#84 Let's Talk Romance

Content Warning: NSFW episode! Please at least wear headphones when listening to this at your desk...

Spicy? Smutty? Clean? Romantasy? Alpha? WHAT ARE ALL THESE WORDS? Don't worry, we'll get into it.

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(Bonus - listen to the postcredits for what a Jen/Jackie conversation sounds like outside of the podcast)

Books we mention:

• Ruby Dixon
• House of Flame and Shadow by SJM
• A Court of Mist and Fury
• Beverly Lewis
• Nora Roberts
• Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
• Bridgertons by Julia Quinn
• Tamora Pierce
• Jennifer Lynn Armentrout
• Rebecca Yarros
• Juliet Marillier
• A Song of Ice and Fire by Georg RR Martin
• The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
• Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
• HM Long
• Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood
• The Fake Mate b Lana Ferguson
• Blacktop Wasteland by SA Crosby
• Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm

The Mortal Queen of Faerie Smut (VanArendonk, 2024)

"Lexington-Richland school board votes to remove fantasy series from district libraries" (Grenier, 2023)

Publisher's Marketplace

"Hot stuff: why readers fell in love with romance novels" (Darbyshire, 2023)

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