Historical Romance here we come ;) | Season 18 First Look

Timeless Romance 01 | Julia Quinn | Authors at a Glance

This interview took place in September before the date and trailer were dropped for S1 of Bridgerton on Netflix. It was released in October, 2 months before the fervor began. Enjoy! We certainly did, and a big shout out to Julia for sending us signed copies of her books :) What a delight.

Shani was losing her ever-loving mind before this interview because Julia Quinn is one of her favorite authors of all time, we reviewed The Duke and I on the podcast, and she gave a great interview!

This interview was so wonderful, and Julia was so generous with her time we had too much for the episode! Plus we got to talk all about Bridgertons on Netflix and Shondaland! You can find a lot of additional listening on Patreon!

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboos to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

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Evie Dunmore | Authors at a Glance

We are so excited to have our first-ever repeat interview with the delightful, Evie Dunmore! Not only is she such a smokeshow (sorry Evie it had to be said!), but her debut novel, Bringing Down the Duke, was one of our favorite books so far on the podcast. And it felt so poetic to have her back for the 4th and final book in the series, The Gentleman's Gambit.

If you missed our first Evie interview, check it out here!

Some major highlights:

• The bittersweet feeling of finishing the series
• The difference between writing the first book for the love of it, versus writing the final book with the commercial process involved
• How writing this love story wasn't as planned out as much as the first three stories
• Writing in her non-dominant language and how that leads to her structuring her sentences differently.
• Evie shares what draws her to historical romance vs contemporary romance
• Why Catriona's happy ending with Elias was so important to her

If you wanna catch more Evie you can head to her website, or chat with her on Insta!

Grab a copy of the series here

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboos to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Historical Romance here we come ;) | Season 18 First Look

Y'all, or should I say dearest friends, we're about to embark on season 18 and we're heading into Shani's favorite land, historicals!

We're starting with a delightful interview with Evie Dunmore (our first-ever repeat!), then heading into some Bridgeton goodness, and dabbling in the ton along the way.

We hope you'll join us for it all!

We'll have fresh episodes coming out on Fridays and we re-releasing some of our classic episodes that relate to this season's theme! Let's the pomp and circumstance begin :)

Of course, if you want more from us, you can head to Patreon.com and support the show (there is even a free community membership were you'll be able to be a part of some of it!) and as always, you can review, share the show, or chat with us!

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Welcome toRomance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires.

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboos to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check outwww.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us onInstagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us onPatreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Melissa Saavedra of Steamy Lit | RAAG on Romance Ep 3

We are so excited to have Melissa Saavedra on our podcast! She is a Latina entrepreneur and ex-US Navy veteran. She is the founder of Steamy Lit, a romance book subscription service which includes three novels, a series of self-care items, and a vibrator in each box.

We spoke to Melissa about the origin of The Steamy Lit Box.

Melissa shares how destigmatizing sexuality, orgasms, sensuality, and sex toys is part of Steamy Lit’s mission. And how romance novels can help you explore “what can make your bean tickle.” You can check out more of Melissa’s recommendations on her Instagram @bookrecsbymel

• And for our listeners, you can get 15% off at checkout at The Steamy Lit Box using code RomanceataGlance :)

Aside from promoting sexual wellness, Melissa is also passionate about showcasing authors whose identity has been historically underrepresented, such as female authors of color, and authors from the LGBTQ+ community.

To promote more of those authors' books, Melissa founded Steamy Lit Con, a convention seeking to celebrate the romance genre and amplify historically underrepresented identities. The Rom Con aims to be a space to facilitate professional and personal connections and to build thriving communities for authors and readers alike.

Melissa shares some of the things that went great at their inaugural convention, as well as some rocky moments. Including a HORRIBLE story of the swag bag merchandise getting damaged on the truck from Florida to California!

If you want to learn more about Steamy Lit Con you can sign up for the Newsletter about next year’s Steamy Lit Con on August 2-3, 2024 in Anaheim, California, and you can follow them on Instagram @steamylitcon.

There's a chance you may see Bridget and Shani there!

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Welcome toRomance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires.

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboos to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check outwww.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us onInstagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us onPatreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance******

Join our book club on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance we meet 1x per month to chat books, finances, movies, and catch up! Come hang out with us!

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• That sweet sweet juice that is helping us stress less and be WAY more productive, use our code ROMANCE20.
• Get30 days free on Kindle Unlimited just for our listeners!
• Or listen on Audible like Shani and get up totwo free ebooks when you try Audible Premium Plus.

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A lot of additional listening onPatreon!

Welcome toRomance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires.

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboos to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check outwww.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us onInstagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us onPatreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

RAAG on Romance Ep 2

Y'all it's time for another round-up of all things romance in this month's RAAG on Romance. Bridget talks about the books that she's been reading (thank you to all publishers for the copies!), Shani and Bridget talk about what TV they have been binging, and generally laugh and play their way through the episode.

Special Thank You to Anna Lowe for sponsoring today's episode. Anna Lowe is the author of Tempting the Sheriff, a steamy, suspenseful paranormal romance featuring a female, fox shifter as Robin Hood and a dragon/knight as the new sheriff of Nottingham. The Sherwood Forest Shifters series combines the action-packed romance of Outlander with the humor of The Princess Bride for a fresh new twist on a classic, with brave knights, cunning bandits, fire-breathing dragons, and forbidden lovers.

Shows and Books we talk about in this month's RAAG on Romance

• Gen V on Amazon Prime - Highly recommend, but trigger warning - LOTS of violence, gratuitous and frankly weird sex, and trauma of ALL kinds throughout.
• Business Proposal - Korean Drama - The main character pretends to be someone else and ends up with a billionaire, who she works for! Shani rewatched it and still loves it
• My Fault or Mia Culpa - Spanish romance movie, based on a Wattpad turned trilogy. Bridget watched a liked it! Had a new step-siblings fall-in-love taboo element.
• Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros - The hype is worth it. This series is so good. Disclaimer - it is not finished. At least one more book coming next year. I burned right through books 1 and 2.
• If You’ll Have Me by Eunnie -a sapphic graphic novel - legitimately cried a little at the end with how sweet and heartwarming it is. Fans of Heartstopper jump on this.
• The Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain - author of Mr. Malcolm’s List. - list of eligible rich women widows etc turn the tables and use it for their benefit. Comes out January 9th, 2024
• Fire in the Flesh by Jennifer L Armentrout – if you missed our interview, make sure you check it out! Plus, we didn’t even talk about her series Blood and Ash being optioned by Amazon Studios. I burned right through it.

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A lot of additional listening onPatreon!

Welcome toRomance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires.

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboos to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check outwww.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us onInstagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us onPatreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance******

Join our book club on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance we meet 1x per month to chat books, finances, movies, and catch up! Come hang out with us!

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Affiliates! Get a discount and we get a small affiliate commision!

• That sweet sweet juice that is helping us stress less and be WAY more productive, use our code ROMANCE20.
• Get30 days free on Kindle Unlimited just for our listeners!
• Or listen on Audible like Shani and get up totwo free ebooks when you try Audible Premium Plus.

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Leave us a rating and review on Itunes

A lot of additional listening onPatreon!

Welcome toRomance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires.

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboos to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check outwww.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us onInstagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us onPatreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance