Podcast appearances and mentions of Susan Elizabeth Phillips

John Charles in conversation with Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Susan Walter

In Episode 14 of High Stakes, Tracey Devlyn sits down with New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips to discuss her new sports romance, AND THE CROWD WENT WILD—messy, funny, tender reinvention with crackling banter, second-chance heat, and a big-hearted swoon that hits like a stadium roar. AND THE CROWD WENT WILD:
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In Episode 14 of High Stakes, Tracey Devlyn sits down with New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips to discuss her new sports romance, AND THE CROWD WENT WILD—messy, funny, tender reinvention with crackling banter, second-chance heat, and a big-hearted swoon that hits like a stadium roar. AND THE CROWD WENT WILD:
 https://books2read.com/SEPhillipsATCWW Author's Website:
 https://SusanElizabethPhillips.com Show Notes:
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We're back with part 2 of this rerelease of IT HAD TO BE YOU by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. We're still hopping mad and ready to burn it down! Content Warnings: episode includes discussions of sexual assault, including in young childhood, on-page violent rape, statutory rape, rampant misogyny, malicious thinness, kink shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, Madonna/Whore Complex, racism, and more. Lady Loves: Sabrina: having a group of badass, wonderful friends who will lift you up and remind you how you've advocated for yourself in the past after a terrible experience with a medical doctor. Mel: deciding to never read another SEP book on pod or off. Whatever author shows you that you can't trust them to take care of you as a reader, don't read them anymore! Romancelandia is huge and gorgeous and there's something out there for everyone! 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 week Mel is telling Sabrina all about her latest MM rabbit hole!  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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are mad and rereleasing IT HAD TO BE YOU by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. This is a doozy! Content Warnings: episode includes discussions of sexual assault, including in young childhood, on-page violent rape, statutory rape, rampant misogyny, malicious thinness, kink shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, Madonna/Whore Complex, racism, 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! This week Mel is telling Sabrina all about her latest MM rabbit hole!  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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips discusses her new Chicago Stars book AND THE CROWD WENT WILD about a former sex symbol and a quarterback who has lost his mojo for the game. Books available everywhere! Find out more about Susan at susanelizabethphillips.com.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips discusses her new Chicago Stars book AND THE CROWD WENT WILD about a former sex symbol and a quarterback who has lost his mojo for the game. Books available everywhere! Find out more about Susan at susanelizabethphillips.com.

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Disclosure: We are part of the Amazon Affiliate/LTK Creator programs. We will receive a small commission at no cost if you purchase a book. This post may contain links to purchase books.If you love Emily Henry, Annabel Monaghan, and Carley Fortune's brand of emotional, character-driven romance, this episode is for you.This week, I sat down with Rena Rani, the brilliant writer behind the Substack Smart Romance, to talk about what makes a romance “smart” — from up-market rom-coms to Nora Roberts' lasting influence. We went deep into the craft side of the genre: how authors balance humor with heartbreak, why line-level prose matters, and what defines the new wave of “elevated” romance that still gives you all the feels.Rena also shared her favorite under-the-radar reads and walked me through how she scouts new talent (hint: she loves digging through agent wishlists). If you're craving thoughtful conversations about love stories that respect both the heart and the art, you'll love this one.

We're back with a deep dive episode on one of our favorite Susan Elizabeth Phillips books, Natural Born Charmer. Jen thinks this one marks SEP's Imperial Period, and Sarah's talking about why she looks askance at the term romcom to describe romance novels. We're back on our bullsh*t, is what we're saying. We're talking plot, character, risk-taking, and how romances can feel wildly expansive.This is our last deep dive of Season 7 -- more in Season 8, which begins in September. If you want to talk in depth about specific books, though, maybe you'd enjoy being a member of 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. NotesYou can get Susan Elizabeth Phillips's Natural Born Charmer at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.In season 2, we did a deep dive of an earlier Chicago Stars book, Nobody's Baby But Mine. We also did an episode with Susan in season 3. It's the interview that made us realize we should keep interviewing romance trailblazers. Jen was on Learning the Tropes to talk about another SEP book, Kiss an Angel. In 2003, the song Hey Ya by Outkast was number 1 for 9 weeks at the end of that year and into early 2004. In 2018, Rolling Stone ranked the song #4 in the top 100 songs of the 21st Century So Far. This article from Spin describes what it means when an artist is in their imperial period. Sleazy Burt Reynolds guy.Almost Famous (2000) is amazing movie about the rise and fall of a 70s rock band. A great thing happened during the baby races halftime show last week at a Las Vegas Aces game last week. Also at the Indiana Fever game. SponsorsScarlett Xavier, author of...

By request (and because Sarah needed books for her upcoming trip), we're talking about romance novels by Australian authors this week, with a nod to some New Zealanders as well. We discuss how historical romance has much maligned Australia, recommend some absolutely terrific books, many of which we've actually done deep dives on, and we talk about why so many Australian romances hit the spot with American readers. 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. Our next read along (next week!) is Susan Elizabeth Phillips's Natural Born Charmer. You can get it at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.NotesFrench Kiss is not available on streamers and it's very upsetting for those of us who know the deep magic of Kevin Kline & Meg Ryan.Australia is not the nation of criminals historical romance novels would like you to believe, but a lot of criminals did get sent there over an 80 year period from 1788-1868.Sarah is going to talk to the Romance Writers of Australia and the Romance Writers of New Zealand next month. Yes, she'll be going to Port Arthur in Tasmania to check out the place where all those criminals were sent.Victor Gadino illustrated the stepback for Dream Fever by Katherine SutcliffeMills & Boon is a British romance imprint, in North America these books are published under the name Harlequin. When Sarah talked about The Australians in the early years of Mills & Boon, she was wrong, and likely thinking of Diana Palmer's 1985 The Australian. The Australians series was a 12 book series in the early 2010s from Harlequin Presents. The book Raising the Stakes by Jess Dee is no longer available in Kindle, but maybe it is in other countries or maybe you downloaded it in the past? Check out her available titles here....

