Romance at a Glance

The extremely well traveled author of What Happens in Denver joins us for an incredible interview, if we do say so ourselves. We jump from Japan to Turkey to England in the many stories of Liz’s life. She drops the title for the upcoming book based on her travel experiences as well as some deets about a new thriller! Liz also gave us some interesting advice about relationships and the journeys tha...

It's that time of year Raag Hags when we say goodbye to 2021 and get excited for 2022! We are looking back at all the incredible books we read this year on the podcast and awarding the Best Feels, Overall, Audio, Cover, Smut, and our personal favorites overall! Join us as we cackle away the New Year and reminisce about old favorites.  To say we were surprised by the two genres that dominated the a...

Hello fair friends! As we say goodbye to 2021, we are posting our last review, and with it a giveaway of Lucy Lennox's latest book Hostile Takeover ! Head over to our Instagram to win the book and some fun Lucy Lennox swag she sent over!  Thank you Lucy for sending the book to raffle off to our listeners!  In our review of A Very Marian Christmas by Lucy Lennox, we chatted about whether you need t...

Last season we did sexy Christmas, this season we're doing feelz Christmas! Enjoy as we talk about these three cute novellas from the Reindeer Falls collection!  What are your favorite Christmas books or authors?  Also this is our second to last episode of the YEAR! Coming up we will have our last review of the year A Very Marian Christmas by Lucy Lennox and our RAAG Awards where we talk about our...

Bridget's sister Ann returns as co-host of our show. You may have listened to her and Bridget talk about Tessa Bailey's Heat Stroke - 5 stars! - or Suzanne Brockman's The Unsung Hero - one of our first romance series! -  and she is back to talk about romance and beer!  We chat through Bridget's wonderful habit of visiting Ann at Revolution Brewing in Chicago while she worked there, and Ann gives u...

We are talking Dark Tarot by Christine Feehan today! If you're a fan of her Dark series, then you'll love it as we talk through what we loved about the hardcover (it is sooo pretty), our feelings about the world-building as Bridget has read all the books, and Shani read some a long time ago!  If you missed our interview with Christine Feehan be sure to check it out here ! It was wonderful and funn...

Jean Meltzer was such a blast to speak to about her debut novel The Matzah Ball! We covered writing with chronic illness, and having an MC with chronic illness. Loving Christmas as a Jewish woman, why she chose to have the romance be closed-door, how she met her husband (so cute!), and why everyone deserves a happily ever after.  Happy Hanukkah to all celebrating! You can check out Jean's book The...

AUDIO FIXED! We were totally excited to have a little fun this shifter season with our firefighter, who just happens to be a Sea Dragon shifter in Scotland of all places!  Enjoy our chat about the book and how the Master Shark really revved our engines too :)  Read the book here on KU . The whole series is on KU. Bridget recommends Book 5 also! This book is on Kindle Unlimited, get  30 days free o...

We dipped in to check on our werewolf friends for this one! Suzanne Wright was recommended to us by a few of our friends on IG and we were excited to give this indie werewolf series a go.  And who doesn't love the fake dating trope. Especially in such a different setting than we normally read it in.  A few things we discuss: Her wolf being latent and how everyone thinks that is a  bad thing, but w...

Christine Feehan, the NYT best-selling author of the Carpathian series, Torpedo Ink , Sea Haven , Shadow , Leopard , and Drake sisters series, came on to talk to us about her career in writing, why diversity in her books has always been so important to her, how she researches different topics and cultures to include them in her book, and why the latest Carpathian novel Dark Tarot introduces a new...

This time around we are joined by the WONDERFUL Francesca from The Fangover podcast and this was the perfect book to talk over with her! Join us for paranormal hospitals, hot demon siblings, very loose definitions of celibacy and - our favorite and yours - magical semen. Many hands and mouths, etc., all over the place in this one RAAG Hags, and we think you’re gonna love it. Books mentioned:  Psy-...

Finally wrapping up our Folk of the Air miniseries with the slightly controversial (if by controversial you mean “not-enough-angry-sexual-tension-for-fans”) trilogy closer, Queen of Nothing. We’re all over this one - too soft? Too sweet? A good progression of the relationship? How are we feeling about the snake? Should we talk about the snake? We’re gonna talk about the snake. Don’t worry, Vanshi...

