Love, Essie - The Podcast

This week, Ocean Light takes center stage! If you’ve been waiting for Bowen Knight’s book, it’s here😊 If you want to check out my Bookshop storefront you can here: https://bookshop.org/shop/loveessie and you can get amazing totes, throw cushions and more with dope designs at: https://readblackromance.threadless.com/

This week I talk about Silver Silence the first book in the Trinity arc which has my favorite changeling alpha, Valentin!! The StoneWater bears are so much fun and his relationship with Silver is full of banter and so much love ❤️

This week I talk about Allegiance of Honor which is a different romance novel than usual! Think season finale 😊 I also talk about paranormal romance and my love of shifter novels. Would love to see some owl 🦉 and pigeon shifters as well as penguins 🐧 and eagles 🦅 !!

This week we go back to the Psy Changeling series and I talk about Shards of Hope, book 14 in the series. Aden and Zaira are two Arrows who are leading the squad into a new future by being a wonderful example of what they can be with love! I also talk about a new release by Ann Aguirre, The War Priest which is book 5 in a 6 book series and has a bear shifter falling for a lynx shifter. 

This episode, it’s all about Jackie Lau and her wonderful books! Pregnant by the Playboy is out on May 26, so get your pre-orders on lol! If you like contemporary romance you need to read her books as she is bringing her A game! Listen to me fan girl over her books that have fake dating, one bed, pies, dumplings, durian and amigurumi!! Also check out the #RomBKLove on Twitter and Instagram for inc...

This week I delve into Shield of Winter book 13 in the series, which has an Arrow and an Empath! Jackie Lau has a new book out May 26, Pregnant by the Playboy that you can preorder and Mr. Hotshot CEO is free.99 so go to her website: jackielaubooks.com Shelf Love Podcast has a list of 58 novellas “for a quick hit of hope”, check it out here: https://shelflovepodcast.com/blog/posts/romance-novellas...

This week, life kicked my ass so I decided to read some Talia because her books bring me so much joy! Guarding Temptation is out April 22 and it’s got the friend’s younger sister trope as well as forced proximity with a tattooed mechanic 💗 You need to add her to your TBR!!! I also read Love Hard by Nalini which has a hot rugby playing single dad🤤 check out Talia’s gorgeous site: taliahibbert.com...

This episode we get to Kaleb Krychek’s book! He’s a pretty dark main character and his journey is fascinating. We’re now 12 books in to the series and only eight weeks away from the latest book in the series!! If you want to join Nalini’s newsletter go here: https://nalinisingh.com/ and scroll down to where it says newsletter. If you want to receive a card from me please DM me your name and mailin...

Hi! It’s episode 15 with Tangle of Need, book 11 in the Psy-Changeling series. I talk about this book, Adria Morgan who makes it so good, the crappy “Unlikeable Heroine” rag and how much I don’t like it. If you haven’t already read Aarya’s article on the subject, here it is: https://tinyurl.com/t8h48sg Please let me know your thoughts on Twitter @molessie and Instagram @essiemv Get four books from...

This week I talk about Kiss of Snow. Hawke and Sienna’s book is filled with a lot of action, two love stories 💓 and some wild moments. I do spoiler free first, then I spoil, tee hee😂 While trying to stay sane inside I’m reading some historical: Tessa Dare’s When a Scot ties the knot and Lisa Kleypas’ Scandal in Spring 🤗 Jayci Lee’s debut Temporary Wife Temptation was a fun quick Harlequin read!...

For this episode I talk about book 9 Play of Passion! It’s got two wolf changelings, younger man/older woman trope (kinda!) and Andrew Kincaid is a delightful main character. Reading has been tough but I’ve started re-reading Devil’s Bride by Stephanie Laurens because the Fated Mates podcast had an episode about it. The novellas I mentioned that are set in the Psy/Changeling world are: Beat of Tem...

