Podcast Episodes

A Rogue By Any Other Name

Season 8 Episode 48

It’s the end of Season 8 (what! how!), and we usually celebrate the end of the season with a read along of Sarah’s new book, but since there is no ne…

13 hours ago

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Long Live Historicals, Volume II

Season 8 Episode 47

We are once again celebrating a wide swath of historical romances that are recently published and by authors we’ve not talked much about on the podca…

1 week ago

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Romance Tattoo

Season 8 Episode 46

We’re talking tattoos and body art this week! You might not have a tattoo, but odds are you’ve read a few thousand of them, as romance novels love a …

2 weeks ago

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Photographers in Romance

Season 8 Episode 45

Why is photography so hot? We’re tackling this question this week, talking about why romance novels featuring photographers work so well and push so …

3 weeks ago

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RERUN: Roy Kent Redux

Season 8 Episode 44

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Judith McNaught's Perfect: Content Warning, the 90's

Season 8 Episode 44

We’ve been talking about the end (almost end) of this one since we started the podcast, so it seemed high time we did a deep dive on it! Judith McNau…

4 weeks ago

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RERUN: The Ted Lasso Episode: Is Roy Kent a Romance Hero?

Season 8 Episode 44

Just revisiting an old fav as we approach season four of Ted Lasso.

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1 month ago

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Romance with Magical Elements

Season 8 Episode 43

The last few years have brought a wave of romances with magical elements—not really paranormal, not really witches, not really contemporary — books w…

1 month ago

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Romance Reasons Meet Thriller Reasons with Anders de la Motte

Season 8 Episode 42

Once upon a time, Sarah went to Sweden and met a thriller writer who likes talking about the rules of writing in genre as much as we do. We’re so exc…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Country House Parties

Season 8 Episode 41

It’s summer, so we’re talking Country House Parties! We’re skulking around, having scandalous meetings in cupboards, getting caught in the rain near …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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