Podcast appearances and mentions of kristen callihan

On this Episode, Jenni, Amanda, and Leah join Becky to review Idol by Kristen Callihan. 

Nieuwe standalone van Kristen Callihan. Macon en Delilah zijn hun hele tienertijd aartsvijanden. Tien jaar later krijgt Delilah ineens een berichtje dat haar zus een erfstuk van hem heeft gestolen. Uitgegeven door Love Books Sprekers: Rémi Groot, Valentine Luik

Today I'm sharing some of my favorite romance books where love is found after someone is cheated on. If you've ever been cheated on or been dumped, let the characters in these books be an inspiration that love can be found again even after a broken heart.BOOKS MENTIONED Love on Lexington Avenue by Lauren Layne https://amzn.to/3SRGupIThe Right Move by Liz Tomforde: https://amzn.to/47ZdPoZMake It Sweet by Kristen Callihan: https://amzn.to/49GujDaBoy Toy by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby: https://amzn.to/49H8Gm1Not My Kind of Hero by Pippa Grant: https://amzn.to/3T5fi8uLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Grab the Fill-in-the-Blank Stories: https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/fill-in-stories/A Year of Reading Romance Card Deck, Grab Your Copy: https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/a-year-of-reading-romance/If you're a romance book lover like me, then join my email list so you never miss a podcast episode or new book list, and I'll instantly gift you my list of Top 10 Book Boyfriends. https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/join/ Every romance book reader needs a Romance Book Reading Journal. Grab your copy today! Buy Now on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RV37H3ZFOLLOW ME! Blog: https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/ Podcast: https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shereadsromancebooks Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/shereadsromancebooks Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shereadsromancebooksblog/LEAVE A REVIEW!If you liked this episode or got a book recommendation you can't wait to read, please give a star rating and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast platform. It helps me know what you like and want to hear. Thanks!This post may include affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy New Year, Magnificent Firebirds! Our first episode of 2023 leans into winter — we're talking snowed-in romances! What makes snowed-in different than forced-proximity? Why is snow different from other situational nature stuff? Why are so many of these stories novellas? How do authors use snow as a plot device, a ticking clock, or a starting gun? All that, and a plea for more snowed-in romances without the holiday angle.We're gearing up for a year full of interstitials, more trailblazers and other fun stuff. We can't wait for you to see what we have in store. Thank you, as always, for listening. If you are up for leaving a rating or review for the podcast on your favorite podcasting app, we would be very grateful.Show NotesOf course we've talked about forced proximity romance in general, most notably with Christina and Lauren back in Season 2! But this time around, we're only talking about SNOWED IN. That being said, snowed in is no joke. Our thoughts are with the people of Buffalo, who experienced major blizzard conditions last week, including four feet of snow. If you'd like to help, here are some suggestions, but we've also heard good things about the organization Friends of the Night People, which helps unhoused people in Buffalo. A look back at that blizzard in Chicago, which was on Groundhog's Day in 2011. Don't miss our deep dive from Season 2 of Managed and Fall by Kristen Callihan.If you're in the DC Metro area, you can see Sarah and Kate talking about Georgie, All Along at East City Bookshop live or on zoom, Friday Jan 27 at 7pm.

This week we read Firelight by Kristen Callihan and what a ride it was. Tune in to hear about the most bonkers book and unexpected plot twist! PS we spoil the book Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe to our podcast! Come find us! Email sistersreadingromancepodcast@gmail.com Instagram @sistersreadingromancepod Tiktok @sistersreadingromance

This week, Brooke, Shannon, and Stacy recommend some of their favorite historical romances. Titles mentioned include: Elizabeth Macneal, Circus of Wonders Olivia Waite, The Hellion's Waltz (Feminine Pursuits #3) Kristen Callihan, Firelight (Darkest London #1) Kelley Armstrong, A Stitch In Time (A Stitch In Time #1) Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke Mimi Matthews, The Siren of Sussex (Belles of London #1) Beverly Jenkins, To Catch a Raven (Women Who Dare #3) Cat Sebastian, The Queer Principles of Kit Webb (London Highwaymen #1) Bec McMaster, Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk #1) Julie McElwain, A Murder In Time (Kendra Donovan #1) KJ Charles, An Unseen Attraction (Sins of the Cities #1) Evie Dunmore, Portrait of a Scotsman (League of Extraordinary Women #3) 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

In this episode, we discuss Firelight by Kristen Callihan. Miranda Ellis is a woman with a powerful secret but no social power. Lord Benjamin Archer is a man with all sorts of power and yet he is doomed to cover himself so he doesn't shock society. For this couple, marriage and murder intertwine, but only when they learn to trust and communicate will they see the truth. Content warning: Threats of rape. Website: romanceMEpodcast.com | Twitter: @romanceMEcast 

This week, Sara, Shannon, and Stacy recommend some of their favorite enemies to lovers romances. Titles mentioned include: Kristen Callihan, Dear Enemy Keri Arthur, Full Moon Rising (Riley Jenson #1) Elena Armas, The Spanish Love Deception Annika Martin, Breaking the Billionaire's Rules (Billionaires of Manhattan #3) Alana Quintana Albertson, Ramon and Julieta (Love and Tacos #1) Bec McMaster, Nobody's Hero (Burned Lands #1) Mariana Zapata, From Lucov with Love Mariana Zapata, From Lukov with Love K.J. Charles, An Unnatural Vice (Sins of the Cities #2) Elizabeth Hoyt, Scandalous desires (Maiden Lane #3) Lucy Score, By a Thread Alisha Rai, Hate To Want You (Forbidden Hearts #1) Jeaniene Frost, Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress #1) 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

Lydia and Tay jump into gender roles and the logic of dominance among changelings with our discussion of Nalini Singh's Branded by Fire. Mercy worries she'll never find a mate as a dominant female and Riley thinks he wants a submissive wolf mate, but don't worry, we relate this all back to real life (it's actually... super relatable).We're taking a short break, listeners! We'll be back with our next episode, Blaze of Memory, on Feb. 1. In this episode, we also revisit Tally and Clay to discuss a really insightful article sent to us by listener Mystery. We highly recommend the article, “In Defense of ‘Unlikable' Heroines,” by Aarya Marsden on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books (**SPOILERS for Kiss of Snow, Tangle of Need, and Shards of Hope**):  https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2019/04/in-defense-of-unlikable-heroines-a-case-study-of-three-heroines-from-nalini-singhs-psy-changeling-series/Reading Recs:Mercy shiftersMercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs (urban fantasy)Co-workers/opposites attractShadowdance (Darkest London #4) by Kristen Callihan (historical paranormal romance)Partners in Persuasion by Nalini Singh (you can also find this novella in the collection Wild Embrace)All the Feels by Olivia Dade (contemporary romance)Thanks for listening! Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspodTwitter: @CardsCalling Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspodEmail us at callingcardspod@gmail.com. Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.Help us spread the word about us- please rate, review, and tell a friend!

