When In Romance

Jess and Trisha talk about positive Valentine’s Day romance coverage, happy Harper Collins strike news, and romance mysteries. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! NEWS Book club is back!!! We’re reading After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez, and we’ll be talking about it March 2 for our March 6 episode.  The Harper Collins strike is finally ending!! Another “B” romance imprint is coming… And hooray for positive romance coverage this Valentine’s Day! Check out this coverage from CNN, this podcast from NPR, and a couple of podcasts featuring our own Jess Pryde(!!): one from Iowa Public Radio and another from American Libraries Magazine. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams Something About You by Julie James The Hidden Moon by Jeannie Lin Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto Proper English by KJ Charles The Whitaker Island books, starting with Her Other Secret by HelenKay Dimon Hither Page by Cat Sebastian Murder at Pirates Cove by Josh Lanyon Send us all of your thoughts on anything, but especially After Hours on Milagro Street and your favorite mystery romances. As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess and Trisha talk about positive Valentine’s Day romance coverage, happy Harper Collins strike news, and romance mysteries. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! NEWS Book club is back!!! We’re reading After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez, and we’ll be talking about it March 2 for our March 6 episode.  The Harper Collins strike is finally ending!! Another “B” romance imprint is coming… And hooray for positive romance coverage this Valentine’s Day! Check out this coverage from CNN, this podcast from NPR, and a couple of podcasts featuring our own Jess Pryde(!!): one from Iowa Public Radio and another from American Libraries Magazine. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan The Fastest Way to Fall by Denise Williams Something About You by Julie James The Hidden Moon by Jeannie Lin Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto Proper English by KJ Charles The Whitaker Island books, starting with Her Other Secret by HelenKay Dimon Hither Page by Cat Sebastian Murder at Pirates Cove by Josh Lanyon Send us all of your thoughts on anything, but especially After Hours on Milagro Street and your favorite mystery romances. As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess and Trisha talk about some news and listener emails before getting real about fake relationships: why the trope works, why they like it, and some of the fake relationship romances they’ve been reading lately. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! NEWS Book club is back!!! We’re reading After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez, and we’ll be talking about it on March 2 for our March 6 episode.  The Harper Collins strike continues – please support the workers however you can. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne Night and Day by Lily Seabrooke Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese Not Your Valentine by Jackie Lau A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins (3/28/23) Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann Well Matched by Jen DeLuca Everything’s Better with Lisa by Lucy Eden Send us all of our thoughts on anything, but especially After Hours on Milagro Street and your favorite fake dating romances. As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess and Trisha talk about some news and listener emails before getting real about fake relationships: why the trope works, why they like it, and some of the fake relationship romances they’ve been reading lately. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! NEWS Book club is back!!! We’re reading After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez, and we’ll be talking about it on March 2 for our March 6 episode.  The Harper Collins strike continues – please support the workers however you can. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne Night and Day by Lily Seabrooke Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese Not Your Valentine by Jackie Lau A Spinster’s Guide to Danger and Dukes by Manda Collins (3/28/23) Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann Well Matched by Jen DeLuca Everything’s Better with Lisa by Lucy Eden Send us all of our thoughts on anything, but especially After Hours on Milagro Street and your favorite fake dating romances. As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Trisha and special guest Liberty Hardy talk about reality show competition romance: what we like about it, why it works, and some of our favorites. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! NEWS Are you looking for the perfect Valentine’s gift for your bookish boo? Gift Tailored Book Recommendations! Book club is back!!! We’re reading After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez, and we’ll be talking about it when we record on March 2.  The Harper Collins strike continues – please support the workers however you can. The 2022 Swoon Book Awards are open for nominations until Jan 30! And yes, Roxane Gay has confirmed that she’s writing a romance novel with Channing Tatum. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs (4/4/23) Georgie All Along by Kate Clayborn Looking for Group and Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall Battle Royal by Lucy Parker Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins Track Liberty down at a whole bunch of places: What’s My Page Again, the Book Riot New Books newsletter, the All the Books podcast, and/or on Instagram (@franzencomesalive). As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess and Trisha cover some recent romancelandia news, look back on favorites of 2022, and look ahead to possible future favorites for 2023. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! NEWS Book club is back!!! We’re reading After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez, and we’ll be talking about it in early March.  Romance author Susan Meachen lied about her death in 2020 (CW for suicide) [Rolling Stone] If you or someone you know needs to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the Unites States, you call dial 988. The website is here. USA Today is no longer publishing a bestseller list [Publisher’s Weekly] The Harper Collins strike continues – please support the workers however you can. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez Must Love Cowboys by Carly Bloom Second Chance at Rancho Lindo by Sabrina Sol You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Tanked by Mia Hopkins Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola Ship Wrecked by Olivia Dade The House on Mulberry Street by Jeannie Chin (3/07) Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni (1/31) The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest (2/28) Codename Charming by Lucy Parker (8/15) Hotel of Secrets by Diana Biller (3/28) Diamond Ring by KD Casey (4/11) Let us know what you’re excited to read in 2023! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess and Trisha close out the year by recommending queer friends-to-lovers books, romances with a criminal element, and more in part two of our annual recommendation request episode. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! NEWS A reminder to learn more about the Harper Collins strike and support the workers however you can. Gift Tailored Book Recommendations this holiday season! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website https://bookriot.com/listen/pine-pine-pine-pine-pine/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s that time again!! Jess and Trisha recommend steamy sci-fi, romance with characters over 40 (and sometimes 50!), and more in part one of our annual recommendation request episode. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! NEWS Please learn more about the Harper Collins strike and support the workers however you can. We mentioned our episode from earlier this year that included some romances about older MCs, and you can check it out here. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall Silver Silence by Nalini Singh Read Between the Lines by Rachel Lacey Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade Ghosting, a Love Story by Tash Skilton Act Your Age Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert The Jekh Saga by HE Trent starting with Erstwhile Deal with the Devil (and many other books) by Kit Rocha Monsters Love Curvy Girls series starting with His Human Nanny by Michele Mills Asking for It by Lilah Pace Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon The Beards and Bondage series starting with Haven by Rebekah Weatherspoon Syncopation and others by Anna Zabo Flirting with 50 by Jane Porter Wherever is Your Heart by Anita Kelly Something About You by Reese Ryan The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbury Let us know if you have other recs for these requests…and you might still be able to sneak in a request of your own! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess and Trisha start talking about 2022 recommendations, including No-Shirt November and their favorite backlist romance reads of 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Jess mentioned the Brown Book Series — check it out here! Jess was at RRAW this year — maybe we’ll all join her next year?? Are you ready for Shop Your Shelves BINGO from Love in Panels? Of course you are. Books Discussed The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev Cupid Calling by Viano Oniomoh Play it by Ear by Tara Frejas The Men at Work series — including Her Naughty Holiday — by Tiffany Reisz Harbor (or anything in the Beards and Bondage series, honestly) by Rebekah Weatherspoon Thirsty (and similarly, anything in the Eastside Brewery series) by Mia Hopkins Royally Screwed (and the rest of the Royally series) by Emma Chase Whiteout by Adriana Anders Battle Royal by Lucy Parker Deal With the Demon by Chace Verity You Had Me at Hola and A Lot Like Adiós by Alexis Daria The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbury If You Love Something by Jayce Ellis Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu The time has come — send us your recommendation requests for any gifting (or just for you)!! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess and Jenn discuss the increasing number of romances in best-of lists (even if they are coming way too early) and the massive phenomenon that is holiday romance. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Check out the giveaway to win a copy of Book Riot’s Reading the Stars with an Obvious State celestial print, notebook, and tote bundle. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News So many best of lists already! Publishers Weekly Best Books 2022 NPR Books We Love Barnes & Noble Best Romance of 2022 Books Discussed What the Hex by Alexis Daria Hiding in the Smoke by Ofelia Martinez Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai Drunk on Love by Jasmine Guillory Book Lovers by Emily Henry The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo Beach Read by Emily Henry Bottle Rocket by Erin McLellan Lighting the Flames by Sarah Wendell The Matzah Ball by Jean Melzer The Mistletoe Affair by Farrah Rochon (the Kwanzaa one!) Holiday Temptation by Donna Hill etc (The Green Book) Just One More by Jodie Slaughter Candy Hearts by Erin McLellan Party Favors by Erin McLellan Stocking Stuffers by Erin McLellan No, Thank You by Alexandra Warren Thank You, Next by Nicole Falls Thank Me Later by Christina C. Jones A Match Made for Thanksgiving by Jackie Lau A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas by Jackie Lau A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year by Jackie Lau A Big Surprise for Valentine’s Day by Jackie Lau Wanting a Witch by Lauren Connolly Trick by Shae Sanders Treat by Shae Sanders Pumpkin Pounder by Laura Lovely Halloween Boo by Sarah Spade The Rivals of Casper Road by Roan Parrish Matzah Ball Surprise by Laura Brown A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lalli How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow Season of Love by Helena Greer You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky Amor Actually by Adriana Herrera, Alexis Daria, Diana Munoz Stewart, Zoey Castile, Mia Sosa, Priscilla Oliver’s, and Sabrina Sol Grand Theft NYE by Katrina Jackson …Sorry. Let us know your thoughts about the excessive number (if there is such a thing) of holiday romances, very early best-of lists, and what you’re hoping to read by the end of the year! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find Jess and Jenn on Twitter (@jessisreading and @jennIRL), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @iamjennirl). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices