Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE by Tia Williams. Eva and Shane are two authors doing the absolute most, writing each other into their books for the over a decade since they spent a week together in June in high school. This book is absolutely dramatic and absolutely one of the most romantic contemporaries we've read. We adored this book and we also got pretty silly with it. Enjoy the show! TW: self-harm, parental neglect, physical violence, sexual assault of a minor (off pa...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re introducing a brand new series here on the podcast: Watch Alongs! Every other week we'll discuss one episode of a romance TV show until we finish the season, and we're starting with BRIDGERTON, Season 1! So jump into the first episode of Simon and Daphne's love story with us, where we fawn over Daphne's horns, defend Anthony's feral energy, and introduce you to our new merch! S1 E2 ; E3 ; E4 ; E5 ; E6 ; E7 ; E8 S2 S3: Part 1 , Part 2 Brazen banter: Prince Harry's memoir! M...
Jan 24, 2023•43 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over listener suggestion ISN'T IT BROMANTIC? by Lyssa Kay Adams. We've got a modern day, friends to lovers, marriage of convenience, sports romance starring cinnamon roll hero and IBS king, Vlad, and hard-hitting reporter, only-wears-one-sweater heroine, Elena. It's the fourth book in the Bromance Book Club series and it's filled with pro-cheese propaganda and a bonkers ending that actually makes sense! Enjoy the show! Brazen banter: Friendship bracelets! Down with ...
Jan 17, 2023•55 min
Hey pals! We're welcoming in the new year with one of the most iconic historical romances of all time, LORD OF SCOUNDRELS by Loretta Chase. And we're super excited to welcome Jessen and Juliette from the Smart Women Read Romance podcast, fellow family podcasters and Twilight fans. Our hero, Dain, is the ultimate bad boy with a gooey center--and he looks like Adam Driver to boot! Our heroine Jessica Trent is the ultimate badass who isn't afraid to shoot a man who's wronged her. This book is so go...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Hi folks and Happy New Year! We're on a break this week, so enjoy this rerelease of part 1 of our chat on THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang. We'll see you next week with a new episode! Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang. Stella is an autistic econometrician who hires sex worker Michael to give her sex lessons. Things quickly head down the fake dating route and suddenly these two dummies are falling for each other (oh, who could have seen that coming?!). This book ...
Jan 03, 2023•1 hr 16 min
Happy holidays, comrades! We're on a break for the end of the year, so here's a rerelease of our most popular episode so far, written by the woman who outsold the Bible this year. Enjoy this relisten and we'll see you in the new year. Hey pals! Today, we put our serotonin levels in the hands of contemporary queen Colleen Hoover with listener suggestion UGLY LOVE. Meet Miles, a broody airplane pilot who desperately needs therapy, and Tate, a nurse with a love of OJ and a refusal to take no for an...
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 57 min
Happy holidays, pals! Welcome to our last book of the year, A HOLLY JOLLY DIWALI by Sonya Lalli. Our heroine Niki has a lot of generational trauma and a (possible too much?) horny imagination. Niki bops around the world, briefly loses her mind and considers moving to a whole new country for a man she's known for two weeks, and gets a grand gesture just in time for Christmas. As of the release of this episode, the HarperCollins workers are still striking. Please support them any way you can. They...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Hey pals! Today, we're joined by Aaron and Bree from The Categorically Romance Podcast to swoon over this delicious treat of a category romance, SANTA, BABY by Lisa Renee Jones! We cackle our way through this book that is wildly hot and wildly bonkers. It features Caron, a bookstore owner/good girl™, and Baxter, the CEO of fictional Starbucks. There's also not one but two FBI agents, some white collar crime, a magical Marilyn Monroe wig, and, sadly, absolutely no kidnapping. Enjoy the show! WRIO...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 15 min
We have *limited edition* holiday merch up in our store, including ugly Christmas sweater designs, Hanukkah puns, and winter gags! It's only available for the month of December. Today, we’re kicking off our holiday episodes with SEASON OF LOVE by Helena Greer, a sapphic, Jewish, Hallmark Christmas movie of a romance that ticked all the boxes we didn't even know we had. Miriam and Noelle spend the book working to save the Christmas tree farm Miriam's great aunt and Noelle's mentor, Cass, left the...