My year of reading romances has modeled so many good things for me, especially stories with the family of choice trope. We're not all lucky enough to be raised in an emotionally healthy family, so reading about how loving, supportive people show up for the people they care about can be a healing experience.https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.comLauren is a fellow member of the Heaving Bosoms podcast Facebook page, and we share a love of many of the same romances. She was so much fun to talk to--thanks Lauren!Fran writes the most witty, romance-related epigrammatic tweets.There are a lot of other interesting tropes linked from the Family of Choice trope page at TVTropes.org.BooksThe rock bands in the VIP series by Kristen Callihan and the Dirtshine rockstar series by Roxy Noir are some of the best families of choice romances I've ever read. Fall is my favorite book, but both series feature intersecting, emotionally rich, sexy steamy stories about the realities of life in the spotlight, and what happens to ordinary people when they enter that glamorous world.The New York burlesque setting of A Certain Appeal makes for an inspired Pride and Prejudice retelling. The Elizabeth, Jane and Darcy of this story are irresistible, too. Don't miss the audiobook narration by Julia Whelan -- her Darcy is a sexpot.MoviesThis trailer for Magic Mike is mwah. The women in Hustlers are so stunning, so sexy and centered in their power, you almost forget their modern gendered Robin Hood scheme is basically breaking the law.Broadway Danny Rose, A Prairie Home Companion, and classic movies The Bandwagon, Gold Diggers of 1933 and the Broadway Melody movies of the 30s are some of the best found family showbiz movies ever made. 42nd St. is groundbreaking, and Footlight Parade creates much of the same magic.

Hey HBs! We've got a special crossover episode this week! It's Overdue Bosoms! The guys from the Overdue podcast joined us to recap Moonglow by Kristen Callihan. We had a blast with Craig and Andrew, talking about Sherlock Holmes Times and werewerves.  Bonus Content: shepherding newbies into romance, Rent jokes, The Happening, Chekov's werewolf bite, Scottish Independence for Lycans, Erin getting sweaty explaining myriad supernatural lore, throne lounging, hand licking, and so much more!  Check out Overdue here.  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

Jessica returns with an enemies to lovers trope in Dear Enemy, the first in Kristen Callihan's current Amazon series. Does Macon Saint deserve Delilah Baker? Let's find out! Jessica's review of "Make it Sweet": https://damselspodcast.com/2021/03/31/make-it-sweet-by-kristen-callihan/ Thanks to Patrons The Elms Sisters, Kelly of Boobies & Noobies, Kerry from Muppet Profiles, Holly Mortimer, and Lilith Darville! ChallengingDamsels: http://www.damselspodcast.com/challengingdamsels2021 Find us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/damselspodcast, on Twitter at damselspodcast ,on Youtube and on Instagram at damselspodcast. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/damselspodcast Support Deconstructing Damsels by contributing to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/deconstructing-damsels Find out more at https://deconstructing-damsels.pinecast.co Check out our podcast host, Pinecast. Start your own podcast for free with no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-bdd86a for 40% off for 4 months, and support Deconstructing Damsels.

Join us for a trip back to Sherlock Holmes Times, as Melody and Erin from the Heaving Bosoms podcast help us talk about Kristen Callihan's Moonglow. The second book in the Darkest London series, Moonglow brings the romance and the supernatural lore in a way that keeps all four of us talking. You can find more from our new friends at the Heaving Bosoms podcast here. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join us for a trip back to Sherlock Holmes Times, as Melody and Erin from the Heaving Bosoms podcast help us talk about Kristen Callihan's Moonglow. The second book in the Darkest London series, Moonglow brings the romance and the supernatural lore in a way that keeps all four of us talking. You can find more from our new friends at the Heaving Bosoms podcast here. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We're back to read alongs this week! We're big Kylie Scott fans here at Fated Mates, and we talked about her Stage Dive series all the way back in Season One on our very first interstitial, and now we're doing a deep dive. We'd intended to do book three, Lead, but we ended up talking about all four, and honestly, rereading this was pretty great for us. We hope it was great for you, too. Our next read along, sometime in July, 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 NotesSarah has a book coming on August 24th! Preorder Bombshell now. You won't regret it.Everyone is struggling with getting dressed again. It's a 1001 in the 1001 Dark Nights series as an homage and allusion to Scheherazade, the story-teller of the Arabian Nights. We also love the VIP series by Kristen Callihan, and the 4th book in that series, Exposed, comes out next month, July 2021.On our upcoming episode with Susan Elizabeth Phillips, where she told us that back in the day, “rock stars, actors, and athletes” were not allowed in the early days of romance. We aren't sure why, but we speculate that it was fear of putting “sex, drugs, and rock and roll” and other high roller lifestyles on page. If you want to join the OSRBC group (Old School Romance Book Club) on Facebook, make sure to answer the three questions if you want to be admitted.Beverly Jenkins liked the Stage Dive series, too.Andi Arndt is the narrator of all Kylie's books, including the entire Stage Dive series, and Jen thinks she is terrific. The Captains' Vegas Vows has a similar set up to Lick: waking up married in Vegas, and only one of them remembered what happened. “Retcon” is a word that started out as shorthand for retroactive continuity, and here's a piece from Merriam-Webster explaining its remarkable elasticity.Hyperemesis gravidarum is the medical term for severe morning sickness, which affects about one percent of pregnant people. DC comics claims that Batman doesn't go down, but the internet and everyone else on twitter and even Zach Snyder disagred. But in all seriousness, maybe it's just another interesting data point about America turning back towards the Hays Code and continuing to remove sex from all kinds of media.Thelma and Louise does have a great ending, you can't argue with that. And since 2021 is the 30th anniversary of the film's release, there are lots of interesting retrospectives on the movie.Desmond Morris is an English zoologist who outlined the 12 stages of intimacy -- hey, humans are animals, too! Our July interviews will be with Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Nicola Yoon, and Nikki Sloane. Our July read-along is Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian.

Music romances and seduces listeners, sometimes gently and sometimes with a rough, dirty, driving, relentless hot beat. That kind of romance rocks, and its rockstars are sex on legs.https://www.confessionsofaclosetromantic.comMusic"Energy" by Scott Holmes Music & "Unashamed Ballad" by Learning Music, used with a Creative Commons license from freemusicarchive.orgPink is one of the biggest badasses in rock. Her video for So What is classic. The concert documentary Pink: All I Know So Far follows her & her family on a European tour ending with 2 sold-out shows at Wembley. I always call this Marshall Crenshaw album Flag Day, but it's Field Day. Whenever You're On My Mind is one of my favorite songs. Cutie.Rockstar Romances:Goodreads has excellent round-ups of romances featuring male & female rockers.The VIP series by Kristen Callihan follows a hit band that's survived rockstar drama as family. It's full of charismatic characters, rich details and some of the hottest romantic scenes I've ever read. Bad Habit  is a series about a band of the same name by J.T. Geissinger. Make Me Sin is about their aloof, hostile drummer who falls in love with a sweet florist. Incredible story. The trilogy Dirtshine by Roxie Noir follows members of the band Dirtshine as they handle recovery, fame, stardom, & falling in love in/out of the industry. Loved these stories.Movies:I first heard about New York's CBGB club when it was mentioned in the Talking Heads song Life During Wartime. Apparently CBGB the movie isn't completely accurate but it's a fascinating history of the tiny dive where many groundbreaking acts got their start.The Dirt is a movie based on the memoir by Motley Crue.The Runaways is a biopic about how the iconic all-girl band, led by Joan Jett, was formed in the 70s.Remember when Arnel Pineda replaced Steve Perry as the lead singer of Journey? The movie Rock Star follows a singer with a similar chance to achieve rock-n-roll dreams.Bohemian Rhapsody brings Freddie Mercury & Queen's history to life.Almost Famous is the story of a 70s teen wannabe gonzo music journalist suddenly immersed in rock life on the road. If we're talking about rock, we have to talk about the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

