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This episode coming to you hot and sticky from summer in Australia as we welcome guest Renée Dahlia! [Kate would like to note that we recorded this episode back when it was, in fact, summer in Australia, despite releasing it now, when it is summer in North America.] Season 2, Episode 6: Special Guest Renée Dahlia Racy Books Renée is the author of Episode Five’s Driven to Distraction and we talked...

In Season Two, Episode 5, we read racy book: Driven to Distraction by Renée Dahlia . And, surprise! Next episode we’re interviewing her! And, not a surprise: We still don’t know what a rally driver is. Maybe she can tell us! Season 2, Episode 5: Driven to Distraction by Renée Dahlia Racy Books This MM, driver-historian, “S1” romance is also a mystery and we absolutely spoil the ending. Here’s what...

This week, we revisited Lauren Asher’s Dirty Air series with Collided and learned about Sexy Pinterest Bucket Lists . News conferences galore! Bandini vs. McCoy! LFG! Season 2, Episode 3: Collided Racy Books ( Previously on Racy Books , we read Bookstagram darling Throttled . The edits seem to agree Noah is Charles , but we pegged him as Max.)  Check check check: a playlist in the front matte...

Let’s talk about Drive by Tamara Lush ! An Italian hero brings the “bossy for her safety” vibe and our heroine is breaking the Female Tire Changer glass ceiling. Welcome to Formula World! Season 2, Episode 3: Drive by Tamara Lush Racy Books (Since you are here, in the overlap of open-wheel racing enthusiasts and romance readers, you may be interested in hoverbikes, which show up in Hanna’s book Qu...

Racy Books Presents! Maya Blake’s The Price of Success . Featuring: A heroine who is a driver! Trauma and drama! (And Hanna once again professing her love of books with kidnappings and/or car crashes.) Season 2, Episode 2: The Price of Success by Maya Blake Racy Books At the top, we try to talk about topical real-life F1: Things missing from Drive to Survive Season Five. Fernando Alonso is doing w...

Welcome to Season Two Episode One of the Racy Books Podcast! (This is the podcast where Hanna and Kate talk about things that interest them, mostly forgetting they are supposed to be doing something entertaining to other people!)  This season we’ll be reviving some of the worlds we entered in Season One and I made that pun because this week we’re diving back into Samantha Towle’s Revved serie...

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling. . . in our theme song! For the 2022 Racy Books Pod Holiday Special, we read: Formula One Noel by Christina Braver –thanks again to Christina for the advanced reader copy; this steamy, contemporary holiday romance is out now! 2022 Christmas Special: Formula One Noel by Christina Braver Racy Books Fun reminder that Hanna has a book coming out in January– QUEEN...

For our last episode of the season, please enjoy our first time recording via zoom! (We have already been told by our producer this is the last time we are allowed to record with airpods! Kate would like to ask you to please ignore the annoying bit at the beginning, it is the worst part.) Luckily our guest is a true professional (who also has a F1 podcast called Choosing Sides ) with a real mic an...

Get excited because this week we’re reading the first book in Lauren Asher’s Dirty Air Series, Throttled . Episode 5: Throttled by Lauren Asher Racy Books Would you classify yourself as a problematic reader? Do you love drama and bad dads and crashes? (And murderers?) Tell us about it! This book uses the term F1 and has a Big Huge Italian team with an iconic red car. It’s a nice mix of real and un...

It’s Episode Fore, if you will, featuring: forearms and foreplay in Tessa Bailey’s Unfixable ! Episode 4: Unfixable by Tessa Bailey Racy Books Here’s what happened: Hanna tried out a new tagline and Kate took a deep breath. Hanna’s new book about an actor who has to play his twin to get another shot (this is a pun) with his ex, End of the Day , is out on 9/27! Kate did the math. ( Our Instagram in...

This week we delved into Heidi Rice’s My Shocking Monte Carlo Confession , a category romance! Big fans of the MMPB here. Listen to us consider: What is the shocking confession? Episode 3: My Shocking Monte Carlo Confession by Heidi Rice Racy Books But first! We tried some new taglines. Let us know whose suggestion you prefer. [ KATE! Maybe we could do a Twitter POLL? For ENGAGEMENT? ] And please...

This week we read and discussed Kat Ransom’s Lights Out and agreed it’s the perfect title for an F1 romance. Episode 2: Lights Out by Kat Ransom Racy Books Other things we discussed (though we were remiss not to mention that the hero of this one was LITERALLY BORN IN A CAR) included: Whether an F/F F1 romance would be a Pitch -situation. (The F/F F1 romance with the woman driver that Kate couldn’t...

For our inaugural episode of the Racy Books Podcast, we read Samantha Towle’s REVVED and talked about it! Episode 1: Revved by Samantha Towle Racy Books Download We also went on a few tangents: We’re Hanna and Kate and we met in romance book club. Kate has reviewed Hanna’s book ALL THE BEST NIGHTS . Our credentials. (Kate, I’ve purposefully left this without a link because we have none.) The singl...

Join Hanna and Kate for a short explainer episode where we explain what we plan to do on the podcast and introduce some F1 concepts.