Lit Wallflowers Podcast

What a treat!!  Queen Charlotte a Bridgerton story released earlier this month on Netflix and the novel by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes soon followed.  We can read the amazing scenes from the film plus read the points of views from key characters.   We love Just George aka Farmer George and determined Charlotte.  There are many old and new odes to Bridgerton.  We cannot stand the doctor and his m...

Nesta needs to shape up or get winnowed out of the Night Court in A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas!! Tough love is the plan for Nesta to stop wasting away.  The Inner Circle gives her an ultimatum.  She must train with Cassian then work in the House of Wind library.  However, she resists until he meets her half way. Training comes in handy against Prythian threats, a competition, and overc...

The war is over and healing begins in A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas! The inhabitants of Velaris are picking up the pieces and rebuilding their home or a new life after some type of loss.  Some spend more time with their lover while others are simply glad their fated mate is living. Feyre learns more about Rhysand and an annual bat boy snow ball fight which we want to attend.  Plus...

We are in for an epic war in “A Court of Wings and Ruin” by Sarah J Maas!! Feyre and Rhysand make their way back to each other while Lucien scrutinize her actions while in the Spring Court.  Lucien’s soul leads him towards his mate. The Lords meet to strategize how to combat Hybern and his allies.  There are High Fae who remain wild cards until the very end. Many warriors are lost and lives are sa...

Sad boy Rhysand allows Feyre to live and love with someone else until he hears her call in “A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J Maas!! Feyre and Tamlin return to the Spring Court.  Wedding planning should excite her however she continues to have nightmares while Tamlin’s fear keeps her close to the keep.  There is always ­­­ Tamlin’s childhood friend and High Fae Ianthe to “help.”  He magically l...

Spring is a time of new beginnings so that means the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas with the Spring Court!  We will have two points of view, Toni’s first ACOTAR experience and Wendy’s reread. Youngest daughter Feyre Archeron hunts to feed her sisters and injured father, but one hunt changes their lives forever.  High Fae, High Lord of the Spring Court, Tamlin takes her to the f...

Monroe Sinclair returns to Ardnoch for as long as she has to while her ex-best friend Brodan Adair returns to reassess his life in “Only You” by Samantha Young!! Monroe and Brodan were inseparable since age five, and she naturally befriended his younger siblings.  They stayed true to their friendship as the chemistry changed between them and their simmering interest grows, but his fear of falling...

Eredine Willows keeps to herself however Arran Adair charms his way into becoming besties and more in “Be With Me” by Samantha Young!! Arran moves away from a painful memory to back home in Ardnoch, to grow roots, and to show he is not a screw up.  One connection he wants to grow is with the mysterious Ery.  He does not treat her with kid gloves like everyone else, but with the desire to show her...

Arrochar Adair has loved Mackennon Galbraith for years until one night when she bared it all in “Always You” by Samantha Young!! Arrochar has always had an easy and good friendship with her brother’s best friend and ex-bodyguard, and now head of security at Ardnoch Estates, Mac.  They have shared secrets and had great conversations throughout the years and the mutual attraction is definitely prese...

Regan Penhaligon flees and surprises her sister at Ardnoch Castle, and she lucks out with a job becoming a nanny for Thane Adair in “There With You” by Samantha Young!! Regan pretends that everything is okay however she has a lot of explaining to do, starting with her absence while her sister fought for her life.  While her relationship with her sister mends, she decides that staying in the Scotti...

For the first time, we dive into romantic suspense with Samantha Young’s Adair Family series starting with “Here With Me!” Robyn Penhaligon makes a career change when death knocks her out in the line of duty!  Then she goes on a healing journey taking her to face her father, Mac, in the highlands of Scotland at Ardnoch Castle. Retired actor Lachlan Adair protects his family which includes his form...

New to Kate Clayborn?!  Start with her perfect, latest release “Georgie, All Along” then dive into her backlist!  We love her and moved our schedule to get it [this book] in!! Georgie Mulcahy returns to her hometown to help her pregnant BFF nest and to figure out her next career.  If she could avoid everyone who knows her as a flake and creative songwriter, then her current hawt mess look will suf...

Justine Hoffman wants to find true love and Jason Black wants to live longer in Crystal Cove by Lisa Kleypas!! Jason and his crew are staying at Artist’s Point while looking at a piece of property.  However, he knows Justine has something he wants to borrow. Justine decides to consult her grimoire for answers and attempts a spell.  However, she would like to know who put a curse on her in the firs...