Ellen and Mom talk about the fist fights, feels copped, and first-class flights in Managed by Kristen Callihan.  Plus, how being related to an airline pilot ain't all it's cracked up to be.  Come hang out with us! Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsromFacebook Group: Not Your Mom's Facebook GroupEmail: notyourmomsromancebookclub@gmail.comNot Your Mom's Romance Book Club is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcast

A ton of great books are being released in February, and five of the Book Bistresses are here to tell you what they can't wait to read. Join Brooke, Shannon, Kristin, Stacy, and Natalia for a discussion of bookish greatness. Titles mentioned in this episode are: Kelley Armstrong, A Stranger In Town (Rockton #6) Abigail Dean, Girl A Genevieve Gornichec, The Witch's Heart Susan Meissner, The Nature of Fragile Things Kristin Hannah, The Four Winds Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4) Courtney Summers, The Project Julie Kagawa, The Iron Raven (The Iron Fey: Evenfall #1) Sonya Lalli, Serena Singh Flips the Script Jeaniene Frost, Wicked All Night (Night Rebel #3) Cate Quinn, Black Widows Emily Layden, All Girls K.B. Wagers, Out Past the Stars (Farian War #3) Kristen Callihan, Make It Sweet Sanantha Young, Much Ado About You 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.

Editor's Note: This interview was recorded back in June 2020. Merry Christmas and Happy Bridgerton Day! Today I have a fun interview with the co-hosts of the podcast What would Lady Danbury Do? In this chat, we talk about the Bridgerton series, historical romance recommendations and some contemporary romance recommendations.    BOOKS RECOMMENDED: Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn - https://amzn.to/3pmmoUu First Comes Scandal by Julia Quinn - https://amzn.to/2KXYEqU Jennifer Cruisie- https://amzn.to/3rt5bdG Amanda Quick - https://amzn.to/3nPn4B8 Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - https://amzn.to/2M7FJub The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata- https://amzn.to/3rsSDTO The Hating Game by Sally Thorne- https://amzn.to/3pmaQjT Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston - https://amzn.to/2M9Zamh Act Like It by Lucy Parker-  https://amzn.to/3aHJBfE Pretty Face  by Lucy Parker - https://amzn.to/34E8pBd Dear Enemy by Kristen Callihan- https://amzn.to/3heHr8u Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert - https://amzn.to/3pjsR2k Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik - https://amzn.to/37OAFmZ Temporary Wife Temptation by Jayci Lee - https://amzn.to/3nMpuAM Rebekkah Weatherspoon - https://amzn.to/37JE4mX Brooklyn Bruisers series Sarina Bowen- https://amzn.to/2WFE0hP Hot Jocks by Kendall Ryan- https://amzn.to/2WKsodq Briar U by Elle Kennedy - https://amzn.to/2KXZBQ0 Pucked by Helena Hunting - https://amzn.to/34E8Mf5 Rachel Reid- https://amzn.to/2M71x9i  Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid - https://amzn.to/3rsNzP1 Jessica Clare - https://amzn.to/3rBF30u A Conspiracy of Whispers  by Ada Harper - https://amzn.to/2WFwqUm Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole - https://amzn.to/38votXq CONNECT WITH BRIDGERTON PODCAST Website Twitter: @bridgertonpod
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  PODCAST HIATUS Please note, the podcast will be going on a short two months break this January and February, 2021. We will return with brand new episodes on March 1, 2020. I will  be releasing new episodes on the Patreon feed while the show is on hiatus.     SUPPORT THE WHAT TO READ NEXT PODCAST! If you’re enjoying the show, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Spread the love. And if you liked this episode, share it with your friends   JOIN PATREON COMMUNITY  Get weekly romance recommendations, early access to author interviews, monthly meetups and exclusive Patreon audio series by joining the Patreon community. Want to join the fun? Sign up today; http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com/patreon   ETSY SHOP ALERT- QUEEN BEE READS   Romance lovers: check out Queen Bee Reads Etsy Shop for cute & comfortable bookish apparel! The shop also features social justice apparel and fun items from some of your favorite TV shows like Schitt’s Creek & The Office. Items are designed and made by Megan of @queenbee_reads. Use code: WHATTOREAD10 to save! http://www.whattoreadnextblog.com/queenbeereads FROLIC PODCAST NETWORK  What to Read Next Podcast is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!    AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE If you purchase a book through my Amazon or Bookshop link, I will receive a commission at no cost to you that will help cover the cost of the podcast    CONNECT WITH LAURA YAMIN  WhattoReadNextBlog.com Instagram  Goodreads

This week, Sara, Shannon, Stacy, and Natalia are doing their best to keep U.S. election anxiety at bay and so, they recommend some of their favorite contemporary romances. Books mentioned include: Rosie Danan, The Roommate Farah Heron, The Chai Factor Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert Denise Grover Swank, The Substitute (The Wedding Pact #1) Amy Daws, Blindsided Kennedy Ryan, The Kingmaker (All the King's Men #1) Cara Bastone, Just a Heartbeat Away (Forever Yours #1) Molly O'Keefe, Can't Buy Me Love (Crooked Creek Ranch #1) Carian Cole, Tied (All Torn Up #2) Sara Desai, The Marriage Game Lucy Score, Rock Bottom Girl Julie James, Just the Sexiest Man Alive And, since we had such a hard time choosing authors to recommend, we've put together a list of a few more of our favorites, so please check out Kristen Callihan, Mia Sheridan, Brittainy C. Cherry, Alyssa Cole, Farrah Rochon, Sonali Dev, Helen Hoang, Beth O'Leary, J.T. Geissinger, Emily Henry, and Talia Hibbert. 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.