Dec 06, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Hey pals! Today, we're celebrating the end of our journey through the Twilight Saga with part 2 of BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer. Edward and Bella finally have to face the biggest villain of all: Jacob Black, who wants to marry their infant daughter. Just kidding (kinda). They're gathering all their friends for a final face off against the Volturi. And Horny Bella takes the reigns! Watch the movie first so you don't spoil the greatest plot twist in cinematic history, and then come back and en...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 55 min
Hey pals! Today, we're bringing it back to the grand finale of the series that introduced us to romance with BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer. In part 1, Bella and Edward finally get married and do the nasty. Jacob sinks to new lows. And Leah and Seth Clearwater continue to be the best characters in this entire franchise. We also ask the important questions like: can vampires run at the speed of light? If they were struck by lightening, would they burst into flames? Why the heck does Edward take...
Nov 22, 2022•1 hr 33 min
Hey pals! We're kicking off year 2 of the pod with our long awaited, very first mafia romance: RUN POSY RUN by Cate C. Wells. Meet Dario Volpe, the numbers guy behind the mafia operation and also a psychopath (literally), and Posy, our heroine who is genuinely a whole-ass badass. These two dweebs love to play games and speak in chess metaphors. Dario kills a whole lot of people for Posy before learning how to have emotions, and Posy does a lot of running before getting her happily ever after. Th...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 31 min
IT'S OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY!!! Thanks for sticking with us for a whole year! If we were cats, we'd be 15. So we're doing what the horniest teenagers do and getting tipsy while playing some rousing rounds of fuck, marry, kill. We also celebrate all the wonderful things that have happened this year, reveal behind the scenes info, and say hello to all of our listeners around the world. We love you all to bits, and we're proud to call you comrades. Here's to another fabulous year with even more fun to c...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Hey pals! We're celebrating The Day of the Dead, All Saints' Day, and the end of spooky season with the one, the only sleep paralysis demon book: SING ME TO SLEEP by R.M. Virtues. After over a year of book edging this novella, we've finally read it, and we have to admit--it's an 11/10. Our heroine Penelope and her sleep paralysis demon, Acheron, get freaky, nasty, and sexy together as they take revenge and have (weirdly?) touching and soft moments together, considering this a book about a litera...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Hey pals! Today, we're reigniting our childhood crushes on Casper with THE DEAD ROMANTICS by Ashley Poston. This book stars Florence Day, our heroine who's a romance novel ghostwriter who just so happens to be able to talk to ghosts, and Benji Andor, her hunky and allegedly dead editor. This book is filled with ghost puns and jokes, a dog mayor, and a surprising number of sexy scenes considering our couple cant touch each other for 80% of the book. We loved this listener suggestion and how you d...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re getting spooky with PAYBACK'S A WITCH by Lana Harper. Emmy Harlow, who has for some reason given up the ability to do magic in exchange for a 9-5, finally comes back to her small, magic town of Thistle Grove to judge the Triwizard Tournament--I mean...the Thistle Grove tournament involved three witches. But soon she starts falling in love with hot goth witch, Talia Avramov, and back in love with the town. All with a healthy dose of revenge against their mutual ex-boyfriend...
Oct 18, 2022•1 hr 50 min
Hey pals! Today, we're wrapping up our recap of LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood! Shit hits a million fans here, there's some hardcore treason (but no espionage), and our babies Levi and Bee finally get together. Cats are also pretty instrumental to the plot here. We're so excited to be releasing our 50th episode and come just one step closer to our first anniversary--it's been a wild ride and we couldn't do it without your support! Thank you, comrades! Part 1 ; Part 3 Brazen banter: The polit...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 19 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re continuing on our journey through LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood! We're getting closer to the bonkers finale, but first we've got to have hot sex scenes, some beautiful friendship moments, a road trip, and another cat introduction! Levi is still just as obsessed with Bee as ever (and just as unwilling to make a move). Bee is even more oblivious than we thought possible. The gays make a triumphant appearance! Listen to these two dumb-dumbs get closer to love in this wee...
