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Ep 17. Too Many Peens to Count | Omegaverse…Reverse Harem on Steroids   Join Summer and Kelsey with our guest Dime from @read.it.and..weep in this energetic episode where they enjoy a vibrant discussion on the omegaverse: how it started, its different spin offs, and the joys of knotting. We talk about scent markings, bonding, and nesting–some of the key elements of the omegaverse environment.   Om...

Jane is doing much better, thank you. And so is Rochy. That doesn't mean there aren't some...weird...moments. But there are lots of flirty, teasey, sitting in the sunshine moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 16. Swamp Ass, New Kinks, and Bridgerton | Ramble Reads 2   Join Summer and Kelsey in this laid back episode where they enjoy a rambly chat over dinner. They converse on books that haven’t been in previous episodes, Summer’s book deadlines (Stolen Secrets & The Lost One), along with Summer’s book characters all having an orgy.     → Pre-Order Love, Not War: Ukraine Charity Anthology ←   Lau...

We're back and so is Jane! Our Jane heeds to whispering, walloping call of Rochester's voice and finds her way back to Thornfield Hall. And boy, does she have a surprise coming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 15. MC Madness: WTF Did I Just Read? | Motorcycle Club Romances    Announcement!! Stolen to Fight by Summer is now available on Amazon and free on Kindle Unlimited   Listen in this week to hear two sets of best friends give a retelling of their Motorcycle Club romances. Summer O’Toole and Best Friend Kelsey were joined by good friends Macie from @MHMhoneyreads and author Haley Tyler of the Salv...

1 month ago, suspicion and Kindle Unlimited ruled. It was a time of darkness, it was a world of fear, it was the age before we read a bunch of monster romance. Swept up by a magic spell for a thousandish pages. Now here in Chicago....the spell is broken! AND WE MARCH AGAIN!! To round out our Monster March with DECEIVED BY THE GARGOYLE by Lillian Lark. Grace the witch is(gently, apologetically) man...

Ep 14. Heartbreak and Dirty Talking Book Boyfriends | Stolen to Fight Round Table–SPOILERS   Announcement!! Stolen to Fight by Summer is now available on Amazon and free on Kindle Unlimited–all March proceeds will be donated to survivors. This episode is heavy on spoilers–you’ve been warned!   GIVEAWAY: Check Mary and Haylee’s TikToks to join!   Check CW: SummerOtoole.com/content   What happens wh...

Our hearts take wing and our air mattress deflates in this installment of MONSTER MARCH featuring Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison. Pia manages to steal from a dragon's - or rather THE Dragon's - hoard but doesn't manage to not leave highly incriminating personal evidence at the scene. Lucky for us, and lucky for her, that means one powerful man-dragon can seduce her! And also some stuff about corpor...

Ep. 14: Healing from Trauma + Our Fave Smutty Words | Reading for RAINN with Kimiya @kktreads   Announcement!! Stolen to Fight by Summer is now available on Amazon and free on Kindle Unlimited–all March proceeds will be donated to survivors.    Listen in this week to a very important episode focused on books from the Reading for RAINN movement. Our guest, Kimiya @kttreads, has been organizing the...

Heeey listener, how's it going? Living the dream? Listen, we just wanted to touch base with you about "Love, Laugh, Lich" by Kate Prior? Yeah. Yeah. It is a romance novella about the executive assistant to a Lich who has office--you know--with her boss. Yeah, well the thing is, the Lich, has a real out-of-the-box...you know. Uh huh. I think we can circle back to that offline. And just to be clear,...

Ep 12. Exploiting Men for Their Money and Other Romance Reasons | Billionaire Romance with Meghan from @OtherWorldOfMyOwn    Announcement!! Stolen to Fight by Summer is now available on Amazon and free on Kindle Unlimited–all March proceeds will be donated to survivors.    Welcome back to the HEA Book Club! In this episode we have guest Meghan, best known as @otherworldofmyown . Focusing on the ri...

So he said what's the problem babyWhat's the problem I don't knowWell maybe I'm a GOD(GOD!)Searchin' for the killer of my acolyteTuckin' my tentacles in tightAvoiding my family and Fallin' for a PI...Monster March begins with the Cthulhu-adjacent, pun-apparent, politic-of-death-exploring, Acsquidentally in Love by K.L. Hiers. Is it reasonable to approach a book with expectations as a reader? What...

Ep. 11: Filling As Many Holes As Possible with Author Scarlet King   Hellooooo to reverse harems and absolutely bonker plotlines! In this episode of the HEA Book Club: Reading Romance with Friends we have author Scarlet King join us, our resident expert on reading and writing reverse harems.    Has the idea of having multiple partners at once ever given you a spicy thought? Look no further! This w...

