dense bean stir fry! Predictions for the Immortals After Dark series based on this one book! Cat Scale: 9 Revolutionary Resources Friendship bracelet tutorials Kingdom of Dreams Fated Mates   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Support the podcast and buy us coffee WRION merch! Our feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! Spooky Season continues as Rachel and Alison dive into the first half of listener suggestion and iconic vampire romance in the Immortals After Dark series, LOTHAIRE by Kresley Cole. Lothaire, aka The Enemy of Old (dramatic, tbh), is the most morally grey hero to ever wear the color, and his FMC Ellie spends the entire book violently humbling him (as she should). This book hits 1000% of the time and we're obsessed--hope you will be too! DONATE for Appalachia Hurricane Relief Brazen banter: Bean dishes! Sharp knives! Last names as first names! Cat Scale: TBD Revolutionary Resources Dense Bean Salad girl Marry Me Chickpeas Princess and the Frog mincing mushrooms Ep. 37 - Dark Lover by JR Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood TV series   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Support the podcast and buy us coffee WRION merch! Our feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey HBs! We're here to finish up Nikolai and Myst's tale with fated hostage-taking, forced orgasms, and misunderstandings of unfinished memories! Get stoked! Lady Loves: Sabrina: 360 degree rolling suitcases. What a revelation! Mel: #plantdad instagram (also #plantdaddy). And specifically @theplantpapi. Such a good follow! Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Hey HBs! We're doing our first re-release since Sabrina became Mel's full-time partner-in-crime! This is part 1 of THE WARLORD WANTS FOREVER by Kresley Cole! Since we announced that our next Patreon Deep Dive is going to be the first 10ish books in the Immortals After Dark series, starting at book 3, we've had a bunch of Listener saying "but what about books 1 and 2?!" The answer to that is Sabrina and I started this journey over a year ago on the main feed! So, this week we're re-releasing our recap of book one! We've got two immortals, one femme fatale, one warlord hot dummy, 1 five year boner, fated hostage-takings, savage goodbyes, memorable reunions, VERY questionable/dubious/non-existent consent (also enthusiastic consent), and so much more! Could this be viewed as problematic? Sure. Did we super love it? Very yes. Bonus content: series hopping and existential crises, Forebears/Four Bears, brains while reading, noodle fuckery, and more. Want to support the show? Rate and review us on your favorite podcast app! It super helps the algorithm connect us to new listeners.  Want more of us? Check out our PATREON! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, Etsy Want to tell us a story, ask about advertising, or anything else? Email: heavingbosomspodcast (at) gmail  Follow our socials:  Instagram @heavingbosoms Tiktok @heaving_bosoms  Facebook group: the Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult Credits: Theme Music: Brittany Pfantz  Art: Author Kate Prior (her newest release MATED TO MY EX is out now!!)  The above contains affiliate links, which means that when purchasing through them, the podcast gets a small percentage without costing you a penny more.

Witching season is here! So to start off our first witch themed book we read Wicked Deed's on a Winter's night by Kresley Cole and boy did we start off with a bang. This book has LOTS of plot and so much pinning. Turn in to hear what we thought of this book! Use our code SISTERSREADINGROMANCE to get 15% off our Modern Romantics Book Box, it even counts towards the subscriptions! Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to our podcast! Come find us! Check out our website On Instagram  @sistersreadingromancepod

There's a particular kind of romance hero who makes us feel all kinds of warm and fuzzy, because all he wants to do is stare in awe at his partner and tell everyone in the world to do the same. The Wife Guy is everything we love when it's done right, and we're so very excited to share a list of books that deliver this straight shot of serotonin every single time.If you also love romance, maybe you want to join our Patreon, where you get another episode from us each month, and access to the incredible readers and listeners and brilliant people on the Fated Mates discord! Support us and learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon.Our first read along of Season 7 will be Molly O'Keefe's Everything I Left Unsaid duology, selected by Jen which despite the first book being a cliffhanger should not surprise you because she contains multitudes. The second book is The Truth About Him. Read them both and get ready for Jen to talk to you for hours. You will thank us.Also! We're back on the phonebanking train this election season! Join us Saturdays between now and Election Day to phonebank with fellow romance lovers. Jen & Sarah are joined by special guests who will knock your socks off! Learn more and register at fatedmates.net/fatedstates. If phonebanking isn't your thing, we're also raising money for downticket house and senate races, because state legislatures may not be sexy, but they sure hold all the power. Learn more, and give what you can at fatedmates.net/givingcircle. The Books The Bride by Julie GarwoodA Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaughtKiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsThe Secret by Julie GarwoodKnockout by Sarah MacLeanWorked Up by Tessa BaileyBombshell by Sarah MacLeanNaked In Death by JD RobbAmerican Royalty by Tracey LivesayThe Favor by Suzanne WrightWild Pitch by Cat GiraldoThe House on Mulberry Street by Jeannie ChinSuddenly You by Lisa KleypasThe Hating Game by Sally ThorneSweet Ruin by Kresley ColeDark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley ColeDemon from the Dark by Kresley Cole

HBs, we're back with more Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole! The second (first?) book in the series, A HUNGER LIKE NO OTHER, did not disappoint! This book starts at 11 and then refuses to simmer down. Get ready for big feelings, incredulity, and enthusiastic cackling (though, you should be used to that by now). There were so many times when Mel thought the hero could not be redeemed and somehow Kresley Cole pulls it off beautifully. She's a wizard! TW: short mention of suicidal ideation and brief conversations about dubious consent, non-consent, and coercion. Bonus Content: Sabrina went to SteamyLit Con and Sherdidn't ask Anita Kelly about London's cow story... but she might have mooed? (the jury is still out), gaslighting with beautiful cross stiches, "yes-and"ing friends with barnyard noises, gnawing your own leg off as the reader meet-cute, Emmaline is an Immortal Youth ^TM, "all the checks are cashed!", he's a sledge hammer wielded by a ticking time bomb, a Kresley Cole behind-the-back handy ^TM, picturing cartoon-mascot-wolf-action during the super hot werewolf schmex scenes (why brain?!), and so much more!Lady Loves: Sabrina: dye your hair! Sabrina is finally going to have green hair again!Melody: consider a front flip! Mel panic-purchased a one month membership to her local trampoline park to close out the summer with house-bound kids and SHE DID A FRONT FLIP for the first time in YEARS. It was so empowering! So fun! Your body can do shit you might not even know about anymore! So, just noodle on maybe doing that front flip at the next opportunity.Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, Redbubble, EtsyInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosomsTikTok: @heaving_bosomsThe above includes affiliate links which means that by purchasing through them you support the podcast at no extra cost.