Heidi reviews the contemporary romance Managed by Kristen Callihan. This book is the second in the VIP series by the author. Heidi has found a new favorite author and will be reading her other series and the other books in the VIP series. The hero Gabriel has kept himself as an outsider, even among his very close friends. Our bubbly heroine Sophie is his opposite in many ways and yet the two of them develop an instant attraction. When Sophie gets a job working with the band that Gabriel manages, it just gets more and more delightful from there. Heidi loved this couple and really enjoyed spending time with them in this book.Come and join Heidi to get to know a little bit about our hero and heroine and see if you might enjoy this book too!No spoilers in this episode!Join us at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637531733526838/Follow me on instagram at: @romancebookreviewpodcastSupport the show (https://paypal.me/romancebookreviewpod)

To Sir Phillip with Love, part 2 of 2Taylor decides the Von Trapp trope is definitely a thing, Lydia calls out Eloise on her class and white privilege, we discuss mental health and mental illness in the romance genre, and Lydia speculates on Bridgertons season 1. Plus, Lydia’s modern retelling and Tay’s reading recommendations (below)!When He Was Wicked is coming in 2 weeks! Finally, Bridgertons in Scotland!CW: child abuseThanks for listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please tell a friend.You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at callingcardspod@gmail.com.Reading reccs:Epistolary:Tessa Dare, When A Scot Ties the Knot (2015)Lisa Kleypas, Love in the Afternoon (2010)Beth O'Leary, The Flat Share (2019)Sophie Kinsella, I've Got Your Number (2012)Courtney Milan, Hold Me (Cyclone #2) (2016)Von Trapp!:Cat Sebastian, It Takes Two to Tumble (2017)Grumpy Hero:T.J. Klune, How to Be a Normal Person (2015)Main characters navigating mental illness:Talia Hibbert, Untouchable (Ravenswood #2) (2019)Alisha Rai (Forbidden Hearts and Modern Love) Courtney Milan, Trade Me (Cyclone #1) (2015)Priscilla Oliveras, Island Affair (2020)Kristen Callihan, Fall (VIP) (2018)Penny Reid, Beard in Mind (Winston Brothers #4)(2017)Jackie Lau, Mr. Hotshot CEO (2018)Mentioned in the episode:Nalini Singh, Psy-Changeling series (of course)Ursula K LeGuin, The Lathe of HeavenSarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass seriesEmily Bronte, Wuthering HeightsGrey’s AnatomyDraculaCyrano de BergeracJane EyreRebeccaShirley Jackson

Ellen and Mom discuss the bathtubs, banter, and biotchy sisters of Dear Enemy by Kristen Callihan. Plus, more of what we've been watching!Come hang out with us! Twitter/Instagram: @notyourmomsromFacebook Group: Not Your Mom's Facebook GroupEmail: notyourmomsromancebookclub@gmail.comNot Your Mom's Romance Book Club is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

Mawwiage is what bwings us togewah today! Sort of. Lydia and Tay delve into The Viscount Who Loved Me’s adorable moments and Anthony’s good qualities, body image, overcoming trauma, Newton the corgi and the Regina George of 1814. Do houses have lobbies? We have no clue. Coming in two weeks, An Offer from a Gentleman (swoon)!Reading recommendations:Siblings series: [contemporary] Penny Reid’s “Winston Brothers” seriesAlisha Rai’s "Forbidden Hearts" seriesNora Roberts’ “Cordina” series[historical] Lisa Kleypas’ “Hathaways” seriesJulie Anne Long’s “Pennyroyal Green” seriesChristine Feehan’s “Drake Sisters” seriesBeverly Jenkins’ seriesEnemies to Lovers trope: [historical] Sherry Thomas’s Beguiling the Beauty (Fitzhugh trilogy) (2012)Kristen Callihan’s “Darkest London” series (2012)[contemporary] Sonali Dev’s Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors (2019)Uzma Jalaluddin’s Ayesha At Last (2019)Casey McQuiston’s Red, White, & Royal Blue (2019)[graphic novel/fantasy] Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona (2015) [YA/fantasy] Holly Black’s “The Folk of the Air” series (2018) For family!Sherry Thomas, The Luckiest Lady in London (2013)Mentioned in this episode:“Mean Girls” (2004)“The Princess Bride” (1987)“10 Things I Hate About You” (1999)Much Ado About Nothing (1598)Loyalty Bookstore’s “Date Night with Alyssa Cole”: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/event/2020-07“Brothers Bloom” (2008)“How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days” (2003)“She’s the Man” (2006)Thanks for listening! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at callingcardspod@gmail.com. Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

I saw you from across the society ball and I couldn't help but fall under your spell. So I have to ask: Your manor home or mine? Pick up your petticoats and get out your grimoires, because today we're doing Magical Victorian London! For today's titillating episode that will be the talk of the ton, we read "Firelight (Darkest London Book 1)" by Kristen Callihan and "The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies Book 1)" by K.J. Charles. Our bewitching hosts discuss the perks of seduction in the dark, errant tattoos, and why sometimes - SOMETIMES - you want a flashback.

Because you voted for it, this week we read Fall by Kristen Callihan and talked about triple gonorrhea, bad band names and are all of Clayton's friends fake?   Join the Learning The Tropes Troop on Facebook and VOTE for our NEXT BOOK!   Check out the newest podcast from Penguin Random House, Books Connect Us As we stay indoors during uncertain times, we’re staying connected with each other and the stories and authors who inspire us. BOOKS CONNECT US brings you brand new conversations with some of your favorite authors. The first episode features an interview with Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six and a big Romance fan! Books Connect Us is produced by our very own Producer Patty, hosted by Erin Leafe and edited by Clayton Gumbert. So the whole fam is involved! Please rate, review and subscribe.   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!  

Sarah has the flu! She wants you to know it’s absolutely terrible and you should all get your flu shots even though she got one and still got the flu but vaccines are good for you. Also, we all want you washing your hands and air high-fiving your friends because it’s wild out there. But you are IN FOR A TREAT this week — as our fave Kate Clayborn is pinch hitting for Sarah, and we’re talking romance sickbed scenes this week! If we have to be hyper focused on sickness, shouldn’t there be yearning and vigiling and a veiled death threat against a doctor (don’t threaten doctors)?We love having you with us! — subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and like/review the podcast, please!Next week, we’re reading Stephanie Laurens's Devil's Bride, starring Devil Cynster, who also happens to be the only romance hero Sarah's husband can name (yes, even now). Find it at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, or your local indie.Show NotesWelcome Kate Clayborn! She joined Jen this week since Sarah was down and out with the flu.Kate loves a sick bed scene. When we talk about acute vs chronic illness, the sick bed scene is acute rather than chronic. And, as Jen points out, these are almost always about physical rather than mental illness.Some of Jen's favorite sickbed scenes are in Indigo by Beverly Jenkins and Managed by Kristen Callihan -- but we've talked about those books already! Same thing with The Master by Kresley Cole.Kate is a lot more interested in work of all kinds than Jen. It's okay. We're still friends. We even made a hashtag, #Claykop, so we can find all our discussions.We recorded this on Sunday March 8th, so who knows what the coronavirus situation will be by the time you listen to this.Andie Christopher was the first to bring the I'm Baby meme to our attention when she joined us for the cinnamon roll episode.Jen and Kate both suffer from insomnia. Sarah sleeps like a rock.Jen was procrastinating about her report cards--but they're all done now, it's fine.The bedside vigil is kissing cousin to Jen's cold storage fetish, and the way Kate loves it when a hero suffers.Endomitriosis is no joke.The man flu phenomenon.Wash your hands! Don't touch your face!We'll be back next week with Devil's Bride by Stephanie Laurens.

