Plotting & Panting Podcast

Celebrating Women’s History Month by honoring the strong, brilliant, chaotic, creative women who change the world and the ones just trying to make it through the day without losing their keys, their patience, or their iced coffee. here’s to supporting women, uplifting women, and remembering that behind every great achievement is probably a woman who said “fine, I’ll do it myself.” Make Me by Summe...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here! Today we’re doing our monthly book review, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming. Book Description: Spice trader Cinnamon’s quiet life is turned upside down when she ends up on a quest with a fiery demon, in this irreverently quirky rom-com fantasy that is sweet, steamy, and funny as hell. All she wanted to do was li...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here! Today we’re doing our monthly book review, Den of Vipers by K. A. Knight. Make sure to buckle up because you’re in for a WILD ride. Trigger Warning and spoiler alert on this episode. Den of Vipers is a Dark Reverse Harem romance. From K.A. Knight's website: Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel—The Vipers. They run this town and everyone...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We are back from a week hiatus enjoying our holidays, and we hope you enjoyed time with all those that you love! As we enter into 2026, we will not let our seasonal depression get us down, so this episode is full of fluffy, lovey-dovey, kiss-kiss romantic shit! But first, grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! The People We Meet on V...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! We were in the mood to emotionally devastate ourselves, so we’re here for something to cry about.  The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros - The Last Letter — Rebecca Yarros | #1 NYT Bestselling Author Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren -  Love and Other Words - Christi...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together!  Today we are talking about our Unwrapped & Unhinged books. In episode 14 - Snowed In & Turned on, we gifted one another a book we thought the other would LOVE. Helen gifted Nicole - Knot Your Problem, Cowboy. Nicole gifted Dorothy Lights Out. and Dorothy gifted...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Today we are talking about Soul Searching by Lyla Sage. Paraphrased from Lyla Sage's Website: "Collins Cartwright does not want to go home. Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming, was supposed to be in her rearview mirror, but when she finds out a developer is trying to buy...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! This week our theme is Snowed In & Turned On. Let's get turned on by our snowed in picks!  Snowed In by Catherine Walsh - Books — Catherine Walsh Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood - Stuck With You - Ali Hazelwood Axes and O's by Kayla Grosse - Axes & O&a...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Today we are covering Holiday Spice and Everything Nice!! Come with us on our holiday romance sleigh ride!  Holiday Ever After  by Hannah Grace -  Holiday Ever After — Hannah Grace Good Spirits  by B.K. Borison -  Good Spirits - B.K. Borison Can I Tell You Something?  b...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Today we are talking about some of our favorite smut scenes.  *DISCLAIMER: We'd like to think the title is self-explanatory... that you're walking the plank with us, but if this is new to you ... this episode does contain mature themes and language above and b...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Today we are talking about 9 Month Contract by Amy Daws! From Amy's website:  " Help Wanted: Grumpy Mountain Man seeks baby momma. Job is an incubator position only. Surrogate must be impervious to grunting in the form of communication and nosey brotherly neig...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Sweata weatha is officially here, and we’ve got the reads to match your oversized knit energy. Autumn = Fall Romances! Drawn Together by Juliana Smith - Drawn Together by Juliana Smith | Goodreads The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore - Dream Harbor - The Pumpkin Spi...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Today we are going to be talking about found family tropes. I think that so many people can relate that sometimes our chosen family, those people who truly know you, love you and would bury a body with you, are hands down the best kind of family members!! Pucking Sweet...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together!  We’re spicing things up a little bit today, literally. We decided it was time to highlight some of the authors who absolutely nail that balance between a sizzling good time and a solid plot. Now, between the three of us, our tastes range from mild to extra hot, but the...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Today we are talking about A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley! From Sarah’s website: “Mariel Spark knows not to trust a demon, especially one that wants her soul, but what’s a witch to do when he won’t leave her side—and she kind of doesn’t want...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Today Plotting & Panting takes on REDRUM: these stories contain spice, gore and murder. AND we hope you know where REDRUM comes from - wink* Tattered Stars by Catherine Cowles - Tattered Stars | Catherine Cowles The Resurrectionist by A. Rae Dunlap - books — A. Rae...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We are Nicole, Dorothy & Helen and we’re excited to be here! Grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Cursed & Committed: Our MFCs are dealing with curses all while figuring out their commitments Phantasma by Kaylie Smith Phantasma - Kaylie Smith A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer Armentrout A Shadow in the Ember - Jennifer L. A...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We are Nicole, Dorothy & Helen and we’re excited to be here!  Grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! It’s October!!! It’s officially one of our favorite months of the year! We’re pumped to be bringing you spooky (and spice) books all month long! Today we are talking about things that go bump in the night! Don't Let the Fores...

*This is the first episode we recorded and we've already learned a whirlwind of information!! ;) Please be gentle!  Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We're Helen, Nicole and Dorothy and we are excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Let's get caught up in this storm chasing romance together! Description provided by Kayla Grosse’s web...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We’re Helen, Dorothy and Nicole and we are excited to be here; grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Let's talk about back to school! Each of our books brings the heat as we return to school this fall! Rapid fire: Pick a song that matches your books vibes! The books we discussed today and the author's website: Brickstone U...

Welcome to Plotting and Panting!! We are Helen, Nicole and Dorothy and we’re excited to be here! Grab your favorite drink, get comfy and let’s turn the page together! Let's talk about tropes that make us pant! Spicy book tropes that nail it - reactions, pant & plot rating, favorite quote, plus trope auto-buys!  Bittersweet Memories by Catharina Maura - Bittersweet Memories - Catharina Mau...