In today's episode, we watch the push and pull as two emotionless Arrows fall hopelessly in love! In Shards of Hope, as Aden and Zaira find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other, they begin to navigate the unfamiliar waters of emotional attachment and romantic love, challenging everything they have been taught to believe about strength and vulnerability.  Nalini Singh masterfully depicts the journey of two hardened warriors learning to embrace their feelings, revealing the redemptive power of love and the struggle for a new identity in a world that no longer demands conformity.  BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer https://amzn.to/3wWHAK2 Witch Queen of Halloween by Kresley Cole https://amzn.to/4e1V6Ni    Sign up for author Nalini Singh's newsletter to receive fan service here: https://nalinisingh.com/ Want the official Psy-Changeling Reading Order? Click here: https://nalinisingh.com/books/psychangeling-series/   Want to learn worldbuilding from Leslye? Sign up here: https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/ Want to learn story structure from Ines? Sign up here: https://ineswrites.com/PTP Get ready for Allegiance of Honor, coming in 2 weeks! Grab your copy to read along: https://amzn.to/3Ve3G4b    Find the hosts online at: Leslye Penelope: https://lpenelope.com/  Ines Johnson: https://ineswrites.com/  Credits: "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

You will get taken on a journey, possibly against your will, in this discussion of dark romance with bestselling author Skye Warren. It's more than just the non-consent and power dynamics that make readers of the genre rabid. Learn why Skye insists dark romance is feminist literature, and see if you agree! Skye recommends if you want to try out a dark romance, start with her book The Pawn which you can find on her website at skyewarren.com    BOOKS MENTIONED: Dark Angel by Mary Balough: https://amzn.to/4azRwaB  Prisoner & Hostage by Skye Warren and Annika Martin: https://amzn.to/3vAp4GQ  One the Way Home by Skye Warren: https://amzn.to/3VEGwEL  Deliver by Pam Goodwin: https://amzn.to/3voIXk5 Wanderlust by Skye Warren: https://amzn.to/3VGAMKG  Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas: https://amzn.to/3VGAMKG  A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole: https://amzn.to/3PKPL2h  Twist Me by Anna Zaires: https://amzn.to/3PKPL2h Push by Clair Wallis looks like it's out of print: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21010103  The Cruel Prince by Holly Black: https://amzn.to/49glS0H  Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas: https://amzn.to/3U0pRu5 Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas: https://amzn.to/3U0pYpv Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas: https://amzn.to/49ijBSN  Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas: https://amzn.to/3TVT0Xg  Blue Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas: https://amzn.to/3xihO2M  To Have and To Hold by Patricia Gaffney: https://amzn.to/43H03WN What I Did for a Duke by Juliann Long: https://amzn.to/3TB6kip    Sign up for author Nalini Singh's newsletter to receive fan service here: https://nalinisingh.com/ Want the official Psy-Changeling Reading Order? Click here: https://nalinisingh.com/books/psychangeling-series/   Want to learn worldbuilding from Leslye? Sign up here: https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/ Want to learn story structure from Ines? Sign up here: https://ineswrites.com/PTP Get ready for Heart of Obsidian, coming in 1 week! Grab your copy to read along: https://amzn.to/3PFEQXG    Find the hosts online at: L. Penelope: https://lpenelope.com/  Ines Johnson: https://ineswrites.com/  Credits: "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

We're traveling back to December 2015 in this month's RT Rewind, and we're taking a look at the ads and features in this issue!We've got LONG series from Elizabeth Hoyt, Kresley Cole, and Shannon Stacey, plus SWAT team shifters, Navy SEAL Highlanders, and some memories, some not so great, of the 2016 RT convention in Vegas…at the Rio.And then! We have a supplement that only appears in the digital editions of RT at the time: the Indie/Hybrid News & Reviews Supplement. It's a wild ride.Don't miss the visual aids for this week's episode!What's the longest series you've stuck with?What Duran book should Amanda read?Music: purple-planet.com Join our Patreon for complete mayhem, shenanigans, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're traveling back to December 2015 in this month's RT Rewind, and we're taking a look at the ads and features in this issue!We've got LONG series from Elizabeth Hoyt, Kresley Cole, and Shannon Stacey, plus SWAT team shifters, Navy SEAL Highlanders, and some memories, some not so great, of the 2016 RT convention in Vegas…at the Rio.And then! We have a supplement that only appears in the digital editions of RT at the time: the Indie/Hybrid News & Reviews Supplement. It's a wild ride.Don't miss the visual aids for this week's episode!What's the longest series you've stuck with?What Duran book should Amanda read?Music: purple-planet.com Join our Patreon for complete mayhem, shenanigans, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey HBs! We're here recapping THE MASTER by Kresley Cole! It was formerly a Patreon-only episode, but we're doing something we basically never do and releasing it wide. We originally recapped The Professional and then finished the series on Patreon. This episode was supposed to be a recap of both The Master and The Player, but we loved the books so much we had to give them their own episodes. Bonus Content: Did Mel incept Sabrina with Lady DIY Instagram or is she just turning 30?, chastity in BDSM romance, where's the CBT in romance?, and so much more!Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, RedbubbleInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosoms

