Trope Talk: Amnesia with Olivia Waite
Meg and Laine are joined by Olivia Waite to discuss the use of amnesia in romance.
Mar 16, 2025•52 min
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Worldly and Temporal Things: For My Lady's Heart
Meg and Alex are joined by Olivia Waite to discuss For My Lady's Heart, and all I could think of was "a little sincerity is a dangerous thing, a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 12 min
The Devil's Charm by Megan Frampton
Don't you miss the days before museums had things like security or glass cases?
Feb 28, 2025•19 min
The Merchant Match by Jenna Bigelow
This is now a Roman Empire/Republic romance fan account.
Feb 27, 2025•28 min
Worldly and Temporal Things: Lessons in French
Meg and Alex are joined by Adriana Herrera to discuss Laura Kinsale's most conventional book. (That is not a diss.)
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr
Losing Sight by Tati Richardson
We ADORED this book and it managed to be fun while dealing with some serious topics.
Feb 20, 2025•27 min
Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis
This book is adorable and so much fun to read and I really enjoyed the balance of romance and world building and I wanted it to be smut and it wasn't. If you go in knowing what to expect it's a romp.
Feb 19, 2025•25 min
Enemy of My Dreams by Jenny Williamson
We were both so charmed by the road trip romance between a brutal Visigoth and a Roman princess. We were not charmed by the asshole king letting his people starve, oh wait, it was the same dude.
Feb 11, 2025•33 min
Worldly and Temporal Things: The Prince of Midnight
Alix E. Harrow joins Meg and Alex to discuss The Prince of Midnight, by Laura Kinsale, a book that is both bonkers and heartbreaking.
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 3 min
A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera
The concept of this series is very cool, and this book is very effective, but it was also hard to read at this moment in time.
Feb 05, 2025•33 min
The Arrangement by Mary Balogh
Do I get what is objectively good about Mary Balogh's writing? Yes. Is a low-stakes, low-conflict, low-steam story what I need right now? Not really.
Feb 01, 2025•29 min
My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
Loretta is BACK. Is this the marriage in crisis as we expected? No. But once you set aside the expectation that something horrible is about to happen this book is a FANTASTIC brother's best friend romance.
Jan 28, 2025•32 min
Worldly and Temporal Things: The Shadow and the Star
Meg and Alex resume their read of all Laura Kinsale's books. Today they are joined by Angelina M. Lopez to discuss the Shadow and the Star.
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti
This book is exactly what we expect from this series, rompy and very very sexy. Please give me a book about Jasper, I am such a sucker for a real spy.
Jan 22, 2025•21 min
As You Desire by Connie Brockway
We read this because we will read pretty much anything set in Egypt. There were parts that were really fun, but you can really tell it was written in 1997.
Jan 17, 2025•33 min
Freed by the Marquess by Stevie Sparks
We were both a bit scared of this book and were pleasantly surprised, but were left wondering who the target audience was. Also, we now return to our regular posting schedule.
Jan 14, 2025•31 min
Scandalous Lord Dere by Stephanie Laurens
Stephanie Laurens NYE novella? Sign us up for the batshittery.
Jan 14, 2025•24 min
Worldly and Temporal Things: The Hidden Heart
Meg and Alex are joined by Charis Michaels to discuss Laura Kinsale's first book. If I learned anything from editing this episode, you should definitely listen to the audio book.
Jan 10, 2025•1 hr 6 min
The Silly Season by D.P. Clarence
This is the perfect Christmas novella to end our season with. Yes, I know it's January 9th.
Jan 09, 2025•18 min
His Mistletoe Wager by Virginia Heath
Everything about this book charmed us, even the things that shouldn't have. It's a Christmas miracle!
Jan 08, 2025•25 min
When the Lord Adored Me by Lydia Lloyd
A sex cabin 12 days of Christmas book? Well ok, if we must, we must.
Jan 06, 2025•19 min
A Halifax Holiday by Alexandra Vasti
The Halifaxes are all home for the holidays, and it's exactly what you expect (that is a good thing).
Dec 29, 2024•20 min
No Ordinary Duchess by Elizabeth Hoyt
Elizabeth Hoyt is back, baby!
Dec 28, 2024•24 min
His Christmas Rose by Jane Maguire
This is super Christmasy and super sexy but we do have to hate on the heroine at the beginning of the book. She improves very much over the course of the story! And Christmas!
Dec 17, 2024•26 min
A Waltz with Isabelle by Nina Jarrett
It's really fun to see the convention of introductions in the regency taken to a rom-com extreme. We liked it, even if the ties to Christmas feel tenuous.
Dec 17, 2024•19 min
A Jingle Bell Mingle by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
The end of the Christmas Notch series returns with plenty of Christmas cheer and gingerbread lube.
Dec 09, 2024•31 min
Mrs. Milner Gets a Kitchen by Jane Hadley
This sexy newsletter novella was the perfect transition from fall to Christmas aka Thanksgiving.
Dec 05, 2024•34 min
The Proposal by Mary Balogh
We both like low-stress couples, but this book took it to an extreme. It had its moments, but we needed more.
Nov 26, 2024•33 min
Duchess Material by Emily Sullivan
Sometimes what you need is a well written and sexy good time.
Nov 26, 2024•26 min
The Miss Without a Mister by Katherine Grant
Katherine Grant continues to tackle themes we're not used to seeing in Romance. While this book achieves what we think it set out to do, it was also authentically a series of awkward conversations and events between burgeoning adults and an honest look at society's ills.
Nov 22, 2024•21 min
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