Cait & Court's Cozy Corner: Romance Readers

Director Dawn Wilkinson directed the last two episodes of one of "Off Campus" our latest romance adaptation obsession! We got to talk to her about the experience and she was so forthcoming about the whole process. Wonder how they shot those hockey scenes? How they navigate the intimacy on set for those spicy scenes we love? Dawn has all the answers. The show is a hit because it is a great adaptati...

We got to talk with romance author Tessa Bailey about her book, "My Summer Vacation" and s'more...It was such an insightful conversation about the value and joy of smut. Tessa was incredibly cool to talk to and she has so many great romance novels out there to choose from. Cait is a huge fan as someone who doesn't like to always have to linger over a slow burn before we get to the "good stuff"!

If you are an Austen fan, then you are in for a treat! Reading this romance feels like reading Jane Austen. Author Janice Hadlow did an exceptional job finding the Austen voice and gave us a look deeper into the world of "Pride and Prejudice". As Court points out in this episode we get a mini epilogue of Darcy and Elizabeth's happily ever after. This book is all about the most overlooked Bennet si...

We got to sit down with author Brooke Fast and talk about her debut Dystopian Romance "To Cage A Wild Bird". This is the prison romantasy book you've been waiting for! It was really fun to talk with Brooke about her writing process and the inspiration for the book. In this fast-paced story Raven infiltrates a brutal prison to save her brother Jed and falls for the mysterious prison guard Vale...Th...

This week we cover an essential summer romance read: Every Summer After by Carly Fortune This was Carly Fortune's debut novel in 2022 and now it will be a new show releasing on Amazon Prime this week! Listen in as we talk about Percy and Sam and their dual timeline love story set in Ontario's cottage country.

We got to chat with author Annabel Monaghan about her latest summer romance story "Dolly All the Time". A romance book with a female protagonist closer to 40 than 22? Yes, please! What a breath of fresh air. This one hit home hard, probably because Dolly's struggles were very relatable as a fully adult woman. Annabel was so wonderful to talk to and she shared great insights about writing. Cait had...

The delight that is this romance. It's totally PG which is Katherine Center's style and it will absolutely captivate your heart. Jojo is our FMC who attends her sister's wedding on a cruise ship hoping to get over a past crush, but then Cooper our MMC turns out to be more than just her childhood bestie. This book opens with a bang that we did not see coming! Chatting with author Katherine Center w...

We got to chat with Meghan Quinn about her latest summer read and it was a blast! This book is laugh out loud funny! It is Meghan Quinn at her unhinged best. Renley gets drunk on margaritas with her wild Aunt Kitty (who rides hobby horses--look it up) and accidentally orders a fiance not a financier. Theo is said fiance who as part of the British aristocracy has enough money to also be a financier...

We are very excited we got to talk with the author duo Ellis Hunter about their debut romantasy Blood Bound. This book takes the mate trope to a new level, that is long overdue. Dual POV of Skylar and Astrid as they navigate having to battle one another to the death in order to secure magical rites for their respective peoples. Astrid is a witch from the Witch Queendom and Skylar is a vagabond fro...

The Off Campus series is coming to Amazon Prime this month so we are re-releasing our episode talking about The Deal by Elle Kennedy. This is a spicy hockey romance we can't wait to see how they bring it to the screen. So read the book and listen to our episode to get ready the watch! Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham are taking their fake dating off the page...

Romantasy lovers you are in for a treat, Madeline Taylor is chatting with us on this episode about her debut book, "Heir of Illusion". This book is so good! We talk about how as romantasy readers we think we've read it all, but we keep being delighted to discover more great reads. Madeline's book is one of those. Her FMC Iverson is trapped by a magical collar and the MMC Thorne is excruciatingly h...

This is a special actor series episode with Simmi Singh. Simmi is in Cait's indie film "Venice Days"--set amongst the wild characters of Venice Beach, a widowed father on the right side of addiction finds himself with only 24hrs from the driver's seat of his van to secure custody of his young son. The movie is not a romance, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham is a family drama Bollywood romance and we're ta...