We're bringing you a monster-sized episode for our first sexy monster! **heart-eyed emoji**. Join us for Firelight by Kristen Callihan, a romance mystery set in Sherlock Holmes Times which may or may not have made us spontaneously combust a couple of times. Callihan is a master of "show, don't tell" and we were riveted for every moment. Plus, let's review: Sexy. Monster. Bonus content: New dog GOAT, Big Slash/Stab, tongue-only kissing, masquerade masks, fight scenes, and so much more!  Self-Love Recommendations:  Erin: For the People. Watch TV lawyers be terrible at their jobs and never get disbarred!  Melody: Don't fall asleep in the bath. She didn't die, but she definitely snort-splashed everywhere. 

Hey HBs! Sink into the sultry sounds of Stefannie C's voice during this episode of Ask-A-Badass, where Nat and Stefannie talk cake, Cavill, polyamory, self defense, AND SO MUCH MORE! And join us on Monday, February 10 for a rerelease of our first sexy monster! We'll be in your feeds with Firelight by Kristen Callihan. 

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but chains and whips....confuse us? Tune in this week as Rachel tells Margie all about Kristen Callihan's, Soulbound. Because honestly, what says love like chains and cyanide?

Don’t miss a single moment of our 2020 episodes — subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and like/review the podcast if you’re so inclined!In two weeks, we’re reading one of Sarah’s picks, Lorraine Heath’s Waking Up With the Duke, which was a tough choice because Lorraine is amazing and Sarah wants you to read all of her books. Read Waking Up With the Duke at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, or Kobo.Show NotesJen's disappointed with the iHeartRadio Podscast awards. It's an honor just to be nominated, and that didn't even happen! For your consideration: Best Pop Culture Podcast and Best Fiction Podcast! Come on! Literary Disco wasn't even nominated!Everyone loved The Pegging episode! Jen found this really interesting article too late for those show notes, but why not drop them here? We don't really think that we jumped the shark. Oh, and any chance to drop the "smashing from the back" rap.The 20 minutes Eric cut were about RWA. So just read Jen's article for Kirkus instead. Just kidding. We don't really need D & O insurance. Do we? Either way, Eric should stop harshing our dream mellow.Scotty vs. Scottie.Our Kristen Callihan origin stories: Sarah recommends Evernight in the Darkest London series, but Jen can't help but think of Tony Stark. Jen wrote about Kristen's book The Hook Up in the Who Did it Better in the Library post.Slumpbusters from this week: The Player and Sweet Ruin for Sarah, and two Sophie Jordan books, While the Duke was Sleeping and The Scandal of it All, for Jen. And the shipbuilder book by Holley Trent is called Lowdown Dirty.If you're trying to find the sex scenes in books, Jenny Nordbak from the Wicked Wallflowers Podcast has the sure-fire keyword search word: thrust.The kind of super fancy first class where the seats turn into beds looks pretty great. Recently, we saw this happen in the movie Crazy Rich Asians.Unbuttoning a glove is a huge romantic moment in Lord of Scoundrels and The Age of Innocence.In case you have to travel with a rock band on a bus, the internet provides useful tips, of course! Jen loves this famous tour bus scene from the movie Almost Famous. Also, read Daisy Jones and the Six, which uses interview format to tell the story of the rise and fall of a 70s rock band.Our Rock Star Romance interstitial was our very first interstitial. It's 20 minutes long, and you can listen to it here.Revision is everything, but it is also very hard.Interested in more slow burn romances? Goodreads has you covered.Kerrelyn Sparks is the one who told Sarah romance is like a football game.If you're worried you have an STI like Chlamydia, please see a doctor. Also, if you have kids, make sure they get the HPV vaccination.Being a professional friend is a real job.More about the A in the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.If you're ever in Chicago, you should go to the dining room of the Chicago Athletic Association, check out the trophies, and play some bocce ball.Looking to hang out with us in April? We'll be at KissCon and Spring Fling.Buy buttons and stickers from Kelly and t-shirts from Jordan.Next up, Waking Up With the Duke by Lorraine Heath, a book that blooded Sarah.

Don’t miss a single moment of our 2020 episodes — subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and like/review the podcast if you’re so inclined!Next week, we’re talking Kristen Callihan’s Managed, which you may recognize as “SCOTTIE,” which is how Jen refers to it because she loves him so much. We think you’ll love it, too, and if you have time, read the next in the series, Fall, which is one of Sarah’s top 10 romances ever. Read Managed at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, or Kobo.Show NotesRWA imploded and it's such a long, complicated story, but this article from Vox and this timeline by Claire Ryan are what will catch you up.Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start: there are seven romance subgenres: historical, contemporary, romantic suspense, paranormal, inspirational, erotic romance, and YA.When it comes to the grandmother of historicals, don't forget that Jane Austen was writing contemporaries.Johanna Lindsey died in October, and her family announced it publicly in December. The New York Times obituary was trash, so read the Washington Post or Entertainment Weekly one instead. Check out the Twitter hastag #MyFirstJohanna for people's stories about their first book by Lindsey (including Sarah's), and maybe listen to our episode on Gentle Rogue.Support Farrah Rochon for an organ in her sister's memory. And come this summer, buy her upcoming book The Boyfriend Project.In Born a Crime, Trevor Noah wrote about what his mother said about her second husband wanting to put her in a cage: For a long time I wondered why he ever married a woman like my mom in the first place, as she was the opposite of that in every way. If he wanted a woman to bow to him, there were plenty of girls back in Tzaneen being raised solely for that purpose. The way my mother always explained it, the traditional man wants a woman to be subservient, but he never falls in love with subservient women. He’s attracted to independent women. “He’s like an exotic bird collector,” she said. “He only wants a woman who is free because his dream is to put her in a cage.”Mary Wollstonecraft is all the evidence you need that feminists have been around for a long time.Jen recommends In the Dream House by Carmen Marie Machado, which is about domestic abuse in a queer relationship. The quote from Jose Estaban Munoz is, "When the historian of queer experience attempts to document a queer past, there is often a gatekeeper representing a straight present."When talking about The Doctor's Discretion by EE Ottoman, Sarah is very excited about a book called The Butchering Art by medical historian Dr. Lindsey Fitzharris, whose sometimes very gross Instagram is amazing. Doctor James Berry was trans man who lived and worked in London in the mid 1800s.If you haven't listened to our episode about Beverly Jenkins's Indigo what are you waiting for?Avon Red was a short-lived series, but then again, so was The Red Shoe Diaries. Sarah recommends On These Silken Sheets by Sabrina Darby from that series.Whores of Yore is a great blog, and definitely proves Jen's assertion that as soon as someone invented cameras, someone else wanted to get naked in front of it. Dr. Kate Lister, who founded the site, has a book called A Curious History of Sex coming out Feb 2020.Next time you are in New York, visit The Museum of Sex. Sarah recommends Hallie Rubenhold's The Covent Garden Ladies: Pimp General Jack and the Extraordinary Story of Harris' List (which out of print, but available in audio, and is the book Harlots is based on). Hallie Rubenhold's The Five is not out of print, and also excellent--it is very not a romance, and about the victims of the Ripper killings.KJ Charles is so ridiculously good. Sarah's favorites are Wanted a Gentleman and Think of England and Jen loves Band Sinister. Nicola Davidson's Surrey Sexual Freedom Society series is fantastic. Alyssa Cole's An Extraordinary Union is amazing. Monica McCarty wrote a historical series that imagines Highlanders as being kind of like Navy SEALs. Sarah talked about one of the books in the series, The Arrow on the Scotland interstitial. Honestly, we talked about so many authors, so just click on any one of the images in the photo gallery below for some of our favorites by those authors.But stickers and buttons from Kelly, tees and bags from Jordandene, take our reading challenge, and answer our survey.