This episode I talk about book 8 in the Psy-Changeling universe with Max and Sophia who are a new pairing! I also talk about House Rules and Love Lettering — authors Ruby Lang and Kate Clayborn are so talented and you need both of these books in your lives. Please say hi on Twitter @molessie and on Instagram @essiemv 😊😊😊

This episode I bring y’all back to the Psy-Changeling universe! Book seven, Blaze of Memory is one of my favorite Nalini Singh books and it also destroys me emotionally, every. single. time. I read it! If you’re going to read it, have tissue ready 🧻 I love Katya and Devraj very much and there’s amnesia, forced proximity, and enemies to lovers tropes in this book. Thank you for listening and pleas...

We’ve made it to episode 10! Did something different this week! I decided to pretend I was in the room with Andrea and Katrina in minisode Communication is Key - Polyamory + Financial Conversations and give you my thoughts. You should check out the episode here: https://tinyurl.com/uxppdyx I also had a wonderful conversation on Twitter with @weekendreader_ @DanieReads and @_AdeleBuck about why rom...

This episode I focus on Branded by Fire which is book 6 in the series but also my FIRST Nalini Singh book. This book is where my love for Nalini started. This book was the gateway, my friends ☺️ So Mercy’s last name is Smith lol 😂 please hit me up on Twitter @molessie and Instagram @essiemv and check out my blog https://linktr.ee/essiemv Gracias 😁

This episode I talk about the enemies to lovers and my faves in that trope. Then I go into Nalini’s Hostage to Pleasure which is book five in the series. Because I mention a lot of books click on the linktree link to see the blog post with all of the wonderful books 🥰🥰🥰 https://linktr.ee/essiemv

In this episode, I focus on book four, Mine to Possess which is Clay and Talin’s book. You can grab a copy here: https://nalinisingh.com/books/psychangeling-series/mine-to-possess/ To read Aarya Marsden’s post on unlikable heroines click here: https://tinyurl.com/t8h48sg Spoilers begin at 32:12 and end at 1:09:39 The second chance romances I mentioned are A Second Chance Road-trip by Jackie Lau ht...

In this episode, book three of the series, Caressed by Ice is our focus. If spoilers make you ragey, pause at 24:49 and skip to 1:02:25 to listen to the rest of the episode. After listening to Shelf Love’s minisode on Secret Baby with Kini Allen ( https://shelflovepodcast.com/episodes/season-1/episode-21/episode-21/ ) I wanted to share with y’all one of my favorite secret baby books, Emma Darcy’s...

This episode I focus on the second book, Visions of Heat. The spoiler free section ends at 27:26. There are spoilers from 29:27 to 1:11:45 and you can get the book here: https://nalinisingh.com/books/psychangeling-series/visions-of-heat/ Re-reading this for the podcast was interesting because of the similarities I saw to real life. Also as I mentioned at the end, Piper J Drake’s latest book Foreve...

In this episode I talk briefly about the RWA debacle and then I recommend authors, social content creators and websites you should follow. The detailed breakdown of the links can be found here: https://linktr.ee/essiemv and if you need to 1-click right now: Katrina Jackson - https://tinyurl.com/t9obs36 Jackie Lau - https://tinyurl.com/remocml Talia Hibbert - https://www.taliahibbert.com/ Charish R...

In this episode I talk about book 1 in the Psy/Changeling series and why I love it so much!! I also talk about Jackie Lau’s holiday novella A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year. Spoilers are between the 15:48 and 48:22 mark. Get Jackie’s novella here, https://jackielaubooks.com/books/a-fake-girlfriend-for-chinese-new-year/ and check out Nalini’s website here, https://nalinisingh.com/ You can rea...

It’s episode two! I’ll be talking about Black romance and a Twitter conversation that sparked so many great responses as well as Every New Year by Katrina Jackson which is a must read for y’all! You can follow her at https://twitter.com/katrinajax and find her books at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B01GAF7X2Q

This is the intro episode to my romance podcast! Welcome and if you have any questions you can reach me by email at essie.v@outlook.com and on Twitter @molessie

Join me, December 30th for a romance novel ride you won’t regret!