It's been several years since the last time we talked about the allure of competency in romance, but it's a topic we adore, so here we are again, talking about characters with relentless competence and the characters who love them beyond measure. If you're new here, welcome! We're happy to have you!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. Our next read along is Susan Elizabeth Phillips's Natural Born Charmer. You can get it at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.NotesThe These Summer Storms tour is a wrap, ending with Sarah in conversation with Rebecca Baumann from the Lilly Library at the Mallow Run vineyard. That one movie with Keanu Reeves and a vineyard is called A Walk in the Clouds (1995). You can't grow grapes anywhere, but you can grow them in a lot more places than you'd think. The Nora Roberts book about fossils called Birthright, and here's the manga Dreaming of You. Look at all these editions of Wuthering Heights.The Airmont career series. Here's a recent update on the search for Amelia Earhart's plane from just a few weeks ago. Watch the video of Delta's flight crew uniforms over time. Jen was interviewed by Lauren Sarner from the New York Post for an article about love triangles in pop culture because of the return of The Summer I Turned Pretty. Ranger vs Morelli has been going on for far too long, or maybe it's over?We last...

Heidi spoke with bestselling author Meredith Schorr about her novel RoomMating, Someone Just Like You and so many others. Did you know she is also a paralegal! Her books are known to have sexy, steamy scenes which they were happy to talk about. You'll also hear a little about Heidi's light stalking of another author Susan Elizabeth Phillips and how that turned out. You can get all her books on Amazon and anywhere books are sold. Visit Schorr's website hereEnjoy and don't forget to share, like and subscribe if you haven't already! Thank you for listening!Don't forget to subscribe to our ⁠⁠⁠NEW YouTube channel here⁠⁠⁠ to watch all the videos and to send us a message!Thank you for listening, subscribe if you haven't and rate Someone Had to say it on Apple Podcasts and on Spotify.Enjoy!For more about Julia Bendis, ⁠⁠click here⁠⁠For more about Heidi Shertok, ⁠⁠click here⁠⁠

This week, we're talking about romance's most common family: the dysfunctional one! Sarah wrote a book about one, so we're thinking about what makes them special to romance, and what sets the romantic dysfunctional family apart from the ones that live outside of the genre. Jen has five categories. There's a game involved. You can play along at home! If you love this one, you can listen to our Daddy Issues (not the fun kind) episode with C. Travis Rice. And if you just want to listen to an episode about Daddies (the fun kind), we've got you. Sarah's book, These Summer Storms is out in three weeks and she is going on tour! What's more, there is a real deal Fated Mates LIVE planned for July 8th in St. Louis, MO! Get tickets to any of these events (Jen will be at a bunch of them, and other pod friends will be popping up along the way) at sarahmaclean.net/tour! If you can't make the tour, you can preorder These Summer Storms signed with a special romance dust jacket from The Ripped Bodice. 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.The Books The Filthy Rich Americans series by Nikki Sloan The Uptown Girls Series by Joanna ShupeThe Dukes in Disguise Series by Louisa DarlingAmerican Royalty by Tracey LivesayAlong Came Amor by Alexis Daria One and Only by Jenny HolidayThe Billionaire's Bargain by Naima SimoneLead by Kylie ScottAfter Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. LopezDark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley ColeThe Player by Kresley ColePreferential Treatment by Heather GuerreDarkest Sins and Sweet Prison by Neva AltajThe Dangerous Royals Series by Annika MartinNatural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Hey HBs! Mel and Sabrina are mad and they are recapping IT HAD TO BE YOU by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. This is a doozy! Good news, though, Mel's bringing back the custom intros... so that's fun! Content Warnings: episode includes discussions of sexual assault, including in young childhood, on-page violent rape, statutory rape, rampant misogyny, malicious thinness, kink shaming, slut shaming, fat shaming, Madonna/Whore Complex, racism, and more. Lady Loves: Sabrina: having a group of badass, wonderful friends who will lift you up and remind you how you've advocated for yourself in the past after a terrible experience with a medical doctor. Mel: deciding to never read another SEP book on pod or off. Whatever author shows you that you can't trust them to take care of you as a reader, don't read them anymore! Romancelandia is huge and gorgeous and there's something out there for everyone! Time Stamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - Banter, context, and content warnings 21:38 - Recap starts 02:27:22 - Lady Loves

This episode is devoted to small town romance and why we romance book readers love it so much! I'm joined by the lovely Laney Hatcher to talk about her two new romance book releases that epitomize small town romance, Take It or Leaf It and Fall Me Maybe. We also discuss why we love small town romance and share some of our small town romance book favorites for you to add to your TBR list!To hear even more from Laney, when you join the She Reads Romance Books Book Club, you can gain access to the exclusive, extended video interview to learn why she loves reading and writing romance, the book that hooked her on reading, and more!BOOKS & SERIES MENTIONED:Take it Or Leaf It/Kirby Falls Series by Laney Hatcher: https://amzn.to/3TplJ6fLovelight Farms Series by B.K. Borison: https://amzn.to/3T18mIVWinston Brothers Series: https://amzn.to/3Xhw8TuBootleg Springs Series: https://amzn.to/3XeNy38Drive Me Wild/Bellemy Creek Series: https://amzn.to/4czhADbDance Away With Me by Susan Elizabeth Phillips: https://amzn.to/4cByt07Fall Me Maybe/Cozy Creek Collection by Laney Hatcher: https://amzn.to/3T3cqZj FOLLOW ME! Join My Email List: https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/joinBlog: 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.