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood. This multi-time listener suggestion from fan favorite author Ali is an angsty, science-y, slow burn, enemy (singular) to lovers deliciousness. We have Bee (full name) Königswasser and Levi Ward, two alleged nemesis with a whole lot of sexual chemistry, forced to work together on a grown up science project that tbh we really hope is not actually in the works anywhere. There's plenty of secret pining and also plenty of cats! A ...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re wrapping up our discussion on TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang. This absolutely bonkers bonanza of a finale was one dramatic encore performance after another. We have multiple Scooby Doo villain reveal scenes! We have revenge! We have fake FBI and police teams! We have some heavy stalking! Enjoy part 2 of Alex and Ava's story. Part 1: Ep. 46 TWISTED GAMES: Ep. 101 Brazen banter: Finance Fran! Parental controls on our browsers! Man experiences emotion for the first time and thinks...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang. This is Rachel's introduction to dark romance and boy was it was a trial by fire for her. Will you swoon over Alex Volkov, our 26 year-old billionaire broody boy, like Alison? Or will you think he's just a jerk who's mean to his employees, like Rachel? I bet you can guess what side our photography-loving, college senior heroine, Ava Chen, falls on. These two have a wildly twisty (haha, get it?) relationship filled with plenty of angst...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re bringing you the finale of ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer! This episode is truly a rollercoaster to listen to, filled with some deep dives into Twilight lore and a whole bunch of tangents. Edward and Bella finally get engaged (but still don't bone) and Jacob throws a temper tantrum every other page. Enjoy the show! A note: we discuss on page sexual assault from 51:00 through 55:20. Part 1: Ep. 43 ; Part 2: Ep. 44 Twilight: Ep. 11 , 12 , 13 New Moon: Ep. 27 , 28 Breaking Dawn: ...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 26 min
Hey pals! Today, we're back with your long-anticipated part 2 of ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer. We get Rosalie's badass backstory and Jasper's mega problematic and racist one! Jacob is nearly to the bottom of his steep descent into his rightful place in hell, and our gang figures out things we swear they should have known the whole time. Also, we once again emphasize how big Rosalie and Leah stans we are. Enjoy the show! Note: discussions of sexual assault at (historical) 10:00 - 19:00 and (on page...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 39 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re kicking off our discussion on the most unnecessary book in the Twilight saga, ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer. Edward and Bella are back and more unhealthy than ever. Jacob keeps trying to insert himself into every situation. 90% of the people in Bella's life are villains. Justice for Leah Clearwater! Basically nothing and everything happens in this book, and we spent most of the time being shocked that we didn't learn the info revealed in Eclipse earlier in the series. This is...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 53 min
Hey pals! We are back from bear country and ready to dive into listener suggestion THE PERKS OF LOVING A WALLFLOWER by Erica Ridley. Tommy Winchester, a gender fluid heist master, and Phillipa York, the wallflower love of Tommy's life, team up to take down the patriarchy and have a lot of hot sapphic sex. This book has homing kittens, vigilantes, and communication exclusively through animal sounds. Alison explains the ins and outs of British Parliament and cyphers (in a fun way, we swear), and R...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Hey pals! This week we're off in the land of no internet access that is the Rocky Mountains. While we search for our very own sexy mountain men/women, please enjoy this rerelease of one of y'all's favorite episodes. Today, we’re giggling over THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS by Ali Hazelwood. We had so much fun recapping this book that we looked up three hours into recording and realized it had to be two parts. Welcome to Part 1! Join us as we delve into the nerdy, fake dating deliciousness that is Dr. Adam ...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 56 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re chatting about listener suggestion YES & I LOVE YOU by Roni Loren. We have Hollyn, an entertainment critic with Tourette syndrome and anxiety who wants to start living her life to the fullest, and Jasper, an improv master and barista with a heart of gold. Together, these two take New Orleans by storm and maybe in fall in love on the way. Also, Hollyn may or may not live in a shed; we're still not clear. Enjoy! Brazen banter: How to survive a fire at night! A long tange...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 41 min
Hey pals! Welcome to part 2 of us going literally feral for IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER by Tessa Bailey. Today, we're discussing Brendan's secret identity as Aquaman/Poseidon, revealing the best way to worm your way into our hearts, and cheering Piper and Brendan on to their HEA. Enjoy some bonus butt stuff, Piper and Brendan's secret exhibitionist kink, and the perfect set up for Hannah and Fox's romance in HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER. We hope you have fun listening because we sure had fun recording. Par...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re swooning over IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER by Tessa Bailey. Piper Bellinger and Brendan Taggart are the ultimate grumpy/sunshine power couple in this swoony summer romance that takes us to the cutest fishing village in the Pacific Northwest. Brendan is a bearded crab fisher with a hard-on for the sea and Piper is a woman with great hair, a heart of gold, and, frankly, incredibly sucky parents. With a charming cast of side characters, this book sailed us toward a cozy, sexy HEA f...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Hey pals! Today, we’re hissing, purring, and growling about DARK LOVER by J.R. Ward. This listener suggestion is the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and, honestly, while we probably would have never picked it ourselves we actually loved it. Wrath (yes, that's pronounced how you think it is) is the king of the vampires/angsty man trying to turn down his destiny. Until Beth shows up, turns into a vampire, and turns his word upside down. Vampire god makes an appearance, there's a ...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 38 min