Today's topic is one that sets our hearts racing and pages turning: the Enemies to Lovers trope. We dissect some of the most iconic enemies to lovers stories in literature and on screen and dive deep into the intoxicating dance of characters who start off at odds, only to find their hearts entwined as the story unfolds and explore why this trope captures our imaginations and keeps us hooked, from the fiery initial clashes to the eventual tender admissions of love.    Grab Leslye's current favorite The Hating Game, the book https://amzn.to/3N9sUwa or the film https://amzn.to/3RaLzce.   Interested in the Save the Cat plotting method? Here's the book: https://amzn.to/3uzsKaT  And here's a blog post that discusses the Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis: https://savethecat.com/tips-and-tactics/revisiting-save-the-cat-strikes-back-the-three-worlds Snyder goes more into this theory in Save the Cat Strikes Back: https://amzn.to/3MVUi0v    Check out the only bully romance that Ines and Leslye could handle Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein: https://amzn.to/3Rde1v9    Check out the Kresley Cole's unlikeable heroine in Kiss of the Demon King: https://amzn.to/3uxNzn6   Check out Angelina Lopez's super strong heroine in After Hours on Milagro Street: https://amzn.to/3GpF5Ru   Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy is chef's kiss: https://amzn.to/3Ge4JIY    Check out Ines' nonfiction recommendation Body Work by Melissa Febos: https://amzn.to/47ucer4   Check out Leslye's recommendation Dragon Chained by Kenley Davidson (The Dragon of 23rd Street series): https://amzn.to/3Gm0XNA    Want to learn worldbuilding from Leslye? Sign up here: https://learn.myimaginaryfriends.net/ Want to learn story structure from Ines? Sign up here: https://ineswrites.com/PTP Get ready for Caressed by Ice, coming in next week! Grab your copy to read along: https://amzn.to/47Pnv5b    Subscribe to the podcast at: https://inkandmagic.net/    Find us online at: L. Penelope: https://lpenelope.com/  Ines Johnson: https://ineswrites.com/  Credits: "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

In our second episode, we take a hard look at the quintessential romance hero: Fitzwilliam Darcy and how his character has crafted so many that came after him in what Ines (not Leslye!) likes to call the Darcy Arc. Ines postulates that the Darcy Arc can be found in the evolution of characters like Edward Cullen from Twilight and Christian Grey from Fifty Shades of Grey. These characters begin as misunderstood and emotionally distant figures who eventually reveal a deeper capacity for love and kindness. This transformation, triggered by their relationships with strong-willed heroines, sees them shift from aloofness to passionate commitment. The discussion highlights common elements across these stories, such as the challenges of wealth and status, the heroes' moral complexities, and their ultimate transformation through love, which captivates readers and makes these stories enduringly appealing.   Read Pride and Prejudice Want to watch it? Do what Leslye and Ines do and chain smoke both the 2005 movie here.   You can read  or watch Edward Cullen's arc in Twilight.   You can read or watch Christian Grey's arc in Fifty Shades of Grey.   You can read or watch The Hunger Games.   Watch Sex in the City here.   You can watch Austenland here.   We briefly mention The Hating Game, which you can read or watch. We'll talk much more about this in a future episode.   Here's that Kresley Cole mafia romance series we were talking about: https://amzn.to/49zVRuH   Read JT Geissinger's Beautifully Cruel.   Instagram of Sterying leaving the Meowtrix. - (Viewed 14.4 million times as this goes out!)   Up next is Visions of Heat! Grab your copy to read along: https://amzn.to/49zWC71   Find the hosts online at: L. Penelope: https://lpenelope.com/  Ines Johnson: https://ineswrites.com/    Credits: "Moonlight Hall" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.  

Today, we're reading an absolute romance classic — one of those books everyone tells you is a must read, and one that neither of us had read before the podcast! We're taking a few minutes at the top to admit our mutual folly, though, because Flowers from the Storm is stunning, and we now feel grown up enough to appreciate it. We talk about Quakers, about dogs and kittens and apes, about men with pirate smiles and vengeance in their heart, about thees and thous, about capitalism and happily ever after and about how internal conflict can sometimes be the most difficult hurdle to overcome. Also, we find an undeniable reason to learn trigonometry. Our next read along, and last of the year, will be Roan Parrish's Rend. Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books and Kobo. If you want more Fated Mates in your life, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com.Show NotesAll about the Quakers, including some thoughts about pronoun usage.You definitely did not want to be in an Insane asylum in the 1800s...or in 2023. Just ask Britney Spears.People we think have read this: Ruby Dixon, Lisa Kleypas, Kresley Cole, Elizabeth Hoyt, Kerrigan Byrne.People we know have read this: Kate Clayborn (this is her favorite book) and Kennedy Ryan (this is one of her favorite books)The narrator of this audiobook is Nicholas Boulton, and Jen highly recommends it. Let Boulton do all the decoding for you. Here is a short YouTube clip of him talking with Kinsale about reading steam scenes.

Hey HBs! Sabrina and Mel recap The Professional by Kresley Cole! It's book 1 in The Gamemaker series and poor Sabrina got duped into thinking that's it's chiefly a mafia romance. FALSE! The Russian mafia is certainly there, but this is a BDSM erotic romance of our dreams! We've got stalking for reasons, we've got kidnapping, we've got dry h*mping in corn fields, we've got wet h*mping in maid's closets, we've got foot jobs under the table, we've got bondage in country saunas! What more could you ask for?? WELL, there are two more brothers who love kink! So, patrons get ready for our recaps of The Master and The Player!!! Bonus content: Sabrina's delicious post-Professional dreams, Mel divulges things about her body pillow, there's not enough clit slapping or tit slapping in romance, this is not a BDSM manual! But it's so so so hot at the same time, and so much more! Lady Loves: Sabrina: the phone game Triple Match! It's so fun to play while listening to podcasts! Mel: Using Fejo by Victoria Aveline! The hero is a sad broken boy who hides behind his effusive charm and flamboyant pirating! Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, RedbubbleInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosoms

In which Hannah and Caroline set sail upon the HMS Romance Your TBR to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day by bringing you a historical romance for every one of your swashbuckling, scallywagging, jolly rogering moods.Reminders:- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on September 22nd for Lesson #11: The Rake by Mary Jo Putney.Intro - (00:00)- Talk Like a Pirate Day - (7:22)- The Dangerous Damsels Series, India Holton - (13:46)- The Bootlegger's Bounty, Adriana Herrera - (16:45)- Hero Wanted, Betina Krahn - (19:40)- Dukes Do It Better, Bethany Bennett - (21:20)- The Ugly Duchess, Eloisa James - (24:52)- The Windflower, Laura London - (28:05)- Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress, Elizabeth Boyle - (37:22)- Scandalous Desires, Elizabeth Hoyt - (41:40)- Destiny's Captive & Captured, Beverly Jenkins - (51:50)- How to Tame a Wild Rogue, Julie Anne Long - (58:34)- Gentle Rogue, Johanna Lindsey - (1:01:49)- Any Duke in a Storm, Amalie Howard - (1:17:08)- Lady Pirate, Lynsay Sands - (1:24:12)- Across a Moonlit Sea, Marsha Canham - (1:34:06)- The Captain of All Pleasures, Kresley Cole - (1:45:12)- The Pirate Prince, Gaelen Foley - (1:56:30)- Thief of Hearts, Teresa Medeiros - (2:12:06)Outro: (2:25:46)Our Piratical TB-ARRRRR:~ The Pirate and I, Katharine Ashe~ Seduced by a Pirate, Eloisa James~ Stolen by a Pirate, Cynthia Wright~ Only With Your Love, Lisa KleypasSocials:- Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads- Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter- Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter(Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

Season Six! How is this even possible!Season One gave us a full lAD deep dive (if you've never read Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark, general existential malaise is a really good reason to start), and Season Two gave us The Books That Blooded Us, the books that made us the romance readers we are. Season Three was during a pandemic, and celebrated that thing we were all desperate for—joy. Season Four introduced the Trailblazer episodes, where we featured interviews with the people who have built the romance house over the last fifty years. Season Five built on all of that, deep diving on books that are new and fabulous, old and transformative, and generally celebrating the vast and magnificent romance pool. Season six will do the same. We've got interstitials, trailblazers, read alongs and interviews planned, so head over to your favorite podcasting app and subscribe so you don't miss a minute. The season launches today with what we thing is an absolute banger—a trailblazer episode about Jackie Collins, legend, juggernaut, author and lady boss, who was gone too soon. We're so lucky to have had a chance to talk to Collins's daughters, Rory Green and Tiffany Lerman, who were immensely generous with their time and storytelling, to talk about their mother's life and work. We love this conversation, and are so grateful to Ms. Green and Ms. Lerman for their time. Our first read along of the season will be Laura Kinsale's Flowers from the Storm, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo or from your local indie.If you want more Fated Mates in your life, you are welcome at our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com.Show NotesJackie Collins died in 2015. You should watch the Netflix documentary Lady Boss for more about Jackie's life, as well as her YouTube channel.Chels wrote a great essay about the infamous interview between Barbara Cartland & Jackie Collins.Authors and publishing professionals mentioned Enid Blyton, Harold Robbins, Sidney Sheldon, her editor was Suzanne Baboneau at Simon & Schuster.

Welcome to Episode 98 of C3: Crystals, Cauldrons & Cocktails!In this episode,  River and Wren talk about the major arcana in tarot draws!Grab a cocktail and listen!Sources:https://www.tarot.com/tarot/cards/major-arcana https://exemplore.com/fortune-divination/Create-Your-Own-Tarot-Spells-and-Rituals River's Etsy store:  www.batsandbaublesinc.etsy.comAlso check out Kresley Cole's novels on the tarot cards - amazing series for young adults!Intro and Outro Audio:podcast intro & outro music:Góða Nótt by Alexander NakaradaLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4754-g-a-n-ttLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-liceSound from Zapsplat.com – Witches Cauldrons bubblingSupport the show

It's time for another dip, folks! This week Abigail and Paige have a hoot and a half with PLEASURE OF A DARK PRINCE by Kresley Cole. Discussion includes Bill Clinton, Forks Proximity, the concept of virginity, and werewolf buns. PLEASURE OF A DARK PRINCE by KRESLEY COLE: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pleasure-of-a-dark-prince-volume-9-kresley-cole/8895279?aid=17342&ean=9781416580959&listref=featured-on-the-podcastPAIGE'S INPRNT STORE: bit.ly/3qoR5siABIGAIL'S STUFF: https://linktr.ee/abigailkellyauthorCITIZENS OF THIRST DISCORD SERVER: https://bit.ly/30NsP8PTWITTER, FACEBOOK, & INSTAGRAM: @kingdomthirstKoT'S BOOKSHOP: bookshop.org/shop/kingdomthirstPO Box 460816San Francisco CA, United States94146-0816Kingdom of Thirst is a member of the Frolic Podcast Network! Find all our episodes and tons of new podcasts to enjoy at frolic.media/podcasts.

Bola is out for this episode, so Whitney is instead joined by guest host Liqua. We are Blerding Out about so many things that we broke this episode into two parts! In this week's episode we are Blerding Out about romance novels, including Kresley Cole and Sherrilyn Kenyon; other favorite authors, Tamora Pierce; and favorite book series, The Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce, and The Abhorsen Trilogy by Garth Nix. We also Blerd Out about pro wrestling, period pieces, Rick and Morty, and TV show Yellowjackets. We also discuss Jonathan Majors and the video evidence that was posited may exonerate him. We review The Blackening in part two, episode 73.   Intro and Outro music is “Twilight” by Capshun            Find him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/capshun Show Notes by Bola Hanson Audio engineering by Whitney Booker Show Contact Info: Subscribe to our email newsletter: blerdtalkbw.ck.page Email: blerdtalkbw@gmail.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blerdtalkbw/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlerdTalkBW TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@blerdtalkbw YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@blerdtalkbw Bola's contact info: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triplefqueenb YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@triplefqueenb Whitney's company contact info: Email: whit@lumenavi.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/lumenavistudios --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blerdtalk-with-bola-and-whitney/message

Sabriiiiina is here to recap The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole! It's the first in the Immortals After Dark series and we're here to say... maybe don't skip it! We've got two immortals, one femme fatale, one warlord hot dummy, FATE, savage goodbyes, memorable reunions, VERY questionable/dubious/non-existent consent (also enthusiastic consent), and so much more! Could this be viewed as problematic? Sure. Did we super love it? Very yes. Bonus content: series hopping and existential crises, Forebears/Four Bears, brains while reading, noodle fuckery, and more. Lady Loves: Sabrina: 360 degree rolling suitcases. What a revelation! Mel: #plantdad instagram (also #plantdaddy). And specifically @theplantpapi. Such a good follow! Make sure to check out Mel's new podcast Bonkers Romance! Subscribe! Rate! Review! Tell all your friends :)Get more content on PATREON!!Sign up for our Newsletter! MERCH! Teepublic, Chicaloo Kate, RedbubbleInstagram: @heavingbosomsTwitter: @heaving_bosoms