Summer is a great time for travel, especially if road trips are your jam. This week, Natalia, Shannon, and Stacy are sharing some fabulous road trip-centered books. Titles mentioned include: Emily Henry, People We Meet On Vacation Alison Cochrun, Here We Go Again Sadie Bosque, A Bargain with the Rake (Necessary Arrangements #3) Beth O'Leary, The Road Trip Jenna Voris, Every Time You Hear That Song Kandi Steiner, On the Way To You Kate Clayborn, The Other Side of Disappearing Sidney Karger, The Bump Tess LeSue, Bound for Sin (Frontiers of the Heart #2) Susan Elizabeth Phillips, First Lady (Wynette, Texas #4) Holly Jackson, Five Survive Jessica Joyce, You, with a View 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: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro

If you've always wanted to hear about a romance that takes place within a traveling circus and features a telepathic tiger, hang onto your trapeze bar: Emma from the Substack Restorative Romance and the Reformed Rakes podcast is here to talk about Susan Elizabeth Phillips' “Kiss an Angel,” a contemporary romance that feels like a historical and features an arranged marriage that leads to circus life. In a highly contentious conversation between rival podcasters, the one thing we can agree on the importance of conflict and character flaws in creating a compelling story.Discussed: Kiss and Angel by Susan Elizabeth PhillipsGuest: Emma, a law librarian and writer at Restorative Romance on Substack, and a member of Reformed Rakes.Substack | Reformed Rakes Website Shelf Love:NEW! Substack for original writing and stuff | Website | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeEmail: Andrea@shelflovepodcast.com

A classic among classics, we're talking enemies to lovers this week! We get to the bottom of what we think of as “enemies,” and how it differs from “rivals-to-lovers” and “friends-to-enemies-to-lovers” and “friends-to-lovers” (jk, we'll never understand friends-to-lovers). We revisit some of our very favorite romances, talk about stakes, about impossible situations, and about how sexy hating someone can be. There are a handful of tickets left for Fated Mates LIVE in Brooklyn, NY, on March 23, at the gorgeous William Vale Hotel! Join us, along with Kate Clayborn, Lauren Billings (one-half of Christina Lauren), Nikki Payne, and a roomful of other romance-obsessed listeners for a night of romance shenanigans at a live taping of Fated Mates! While we're never sure quite how it's going to go, we can guarantee there will be books, booze and bantr…and you'll leave full of joy from all the fun. We've even got The Ripped Bodice on hand to sell books, and the room will be available for hanging with other Firebirds after the live! Preorder Kate's The Other Side of Disappearing three days early (and books from everyone else!) from The Ripped Bodice—links, tickets and more info are at fatedmates.net/live. If you just can't get enough of us, consider joining our Patreon! You get an extra episode of banter every month and access to the Fated Mates discord, full of people who love romance as much as we do. It's pretty great, we have to say. Learn more at patreon.com/fatedmates. Our next read along is Heather Guerre's Preferential Treatment, one of Sarah's favorite romances of 2022. Get it at Amazon, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.Show NotesPandora Ravenel owns a boardgame company, but I don't think she made ouija boards. You should watch Only You (1994), directed by Norman Jewison who also directed Moonstruck! Don't forget how charming Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is, a very different vibe from Ripper Street.Jen thought about Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips when she read an article about the updating of the gorilla enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo. IYKYK, and if you don't, listen to Jen on Learning the Tropes.Sarah said there's only one friends-to-lovers romance she likes. It's Christina Lauren's Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating.

Tune into this episode for some of the best meet-cutes in romance books. These books will have you completely hooked on the characters and love story. I'm sharing my favorite meet-cutes in romance books as well as some reader favorites mentioned in my Facebook group. You don't want to miss them!BOOKS MENTIONEDIn A New York Minute by Kate Spencer: https://amzn.to/48KppURNatural Born Charmer by Susan Elizabeth Phillips: https://amzn.to/4bZ7L2BOne Is A Promise by Pam Godwin: https://amzn.to/48JJo5VThe Bet by Max Monroe: https://amzn.to/3TeNI7MThe Real by Kate Stewart: https://amzn.to/3PaYD14My Oxford Year by Julia Wheelan: https://amzn.to/3TpGq2bThis Time Next Year by Sophie Cousens: https://amzn.to/49PCuh6Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover: https://amzn.to/3wNQv04All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover: https://amzn.to/3Tq3o9qLINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEJoin the 2024 Romance Book Reading Challenge: https://www.shereadsromancebooks.com/reading-challenge-2024/Write Your Own Romance Fill-In-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, 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/ 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.

