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Jess and Trisha do a bit of follow-up, discuss an article about the online abuse romance writers face, mention a few releases for the second half of 2019 that they’re looking forward to, and shout out some underrated romance authors.
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Her Other Secret by HelenKay Dimon, and
Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean.
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News
Apologies again for our error when talking about
Thaw by Elyse Springer last week!
By way of follow-up, you might want to check out the
Patreon for The Lesbian Review.
Here’s that
Nicholas Sparks statement we mentioned.
Jess tracked down a few tweets that relate to the “sex on the page” conversation we had, and you can find them
here,
here,
here,
here, and
here.
Here’s the
Glamour article we discussed about the ways romance writers are targets for abuse online. As we mentioned on the podcast, CW for abuse.
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Books
Her Perfect Affair by Priscila Oliveras (but like we said, also read
Her Perfect Partner)
Craving Flight by Tamsen Parker
The Key to Happily Ever After by Tif Marcelo
The Ballad of Whiskey Jax by Avon Gale
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Oliva Waite
One Day to Fall by Therese Beharrie
Sapphire Flames by Illona Andrews
The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare
Blitzed (and
Intercepted and
Fumbled) by Alexa Martin
Love On My Mind by Tracey Livesay
The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston
Only for a Night by Naima Simone
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
Taking the Lead by Cecelia Tan
The Fandom series by Cathy Yardley (
Level Up is the first book)
Perfect Rhythm and
Not the Marrying Kind by Jae
Let us know what books you’re excited about and who your favorite underrated authors are! Find us on email at the new WIR email address (
wheninromance@bookriot.com) or you can still catch us at
trisha@riotnewmedia.com and
jessica@riotnewmedia.com. You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown).