Harlequin Heartwarming Author, Trish Milburn joins me today to chat The Heart of a Rancher. You can find Trish's website here. You can follow Author Trish Milburn on Twitter here. You can find Author Trish Milburn's Facebook page here. Get your copy of The Heart of a Rancher from Harlequin's website here. You can get your copy of The Heart of a Ran…

Ever wondered why Regencies became all the rage? Or how historical romances shape and sanitize our perceptions of history? This episode delves into how Regency romances displace inconvenient historical truths. A critical look at older 'problematic' romances like Jennifer Blake's 'Fierce Eden' reveals the complexities of characters and settings, cha…

You can find Author Melissa Senate's website here. Learn more about A Lullaby for the Maverick here. Keep up with Author Melissa Senate on Facebook here. Find A Lullaby for the Maverick on Bookshop.org here. Get your copy of A Lullaby for the Maverick from Harlequin's website here. You can get a copy from Walmart here. ♡ ♡If you enjoyed today's epi…

Some call it Romantasy, some call it Dragon Corn (except replace the C with a P). Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is hotter than dragon’s breath, and so of course we have to see if we can figure out why it’s so popular. Sarah Skilton joins me to discuss “love triangles,” indescribable pain that we would actually like described, War College, and how…h…

Send us a Text Message. Our last Pride Episode! To wrap it up we are exploring the world of an Amish Gay Romance! Trains! Horses! A lesson on how Saddle Grease as made! In the strict Amish settlement of Zebulon, Minnesota, every detail of life—down to the width of a hat brim—is dictated by God and the all-powerful rules of the community. There’s no…

You can get your copy of Redeeming the Maverick from Harlequin's website here. Visit Author Christine Rimmer's website here. Click here to join Christine's mailing list. Keep up with Author Christine Rimmer on Instagram here. Get your copy of Redeeming the Maverick from Barnes and Noble here. Get your copy of Redeeming the Maverick from Bookshop.Or…

Send us a Text Message. Pride Week continues! This week we dive into the Aero/Ace world! Also included: Ashley goes on rants about coffee and being bi! Sophie Chi is in her first year at Wellesley College (despite her parents’ wishes that she attend a “real” university, rather than a liberal arts school) and has long accepted her aromantic and asex…

You can find Author Makenna Lee's website here. Subscribe to Makenna Lee's newsletter here. Get your copy of Fortune's Convenient Cinderella from Harlequin's website here. Get your copy of Fortune's Convenient Cinderella from Mills & Boon Australia here. ♡ ♡If you enjoyed today's episode and listen via Apple Podcast, please consider rating and leav…

Ever wondered how "The Hating Game" fares in a classroom setting? Dr. Diana Filar is back to discuss her experiences teaching The Hating Game book and film in a class about popular genre fiction. We discuss the challenges of translating romance novels into films, how stereotypes of genres are formed and challenged, and what it's like introducing no…

The lovely Harlequin Special Edition Author Elle Douglas joins me on the podcast today, and Im so excited to share our chat with you. You can find Elle's website here. Keep up with Author Elle Douglas on Instagram here. Click here to learn more about Elle's books. Get your copy of The Vet's Shelter Surprise here. To Learn more about Wish Upon A Chr…

Send us a Text Message. Pride Month continues!! A pirate gay romance, and its a romp, with some decent smut! Nathaniel Bainbridge is used to hiding, whether it’s concealing his struggles with reading or his forbidden desire for men. Under the thumb of his controlling father, the governor of Primrose Isle, he’s sailing to the fledging colony, where …

Learn more about Harlequin's Reader Service here. YouTube Mentioned, Destiny Sidwell Magnolia Journal Magazine Recipe I'm trying here The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren This Summer Will Be Different by Christina Lauren A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams The Heiress's South African Escape by Suzanne Merchant The Paradise Key series fr…

Do you love scent marking, some healthy jealousy, and a beautiful and believable mix of internal and external romance in your paranormal werewolf romance? Get your parka and bundle up for "Cold Hearted" by Heather Guerre, the first book in the Tooth and Claw series, in discussion with foremost vampire defender, Dame Jodie Slaughter. We explore were…

We are chatting the One Year to Wed miniseries with Harlequin Romance/Mills & Boon True Love/Mills & Boon Forever Click here to learn more about Secretly Married to a Prince by Ally Blake Click here to learn more about Reluctant Bride's Baby Bombshell by Rachael Stewart Click here to learn more about Cinderella and the Tycoon Next Door by Kandy She…

“What is a greater expression of love than eating someone else or wanting to consume and have that person in a way that no one else can have?” Dr. Nicola Welsh-Burke joins to delve into the intriguing topic of cannibalism in romance novels. We explore the intersection of food, eating, and sexuality, discuss the metaphorical use of cannibalism in li…

Send us a Text Message. This week we dive into a book that seemingly has everything! Bridgerton! Lesbains! A Parent Trap! But does it deliver!? Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ing…

You can find Author Claire Kann on Instagram here. Get your copy of Looking For Love In All the Haunted Places here. ♡ ♡If you enjoyed today's episode and listen via Apple Podcast, please consider rating and leaving the podcast a review. This is the easiest way to support us and will help other Category Romance readers find us ♡For a list of all th…

Links to Things to keep you company: Click here to listen to Sentimental Garbage's episode recapping the novel The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides Click here to listen to the You Are Good podcast's episode recapping the film The Virgin Suicides Click here to get the edition of The Virgin Suicides I got from Amazon. Click here to watch the Back…

Send us a Text Message. We finally enter the wild world of Chuck Tingle, we were not ready. Sentient Motorcycles, Gay Woolly Mammoth Dumbledore, Nine Inch Nails Fanfiction?? Trans wizard Harriet Porber is a master spellsmith who's found herself in a bit of a pickle. After finishing wizard college, Harriet made a name for herself by creating a hit v…

USA Today Bestselling Author Nancy Robards Thompson joins us today to chat her latest Harlequin Special Edition release, Worth A Fortune. You can find Author Nancy Robards Thompson's website here. Find Nancy on Facebook here. You can keep up with Nancy on Instagram here. Click here for Nancy's bookshelf. Get your copy of Worth a Fortune from Harleq…

Harlequin Heartwarming Author Kit Hawthorne joins me today to chat book number 8 in her Truly, Texas series, Hill Country Hero. You can find Author Kit Hawthorne's website here. Keep up with Author Kit Hawthorne on Facebook here. You can find Author Kit Hawthorne on Instagram here. Learn more about the Cape Fear Legacy series here. Get your copies …

Send us a Text Message. This week we have an hour of Dr. Allyssa ranting about Grad School semantics, and Ashley discusses Storm Trooper recruitment. This week we are mad all around! As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. …

Author Rochelle Alers joins Dory and I today to chat about her upcoming Harlequin Special Edition, The Maverick Thirty-Day Marriage. You can find Author Rochelle Alers's website here. Keep up with Rochelle Alert on Instagram here. You can find her on Facebook here. Get your copy of The Maverick's Thirty-Day Marriage from Harlequin's website here. F…

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 fea…

Author Kathy Douglass joins me today! Find Author Kathy Douglass's website here. You can follow Author Kathy Douglass on Facebook here. Get your copy of Starting Over with the Maverick from Amazon here. Get your copy from Harlequin's website here. Listen to Author Kathy Douglass as a guest on the podcast on episode 48 here. ♡ ♡If you enjoyed today'…

Send us a Text Message. A book we loved?? A non ranting hour with Allyssa and Ashley!!! How exciting, welcome to the milking farm!! Violet is a typical, down-on-her-luck millennial: mid-twenties, over-educated and drowning in debt, on the verge of moving into her parents' basement. When a lifeline appears in the form of a very unconventional job in…

See what Emma has been reading in a recent Write for Harlequin post here. Click here to read more about Editor Emma Cole on Write for Harlequin here. Follow Editor Emma Cole on Twitter here. click here for Everything you need to know about the Romance Includes You Mentorship!!! ♡ ♡If you enjoyed today's episode and listen via Apple Podcast, please …

Guest: Sarah Rutherford, a romance reader and Associate Professor of Design at Cleveland State University @sarahatschool on Instagram Highlights: The evolution of romance novel covers from the 1980s to the contemporary post-digital age. The significant role of design elements such as typography, color, and imagery in conveying the genre and themes …

Today Dory and I are joined by Author/Screenwriter/Director Girl Boss, Yuling Kuang. We hope you enjoy! You can follow Yulin Kuang on Instagram here. Order your copy of How To End A Love Story here. or here Get your copy of How To End A Love Story from Amazon here. Listen to episodes of All The Feels Podcast here. ♡ ♡If you enjoyed today's episode …

This episode I chat with romance author Yulin Kuang about her debut novel How to End a Love Story, adapting romance novels for film and her writing process! Please Rate, Review and Follow on Apple Podcasts. It helps the podcast grow. MERCH! Go to Tee-Public to get T-Shirts, Totes, Onesies and MORE: http://tee.pub/lic/learningthetropes Patreon Learn…

Send us a Text Message. We disliked CoHo we decided to give it another go! We are diving into Without Merit, the story of a very strange family's secret keeper. The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mot…

USA Today Bestselling Author and host of the Stories to Love Podcast, Tif Marcelo joins me today to chat about her Harlequin Special Edition debut, It Started With a Secret. Follow Author Tif Marcelo on Instagram here. Keep up with Author Tif Marcelo on Facebook here. Get your copy of It Started With a Secret from Harlequin's website here. The syno…

Author Nina Crespo joins me on today's episode to chat her latest Fortunes of Texas romance, Expecting a Fortune. You can find Nina's website here. Follow Author Nina Crespo on Instagram here. Keep up with Author Nina Crespo on Facebook here. Get your copy of Expecting a Fortune from Harlequin's website here. See The Fortunes of Texas: Digging for …

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the first of two episodes about the ever divisive Colleen Hoover. It Ends with Us. Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up — she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started h…

You can find All the Feels Podcast on Twitter here. Keep up with Dory on Twitter here. ♡ Links to Things Mentioned♡ You can find the link to Octavia's Bookshelf here. Everyday Grand by Jocelyn Delk Coconut Drop Dead by Olivia Matthews The Duchess Effect by Tracey Livesay The Jaci Burton covers The Dragon's Bride by Kate Robert The Book Riot post re…

Love, laughter and happily ever after Author Jennifer Wilck joins me today. We chat Jennifer's current state of currently writing FOUR books, her journey to becoming published, getting the call from Harlequin, her upcoming Matzah Ball Blues and more. I really hope you enjoy. I had such a blast chatting with Jennifer!!! You can find Author Jennifer …

Send us a Text Message. Surprise Dino spice!! Welcome back to Nina Bangs that delighted us with The Pleasure Master, does this one stand up? The Eleven—an alliance of ultimate predators. Primal, lethal, irresistible. The Prophecy—an ancient Mayan prediction that the world will end on 12-21-12. The Prey—where can you hide from pure evil?…

Dory and I had the amazing opportunity to host a Desire Panel and are so excited to share it with you! Author Reese Ryan's website here. You can follow Reese Ryan on Instagram here. Subscribe to Reese on Youtube here. Author Joanne Rock's website here. Follow Joanne rock on Instagram here. You can find Joanne Rock on Facebook here. Author Nadine Go…

Author KAYLIE NEWELL is here! I was so excited to chat with Kaylie. I adore her book and am still fangirling a bit. She was truly the sweetest. I hope you enjoy the episode. You can get a copy of The Maverick's Marriage Deal from Harlequin's website here. Get it in the Western box set from Mills & Boon Australia here. Follow Author Kaylie Newell on…

This week I'm joined by author Andie J Christopher to discuss the truly, marvelously bonkers Lucky, by THE Jackie Collins. Is this a romance? debatable. Is it a very fun book to read? most definitely. Want more Jackie Collins? Check out Fates Mates Trailblazer episode with Jackie Collins' daughters, Rory Green and Tiffany Lerman. Please Rate, Revie…

0:00 Welcome 0:13 Page Five - I'm sorry I've been gone! 0:52 Beyond the Blurb Intro 1:47 Book Spotlight #1 - SOULS ALIGNED By Najee Jamerson Bio: Najee Jamerson has been penning stories since she was a teenager. She recently started her own publishing company Magic Hour Publishing LLC and published her novel Souls Aligned. Amazon Link: https://a.co…

Send us a Text Message. What would you do if two demons told you that you, a modern human woman, were a demon and they fought like adolescent boys to get your attention?? Welcome to our last in our fantasy romance series. "My life is turned on its head one morning. It starts off as any normal morning would. A day like any other. Except, I sprout wi…

Learn more about Ghosts UK here. Learn more about Not Dead Yet here. Learn more about Love on the Spectrum here. Her Hottest Summer Yet by Ally Blake Good Material by Dolly Alderton ER Doc's Las Vegas Reunion by Denise N. Wheatley A Stalker's Prey by KD Richards His Last-Minute Desert Queen by Annie West It Started with a Proposal by Susan Meier Br…

I was a guest on The Categorically Romance Podcast to discuss my category romance collecting addiction, reading some books from Kiss a short-lived Harlequin line from the early 20 teens, and how not being allowed to read romance as a teen actually made me more obsessed with reading romance. Hope you enjoy this episode and I definitely recommend tha…

Author Tara Taylor Quinn is BACK! for Long time podcast listeners, you know TTQ was one of the first Authors to share her time with Sarah and I back in the early days of the podcast, so it's always such a joy any time we get to catch up with her. Today we chat Fortune in Name Only and she shares insight of upcoming series' and more! You can find Au…

In this episode, host Andrea Martucci embarks on a journey with Dame Jodie Slaughter to the Covering Romance exhibition. The event showcases romance novel cover art by award-winning artist, John Ennis. Interviews with John Ennis and other attendees, including author Nisha Sharma, romance fan Mary Lynne Nielsen, and Fin, owner of Wolf and Kron books…

I consider myself very lucky any time Author Mona Shroff hops on for a chat with me. I have adored everything I've read by her. She has some of the most romantic covers and some of the most stop you in your track titles and her writing is out of this world fantastic. She joins me yet again to chat, Their Accidental Honeymoon which is best friends t…

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back to our fantasy romance series! Sin, not much chocolate, well written world building, sassy characters, happy Allyssa and Ashley! Will wonders never cease! " Some people are ordained for greatness… Those people usually have a lot of drama in their life. Drama I happily do without. I live in a forgotten corner of …

In today's episode, Harlequin Special Edition author Christy Jeffries joins me to chat Sweet-talkin Maverick, book 1 in a new Montana Mavericks miniseries called The Anniversary Gift. Get your copy of Sweet-talkin Maverick here. You can find the website of Author Christy Jeffries here. Keep up with Author Christy Jeffries on Instagram here. ♡ ♡If y…

I have wanted to do more Author panels and they are slowly coming to fruition. Very happy to share my chat with 3 of my go-to Presents writers. Keep up with Author Amanda Cinelli here. Follow Amanda on Instagram here. Keep up with Author Pippa Roscoe here. Follow Pippa on Instagram here. Keep up with Author Bella Mason here. Follow Bella on Instagr…