The war is over and healing begins in A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas!The inhabitants of Velaris are picking up the pieces and rebuilding their home or a new life after some type of loss.  Some spend more time with their lover while others are simply glad their fated mate is living.Feyre learns more about Rhysand and an annual bat boy snow ball fight which we want to attend.  Plus, she learns more about her village and provides opportunities for everyone like a paint class which we want to attend too.Join us as we discuss what everyone is up to through different points of view in this seems like an epilogue, but we are calling a mid-logue, novella!!DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONSTree trimming, grass growing, and bicyclingFashion collection filmingToni traveling… to Velaris *wink*Where to meet men“OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 11:08A Court of Frost and Starlightwww.sarahjmaas.comwww.facebook.com/theworldofsarahjmaaswww.instagram.com/therealsjmaas/“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 26:06Winter Solstice Tea by The Magick KitchenHoney whisky recs: Aberfeldy and DrambuieNew pronunciation of focused… fuc-ostFashionable tearsA Rogue's Rules for Seduction by Eva Leigh, avail nowFrom the Grave by Kresley Cole, avail nowNext – A Court of Silver FlamesHosts - Toni Rose & Wendy Woo Email - litwallflowerspodcast@gmail.com Follow on www.instagram.com/litwallflowerspodcast Shop at https://www.zazzle.com/store/lit_wallflowers/products Social Media https://linktr.ee/litwallflowersLit Wallflowers is part of the Frolic Podcast Network.  You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

Romance author Margot Radcliffe chats with guy friend, Zach, about A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole.

Spring is a time of new beginnings so that means the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas with the Spring Court!  We will have two points of view, Toni's first ACOTAR experience and Wendy's reread.Youngest daughter Feyre Archeron hunts to feed her sisters and injured father, but one hunt changes their lives forever.  High Fae, High Lord of the Spring Court, Tamlin takes her to the faeries realm of Prythian to live out her days.  With nothing to do but explore, Feyre finds herself meeting beasts, discovering sceneries, and coming to enjoy Tamlin's occasional laughter.However, the decades old threat is becoming real.  Tamlin saves Feyre from the threat and sends her back to her family.  Eventually, she returns to Spring for the one she loves only to find court deserted except for someone who knew truths that could not be revealed earlier.  With this knowledge, Feyre is on a mission, but what must a human do for the greater good to conquer the trials of an evil fae??Join us as we discuss clever Feyre saving the realm and High Lord Tamlin destroying a foe!!DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONSThanks Kerry @BookedforRomance for your ACOTAR influenceArcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole with #KissandLetMeTeleChat DiscordWendy's ACOTAR inspired fashion collection“OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 5:25A Court of Thorns and Roseswww.sarahjmaas.comwww.facebook.com/theworldofsarahjmaaswww.instagram.com/therealsjmaas/“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 50:30Spring Whiskey Sour recipeLemon Simple Syrup recipeA Kiss in the Moonlight by Cathy Maxwell, avail March 28, 2023Yours Truly, The Duke by Amelia Grey, avail March 28, 2023The Scandalous Ladies of London: The Countess by Sophie Jordan, avail March 28, 2023Next – A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J MaasHosts - Toni Rose & Wendy Woo Email - litwallflowerspodcast@gmail.com Follow on www.instagram.com/litwallflowerspodcast Shop at https://www.zazzle.com/store/lit_wallflowers/products Social Media https://linktr.ee/litwallflowers Lit Wallflowers is part of the Frolic Podcast Network.  You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

Long Story Short, Hannah and Caroline Jump Then Fall into Taylor Swift lyrical puns, Forever and Always make embarrassing singing song sounds, and talk about All Of The Books They Loved Before (from the past two weeks).Reminders:- Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, and exclusive newsletter giveaways!Show Notes:- Thug Story, Taylor Swift ft. T-Pain- Three Sad Virgins, Please Don't Destroy ft. Taylor SwiftOfficial Taylor Swift References Count: 32*Every time a ding dongs, an angel gets its wings and Caroline or Hannah makes a Taylor Swift song pun in the episode**Dear Reader, there were more references that they Would've, Could've Should've made and editing Hannah was in PAIN. Did you notice any?***32 references? More like 32 and still growing up now…Intro: (00:00)- Something Wild & Wonderful, Anita Kelly - (13:05)- This Time It's Real, Ann Liang - (16:35)- The Companion and The Craft of Love, E.E. Ottoman - (19:30)- A Caribbean Heiress in Paris and [ARC] An Island Princess Starts a Scandal, Adriana Herrera - (24:25)- Love and Other Flight Delays, Denise Williams - (30:30)- [ARC] The Seven Year Slip, Ashley Poston - (32:55)~ Love & Other Disasters, Anita Kelly~ The Romance Recipe, Ruby Barrett- [ARC] Tastes Like Shakkar, Nisha Sharma, (36:48)- The Ruin of a Rake + The Turners Series, Cat Sebastian - (42:55)- Hotel of Secrets, Diana Biller - (47:10)- Better Off Wed + The Love and Let Spy Series, Susanna Craig - (51:00)- The Rat-Catcher's Daughter, K.J. Charles - (55:25)- Immortals After Dark, Kresley Cole - (1:00:20)~ A Kiss of a Demon King #6~ Dark Skye #14~ Wicked Abyss #17~ Munro #18- [ARC] Marry Me by Midnight, Felicia Grossman - (1:05:40)- Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas - (1:06:55)- [ARC] My Rogue to Ruin, Erica Ridley - (1:09:05)Outro: (1:15:05)Socials:- Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube- Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter- Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter(Disclaimer: Caroline works for Forever Publishing; all opinions are our own and not affiliated with any other party. Image by Freepik)

THE TIME HAS COME AT LAST. It's time for another IAD special, and this time it features Abigail's very first romance novel: KISS OF A DEMON KING. Discussion includes nasty Shirleys, Sorceri, microminis, and CotCB.KISS OF A DEMON KING by KRESLEY COLE: https://bit.ly/3ZLluDqPAIGE'S INPRNT STORE: bit.ly/3qoR5siABIGAIL'S STUFF: https://linktr.ee/abigailkellyauthorKOT'S MERCH STORE: https://rdbl.co/2Vg6ZeACITIZENS OF THIRST DISCORD SERVER: https://bit.ly/30NsP8PTWITTER, FACEBOOK, & INSTAGRAM: @kingdomthirstKoT'S BOOKSHOP: bookshop.org/shop/kingdomthirstEMAIL: kingdomofthirst@gmail.comPO Box 460816San Francisco CA, United States94146-0816Kingdom of Thirst is a member of the Frolic Podcast Network! Find all our episodes and tons of new podcasts to enjoy at frolic.media/podcasts.