Grumpy Alex Nolan gets attached… to a ghost while sunshine Zoe Hoffman spends quality time with her favorite person in Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas!! In the middle of a divorce and heavily drinking, Alex realizes he is not hallucinating the phantom noises followed by a ghost’s appearance.  Now, he begins a sarcastic bromance with the ghost. Zoe prepares to live with her grandmother, Emma, who is los...

When it rains, it pours, especially for Lucy Marinn.  However, Sam Nolan helps her weather the storms in Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas!! Lucy believes her boyfriend is the most thoughtful man, but he a boy who chooses her sister. Sam keeps busy with his vineyard, but Lucy’s bad luck continues and a mutual friend convinces him to help nurse Lucy back to health in his home. Lucy and  Sam eventuall...

The year ends merrily for Maggie, the Nolan family, and Renfield in “Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor” by Lisa Kleypas!!  And, there is a Hallmark Hall of Fame adaption, “Christmas with Holly!” Tragedy hits the Nolan family and the silent youngest member, Holly, moves to Friday Harbor with her guardian, uncle Mark. Maggie Collins knows loss.  She may not be open to love, but she is open to making he...

Capital A-R-S-E-H-O-L-E ARSEHOLE in Kresley Cole’s If You Deceive book three of The MacCarrick Brothers trilogy!! Ethan MacCarrick goes to a masquerade and feels his celibate body stirring when he spots her. Madeline van Rowen returns to England to find a rich husband, or return to a slum in Paris and marry a count who gives her the creeps. With no money and no prospects, Maddie decides to do some...

Capital P-I-N-I-N-G PINING in Kresley Cole’s If You Desire book two of The MacCarrick Brothers trilogy!! Hugh MacCarrick receives a letter from his boss and immediately rides hard to London.  His boss’s daughter is in danger. Jane Weyland has not seen “tears and years” for ten years, and now she must marry Hugh, the man of her dreams, for her protection. The simmering feelings between Jane and Hug...

Capital “A-L-P-H-A” ALPHA in Kresley Cole’s If You Dare, book one of The MacCarrick Brothers trilogy!! Scottish mercenary Courtland MacCarrick makes his great escape from death when by falling into a river.  Broken and tired by the water’s force, Lady Annalia Tristan LLorente brings him home to care for the Highlander. Anna nurses Court back to health then he begins to take advantage of her home e...

We get some Narnia to Clark Kent action in the Stud club series book three “Three Nights with a Scoundrel” by Tessa Dare!! Lady Lily Chatwick grieves for her twin’s death and fears losing his best friend as he searches for the killers.    Julian Bellamy ends up at the Chatwick residence injured then cared for by Lily.  He needs her married before he disappears from the Ton, from her life.  To fulf...

We need crystal and sage people!  While we manifest as a collective for a new Tessa Dare book, we are continuing with the Stud Club series book two “Twice Tempted by a Rogue!” Widow Meredith Maddox constantly buzzes around her inn and around the village to help keep the community afloat.  She has no time for romance until her childhood crush returns to town. War hero Rhys St. Maur broods back to h...

We are manifesting a new Tessa Dare book by reading her Stud Club series!  Wallflower Lady Amelia d’Orsay commandeers the Duke of Midnight’s one dance per ball and their story begins in One Dance with a Duke!! Lady Amelia needs to speak to the Duke of Morland, Spencer Dumarque, to clear her brother’s debt.  She did not expect to be swept into the terrace due to a secret panic attack, and then goin...

Badass Evie Stuart and Captain Anthony Browne had a hawt, hot meet-cute in “Spy Season” then lean into their pining in the latest release “A Season for Spies” by Golden Angel!! Evie’s spymaster uncle tasks Anthony to watch over his headstrong niece during the search for a murderous traitor.  They may be professionals, but they cannot get their first meeting out of their minds and they enter a situ...

Sleeping Beauty Brandan Delamar, Duke of Westbury, awakes sore from a fight and he must marry an heiress which Viola Beaton is not in “Duke Most Wicked by Lenora Bell, book three in the Wallflowers vs Rogues series! After West wakes in his club, he hears rumors about two of his sisters.  He adores all his sisters and to keep a promise to their mother, he must reform from a wicked rake to a heiress...

Devil Ash Ellis gets a Cinderella-going-to-the-ball makeover as instructed by Lady Henrietta Prince in “The Devil’s Own Duke” by Lenora Bell, book two in the Wallflowers vs Rogues series! Hetty seeks a bride for her widowed father, the Duke of Granville.  If her father gives her a brother, then she can continue to grow her family’s land into a profitable sparkling wine business. The Devil’s Stairc...