Blush - Good Wine, Naughty Books, Naughtier Conversations

Welcome to Blush, where we enjoy and rate your favorite wines and smutty books, all while getting tipsy and exploring and celebrating sexual empowerment, feminism, and probably some new sex tips or moves we've picked up from our reading. In this episode, Kelly and Penny take you through a bloodlust filled Mafia retelling of the Hades and Persephone myth with Sav R. Miller 's Promises and Pomegrana...

Welcome to Blush, where we enjoy and rate your favorite wines and smutty books, all while getting tipsy and exploring and celebrating sexual empowerment, feminism, and probably some new sex tips or moves we've picked up from our reading. Kelly and Penny have a blast this week discussing Hawke by Jescie Hall , a classic good girl falling for a bad boy story (that is super hot!). As usual, the ladie...

Welcome to Blush, where we enjoy and rate your favorite wines and smutty books, all while getting tipsy and exploring and celebrating sexual empowerment, feminism, and probably some new sex tips or moves we've picked up from our reading. Kelly and Penny have a delightful wine discussion before exploring the lush, magickal, and violent world of Charissa Weak's The Witch Collector. As you've come to...

Welcome to Blush, where we enjoy and rate your favorite wines and smutty books, all while getting tipsy and exploring and celebrating sexual empowerment, feminism, and probably some new sex tips or moves we've picked up from our reading. This week's episode is a special free bonus of what you get as a paying subscriber! Our Sexy Time Q&A Chats include interviews with interesting people from al...

Welcome to Blush, where we enjoy and rate your favorite wines and smutty books, all while getting tipsy and exploring and celebrating sexual empowerment, feminism, and probably some new sex tips or moves we've picked up from our reading. Kelly and Penny skate headfirst into their gas station sushi discussion of Icebreaker, with some fun surprises and nerd facts from their wines. And the girls play...

Welcome to Blush, where we enjoy and rate your favorite wines and smutty books, all while getting tipsy and exploring and celebrating sexual empowerment, feminism, and probably some new sex tips or moves we've picked up from our reading. Kelly and Penny have a great time discussing their wines and Gild, the first book in the sexy and inspiring Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy . As you've co...

Welcome to Blush, where we enjoy and rate your favorite wines and smutty books, all while getting tipsy and exploring and celebrating sexual empowerment, feminism, and probably some new sex tips or moves we've picked up from our reading. Kelly and Penny are feeling festive for March and discuss A Daughter Forged in Fire with author Jessica Leigh . This cozy fantasy is the beginning of an epic seri...

Welcome to Blush, where we enjoy and rate your favorite wines and smutty books, all while getting tipsy and exploring and celebrating sexual empowerment, feminism, and probably some new sex tips or moves we've picked up from our reading. In this episode, Kelly and Penny delve into their wines and the super, super sexiness that is Salt Kiss by Sierra Simone, the first in a trilogy that starts Trist...

Kelly and Penny have a great time with their wine and an even better time talking all things Trust Fall with author Ariana St. Claire ! They discuss the book, inspirations, belly dancing, Star Wars nerdery (including who shot first, of course), and so much more. This episode is a blast, grab a glass and fall into it with us! Also the photographer Ariana mentions in the interview is KayLa Ruiz - ch...

Please note this episode was recorded in February, before any allegations had been brought forth. We do briefly discuss Joe Arden in a positive manner, but please know we would never knowingly promote anyone accused of any form of misconduct and we take all forms of allegations seriously. We are striving to help create a safe space for our listeners and everyone else within this amazing community....

Kelly and Penny have some bubbly this week to go along with the beverage of choice for the characters in this angsty but very steamy why choose baseball romance, Expanded Roster by Aimee Rivkin . The ladies have a great discussion with Aimee about the book, her inspirations, and a lot of great baseball talk! Enjoy and batter(s) up for this one!

Kelly and Penny have some delicious love-themed wines to go along with their chat about Electric Idol by Katee Robert, a super hot and spicy reimagining of the Greek mythological tale of Eros, the god of carnal love, and Psyche, the goddess of the soul. A new book in this series was just released, and it's also a perfect lead up to Valentine's Day. As an added mega bonus, the reading excerpts are...

