When In Romance

Jess and special guest Vanessa Diaz talk about what they’re reading, discuss some upcoming Good News in romance and offer season-appropriate romance recs. 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. NEWS Follow The Rom Con on instagram and check out the tiers of their crowdfunding campaign. The Love Hypothesis has been optioned for film! There’s been a male director announced for the People We Meet On Vacation adaptation. Watch The Flatshare! In the UK or continental Europe 🙁 If you an author from a historically or systemically excluded group in the US or Canada, check out the Romance Includes You Mentorship program. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna A Thief in the Night by KJ Charles The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller What the Hex by Alexis Daria The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston I’ll Come Back For You by Charish Reid How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Let us know what season-appropriate books you’re reading, what you think about vampires, and if you’re excited for RomCon! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find Jess and Vanessa on Twitter (@jessisreading and @buenosdiazsd), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @buenosdiazsd). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jess and Trisha talk through some news and updates and then discuss Witchmark – including whether it can be classified as a 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! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS As mentioned, this McSweeney’s post by Rachel Mans McKenny will brighten your day.  Join Jess at the RRAW Experience later this month (or just read about it and be jealous)!  BOOKS DISCUSSED Partners in Crime by Alisha Rai Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert Witchmark by C.L. Polk Let us know what your fantasy recs are and what you’re reading and thinking about! 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 Trisha talk about unreasonable expectations of authors and then offer a few “if you like this, try that” romance recs. 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 Book club is back!! We’re reading Witchmark by CL Polk, so give it a read and send us your thoughts by Sept. 29. A little extra background on the Katee Robert signature story can be found here, here, and here.  BOOKS DISCUSSED The Sweetest Remedy by Jane Igharo The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert The Stand-Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau (October 25, 2022) If You Love Something by Jayce Ellis A Virtuous Ruby and The Preacher’s Promise by Piper Hughley Let us know what your “if you this try that” recs are! 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 Trisha talk about unreasonable expectations of authors and then offer a few “if you like this, try that” romance recs. 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 Book club is back!! We’re reading Witchmark by CL Polk, so give it a read and send us your thoughts by Sept. 29. A little extra background on the Katee Robert signature story can be found here, here, and here.  BOOKS DISCUSSED The Sweetest Remedy by Jane Igharo The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker The Dragon’s Bride by Katee Robert The Stand-Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau (October 25, 2022) If You Love Something by Jayce Ellis A Virtuous Ruby and The Preacher’s Promise by Piper Hughley Let us know what your “if you this try that” recs are! 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 Trisha talk about baby epilogues and revisit a classic romance trope: fake dating stories. 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 Book club is back!! We’re reading Witchmark by CL Polk, so give it a read and send us your thoughts by Sept. 29 (note the date change!). Check out what you might have missed on Bookstore Romance Day. Books Discussed The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews The Out on the Ice series by Kelly Farmer Jilted by Lilah Suzanne How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole Rent a Bae by Unoma Nwankwor Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn  To Catch a Raven by Beverly Jenkins Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola Let us know what you think of baby/child epilogues, and what you think of fake dating. 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 Trisha cover a grab bag of topics before talking about backlist romances they’re glad to have found this year. 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 Book club is back!! We’re reading Witchmark by CL Polk, so give it a read and send us your thoughts by Sept. 15. Here’s the link to the Apollycon statement we mentioned. Get excited about the Black Romance Book Club (especially if you live in Canada)! Books Discussed The Hookup Plan by Farrah Rochon The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Coffee Boy by Austin Chant An Heiress’s Guide to Deception and Desire by Manda Collins Wild Rain and Tempest by Beverly Jenkins Hold Me by Courtney Milan The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary Let us know what backlist books you’ve discovered so far this year, and what you think of Witchmark. 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 Trisha talk about Fire Island and the essence of a good retelling/adaptation, and offer up some recommendations for Disability Pride Month. 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 Book Riot is hiring! Check out our Best Books of the Year So Far. MidContinent Public Library’s RomanceGenreCon is back! Watch Fire Island on Hulu! Books Discussed Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall Husband Material by Alexis Hall Redeemed by Maggie Blackbird Can’t Escape Love by Alyssa Cole Kiss Hard by Nalini Singh Only When It’s Us by Chloe Liese Knot My Type and Love Flushed by Evie Mitchell The Bride Test and The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang Tell us what you liked about Fire Island and send us your recs for disabled protagonists! 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 Trisha talk about the appeal (or not) of the enemies to lovers trope and then offer some picks for their best romances of 2022 so far. 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 Book Riot is hiring! BOOKS DISCUSSED Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola Knot Again by Kwana Jackson (Coming July 26, 2022) A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake A Brush With Love by Mazey Eddings Tanked by Mia Hopkins A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall We got to some of your picks for favorite reads of 2022, but not all of them, so keep sharing your faves – front AND back list! 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

Book club is back as Jess and Trisha discuss The Beast by Katee Robert and then dive into the distinctions between steamy romance, erotic romance, and erotica.  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 Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston has some updates. Here’s the discussion Jess mentioned between Katee Robert and Beverly Jenkins [insert heart eyes here!] Books Discussed The Beast by Katee Robert Looking by Katrina Jackson  American Royalty by Tracey Livesay Indigo by Beverly Jenkins A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria The Eastside Brewery series (first book is Thirsty) by Mia Hopkins Spoiler Alert and All the Feels by Olivia Dade Syncopation by Anna Zabo A Gentleman in the Streets by Alisha Rai (AOC) The Rose by Tiffany Reisz Harbor by Rebekah Weatherspoon The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquelaure Tell us what you thought of The Beast, your thoughts on erotic romance and erotica, and anything else you’re thinking or reading about. 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 Trisha do a few updates, dive into a recent film that lives in the romance world (in more ways than one), and talk about some of the books they’re excited about for the rest 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 Don’t forget! Read The Beast by Katee Robert to join in the WIR Book Club fun, and send us your thoughts by June 23. The Lost City is waiting for you.  Here’s the Book Riot post by Annika Barranti Klein about fat representation on romance covers. Books Discussed You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Husband Material by Alexis Hall (Coming August 2, 2022) The Stand-Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau (Coming October 25, 2022)  The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen (Coming August 23, 2022) A Ghost in Shining Armor by Therese Beharrie (Coming September 27, 2022)  Partners In Crime by Alisha Rai (Coming October 18, 2022) Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake by Mazie Eddings (Coming September 6, 2022) Tell us what you thought of The Lost City, what romances you’re excited about in the coming year, and let us know what else you’re reading and thinking about. 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