A possessed inmate on death row, a mentally unstable vampire who will stop at nothing to liberate his demon bride, and a wild cast of characters who can't wait to kill each other. It's Lothaire by Kresley Cole! Follow us on Instagram and show us some love with a five star review on Apple Podcasts! Buy Steph's books HERE and check out Helen's yoga and comedy schedule HERE .We love you very much!

Welcome back, Literary Slummers! This week, we're wrapping up our unit on mafia romances with a book that turned out to be a little spicier than we intended. Did we finally find an example of the genre we enjoy? Or should we just stick with our shifter romances? Recommended Reading: Queer mafia romances I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir Join us next week for…. Another mafia romance?? Twitter: @shelfawarecast, @amdeebee, @emnoteliza Instagram: @shelfawarecast Email: shelfawarecast @ gmail Ben Cope: youtube.com/user/fretwiz

Capital A-R-S-E-H-O-L-E ARSEHOLE in Kresley Cole's If You Deceive book three of The MacCarrick Brothers trilogy!!Ethan MacCarrick goes to a masquerade and feels his celibate body stirring when he spots her.Madeline van Rowen returns to England to find a rich husband, or return to a slum in Paris and marry a count who gives her the creeps.With no money and no prospects, Maddie decides to do something she can control before and spends a night with the Highlander, which went wrong.  Ethan finds out her surname and carries out a hit-it-and-quit-it plan as his final revenge for his facial scar, which went wrong.Join as we discuss Maddie and Ethan getting their HEA after multiple fleeing and groveling moments!!DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONSTHIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY KENSINGTON'S NEWEST TITLE COLORADO COUNTRY BY DIANA PALMERWendy done with finalsToni going drinkingSingles on The Great British Bake OffTaking suggestions for contemporary/fantasy/paranormal romance, non-Harper Collins seriesWe support the Harper Collins Union strike!! “OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 23:06Kresley ColeIf You DeceiveThe MacCarrick Brothers, book threewww.kresleycole.comwww.facebook.com/KresleyColewww.instagram.com/kresleycolewww.kresleycole.tumblr.comwww.twitter.com/kresleycolewww.youtube.com/user/immortalsafterdark“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 49:22 Whiskey/Whisky of the season… whatever you want it to be!!Please support your local breweries, distilleries, or other local businesses during this holiday seasonKresley Q&A in February, join her FB group for more info www.facebook.com/groups/kresleycoleafterdark/Which IAD character is getting their HEA??HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!Hosts - Toni Rose & Wendy Woo Email - litwallflowerspodcast@gmail.com Follow on www.instagram.com/litwallflowerspodcast Shop at https://www.zazzle.com/store/lit_wallflowers/products Social Media https://linktr.ee/litwallflowers Lit Wallflowers is part of the Frolic Podcast Network.  You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

Capital P-I-N-I-N-G PINING in Kresley Cole's If You Desire book two of The MacCarrick Brothers trilogy!!Hugh MacCarrick receives a letter from his boss and immediately rides hard to London.  His boss's daughter is in danger.Jane Weyland has not seen “tears and years” for ten years, and now she must marry Hugh, the man of her dreams, for her protection.The simmering feelings between Jane and Hugh boil over during their carriage ride north.  However, the family curse still plagues his mind and Jane is losing hope.  Will they stay together or will they enter another decade of pining??Join as we discuss adventurous Jane and superstitious Hugh!! DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONSTHIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY KENSINGTON'S NEWEST TITLE COLORADO COUNTRY BY DIANA PALMERSpotify Wrap… Thank you for making us top 20%“OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 6:06Kresley ColeIf You DesireThe MacCarrick Brothers, book twowww.kresleycole.comwww.facebook.com/KresleyColewww.instagram.com/kresleycolewww.kresleycole.tumblr.comwww.twitter.com/kresleycolewww.youtube.com/user/immortalsafterdark“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 30:21Whiskey/Whisky of the season… whatever you want it to be!!Please support your local breweries, distilleries, or other local businesses during this holiday seasonRead/Reading:A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley ColeA Wicked Game by Kate Bateman avail December 27, 2022A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa KleypasNext – If You Deceive by Kresley Cole Hosts - Toni Rose & Wendy Woo Email - litwallflowerspodcast@gmail.com Follow on www.instagram.com/litwallflowerspodcast Shop at https://www.zazzle.com/store/lit_wallflowers/products Social Media https://linktr.ee/litwallflowers Lit Wallflowers is part of the Frolic Podcast Network.  You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

Capital “A-L-P-H-A” ALPHA in Kresley Cole's If You Dare, book one of The MacCarrick Brothers trilogy!!Scottish mercenary Courtland MacCarrick makes his great escape from death when by falling into a river.  Broken and tired by the water's force, Lady Annalia Tristan LLorente brings him home to care for the Highlander.Anna nurses Court back to health then he begins to take advantage of her home especially when his band of mercenaries arrive.  Brave Anna asks him for help to rescue her brother, but instead makes her own escape to marry the evil general who ordered Court's death in exchange for her brother.  He and his men goes after her however she resists their kidnapping until there is an order for her death.The chemistry between Anna and Court is hot, but will she forgive his secret involving her brother??  Will he challenge the curse upon his brothers and hope love conquers all??Join as we discuss bonny Lady Anna and Court who she calls “beast!!”DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONSBigger store and Midnights for WendyAny kid (all ages) gift recommendations for Toni??Ube Blanc Mange (using Lisa Kleypas' Pandora's Blanc Mange recipe) – DM/email for the recipe“OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 5:03Kresley ColeIf You DareThe MacCarrick Brothers, book onewww.kresleycole.comwww.facebook.com/KresleyColewww.instagram.com/kresleycolewww.kresleycole.tumblr.comwww.twitter.com/kresleycolewww.youtube.com/user/immortalsafterdark“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 27:20Whiskey/Whisky of the season… whatever you want it to be!!Please support your local breweries, distilleries, or other local businesses during this holiday seasonOlivia and the Orc by Honey Phillips rec… thank you Sarah @romantically_swept_awayBLACKPINK concertNext – If You Desire by Kresley Cole Hosts - Toni Rose & Wendy Woo Email - litwallflowerspodcast@gmail.com Follow on www.instagram.com/litwallflowerspodcast Shop at https://www.zazzle.com/store/lit_wallflowers/products Social Media https://linktr.ee/litwallflowers Lit Wallflowers is part of the Frolic Podcast Network.  You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

[CW: This episode contains discussion of pregnancy and SA] This week, Abigail and Paige take another dive into the Cole Hole. Things are real dark in this one, folks, so buckle up and hold on tight to your comfort book. Featured topics are chauvinistic demons, low bars, Groot the Corpse Lover, and Dr. Holly Ashwin Supremacy. PAIGE'S INPRNT STORE: bit.ly/3qoR5siDARK DESIRES AFTER DUSK by KRESLEY COLE: https://bit.ly/3XkgdlHABIGAIL'S STUFF: https://linktr.ee/abigailkellyauthorKOT'S MERCH STORE: https://rdbl.co/2Vg6ZeACITIZENS OF THIRST DISCORD SERVER: https://bit.ly/30NsP8PTWITTER, FACEBOOK, & INSTAGRAM: @kingdomthirstKoT'S BOOKSHOP: bookshop.org/shop/kingdomthirstEMAIL: kingdomofthirst@gmail.comPO Box 460816San Francisco CA, United States94146-0816Kingdom of Thirst is a member of the Frolic Podcast Network! Find all our episodes and tons of new podcasts to enjoy at frolic.media/podcasts.

Season Five starts today, you Magnificent Firebirds!Season One gave us a full lAD deep dive (if you've never read Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark, general existential malaise is a really good reason to start), and Season Two gave us The Books That Blooded Us -- the books that made us the romance readers we are. Season Three was during a pandemic, so just let us live (but also, there was a Roy Kent episode). Season Four introduced the Trailblazer episodes, where we featured interviews with the people who have built the romance house over the last fifty years. Season Five will build on all this — Deep diving on books that are new and fabulous, old and transformative, and generally reveal how vast and magnificent the romance pool can get. We've got great interstitials planned, trailblazer episodes already recorded and waiting for you, and a few new episodes that will focus on the books that are putting romance on the map these days…and where readers should go from there. We're excited! Aren't you? Head over to your favorite podcasting app and subscribe so you don't miss a moment of it!In the meantime, today's episode covers some of the romance new that happened while we were away the publishing DOJ trial, the absolute explosion of great books on August 23rd, and what on earth is happening with TikTok? There's a new theme song! And Jen broke her arm! Next week is an interstitial, and 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 NotesIf you're in MA, check out the Rom-Con, a full day celebration of “rom”ance at the “Con”cord free public library on Sept 24.That skeleton in your high school might have been real bones. All about the radius and the ulna.Gross Anatomy was a 1989 movie starring Matthew Modine.The blood hand job from A Heart of Blood and Ashes continues to amaze new readers, and we are here for it.Parking at Chicago's hospitals is so prohibitively expensive that a grieving family created The Jackson Chance Foundation to honor the memory of their beloved son who spent all but 48 hours of his life in the NICU. The Jackson Chance Foundation provides parking assistance and transportation at three downtown hospitals where parking can often run almost $100 per day.A few useful explainers we found about the PRH vs DOJ trial, a breakdown of why the statistics about books sales are so confusing, and why Stephen King was the government's star witness.That NPR article about TikTok, Gen Z, and romance.

The final Trailblazer of Season 4 is a very excellent one—we're welcoming JR Ward to Fated Mates! Best known as the author of The Black Dagger Brotherhood (a series that blooded Jen), JR began her career writing contemporary romances under the name Jessica Bird before turning to the vampires the romance world adores. In this episode, we talk about the twists and turns of her early career, about the influence of her mother and other powerful women in her life, about the business of being JR Ward, about her process of writing the Black Dagger Brotherhood, and about her relationship to her characters. We hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did, and we are so grateful to JR Ward for spending some time with us.Thanks to Avon Books, publishers of Beverly Jenkins's To Catch a Raven, Blackstone Publishing, publishers of Nora Zelevansky's Competitive Grieving, and Alyxandra Harvey, author of How to Marry a Duke, for sponsoring the episode. Stay tuned at the end of the episode for an audio excerpt of Competitive Grieving.Next week, we finish out Season 4 as is traditional — with a deep dive episode on Sarah's summer release, Heartbreaker! Get it at Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, at your local indie, or signed and with special swag (and a Fated Mates sticker!) from her local indie, WORD in Brooklyn! Show NotesWelcome J.R. Ward, author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, a series of paranormal romances. She also wrote category romance under the name Jessica Bird.We did a deep dive of JR Ward's Dark Lover in Season Two. Listen here. People Mentioned: editor Hannah Braaten, publisher Jennifer Bergstrom, publicist Andrew Nguyen, editor and publisher Kara Cesare. Authors Mentioned: Sherilyn Kenyon, Laurel K. Hamilton, Christine Feehan, Kresley Cole, Nora Roberts, Kristen Ashley, Christopher Rice, and Gena Showalter.

At the request of Instagram, we're talking Vampires today! We're doing some deep cuts, returning to Kresley Cole for a minute or two, and then digging into worldbuilding, morality chain, why these books lend themselves to massive series, and ultimately…why we love these big toothy jerks. If you're a paranormal reader, get your pencils ready — especially if you're new to it, because we're taking everyone way back to the beginnings of the subgenre! Thanks to Kelly Cain, author of An Acquired Taste, and Alyxandra Harvey, author of How to Marry an Earl, for sponsoring the episode.Our next read along is Julie James's Something About You. Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, or at your local bookstore. Show NotesWe've talked about vampires on past episodes: Kresley's IAD vampires (Conrad is our favorite); Dark Lover by JR Ward; and last fall, we had Jenny Nordbak on for a monster interstitial. If you're in Brooklyn and looking for a bookstore that carries lots of PNR, try The Bookmark Shoppe.In film, after 9/11, the rise of the anti/superhero to reconcile America's participation in a war. After the economic downturn, it was the rise of zombies to justify the way America was leaving poor people behind. And in this TikTok by Virgolikebeyonce, she suggests we're about to see media that reconciles our obsession with work/capitalism. We at FM have been noting a rise of the regular, blue-collar hero, which would track with this.A hegemony explainer.Tessa Bailey hit #1 on both the USAToday and New York Times bestseller lists with Hook, Line, and Sinker.The Sherilyn Kenyon situation is truly weird. Even eBooks can go out of print, for example, The Faustian Brothers series by Evie Byrne.Our next read along is Something About You by Julie James.

You can take the girls out of Monster Mash, but you can't take Monster Mash out of the girls…This week is old home week for us here at Fated Mates as Kresley Cole releases book 19 in the Immortals After Dark series — the series that brought us together with you, Magnificent Firebirds! Our special edition IAD celebration/Fated Mates funtime/Munro episode will be LIVE, February 9th at 8pm eastern! Tickets are “pay what you wish” at live.fatedmates.net, you're welcome to join us for free, or make a donation to help offset the costs of transcribing this season's Trailblazer episodes. Thanks, in advance!Season 1 of Fated Mates was a very long time ago, so we thought we'd bring our many new listeners up to speed before our next read along episode (which is obviously Munro) by rereleasing Episode 1 of the podcast, entitled “A Wolf Without a Foot!“ In it, you'll hear Jen without a microphone, the Season 1 theme song, and baby us feeling our way around this podcast thing. If you like it, you can keep going from there and listen to the whole of Season 1, reading along with us as we discuss this gorgeous series we love so much. In it, we will answer questions like: What the heck is IAD? Who the heck is Rune? Why on earth are the two of you always talking about MacRieve brain? and Is a hero bringing a heroine a bag of her enemies' heads really a good grand gesture? If you already know all these answers, have a listen to the new intro, and enjoy a fun trip down memory lane.Our next read-along will be Munro, Book 18 of the Immortals After Dark series. Stay tuned for information on that episode…but also, if you're inclined to go back to the beginning, here you go. Preorder Munro at Amazon, Apple, Kobo, or B&N.Thank you, as always, for listening! If you are up for leaving a rating or review for the podcast on your podcasting app, we would be very grateful! Show NotesMunro by Kresley ColeMunro is here! The newly released 19th book of the Immortals After Dark series has inspired us to go back to our roots, a sort of time machine if you will (but without any evil warlocks). A Wolf Without a Foot was our very first episode -- we were baby podcasters and had no idea what we were doing! We are celebrating the Magnificent Firebirds with a special Fated Mates Live episode on February 9, 2022 at 8pm Eastern. The event is ticketed and free, but if you'd like to make a donation, all proceeds with be used toward transcription, beginning with our Trailblazer episodes.

Thanks to romance reading sisters Cait & Kara for their donation to the Romance for Haiti auction last year, and for this fabulous episode idea! We're talking about the books we're saving for the darkest of dark hours…the ones we know will be warm blankets of joy. What are the books we keep under glass, for serious break in case of emergency moments? We talk about them here. Also, Eric has informed us that this episode gave him big “up is down vibes” so here we go! There are some big secrets here, too, so please share your own! Let us know which books you're keeping in the vault by filling out the “What's in the Vault” form on the main page of the website. Our next read-along will be Kresley Cole's Munro, Book 18 of the Immortals After Dark series. You've probably heard of this series because Fated Mates began as an IAD fan podcast. You can take the girls out of Monster Mash, but you can't take Monster Mash out of the girls…so we're reading Munro, obviously. Stay tuned for information on that episode…but also, if you're inclined to go back to the beginning, here you go. Preorder Munro at Amazon, Apple, Kobo, or B&N.Thank you, as always, for listening! If you are up for leaving a rating or review for the podcast on your podcasting app, we would be very grateful! Show NotesThe Romance for Haiti auction was last fall. You can still support Haiti relief efforts via:Ayiti Ademen: Haiti Tomorrow: providing disaster reliefSt. Boniface Hospital: providing medical reliefAyiti Community Trust: providing social services/long term recoveryHow much does it cost to move your books?Our next read along is Kresley Cole's Munro. Stay tuned for more information!

On this episode, we're talking about a historical that we like to think of as the full banana. A descriptor which, now that we're typing it, really covers a lot of ground. It's Passion week — we're talking about how Lisa Valdez shook up the traditional historical world in 2005 when she released this erotic historical featuring a widow and a dude who has an extremely large…you know. We talk about what it means for a romance to be erotic and about how this might also be inspirational. We also talk about this as a marker of a significant shift in the content of romance novels, and ask some questions about basic anatomy. Headphones on for this one, y'all!Our next read-along will be Kresley Cole's Munro, Book 18 of the Immortals After Dark series. You've probably heard of this series because Fated Mates began as an IAD fan podcast. You can take the girls out of Monster Mash, but you can't take Monster Mash out of the girls…so we're reading Munro, obviously. Stay tuned for information on that episode…but also, if you're inclined to go back to the beginning, here you go. Preorder Munro at Amazon, Apple, Kobo, or B&N.Thank you, as always, for listening! If you are up for leaving a rating or review for the podcast on your podcasting app, we would be very grateful! Show NotesPassion by Lisa Valdez was the first book in a series named the Passion Quartet, but only two were published. Passion in 2005 and Patience in 2010. Passion takes place during Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, commonly called the Crystal Palace Exhibition. The Great Exhibition was well-documented in the book Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition, which is available in its entirety online. Charlotte Bronte was a visitor and wrote about her impression of the exhibits.Lisa Valdez wrote about sex in romance on Jess Michaels's blog back in 2014.America is full of weird controlling shit about sex, like abstinence only education, and the fact that people don't know where the hymen is. You should follow Dr. Jen Gunter and tell your kids about Scarleteen.Sarah mentioned that Marc is a hero very much in the model of Dain from Lord of Scoundrels.Up next, Munro. Stay tuned for more details.