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John Charles in conversation with Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Jenn McKinlay

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2/12/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: school receivership & more. Amilcar Shabazz w/ Black Business Assoc Amherst Chair Pat Ononibaku & White Lion Brewing's Ray Berry. Prison Radio's Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia Abu-Jamal. Megan Zinn with romance writer Susan Elizabeth Phillips: "Simply the Best".

2/12/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: school receivership & more. Amilcar Shabazz w/ Black Business Assoc Amherst Chair Pat Ononibaku & White Lion Brewing's Ray Berry. Prison Radio's Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia Abu-Jamal. Megan Zinn with romance writer Susan Elizabeth Phillips: "Simply the Best".

2/12/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: school receivership & more. Amilcar Shabazz w/ Black Business Assoc Amherst Chair Pat Ononibaku & White Lion Brewing's Ray Berry. Prison Radio's Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia Abu-Jamal. Megan Zinn with romance writer Susan Elizabeth Phillips: "Simply the Best".

2/12/24: Holyoke Mayor Joshua Garcia: school receivership & more. Amilcar Shabazz w/ Black Business Assoc Amherst Chair Pat Ononibaku & White Lion Brewing's Ray Berry. Prison Radio's Noelle Hanrahan on Mumia Abu-Jamal. Megan Zinn with romance writer Susan Elizabeth Phillips: "Simply the Best".

Content warning: Discussion on the use of rape fantasies in early romance books.We're so happy to have gotten the chance to sit down with romance author extraordinaire, Susan Elizabeth Phillips! Tune in for an interview full of laughs, knowledge, and Jackie even saying "yes ma'am" on more than one occasion. Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org! Susan Elizabeth Phillips websiteTour info! Titles:The Copeland BrideJust ImagineFancy PantsSimply the BestGlitter BabyNatural Born CharmerWhen Stars CollideHappiness for Beginners by Katherine CenterFlame and the Flower by Kathleen WoodiwissFlowers in the Storm by Laura Kinsale (sp. The Fabio Cover)Lorelei JamesMariana ZapataSarah J Maas interview with Jenna Bush Hager on the Today Show (Youtube)"The Mortal Queen of Faerie Smut" (VanArendonck, 2024)

Tons of great books are coming out in February, so the women of Book Bistro are here to tell you what they're looking forward to. Join Amber, Sara, Shannon, Georgina, Stacy, Melissa, Brooke, and Natalia to find out what they can't wait to read. Titles mentioned include: The Authors Guild, Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel Ruby Barrett, The Friendship Study Rae Giana Rashad, The Blueprint Tessa Bailey, Fangirl Down (Big Shots #1) Kristin Hannah, The Women Tia Williams, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde Edward Underhill, This Day Changes Everything Marissa Meyer & Chuck Gonzales, With a Little Luck (Fortuna Beach #2) Yangsze Choo, The Fox Wife Charlotte Stein, When Grumpy Met Sunshine Anita Kelly, How You Get the Girl Nikki Payne, Sex, Lies and Sensibility Kristina Forest, The Partner Plot Freida McFadden, The Teacher Kristen Ciccarelli, Heartless Hunter (Crimson Moth #1) Samantha Young, Through the Glenn (The Highlands #3) Katherine Arden, The Warm Hands of Ghosts Olivia Dade, At First Spite (Harlot's Bay #1) Nia Davenport, Out of Body Jonathan Kellerman, The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware #39) Cara Bastone, Ready Or Not Tracy Brown, Brooklyn Hafsah Faizal, A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea #1) Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Simply the Best (Chicago Stars #10) 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: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/book-bistro

Hear from our LibraryReads winners! We are thrilled to share that Gareth Brown's THE BOOK OF DOORS has been selected for the February LibraryReads list! We also are thrilled to announce that Olivia Dade's AT FIRST SPITE, Susan Elizabeth Phillips' SIMPLY THE BEST, Kate Quinn and Janie Chang's THE PHOENIX CROWN, and Tessa Bailey's FANGIRL DOWN have made the Hall of Fame! Congratulations to all! Find show notes on librarylovefest.com We also have a phone number! Call 212-207-7773 and leave us a message! You can find us on Facebook and Twitter @librarylovefest or on TikTok and Instagram @harperlibrary.

Folx, it's a rough review this week. We wanted to cover something that people are in denial about. We settled upon Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. We've read amazing novels from this author, however, this was not one of them. If you wanted to hear us lose our minds for an hour, this is the episode for you. Also discussed: the wonders of Reddit, how the 90s held different standards of human behavior, and what a swinging dildo actually does. Tattoo Numbing Cream Up Next: The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson What We're Reading: Wanting Alex: An MFM Cowboy Romance by Danielle Hart Snowed in with a Dragon by Sara Ivy Hill 100 Lifetimes of Us by Maggie Gates What We're Listening To: Rifftrax Christmas  SHOW INFORMATION:  Follow us on Spotify! Website: www.chicklitbookclubpodcast.com Merch: https://chicklitbookclubpodcast.threadless.com/ Instagram and Threads: ChickLitBookClubPodcast TikTok: ChickLitBookClub Pinterest: ChickLitBookClubPodcast BlueSky:@clbcpodcast.bsky.social Youtube: @ChickLitBookClub Email: chicklitbookclubpodcast@gmail.com