Cait has FINALLY read "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros. (The gaul she had starting a romance and romantasy podcast having not read it...) To celebrate we have actor Sarah Drew joining us. You know Sarah from Grey's Anatomy, Mistletoe Murders and How She Caught a Killer to name a select few. Sarah stars in Venice Days a nonprofit indie feature that Cait's husband wrote and directed. But most importa...

We're re-airing our episode with author Joss Richard because her amazing debut book "It's Different This Time" is in the Canada Reads debate on CBC happening this week April 13-16! This is truly one of our favorite books. Also, Joss was our first author interview which is a very big deal! Enjoy our chat about Adam and June and their incredible West Village brownstone...that tub!

This is the sexiest book. The chemistry between Eva and Shane is off the chain! It had Court dreaming about her hot Black husband--wait? Her husband is hot but he's not Black...Cait has since changed her identity to sexy Black Brooklyn maven--this is true. The structure of this book is amazing and the pace will have you feeling all the heady feels of teen love paired with adult realities. We also...

It's Spring! Baseball season is upon us, so let's celebrate like true romance girlies and read on theme! Catch Her If You Can by Tessa Bailey is a great spicy spring romance. The FMC is sassy and so interesting. The MMC is a hot Irish baseball player...enough said. This book will leave you feeling empowered to own your feminine sex appeal, prudes be damned!

What happens when a young Fae woman gets dropped into a new world, a world where vampires reign supreme? Obviously, she immediately gets bonded to a morally grey highborn vampire male and has to learn the ways of this world in a Dark Academy. Almost forgot, she is a dragon rider and the dragons have been gone from this world for a very long time, but now...one awakens. We're covering the first two...

The follow up book to BK Borison's "Next Caller" is so good, we think it might be better than it's predecessor. That's saying a lot! This book reads like a perfect rom com. It's a perfect romance for cozy winter months. We're talking forced proximity in a snowstorm slow-burn...

One of our Producers, book influencer, Canasia Ngo, told us to stop everything and read this book: Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe. So that's what we just did, seriously, we haven't had a stop the presses moment like this since "Heated Rivalry" in December. This book is true enemies to lovers dystopian romantasy that is sexy as hell. If you're looking for a book to channel your feminine rage, this is it...

In this episode we get to talk with author Stephanie Archer about her latest book: The Wild Card! But since we've got Stephanie with us we of course have to cover her whole Vancouver Storm series. This is a fabulous series of cozy hockey romance books. Not to be confused with "Heated Rivalry" these are straight romances, but they have just as much to do with "hockey"...

Sexy Vampires are back! Along with a host of other magical creatures that all manage to co-exist in a way that makes sense and is thoroughly enjoyable in this hot new gladiator battle style romantasy by Stacia Stark. This one is a fun wild ride that is an uncompleted series BUT the end of this book feels like an ending--you're not left hanging by a pinky finger off a cliff.

It's Black History month and we wanted to make a point of highlighting a Black romance author. So we picked "A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke" which was on the NYPL's best of 2025 list; won the "Book I'm Still Thinking About" award at the 2025 Bookish Awards; and was an instant bestseller. It is that good! We get spice right away and a rewarding history lesson. The Duke is seriously hot and Aurora i...

A Little Buzzed by Alys Murray is the most refreshing romance we've read in a while. This episode we get to talk with the incredibly accomplished author about her awesome new book. Reading this book will have you ready to buy a few new sex toys...We talk about Mardi Gras release dates, 25cent Martini's, imposter syndrome and hot MMCs. The name Hudson is having a moment...

In this episode we're talking about "Heated Rivalry" the show vs the book with our friend Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman. Jeffrey identifies as Queer and was a judge on Ru Paul's Drag Race All Stars. You've also seen him on: UnReal; American Horror Story; Doogie Kamealoha MD; and with Cait on "Campfire Christmas". It's a great conversation where we get the queer perspective on the show as a whole and just...

The Winter Olympics have started, Valentine's Day is around the corner, we're not trapped in January anymore but the weather is still yucky. What you need is another installment of your favorite gay hockey couple: Shane and Ilya. Enter, The Long Game by Rachel Reid. It's book six in the game changer series, but it continues Shane and Ilya's story shortly after we left them in Heated Rivalry. Roman...