Plot Trysts

Worldly and Temporal Things: Seize the Fire 15.05.2025 1:12:10 ↓

Alex and Meg are joined by Candy Tan to discuss this book, which sounds completely insane TBH.

The Legionary Seduction by Jenna Bigelow 13.05.2025 38:09 ↓

We remain enamored with Jenna. That is all.

Hardly a Gentleman by Eloisa James 11.05.2025 38:52 ↓

This book is a fucking delight.

Worldly and Temporal Things: Flowers from the Storm 03.05.2025 1:09:38 ↓

Meg and Alex are joined by Cat Sebastian to discuss Alex's favorite book of all time.

A Death on Corfu by Emily Sullivan 29.04.2025 29:54 ↓

We were both very charmed by this mystery novel and can't help speculating on the future romantic turns. What does "cozy" mean to you?

Trope Talk: Spies with Emily Sullivan 25.04.2025 40:38 ↓

Laine and Meg ostensibly talk with Emily Sullivan about spies. Come for the spies, stay for the tax questions.

Worldly and Temporal Things: Midsummer Moon 19.04.2025 1:01:18 ↓

Meg and Alex are joined by Colleen Kelly to discuss this fairytale-adjacent book.

Fan Service by Rosie Danan 16.04.2025 30:49 ↓

This book is for anyone who was ever an embarrassing teenager.

Worldly and Temporal Things: My Sweet Folly 05.04.2025 54:13 ↓

Meg and Alex are joined by Eloisa James to discuss My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale. Having not read any of these books, this hero really needs therapy.

The Tribune Temptation by Jenna Bigelow 31.03.2025 42:34 ↓

This book provided a moment of light in a dark world. We will be immediately consuming everything that Jenna Bigelow puts out for the foreseeable future.

Worldly and Temporal Things: Shadowheart 22.03.2025 56:26 ↓

Meg and Alex are joined by Tasha Suri to discuss Shadowheart. I concur that nothing in this book inspired the character in BG3.

Trope Talk: Amnesia with Olivia Waite 16.03.2025 52:05 ↓

Meg and Laine are joined by Olivia Waite to discuss the use of amnesia in romance.

Worldly and Temporal Things: For My Lady's Heart 07.03.2025 1:12:14 ↓

Meg and Alex are joined by Olivia Waite to discuss For My Lady's Heart, and all I could think of was "a little sincerity is a dangerous thing, a great deal of it is absolutely fatal."

The Devil's Charm by Megan Frampton 28.02.2025 19:03 ↓

Don't you miss the days before museums had things like security or glass cases?

The Merchant Match by Jenna Bigelow 27.02.2025 27:49 ↓

This is now a Roman Empire/Republic romance fan account.

Worldly and Temporal Things: Lessons in French 21.02.2025 1:00:07 ↓

Meg and Alex are joined by Adriana Herrera to discuss Laura Kinsale's most conventional book. (That is not a diss.)

Losing Sight by Tati Richardson 20.02.2025 26:57 ↓

We ADORED this book and it managed to be fun while dealing with some serious topics.

Wooing the Witch Queen by Stephanie Burgis 19.02.2025 25:03 ↓

This book is adorable and so much fun to read and I really enjoyed the balance of romance and world building and I wanted it to be smut and it wasn't. If you go in knowing what to expect it's a romp.

Enemy of My Dreams by Jenny Williamson 11.02.2025 33:12 ↓

We were both so charmed by the road trip romance between a brutal Visigoth and a Roman princess. We were not charmed by the asshole king letting his people starve, oh wait, it was the same dude.

Worldly and Temporal Things: The Prince of Midnight 06.02.2025 1:03:05 ↓

Alix E. Harrow joins Meg and Alex to discuss The Prince of Midnight, by Laura Kinsale, a book that is both bonkers and heartbreaking.

A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera 05.02.2025 33:12 ↓

The concept of this series is very cool, and this book is very effective, but it was also hard to read at this moment in time.

The Arrangement by Mary Balogh 01.02.2025 28:31 ↓

Do I get what is objectively good about Mary Balogh's writing? Yes. Is a low-stakes, low-conflict, low-steam story what I need right now? Not really.

My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase 28.01.2025 31:58 ↓

Loretta is BACK. Is this the marriage in crisis as we expected? No. But once you set aside the expectation that something horrible is about to happen this book is a FANTASTIC brother's best friend romance.

Worldly and Temporal Things: The Shadow and the Star 24.01.2025 1:07:12 ↓

Meg and Alex resume their read of all Laura Kinsale's books. Today they are joined by Angelina M. Lopez to discuss the Shadow and the Star.

Earl Crush by Alexandra Vasti 22.01.2025 21:12 ↓

This book is exactly what we expect from this series, rompy and very very sexy. Please give me a book about Jasper, I am such a sucker for a real spy.