Yr grls were working in the lab late one night, when their eyes beheld an eerie sight..For a monster rose (a-wink) from the slab, and to their surpriseTHEY DID IT IN MARCH! They did a MOoOnster March...Join us for a seasonally inappropriate announcement. And then join us for the rest of the month as we read:"Asquidentally in Love" by K. Hiers"Love, Laugh, Lich" by Kate Prior"Dragon Bound" by Thea...

Ep 10: Sugar Daddies, Mask K!nks, and Elephant T!tties | Author Interview with Molly Doyle   Join us on Facebook for the chance to win a free kindle!   Also chatted about are a set of weekly hots that were WILD. Think sugar daddy’s and elephant titties. See this tiktok for an educational moment: https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdShNTmK/   Or purchase Kelsey's v@gina/papaya sweatshirt here . This week Summ...

Our time in S------ is coming to a close, but St. John is not letting Jane go without a bang and one orgasmic head pat. But you know what speaks louder than orgasmic head pats? The voice of true love, that's what! Join us as we reflect on our time away from Rochester, the bad feeling bleeding through the presence of Empire in the text, and that this part of the book may be the part that matters th...

Ep 9: Booktok Made Me Do It | “It was free so I read it” Reads   Join us on Facebook for the chance to win a free kindle!   Potentially the start of a new series, Summer and Kelsey get together and talk over the books they’ve been reading between our episodes. Kelsey gets sucked into the Kindle Unlimited book store while Summer gets swept up in the newest craze on Booktok.    This episode is fille...

Gang, we're starting to think St. John doesn't REALLY see Jane as a sister? This chapter, Christmas occurs for two seconds and then Jane enters into an emotionally wrought new language practice with her first cousin cum benefactee, St. John. And things escalate when St. John invites her to join him in a colonialist, racist project. To say the least...Join us as we unpack how Jane Eyre continues to...

Ep 8: Blue Alien D!cks and Indie Insider Info from Author Elizabeth Stephens | The Xiveri Mates Series   ~Join us on Facebook for the chance to win a free kindle!~   In this long awaited episode of The HEA Book Club Summer and Kelsey have the pleasure of talking with Elizabeth Stephens about the fantastical world she has created in the Xiveri Mates series. Filling in the category of world building...

We return to sweltering, medieval Spain for la segunda parte of our discussion on "The Flesh and the Devil" by Teresa Denys. And the climate is not the only thing making us sweat...join us as we turn over the sexiest and the weirdest parts of this book. Are gloves the sexiest accessory? Is this the greatest title of any romance novel ever? Are you more willing to accept something for having things...

Ep. 7: Cults, Queens and Disability Rep in Smut w/ Kristie from @read_between.the_wines   In this episode of The HEA Book Club we dive into disability representation in smut. We meet some of the bravest characters we’ve read yet who live with autism, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, social anxiety, and fluency disorders.    Summer reads It Ain’t me Babe by Tillie Cole, Kelsey reads Get a Life, Chloe Br...

Isabeau and Morgan return to an almost forgotten realm in Whoa!mance, but one that still remains familiar - THE BODICE RIPPER. And not bodice ripper as in "their boobs are so big it is ripping the bodice". But somehow, the experience of reading Denys is very, very different. And the reasons why feel as elusive as a copy of the book itself. Can a long book still have brevity? Is "bodice ripping" so...

Ep 6: Masked Men and Sexting Besties | Smutty Novella Series   In this episode of The HEA Book Club, we discuss two series of short, spicy reads. A bit of a hot mess, we bounce from Spy Kids to whether or not you can get pregnant in hot tubs to songs that inspired Summer’s books.   Summer reads The Holiday Masked Men Series by Molly Doyle, a seasonal series with darker themes and sex scenes on eve...

Remember how St. John ripped that piece of Jane's drawing and then acted like nothing happened? Well spread some bird seed, it is time for those chickens to come home to roost! On a stormy, snowy eve St. John visits Jane and reveals all. Is it a deus ex machina? *Shrug*. Is it fun? *vigorously nods*. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...

Ep. 5: Kilts, Queens and Outlander Fangirling | Highlander Romances with OutlanderTikTok   Join Sarah and Summer LIVE on TikTok Jan 25 at 5:30 PST/8:30 EST. Join here .    In this episode of The HEA Book Club, Summer and Kelsey fangirl through one of their favorite sub-genres: Highlander Romances!! Joined by Sarah, the queen behind OutlanderTikTok, they laugh over who they would f, marry, and kill...