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Show Notes- Sarah and Jen have both loved The Kiss Quotient. Sarah reviewed at for The Washington Post. Jen's been turning her friend Ernie into an occasional romance reader, and live-tweeted his read of TQK.- Escorted by Claire Kent, which is a pen name of Noelle Adams- Virginity is a construct -Romancing the Stone is an 80s movie classic. Kathleen Turner plays a romance writer on an adventure to retreive a missing emerald. -Curio and the Curio Vignettes by Cara McKenna- The Smart Bitches made a list of competence porn romances, where all the characters are just really good at their jobs.- Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas. Here's the Twitter thread where Jenny Nordbak alerts everyone to the sexiness factor.- The Companion Contract by Solace Ames- Burn Down the Night by Molly O'Keefe- The Duke by Gaelen Foley- Claiming the Courtesan by Anna Campbell- Journalist Melissa Gira Grant writes about sex workers and the politics of sex work. You should follow her on Twitter.- The Master by Kresley Cole- Get ready for No Rest for the Wicked
On this week's episode, our last in our Lisa Kleypas Series, Morgan and guest star Sean tackle Lisa Kleypas's stand alone novel "Suddenly You". A novel about a spinster (she's 30) who orders a sexual awaken for her birthday! Listen in as Morgan and Sean dive deep on the surprises of the genre, how lived in and researched the world is--and the awkward messaging mashup of "scrappy" capitalism and blue-blooded hierarchy. Spoiler alert: they are both the worst.