WAPL librarians Desirae and Katie talk about their favorite love stories. They chat about sports themed romance, as well as other novels they recommend. Plus, they talk about fanfiction and romance tropes they love and hate. Titles and series discussed in this episode include: The Hellions Angles series by Lia Riley; the Playbook series by Alexa Martin; the Chicago Stars series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips; the Spoiler Alert series by Olivia Dade; the Hundred Oaks series by Miranda Kenneally; If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy; One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London; And They Lived by Steven Salvatore; and the Beast of Beswick by Amalie Howard. Also mentioned: The After Series by Anna Todd and Disney Twisted Tales Check out books and movies at countycat.mcfls.org, wplc.overdrive.com and hoopladigital.com. For more about WAPL, visit westallislibrary.org. Music: Tim Moor via Pixabay

Lady Emma has two weeks in American to lose her reputation and not be forced to marry the dastardly duke.  Kenny has to drive her around Texas to get back in the good graces of the PGA Tour so he can play pro golf again.  Why yes, this does seem radically mismatched stakes!  It's Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips!  This is one of those wild Susan Elizabeth Phillips joints, so all of the content you should be aware of is simultaneously 100% for real and also 100% ridiculous - everybody in this is incredibly over the top.  The two that feel actively distressing is a major deception by the hero and this whole "blackmailed into marriage" business; on the "less realistically portrayed" side you've got a well-intentioned roofie-ing, a woman struggling with infertility who is cured by a big dick, emus in peril, a SEP-trademark parking lot throwdown, some family trauma drama, and a state fair baby race gone bad.   If you like this one, check out our previous Susan Elizabeth Phillips episode about a book that shares some characters with this one, Fancy Pants!  Until I went looking for that link I forgot that Eva Peron fat-shames somebody in that one! That's wild!

One of the wildest romances we've ever read. A telepathic tiger, exploding cigarettes, and a brooding circus whip-master named Alex... it's Susan Elizabeth Phillips' Kiss an Angel!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!

This week, Shannon, Brooke, and Natalia are recommending books with puns in their titles. Books mentioned include: Angela M. Sanders, Bait and Witch (Witch Way Library Mysteries #1) Pintip Dunn, Dating Makes Perfect Victoria Laurie, What's a Ghoul To Do (Ghost Hunter Mysteries #1) Yasmine Galenorn, Scent To Her Grave (Bath and Body Mysteries #1) Tiffany Jenkins, High Achiever: The Incredible True Story of One Addict's Double Life Julie Kenner, Carpe Demon (Demon Hunting Soccer Mom #1) Kwana Jackson, Knot Again (Real Men Knit #2) Christina Lauren, Autoboyography Karma Brown, Recipe for a Perfect Wife Amanda Foody, Ace of Shades (The Shadow Game #1) Isla Frost, Dragons Are a Girl's Best Friend (Fangs and Feathers #1) Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Match Me If You Can (Chicago Stars #6) 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

When two superstars collide...a romance between a quarterback and an opera singer. 

Esta es una muestra de "Una chica a la moda (Golfistas 1)". La versión completa tiene una duración total de 21 h 21 min. Encuentra este audiolibro completo en https://bit.ly/3J6PIcFNarrado por: Ana RagasolCuando Dallas Beaudine encuentra a Francesca Day, ella está arruinada, furiosa y cojeando por una carretera remota con un vestido de época de dama sureña. La situación no hace sino empeorar para esta improbable pareja de amantes. Él es un tejano realmente atractivo, de carácter relajado. Ella, una belleza inglesa malcriada que ha tocado fondo. ¿Quién podría haber predicho que se convertirían en dos de los personajes más famosos de la novela romántica contemporánea? © 2022, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S. A. U.#penguinaudio #audiolibro #audiolibros #Elizabeth Phillips #SusanElizabeth Phillips See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's a Very Special Episode™️ of Fated Mates today, celebrating the rerelease of Sarah's first book, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake! We talk about the book that started Sarah's romance career, about why it still resonates, about new covers during a pandemic, and yes…we get to the bottom of the age old question: Will Benedick Ever Get a Book?You can buy the new Nine Rules at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop, and get signed copies at WORD. This episode is sponsored by Adriana Herrera, author of The Duke Makes Me Feel and The Romancelandia Shop.Our read along next week is Diana Quincy's Her Night With the Duke, which was on our Best of 2020 year-end list! Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo, or at your local bookstore. You can also get it in audio from Chirp Books!Show NotesThis tweet about Car Talk made Jen laugh. It really was the greatest NPR show of all time, and since they are no dummies, they have in fact made it into a podcast.Buy the books with stepbacks now, because we aren't sure how long they are going to last. Lots of folks participate in #StepbackSaturday on Twitter and Instagram to share their favorites. Sarah's agent at the time was Alyssa Eisner-Henkin, who is still a great YA and children's agent!Sarah's editor is still Carrie Feron, who has edited romance for her entire career. Authors she has edited include Lisa Kleypas, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Sally Thorne, Jude Deveraux, Elizabeth Lowell and Eloisa James. The name of the documentary about romance is called Love Beneath the Covers (2016), which is a fascinating look at the romance genre. Where's My Hero is a romance anthology that featured some of the good guys, and it's available in eBook and print.

