Episode Details

We know you’re getting excited for No Rest for the Wicked, but before we talk about vampires and Valkyries, let’s talk about escort romances!

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

The Rest

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