Back at you with another Black Dagger Brotherhood book! You love it, we love it, and we’re never leaving this series alone - and what better way to start our Paranormal season? This time around it’s The King, and we have much to talk about. Politics, agency, so much baby drama, tons of characters, maybe one too many flashbacks, daddies (all kinds), and happily ever afters...or the lack thereof. An...

This episode is just a tad bit different, but we’re not mad! This time around, the book isn’t quite exactly a romance per say, but there’s still a LOT to talk about revolving not one, not two, not even three, but FOUR LOVE INTERESTS, RAAG HAGS! FOUR! Join us in debating the best ones, including possible criminal menages, sexy priests, rakish detectives, and a weird creepy tension with...Jack the R...

We’re well into our historical season and LOVING it. In this episode, we finally get into our first queer historical, with a vicar falling in love with a widowed sea captain as he helps care for his children - okay, yeah, this is gay Sound of Music . What could be better? Join us in this surprisingly accepting small English town (where more people are queer than you might think), more than one sex...

We had the lovely hosts of Plot Trysts Meg and Laine on our podcast to talk Tessa Dare's book When a Scot Ties a Knot! We were so excited to chat with our new friends about this imaginative and fun story.  Some of our favorite parts we broke down: how hilarious all the letters Maddie wrote were! Captain Logan showing up at the manor Logan supporting her dreams The group of soldiers Logan brings wi...

Another special YA at a Glance episode talking The Wicked King by Holly Black! We were so excited to have Olivia Gacka from That Fiction Life on YouTube on the podcast to break down our favorite and least favorite parts of the book! We talked through:  Jude's journey and claiming her power as a "creature" of faerie Maddox as her father figure, and how that shaped Jude to be powerful Jude and Carda...

A prolific writer from fan fiction to published works of all kinds,  Milla Vane does not disappoint. She gives us the details on her publishing journey, starting out writing Justice League fan fiction and finding her way to Fantasy Romance. We chat heroine centered writing, world building, writing what you want to read, Dexter, and even more fan fiction (of the Jane Austen variety).  She also gave...

So excited for this week’s episode and to chat with our very special guest, Amanda from The Naughty Librarian! We go all in about this sexier version of The Mummy (yes...somehow it gets sexier). Join us as we talk about romantic adventures and how linguistics can be hot, actually. Also CAVE SEX! No, scratch that...TOMB SEX...during a sandstorm...all kinds of adventure...sand everywhere...anyways....

Kicking off this season with a strong one - A Wicked Kind of Husband is a romance for married strangers. It absolutely delivered, and we certainly have a lot to discuss. Crazy sisters, puberty, scheming, coming out balls, and nice to naughty heroines - this book has it all and we're just getting started. (Maybe we can all learn together how to set some family boundaries, because this heroine is in...

In the finale for our Fantasy season, we finally get to the Gathering of Dragons series - Book 2, A Touch of Stone and Snow. Get into misleading book covers, men who should bottom, the warrior ladies who should top them, alcoholic mercenaries, and the coolest pet saber tooth tiger ever, Caeb. (Fan club t-shirts? Maybe.) We also talk sentimental heroes, Throne of Glass , souls in the basement, and...

We’re back to YA in another miniseries for you RAAG Hags! This time we’re discussing a favorite of Bridget and Jane both, The Folk of the Air series. We talk spying and sneaking, fairy politics, family swords, magical balls, Jude’s excellent narration, glamor (the bad kind), Jude stabbing her own hand like a bad bitch, sister crimes, Jude doing her damn best, did we mention Jude? Have you heard ab...

A highly anticipated review, we finally get into A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet! Featuring some of Bridget and Shani's favorite things: dragons, magical ropes, and a cadre of hot dudes. The magical rope could have been put to better use, is all we're saying. We also discuss villains that go flat, circuses and the lack thereof, Jason Momoa, and child servants. There might also be a long tangen...

The author of A Promise of Fire calls in from France! She gave us the ins and outs of her writing process as well as publishing, book cover photo shoots, French translations, and audio books. Amanda shared the struggles of reading slumps and gave us some books we will definitely be adding to our lists: Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder,   Capture the Crown by Jennifer Estep, and White Out by...

A CRAZY hot male lead...and we mean that literally. We talk hilariously bad covers, rational heroines (thank god), unsexy dog tags, cute family detective agencies, and a painful slowburn. The iconic Ilona Andrews flexes her chops in writing a meet cute that somehow involves kidnapping and torture (lowkey though, lowkey), while still giving us a great romance. This urban fantasy includes hot bad bo...