This Episode is brought to you by Vin312 Winery in Chicago! Kelly and Penny thoroughly enjoy their fantastic wines from Warner at Vin312, while they discuss a slightly confusing vampire novella entitled Queen Takes Night. As another added bonus, the book excerpt readings are brought to you today by none other than Nowhere Eternity - you're welcome! Also look for him as a guest on a preshow bonus a...

Kelly and Penny trade in the wine this week for some tasty edible treats to get in the right mindset for discussing this wild ride of a book - Squeak by Vera Valentine. They take you on as much of a trip as the book took them, enjoy!

Kelly and Penny take you on a wild ride this week with Black Sheep by Alexa Harlowe and Brynne Weaver, a super(bly hot and naughty) book about a serial killer/doctoral student and the professor standing in the way of her current prey and also occupying her fantasies. The wine is flowing as always, and we explore and hypothesize about all kinds of fun activities in this one - don't miss it!

Kelly and Penny enjoy some bakery themed wines to coincide with their book of choice this week, Dreadful by Greer Rivers. Jump into the super dark, gritty, violent, and sexy world of Tallie and Sev in this tale of revenge and redemption that draws its inspiration from Sweeney Todd, Medusa, and Hamlet. And what would a Blush episode be without some book readings from none other than Wolf Gunnar? Wa...

Penny and Kelly have some delicious holiday wines from Chateau Chantal to pair with this wild winter wonderland tale that is a spicy mashup of Alice in Wonderland and Christmas. Follow us down the rabbithole and into a depraved Winterland as we discuss Descending into Madness by Stacey Marie Brown! As a special added holiday treat, this episode also includes all kinds of yummy sound bites from eve...

Kelly and Penny once again have a blast with their wines and even have a tutorial about tying cherry stems with their tongues before discussing the upcoming book The Seven Month Itch with author Tanvier Peart. Listen in for all things about the book, as well as gossip and girl talk with Tanvier, and even a preorder discount code for the book! Don't miss it!

Kelly and Penny both really enjoy their wines this week (Penny maybe a bit too much; but is there really such a thing?) as they talk about all the ways Aida and Callum can hurt and love each other in this episode featuring Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark. The girls take you on a wild ride this week, and it's obvious how excited they are to be back together in their first show since the Thanksgiving h...

Kelly and Penny enjoy some of their favorite wines from the lockdown period while they take on the Everlake boys with Tatum as they discuss Kings of Quarantine, the super spicy reverse harem series opener by Susanne Valenti and Caroline Peckham. Also, is anyone ever going to tell Saint what that squid is about?

Penny and Kelly get really excited at how well their wines from Vampire Vineyards coordinate with their book this week as they get their blood pumping for Maddox and Evaline, the sexy vampire and his mate in Bound and Barbed by Samantha R. Goode. Sink your teeth into this episode!

Kelly and Penny go in depth with their wine discussion and delve deep into this super hot, intense, mysterious book by J.T. Geissinger. Lots of wetness is being watched during this episode talking about our favorite read so far - don’t miss it! (Also count with us to see how many times we can mention Thoren Bradley😂)

Just in time for Halloween, Kelly and Penny coordinate their spooky wines with their discussion of the slasher/horror movie homage Slash or Pass by Tylor Paige. This is a why choose occult horror romance filled with everything you might expect from a horror movie. Will Kelly and Penny survive until the end? Tune in to find out! *** Content Warning: This episode contains graphic discussions of viol...

Kelly and Penny have so much fun with this episode! Wines themed to go with the subject of the book, Kelly discusses her fandom of hockey in general (and of course her beloved Detroit Red Wings), and of course the superstud of the book himself, Lachlan Duke. Sit back and enjoy this raucous episode about Until I Get You by Claire Contreras, a hockey romance that's also a stalker suspense novel, and...

Kelly and Penny get down and dirty with their wines, and Scythe and Aster, when they discuss the deliciously dark and sexy tale of The Wolf and the Wildflower by Ella Fields.