Don’t miss a single moment of our 2020 episodes — subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and like/review the podcast if you’re so inclined!In two weeks, we’ve got another of Jen’s pics, Kristen Callihan’s Managed, which you may recognize as “SCOTTIE,” which is how Jen refers to it because she loves him so much. We think you’ll love it, too, and if you have time, read the next in the series, Fall, which is one of Sarah’s top 10 romances ever. Read Managed at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, or Kobo.Show NotesWho knows what the RWA situation is when you read this, but as of this podcast, the absolute best source is Claire Ryan's blog post outlining the timeline of events. There was lots of national news coverage, but the "come on girls" comment was on NPR.The 2019 RITA ceremony was amazing, and one that celebrated the history of romance. In between when we recorded this episode and when it was released, RWA cancelled the 2020 RITA awards. When Sarah said "it was a check the organization couldn't cash" she's alluding to a less well-known section of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech."La Nora" is how many people refer to Nora Roberts. Sarah mentions some of her earliest category romances, including Gabriel's Angel, an early Nora from the Silhouette Intimate Moments line. She's also read Naked In Death (Jen hasn't), but Jen loved The Brides quartet, which was probably the last Nora Roberts series she read.Sarah said she feels like readers should at least have read ten percent of an author's backlist for full romance competency. Should the "Ten Percent Rule" be a plank of the official Fated Mates Romance Reader platform? Discuss.When we talk about Nora Roberts, we used a lot of superhero language: her origin story; her vanquishing of a villanous and duplicitous plaigiarist--twice!; owning her own town; her complete dominance of the bestseller lists. None of it is hyperbole. It's possible she actually is a superhero.Lots of authors made statements about the RWA situaton. Here is Nora's, and then JR Ward's.Virginity in romance has come a long way. PS. Virginity is a construct.Somewhere in the 43 minute mark, Jen says "ope," which is the most Midwestern of sayings. If the twitter account Midwest vs. Everybody doesn't make you laugh so hard you wheeze, you're probably part of the everybody.Jen isn't the only one who thinks smoking is a short cut for villainy. She thinks The X-Files is to blame. Also, PSA: vaping is really bad for you, too.Birth control in romance has changed so much, listen to our episode on bodily autonomy for more discussion of this topic.What does it mean to do something in a fugue state?Sarah wrote a column for the Washington Post in December 2019 about how technology is changing romance.Sarah's big thread about why authors shouldn't be afraid of the problematic content in their old romances.If you're interested in a big interesting book about The Troubles, Jen recommends Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe.What's a moor anyways?So you wanted to know what it was like to fly the Concorde?Buying a car? Sounds like that other Grey. Too bad this Gray was a Confederate apologist. Saying the Civil War was about "a way of life" instead of slavery is a classic Lost Cause myth. As Courtney Milan says, the devil doesn't need your advocacy.Buy buttons and stickers from Kelly, tshirt and swag from Jordan, particpate in a 2020 reading challengewith Jen and Sarah, and fill out this survey for Eric.In two weeks, we'll be discussed Managed and Fall by Kristen Callihan. If you have to pick one, make it Managed. As of this episode airing, Jen has tweeted just the word Scottie with a swooning gif at least 11 times.Our listener call in book was Star King by Susan Grant.

Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast in your favorite podcasting platform — and while you’re there, please leave us a like or a review!Next week, we’re releasing a little stocking stuffer for our Christmas Day episode, but we’re back in business on January 1, with the seasonally appropriate (at least in title) Born in Ice, by none other than the queen herself, Nora Roberts. Read Born in Ice at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo or your local indie.Question 1: Beth from Milwaukee asked, "I'm going to Iceland in December for my 10th wedding anniversary! I obviously need a book that has snow/cold and using body heat and -ahem- other activities for warmth. Bonus points if a volcano or other geological feature is a part of the story! Sub genre is not important, and yes I'm aware of the Ice Planet Barbarians."Our recommendations: From the deep recesses of Jen's brain, the only romance she can think of with a volcano, Eden Burning by Elizabeth Lowell. And that's from the 80s, so fair warning that it's likely to have problematic elements. When it comes to snuggly, warm, only one bed romances, you just need to use the internet! But Jen did write a piece about Only One Bed for Kirkus, which you should read. In the meantime, go watch Joe versus the Volcano, and then talking about Hawaii reminded Sarah of some bananas sounding book by Anne Stuart called Tangled Lies. But a few snowy romances: Beary Christmas Baby by Sasha Devlin or How the Dukes Stole Christmas.Question 2: Emily from Washington D.C. want our opinion aobut "the BEST star crossed lovers trope (it always gets me so good)."Our Recommendations: The reason Sarah thinks that star-crossed lovers have to end up unhappy is Romeo and Juliet, of course. But Jen thinks you should try Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn and Sarah recommends Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan, but comes with a whole suitcase of content warnings for domestic violence. In the interim, Jen read and recommends Forbidden Promises by Synithia Williams, the heroine falls in love with her sister's ex-husband! And of course, coming in the summer of 2020 comes Daring and the Duke by Sarah, which will also work. But you have to wait!Question 3: Megumi from San Antonio, TX is looking for "a contemporary of someone not Scottish going to Scotland and finding love. (Maybe England but mostly Scotland)"Our Recommendations: Jen lost her mind and said Unfixable by Tessa Bailey, but Willa is a heroine who goes to Ireland. She thinks it still counts. Sarah recommends a novella by Sophie Jordan called "In a Stranger's Bed" which was a Goldilocks retelling published in the Glamour anthology but which is currently unavailable so come on Sophie, get it together and put your stories up because they are ON FIRE. A few others you can try: A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole, the Under the Kilt series by Melissa Blue, Getting Hot with the Scot by Melonie Johnson, and Ten Days With the Highlander by Hayson Manning. Also, we didn't know what Adriana Herrera had up her sleeve when we recorded, but Mangos & Misteltoe is ADORABLE, and features to delicious Dominican heroines falling in love on a Scottish Baking Show. It's also a perfect holiday romance!Question 4: Becca wants "a funny contemporary, a true romcom, minimal trauma."Our recommendations: Jen thinks it doesn't exist. Sarah recommends going old school to Jennifer Crusie or Susan Elizabeth Phillips. If it helps, you should know that later this season, we'll be talking about Bet Me and Nobody's Baby But Mine. After we recorded, Sarah realized she should have recommended Christina Lauren, who she adores, and who she believes is one of the few authors writing real RomCom. If you haven't read Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating, it's a very funny, very romantic friends-to-lovers romance! "What happened to romantic comedy" is an existential question for our time.Question 5: Laurel from NC wants a book that "Has marriage of convenience, preferably historical."Our recommendations: Sarah says Sherry Thomas better than everyone and recommends Ravishing the Heiress. Jen thinks The Duke Buys a Bride by Sophie Jordan might work. Sarah points out that in order to qualify, the marriage has to happen pretty early in the story. The marriage has to be part of the plot the whole time. Once again, there are so many of these we had trouble thinking of them on the spot, but in hindsight, Sarah would like you not to miss Amalie Howard's The Beast of Beswick or Scarlet Peckham's The Duke I Tempted. Bonus story from Jen about a Sherry Thomas YA book about Mulan called The Magnolia Sword.Question 6: Cara from Finland wants a book that "Has chosen families strongly included in the plot. Extra points if it's enemies-to-lovers with the heroine's family ready to kick the pining-but-unfortunately-dumbass hero's butt."Our recommendations: Whoa! That's a lot of asks all at once. Just reread IAD, Cara! This is the plot of Sarah's book A Scot in the Dark, so that's a good place to start. Lots of rock star romances have chosen family, try Kristen Callihan's series, and Managed will be a book that blooded Jen later this season. It's not linked via heroines, but Elle Kennedy's Hotter than Ever is bonkers sexy, a MMF menage, and has lots of found Navy SEAL family. In historicals, there are lots of sisterhood/brotherhood books. Try the Wallflowers series by Lisa Kleypas, or Lorraine Heath's Scoundrels of St. James!Question 7: Krystal from New Jersey is looking for "Childhood friends to lovers - historical! Where the Male is titled and the woman is not!"Our recommendations: There are so many that will work here. Sarah recommends Tessa Dare's first series, the Wanton Dairymaids (!!!) should work, try Godess of the Hunt. After recording, of course, a bunch of books came to mind! Try Kelly Bowen's You're the Earl That I Want, Vanessa Riley's The Butterfly Bride, and Loretta Chase's Last Night's Scandal.Question 8: Rosalie from the Chicago suburbs wants books she "can recommend to my 15 year old son. Have thought about Sarina Bowen’s Ivy Years. Although LJ Shen “Sinner of Saints” series is high school, seems too dark/gritty and I think he would not be able to suspend reality for some of the story lines given he is the same age."Our Recommendations: Sarah thinks the Sarina Bowen series you mentioned should work just fine. Adult romances that are adventure stories might work are the Hidden Legacy seriesby Ilona Andrews and Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik. Some actual YA Romance that Jen likes are The Way You Make me Feel and I Believe in a Thing Called Love, which are both by Maurene Goo. One of Jen's favorite YA books of all time is called The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks. She also recommneds Not if I Save You First by Ally Carter. Some sports romances we recommend are the WAGS series by Naima Simone, especially Scoring Off the Field. Finally, The Deal by Elle Kennedy might be a good choice.Question 9: Jemma from Texas is looking for "Found family. Also with lots of good food descriptions. Not necessarily a chef romance though (they stress me out because chefs stay up so late at night; ugh, who does that?)"Our recommendations: This is such a perfect question for Sarah. She recommends the Recipe for Love series by Louisa Edwards. Another series by the same author is called the Rising Star Chefs. The Opposite of You by Rachel Higginson will work. Finally, American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera, and a series by Sabrina Sol. In hindsight, Sarah basically only recommended books with chefs in them. She's sorry. She has a problem.Question 10: Sara from Albuquerque wants a "Bodyguard trope where the person being guarded does NOT spend the whole book trying to escape the bodyguard because he/she doesn't think there is any danger even though it's incredibly obvious to everyone else. Bonus if the bodyguard character is female."Our recommendations: Jen recommends Sexy/Dangerous (female bodyguard) by Beverly Jenkins, which is fabulous. Nana Malone has a few, one in her royals seris, and another is Bodyguard to the Billionaire (female bodyguard) -- also, listen to Nana talk about Royal Romance on an interstitial last season!. And! Try HelenKay Dimon's Leave Me Breathless(female bodyguard), Katee Robert's Thalanian Dynasty series (male bodyguard/MMF menage) and Anna Zabo's Reverb (trans male bodyguard).Question 11: Molly from Washington has an AMA question about how to organize her Kindle books. She is also looking for a book that "Features a Grumpy/terse older brother’s friend (or older brother of friend) with smart mouth heroine, bonus points for SUPER HOT, some sort of road trip, or problem they have to solve much to their reluctance (trapped on a desert island?) basically Bowen and Mari

Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast in your favorite podcasting platform — and while you’re there, please leave us a like or a review!In two weeks, we’re moving across the pond to Beverly Jenkins’s Indigo, with one of Sarah’s favorite heroines ever—Hester Wyatt, Underground Railroad conductor! Read Indigo at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo or your local indie.Show NotesIn between our recording and release of this episode, Kristen Callihan did release a new book, Outmatched, which is cowritten with Samantha Young. But don't miss Scottie from Managed, who will appear later in season 2 as a book that blooded Jen.Munro. That's it. That's the show note.Some of the best of 2019 lists from Bookish, NPR and Kirkus. Sarah's website has all of her past Best of the Year Lists for the Washington Post. Amazon also has a best of the year list, but the Goodreads Award list is strange.Emma Donoghue's Room was a big literary fiction book back in 2010, and it was on all the end of the year lists.Jen will be appearing at The Book Cellar on Dec 7, 2019 if you're looking for something to do. She'll be talking about the best books of the year with other critics.Around the same time we recorded this episode, Kini at SmexyBooks wrote this thoughtful piece about transparency in romance reviewing.Kylie Scott's Repeat was also on our Amnesia episode.Love's Sweet Arrow is a romance-only bookstore in Chicago's south suburbs.Quelle suprise!.Jen also likes Rebecca Zanetti, who also resists romantic suspense that is just "women in peril" plots.Face/Off is a very goofy movie from the late 90s. So of course they're going to remake it.In this Juno Rushdon series, Jen wants the boss's book.We're talking about historicals, but we're not talking about Brazen and the Beast even though Jen wants you to know it's spectacular and you should definitely read it.I guess we're singing this episode: Just One Night is a twist on Phil Collins's One More Night in the Moulin Rouge movie and All Night Long.Jenny Nordbak recommended Dare to Love a Duke to Sarah, and after the unreliable narrators essay, Amy Jo Cousinsrecommended Any Old Diamonds to Jen.Who wouldn't want to talk about Frankenstein, Shelley, and Wollstonecraft?Don't sleep on the Gilded Age.Kennedy's Basketball series is also great. But in The Kingmaker duet, she also tackles the problem of missing and murdered indiginous women and land grabs on Native land. Here is a list of #OwnVoices Native American authors from BookRiot, and another from Smart Bitches, but Jen specifically recommends Pamela Sanderson.Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik.Jen interviewed Robin Lovett for Kirkus. And our friend @Bandherbooks was quite taken with the "space chaise" in this book.Jen and Sarah tried so hard to undersatnd the cinnamon roll phenomenon.Maybe you want to check out Jen's many amazing Pinterest boards featuring very specific romance novel cover kinks.Looking to buy some swag? You can buy Fated Mates buttons from Best Friend Kelly and Sarah has an awesome line of romance themed t-shirts and other swag from Jordanene.This week, our listener-recomended books are When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn and Truly, Madly, Yours by Rachel Gibson.

