Love, Essie - The Podcast

This week I yap about how BTG (Beyond The Gates) has me feeling, Zoe York 's Reckless at Heart and how sometimes books just don't hit the spot. I also mention Taryn Delanie Smith who's videos on TikTok and Instagram always brighten my day! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/e...

This week I gush about The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne! It's a 5 star read for me and a really great example of enemies to lovers. Spoilers start at 9:24. I also share some odd thoughts and talk about my dad. If grief and loss of a parent is not what you need at this time, stop at 44:20. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv Tik...

This week I share my thoughts on Kat and Eva on BTG, the Knicks parade and the books I'm currently reading: Knight's Seduction by Sherilee Gray, Call Me by Alison Kent and The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week it’s about the Knicks, the World Cup and romance novels I read and enjoyed! The Ex-Vows by Jessica Joyce was a great contemporary second chance (I’m a bit spoilery, my bad!) Bride of the Kalisars by Dayna Styles was also quite good, it’s a why-choose romantasy lite book with a throuple that works. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essie...

This week my love of Nalini Singh's Archangel's Eternity is on display and spoilers start at 22:13 and end at 52:29. Please do yourself a favor and read this series 🤩❤️🤩 I do have a rant for Beyond The Gates, sorry not sorry and for the foolishness around the World Cup and Game 3 of the NBA finals. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essi...

This week Beyond The Gates has been good but like maddening and I'm both glad and ready for Bill to reap the consequences of letting Hayley destroy what was left of his marriage. For books The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn ended well and I'm glad I got to read it, Mate by Ali Hazelwood was a good return to her PRN world and Ruger by Rose Dior was sadly no good. Some Summer House thoughts to...

This week I talk about BTG and how I'm tired of Ashley and ready for Kial's deceased wife be Joey's sister who faked her death lol! I finished Rebel Who Cried Wolf by Brianna West which didn't have quite the ending I would have liked. I'm around the seventy percent mark of The Paris Match by Kate Clayborn and it's a phenomenal book!! I love Griff, Layla and my fave city 🤩...

This week I talk about all the drama on BTG with the Cotillion and the plasma storyline plus who got shot! For books I'm reading The Reasons for Marriage by Stephanie Laurens, The Care and Feeding of Meddling Himbos by Kristin Lance and finished Fragile Heart by Jillian Rink. I'm definitely a fan of throuples lol. I'm also loving women's sports and so happy for the Montreal Victoir...

This week I talk about BTG and why I'm over the Impaler storyline and ready for it to be over. I finally finished Text Me Maybe by Matilda Madison! I also share some non spoiler thoughts on Archangel's Eternity by Nalini Singh as well as my enjoyment of The Lady Risks All by Stephanie Laurens. Please if you know anyone in romance publishing share this episode with them as I NEED mass marke...

This week I talk about why I hope there's a connection between Lia/Leah, Lynette, Marcel and Randy on Beyond The Gates. For books I share my thoughts on Filling Their Tailoress by Elizabeth Roubaix, The Honor of Being Hers by Sofia Faye, and a brief mention spoiler free on Archangel's Eternity by Nalini Singh which at 59% is everything I could've asked for and more! Thanks for listenin...

This week I talk about who stabbed Grayson, Ashley being foolish and Dani giving Tomas some good intel on Lynette on BTG. Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas is a good reread while The Mogul’s Assistant by Janae Dixon needed to be longer and Fighting Temptation by K.C. Lynn had a male main character that was a bit too angry for me. RHORI is still bringing the drama which I'm loving especially Jo-E...

This week I talk about what's happening on BTG and why Martin is being delulu in wanting a higher profile job. Saving The Sheriff by Kadie Scott was an enjoyable read as well as Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh and Text Me Maybe by Matilda Madison has grown on me! The fantastic 3-step mix from AB Dollars can be found here so definitely check it out. And if you too want to see cool pigeons, here ya g...

This week Beyond The Gates has been renewed for 2 SEASONS!!!! I'm very glad y'all :) also I'm making progress on Text Me Maybe by Matilda Madison, enjoying my reread of Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh and curious about how shifters work in Eva Kent's Flint. The WNBA draft was a lot of fun to watch and I'm excited about the Real Housewives of Rhode Island because it's my first RH...

This week BTG had some cute flashbacks for Naomi and Jacob, while Taylor and Deacon have me feeling bad for Sheila on B&B. My reread's of Archangel's Legion and Cherish Hard by Nalini Singh have brought me much comfort and Stephanie Lauren's A Comfortable Wife is a historical that is scratching the itch of a matchmaking matron! Raye's album This Music May Contain Hope is sublim...

This week I talk about BTG and how I want Hayley and Lynette to go DOWN, my Guildhunter reread and a new to me book from a Reddit rec post, Wyatt by Jessica Peterson. I also talk about a post I saw on Threads from @amoyashante and how leaning into the delulu might be exactly what I need in this moment. Thanks for listening 😘

This week I talk about Tamara Tunie on BTG and the master class in acting she is giving us! On the romance novel front, I read Across The Vanishing Sky by Catherine Cowles and Maybe It's Fate by Heidi McLaughlin. Both books have BFFs who are truly ride or die and I want to read more romances like this! I also share some thoughts on the current reality tv melodrama :/ Thanks for listening 😘

This week I talk about My Storm by Tiffany Patterson, Their Altar Arrangement by Natalie Anderson and Text Me Maybe by Matilda Madison as well as my thoughts on the Oscars, Beyond The Gates speculations I have and my current TikTok vocal obsessions. Thanks for listening 😘

This week I talk about my current reads, Forever Theirs by Katee Roberts which has a throuple and A Pack of Cozy by Veronica Samek which is an omegaverse romance, plus a quick mention of The Crownless King by Dria Andersen. I also share my thoughts on BTG--check out @londonreeves on TikTok every weekday at 2pm ET to watch Beyond The Gates with the #Gatekeepers. Thanks for listening 😘

I’m back to yap about my latest fixation, the newest soap opera on the block, Beyond The Gates on CBS and Paramount+. Let me know what your favorite soaps, characters and storylines are on TikTok at @essiemv and on Threads at @molessie 😊

This episode is all about shifters and how much I love shifter romance! From Nalini’s Psy Changeling series to Dria Andersen’s many shifter books with wolves and big cats to Sam Hall’s Ursa shifter series, a good shifter book is like catnip to me. For a list of all books mentioned check out my instagram @essiemv and let me know your favorite shifters. You can also find me on Twitter at @molessie ✌...

This episode I focus on what I read last year and how I read as many books as I did😝 Thanks for listening and chat with me on Twitter @molessie, on Instagram and TikTok @essiemv

This episode I talk about Dria Andersen’s latest release For Her Peace! This is book 4 in The Knights Brothers series and I’m loving this paranormal world 🌍 Which big cat would you want your mate to be? I’m tied between cheetah and lynx 😂 Thanks again for listening and you can find me on Instagram @essiemv and on Twitter @molessie

This episode is about Nalini’s latest Psy Changeling Trinity novel, Resonance Surge! Spoilers start at 13:20 and end at 64:67. Let me know your thoughts on Theo, Yakov, StoneWater, the bears 🐻 and the Psy Changeling Trinity series! You can find me on Instagram @essiemv and on Twitter @molessie. Thanks again for listening 💜

This week I talk about a five star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ book that’s phenomenal!!! Megan Bannen did the thing y’all 😂. If you love the deep dark moment to be brutally painful and HURT you need to read this book! Spoilers start at 18:32 and end at 58:50 for anyone who wants to skip them. Let me know your thoughts on this book on the socials at Twitter @molessie, Instagram and TikTok @essiemv Thanks for...

This week I talk about a new novella from Dria Andersen! It’s vampires and Black and HOT 🥵 I’m so excited to see more books set in this world! Run to Amazon here: shorturl.at/qzKN6 and treat yourself to this book! Let me know your thoughts on Twitter @molessie and @essiemv on Instagram