Our Trailblazer episodes continue this week with Jayne Ann Krentz, who has done it all: writing for Vivian Stephens, writing historicals, writing contemporaries, writing space-set, fantasy, and paranormal romance, writing nonfiction about romance. In addition to managing life as JAK, Amanda Quick, Stephanie James and more, she's also a legend of the genre because of her vocal resistance to the way society, literature and academia talks about romance novels. In this episode, we talk about her journey and the way she continually reinvented herself to keep writing, about the importance of writers' core stories, about genre and myth making, and about the role of romance in the world. We could not be more grateful to Jayne Ann Krentz for making time for Fated Mates. Next week, our first read-along of the year will be Lisa Valdez's Passion, an erotic historical published in 2005 that is W-I-L-D. There is a lot of biblical stuff at the world's fair. Also some truly bananas stuff that…sticks with you. Get it 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 NotesWelcome Jayne Ann Krentz, she has had lot of pen names, including Jayne Taylor, Jayne Bentley, Stephanie James and Amanda Glass. Now she publishes under 3 names: Jayne Ann Krenz (contemporary), Jayne Castle (speculative fiction romance), and Amanda Quick (historical). She has said, “I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books.”We read Ravished for the podcast in 2021, or three decades ago. You know how it goes in these pandemic times.People mentioned by Jayne: editor Vivian Stephens, author Barbara Delinksy, author Amii Loren, agent Steve Axelrod publishing executive Irwyn Applebaum, author Susan Elizabeth Phillips, author Kristin Hannah, author Debbie Macomber, author Christina Dodd, author Rachel Grant, author Darcy Burke, editor Leslie Gelbman, editor Cindy Wong, editor Patricia Reynolds Smith.

Vibe Check Gwen is BOOSTED! And she is glad she has planned for Thanksgiving in advance. Danielle is working through THE ACCIDENTAL PINUP's pass pages and book 2 revisions, and had an awesome chat with Denise Williams on the 11/19 episode of the Boozy Book Broads. Gwen is thankful for her move across the country, meeting silly dogs and pets in her neighborhood, and feel-good TV like Ted Lasso and Rick & Morty. Danielle is thankful for the health of her family, her dream coming true of becoming an author, her pandemic hobby (watercolor painting), Harlequin Desire romance novels (we chatted with Naima Simone and Reese Ryan on the pod), and Ted Lasso.  * Main Discussion Thank you to EVERYONE who sent in questions! Best New-to-You Author D: Edie Cay, Kaia Alderson, Bolu Babalola G: Abby Collette, Olivia Dade, Preslaysa Williams Holiday Book Recs D: YA-Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant, Cookbook-Simply Julia by Julia Turshen, Historical-The Kat Holloway Mystery series by Jennifer Ashley or Bombshell by Sarah MacLean, Mystery/Suspense: The Final Hour series by Juno Rushdan G: YA-a nice omnibus of a beloved YA classic series like The Hunger Games, Narnia, or Percy Jackson, Historical-anything by Lauren Willig, Mystery/Suspense: David Baldacci Favorite thing about the podcast G: having a creative outlet and building on our friendship D: working with Gwen! And doing deep dives. Holiday Shopping in 2021 D: we can actually go to stores, paring down on spending, and buying local as much as possible G: more online shopping for me, and trying to be thoughtful about gifts Movies We Are Looking Forward To G: King Richard and Tick, Tick... Boom! D: House of Gucci, Spider Man: No Way Home, The Hating Game, Downton Abbey: A New Era Favorite holiday food and Tradition D: Food-corn pudding. Tradition-Thanksgiving is the holiday we don't go anywhwere! G: Food-chunky mashed postates. Tradition-watching the dog show and the Macy's parade EBook Organization G: Impossible. Although I do love folders, but I can't ever find what I'm looking for again D: I don't! It's chaos!!! Guests on the Pod D: dream guests-Beverly Jenkins, Brenda Jackson, Susan Elizabeth Phillips. We've been so lucky in our guests who have been so generous with their time, like Alyssa Cole, Talia Hibbert, Naima Simone, and Lauren Willig (and seriously, everyone else). G: we'd love to interview industry professionals-editors, agents, cover designers, screenwriters, actors, more film & tv critics, etc. * Goals/Comfort & Joy Danielle watched a TON of TV (Succession, Dickinson, Call the Midwife, Only Murders in the Building, Howards End, Ted Lasso, Queen Sugar – goal achieved! This week she would like to finalize her holiday shopping lists. Gwen started journaling daily because Danielle sent her a one line a day journal! Her new goal is to sleep 7-8 hours a night, and trying to go to bed by 10pm. Danielle's Comfort: Harlequin Holiday Romance Novels! Moonlight, Menorahs, and Mistletoe by Wendy Warren, Christmas at the Chateau by Rochelle Alers, What He Wants for Christmas by Brenda Jackson, Christmas Miracle in Jamaica by Ann McIntosh and breakup albums (Adele's 30, Taylor's Red, and Kacey Musgrave's Star-Crossed) Gwen's Comfort: Cowboy Bebop, both the original anime and the new live action show. * EMAIL US! Thoughts or questions? Email us at danielle@freshfiction.com. * Find us on the Socials! Gwen Reyes Twitter Facebook Instagram Danielle Jackson Twitter Instagram Fresh Fiction Twitter Facebook Instagram EventBrite

Today we're joined by Farrah Rochon, author of The Dating Playbook, to talk sports romances! We talked sports way back in season 1 (links below), but this is one of those tropes we're always happy to dig into! We get to the bottom of Farrah's love of football, we talk about competence porn and the human body as a superior tool, and we recommend a LOT of B O O K S! Don't miss Fated Mates LIVE! to celebrate the release of Sarah's next book, BOMBSHELL! Join us and some of our very favorite people on August 24th! Tickets are a copy of the book, and available at five participating romance friendly bookstores. Get them here! NEXT WEEK IS BOMBSHELL WEEK! Get it at Amazon, Apple Books, B&N, Kobo, or Bookshop.org, or at one of the participating romance-friendly bookstores hosting the Fated Mates Live/Virtual Bombshell Launch! Orders will come with a Fated Mates Sticker! 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 NotesWelcome Farrah Rochon! Her newest book, The Dating Playbook just came out yesterday. She has another football series, the New York Sabres.The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing begin on February 4th, 2022. Here's an explainer for dressage, an Olympic equestrian event. The horse at the club dressage video on twitter, Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart watching the same video.The 1984 category romance about a woman competing in Equestrian events at the Olympics was originally called Summer Games and later changed to Remember Summer (which is available as an eBook), and it was by Elizabeth Lowell not Iris Johansen.How the horses travel to Tokyo, how the ice is made, and other articles about new sports at this year's Olympics. All about Rune, the Danish Destroyer. In season one, we did a fake engagement interstitial, but it's a very popular trope in 2021. Texas football culture is legendary, just look at some Texas high school football stadiums, including the one in Katy. If you're ever in Katy, we highly recommend a trip to Katy Budget Books.You might be interested in this article with statistics breaking down the average age of professional athletes by sport, and this list of oldest professional athletes by sport. The question of which Olympics sports have the oldest and youngest athletes is always a fascinating one. This year, the youngest athletes were 12: Syrian tennis table player Hend Zaza and Japanese skateboarder Kokona Hiraki. The oldest athlete is Australian equestrian Mary Hanna, who is 66.We interviewed Susan Elizabeth Phillips and also did a deep dive on the third book in the Chicago Stars series, Nobody's Baby But Mine. Pitch was a Fox show that was cancelled before its time. It turns out there are two real life ex-NFL players, Brian Orakpo and Michale Griffin who opened Gigi's Cupcake shop in Texas. So just read this article over and over again until we get all the deets on Jamie Wesley's forthcoming series.

On today's episode... Danielle traveled and hung out with a bunch of kids! Gwen survived the Seattle heatwave and didn't murder her husband in the process! Host Check-in! Gwen has had an eventful 2021 so far, including moving across the country, bringing back the FF podcast, finding her perfect Costco in her new city, and starting a new event planning job. Danielle has a pub date for her debut novel (but she can't share it just yet). Get ready for Summer 2022! What we've been READING Danielle: Bombshell by Sarah MacLean (August 24), The Dating Playbook by Farrah Rochon (August 17); Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson (August 3), The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood (September 14), and slowly reading Emma by Jane Austen and will follow it up with Northanger Abbey. (PS: Danielle is moderating a virtual panel on Friday August 6 with Alexis Daria, Melonie Johnson, Sarah MacLean, Scarlett Peckham, and Farrah Rochon, all about BFFs in Romance) Gwen: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, The Checklist by Addie Woolridge, and I just started To Sir, With Love by Lauren Layne (You've Got Mail reimagining!) What we've been WATCHING Gwen: Below Deck Med and Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo) are back, baby! Kevin Can F Himself (AMC+), This is Pop (Netflix), Top Chef Portland season finale (Bravo), The Hustler (ABC), Starstruck (HBO Max), Hacks (HBO), Woolfgang (Disney+) Danielle: The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu), Much Ado About Nothing (Amazon Prime), Shadow and Bone (per Gwen's rec! On Netflix), In the Heights (HBO Max), We are Lady Parts (Peacock TV) PS: Look at all the pretty people in Much Ado About Nothing! What else we've been CONSUMING Danielle: Podcast: Unladylike. All the Trader Joe's snacks, specifically the Giant Peruvian Inca Corn Snacks and Philly Cheesesteak Bao Buns. Gwen: Podcast: I Am All In with Scott Patterson. Carrie Underwood's Calia brand athleisure. Millionaire Cheesecakes and Lemon curd Cheesecakes from Costco. Ellenos Yogurt (Whole Foods and other specialty shops nationwide)   More Summer Fun! Gwen wants to see more friends and has some upcomiong visitors that will be very exciting! She and her husband are also trying to explore Western Washington more, and went to Mt. Rainier recently. She really wants to go to Forks, WA, and Danielle wholeheartedly supports this, even though neither of them got into Twilight AT ALL. Danielle is taking a family trip to a smalltown in Michigan to live that lake life. Also, she had brunch with friends recently and now wants to do that more (safely and within reason). * Recs from Marissa and Roseann Check out LSA's surprise boxes and their YouTube channel! Roseann loved the virtual event they hosted with Beverly Jenkins and Marissa has enjoyed the Boozy Book Broads, including Rosie Danan, Diana Biller, and Jackie Lau All the recs from our rapid fire section! Comfort Reads: Anything Beverly Jenkins, Anything Barbara Delinksey, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Born in Fire by Nora Roberts. Books we think should be adapted for TV/Film: The Worst Best Man  by Mia Sosa, Modern Love Series by Alisha Rai, Jemima J by Jane Green, You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria. Dream Author Guests for store events or the podcast: Beverly Jenkins (in person!), Alyssa Cole, Suzanne Brockmann, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Nora Roberts Marissa is loving the warmer weather, Frappucinos, Skinny Pop Popcorn, and her dogs. Roseann is finding joy in warmer weather and getting outside more. Follow LSA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, shop their online store, sign up for their newsletter, and check out their Patreon! Also, head to their website for the latest info on events, store hours, and everything else: https://lovessweetarrow.com/ **After this interview was recorded in the springtime, Love's Sweet Arrow and the Boozy Book Broads have put together a NEW Summer Sultry Box with handpicked items by the BBBs, LSA, and a special Novelly Yours Candle called Boozy Books on the Beach!** Goals/Comfort & Joy Gwen did not start un-crossing her legs while working, but it's a work in progress. Gwen's new goal is to find GP/doctors for her and her husband in WA and a vet/groomer for their dog. This week, she has found joy in having her brother and his partner visit soon! Danielle successfully traveled across the country and didn't spiral (too much). Danielle's new goal is to survive family vacation! And this week, she wants to give a special shout out to Novelly Yours Candles. Some of her faves: Book Club, Tarot Reading, Rose All Day, Thriller, and The Muse.   Follow Up: The Worst Best Man [DD1]

We are so excited to have absolute romance legend Susan Elizabeth Phillips with us to discuss every fangirly question we had for her! We talked about her new book, When Stars Collide, the latest in the Chicago Stars series, about her role in inventing the sports romance, about the opera and the way she thinks about her career after a few decades of writing. We had the BEST time. 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 NotesWelcome Susan Elizabeth Phillips! We talked about an earlier book in the Chicago Stars series, Nobody's Baby But Mine in season two. Speaking of amazing stories about opera singers, last week, an opera singer in Pennsylvania gave birth in the car while her husband was driving. As it turns out, the Opera in Verona is a pretty big deal! If you're ever in Chicago, go to The Lyric Opera and then let Jen know because she wants someone to go with her. The Chicago Children's Choir is amazing, too and they often collaborate with the CSO and Lyric Opera.All you need to know about the totally awesome Chicago Flag, and why it's better than most city flags. The Dangerous Men, Adventurous Women anthology, which explored the genre from the perspective of romance authors instead of academics, was published in 1992.Jen was on Learning the Tropes to talk about Kiss an Angel if you want to hear more about it. There are really cool things and really bad things about the Chicago River. You can preorder signed copies of Bombshell from Word Bookstore in Brooklyn.

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.

Vibe Check This week, Gwen is feeling good about moving around more throughout the day and getting settled in her new city! Danielle has been reading a TON lately. She's working her way through the Y: The Last Man graphic novel series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, and she read a magical Ethiopian Jane Eyre retelling (yes, you read that right) called Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood (Sorry, it doesn't come out until November, but you should totally preorder it!). INDULGENCES When D thinks of indulgences in pop culture she thinks of shows in the early Aughts, like Gossip Girl and Revenge. Also, the Harlequin Desire line of category romances, which are described as being about the “American elite.” Back in the Texan's Bed by Naima Simione and Waking Up Married by Reese Ryan (future podcast guest!) are two recent releases she enjoyed. Of course, watching any of the Real Housewives franchises or even the Kardashians—but it's interesting when the people on these shows are “messy” like everyone else, and watching them mess up is very entertaining. Gwen really loved the English translation and Netflix adaptation of 365 Days by Blanka Lipinska! Also, she enjoys aspirational life-style reality TV like Million Dollar Listing, Selling Sunset, and The Big Day. Also, remember how sumptuous and vibrant old technicolor moves were? Like Sunset Boulevard and Imitation of Life. What do our indulgences say about us? You tell us! Gwen: Taking a long shower, putting on lotion, and getting in fresh sheets, Midnight Cookie runs, Rachel's Ginger Beer, Seattle donuts, and Omakase sushi menus Danielle: Ipsy subscription, ordering lunch at least once a week, Starbucks at least once a week (under normal circumstances, it's definitely more than that), ALL the streaming services, and buying books! Recent buys: Why She Wrote by the Bonnets at Dawn hosts, Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce, and a Kindle Oasis Recs from Angelina! Looking for great sex scenes in romance? Look to early Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Theresa Medeiros, Laura Kinsale, Sierra Simone Angelina, Danielle, and Melonie Johnson host the Boozy Book Broads chat every 3rd Friday of the Month on Love's Sweet Arrow's YouTube channel. Some of her favorite chats have been with Rosie Danan, Diana Biller, and Naima Simone. Coming soon: a new series by Angelina with Carina Press about 3 Mexican American sisters set in a small-town Kansas bar. Check out http://www.angelinamlopez.com/ for her blog, short stories, and much more! You can follow her on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter. You can read her books: LUSH MONEY, HATE CRUSH, and SERVING SIN (our pals at Love's Sweet Arrow have SIGNED copies of all of Angelina's books right now!!)   Goals/Comfort & Joy  Gwen has been unpacking like crazy and is so close to getting everything done in her new place that she is going to carry this one over for another couple of weeks! Danielle has been working on her patience and that has been helped by some much-needed distance—plus she is planning on taking a trip to see family soon! This week, Danielle wants to stop drinking coffee and see what happens. Wish her luck! Gwen's new couch, the Lovesac Sactional, is bringing her immense joy! Danielle has simplified her skincare routine and loves the Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant.

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