While you're reading A Hunger Like No Other, we're bringing you off-week romance recommendations, on themes! Join us this week for Rock Star Romances.Kristen CallihanIdol (VIP Series #1)Managed (VIP Series #2)Fall (VIP Series #3)Sarah's first Kristen Callihan book, EvernightKylie ScottLick (Stage Dive Series #1)Play (Stage Dive Series #2)Lead (Stage Dive Series #3)Deep (Stage Dive Series #4)Anna ZaboSyncopation (Twisted Wishes #1)Counterpoint (Twisted Wishes #2)JN WelshIn TuneSarah's first JN Welsh book, Gigolo All the WayThe book that made Sarah a Rock Star Romance reader, Erika Kelly's Take Me Home Tonight

- Kristen Callihan— Idol (VIP Series #1)— Managed (VIP Series #2)—Fall (VIP Series #3)—Sarah’s first Kristen Callihan book, Evernight- Kylie Scott— Lick (Stage Dive Series #1)— Play (Stage Dive Series #2)— Lead (Stage Dive Series #3)— Deep (Stage Dive Series #4)- Anna Zabo— Syncopation (Twisted Wishes #1)— Counterpoint (Twisted Wishes #2)- JN Welsh— In Tune— Sarah’s first JN Welsh book, Gigolo All the Way- The book that made Sarah a Rock Star Romance reader, Erika Kelly’s Take Me Home Tonight

Today I want to share 10 new book releases that released in late October and the month of November. A bit about this month’s list there quite a few of romance picks and that’s because some of my favorite authors are releasing books this month. BOOKS MENTIONED: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty Becoming by Michelle Obama Hate Notes by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward A Forest of Thousands Lantern by Julie C. Dao Kingdom of Blazing Phoenix by Julie C. Dao Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Fireworks by Sarina Bowen Erik by Sawyer Bennett Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan PAPER GODS by Goldie Taylor Fall by Kristen Callihan Game On Series by Kristen Callihan   Come over to the What to Read Next Blog for show archives of previous New Book Releases and other book recommendations. 

We're bringing you a monster-sized episode for our first sexy monster! **heart-eyed emoji**. Join us for Firelight by Kristen Callihan, a romance mystery set in Sherlock Holmes Times which may or may not have made us spontaneously combust a couple of times. Callihan is a master of "show, don't tell" and we were riveted for every moment. Plus, let's review: Sexy. Monster. Read this book, y'all! Special thanks to Shante for recommending it!  Bonus content: New dog Goat and other shenanigans. Also, if you can, donate to https://www.gofundme.com/giveherwings2018 a campaign by one of our former students to keep a safe house for victims of human trafficking and sex slavery open. Any amount, even the price of 1 book, will help!  Self-Love Recommendations:  Erin: For the People. Watch TV lawyers be terrible at their jobs and never get disbarred!  Melody: Don't fall asleep in the bath. She didn't die, but she definitely snort-splashed everywhere.   

Hey HBs, are you wondering how to kiss somebody using *just* tongues and make that sexy? You’ll probably want to read Firelight by Kristen Callihan before Monday. We *loved* this paranormal romance with all the mystery and intrigue and masquerades and street urchins and tiny tophats we could handle! See you Monday! 

Join New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Stella Cameron as she chats with Kristen Callihan - a newcomer that has made quite a splash with a debut that has been compared to "Phantom of the Opera" & Stephen King's "Carrie".DARKENESS BOUND by Stella Cameron Leigh Kelly arrives on Whidbey Island determined to start over. Yet the tiny town of Chimney Rock is not as peaceful as it seems. Women have been disappearing, and Leigh can't shake the feeling that she's being watched . . . especially at night. Soon, she's experiencing visions she can't explain and fighting her attraction to a handsome stranger who seems to know her most intimate desires. As the leader of a pack of werewolves are forced to hide their very existence, former special ops soldier Niles Latimer is desperate to prove a man's heart beats beneath his predator's body. And Leigh-the mysterious beauty possessing powers she doesn't yet understand may be the one woman who can help him. But Niles isn't the only one who recognizes Leigh's true identity. Something evil is waiting in the woods-and the hunt has begun .FIRELIGHT by Kristen Callihan Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed Lord Benjamin Archer, London's most nefarious nobleman. When Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders, he gives in to the beastly nature he has fought so hard to hide, but the curse that haunts him cannot be denied. Now, to save his soul, Miranda will enter a world of dark magic and darker intrigue. For only she can see the man hiding behind the mask.

Join New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Stella Cameron as she chats with Kristen Callihan - a newcomer that has made quite a splash with a debut that has been compared to "Phantom of the Opera" & Stephen King's "Carrie".DARKENESS BOUND by Stella Cameron Leigh Kelly arrives on Whidbey Island determined to start over. Yet the tiny town of Chimney Rock is not as peaceful as it seems. Women have been disappearing, and Leigh can't shake the feeling that she's being watched . . . especially at night. Soon, she's experiencing visions she can't explain and fighting her attraction to a handsome stranger who seems to know her most intimate desires. As the leader of a pack of werewolves are forced to hide their very existence, former special ops soldier Niles Latimer is desperate to prove a man's heart beats beneath his predator's body. And Leigh-the mysterious beauty possessing powers she doesn't yet understand may be the one woman who can help him. But Niles isn't the only one who recognizes Leigh's true identity. Something evil is waiting in the woods-and the hunt has begun .FIRELIGHT by Kristen Callihan Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed Lord Benjamin Archer, London's most nefarious nobleman. When Archer is accused of a series of gruesome murders, he gives in to the beastly nature he has fought so hard to hide, but the curse that haunts him cannot be denied. Now, to save his soul, Miranda will enter a world of dark magic and darker intrigue. For only she can see the man hiding behind the mask.