Romance at a Glance

We tots thought that this book was going to have a darker romance, however, the darkness in this book was the situation and backstory of the characters, especially the Mae and the other women from the cult. One of the books that we disagreed with the most in our final ratings… probably because Shani doesn’t like the intrigue! PS _ Bridget reviews books 2 & 3 on Patreon ! *** Get your copy of It Ai...

A huge, hilarious reveal from Bridget LIVE on the podcast had Shani cracking up!  This dark romantic novella Perfection by Kitty Thomas, which follows the blackmail of a ballerina after she kills her husband, was a trip. Shani dissects the story focusing on how the author properly expressed the protagonist’s desires, the presentation of sex scenes, and the unpredictable twist at the end. She also...

Are you ready for season six? The darker ones among you will surely be exhilarated as this show is going to go down on dark romance. In this first episode, Shani and Bridget talk about Tears of Tess by Pepper Winters. Are you into dark romance? Or are you interested in giving the genre a try? If you are, then this episode, indeed this whole season, is going to be a treat for you! Fair warning: stu...

TRIGGER WARNING ON THIS WHOLE SEASON! Dear listeners,  as you'll hear at the beginning of this and every episode this season, these dark romances are going to be filled with triggers small and large. We totally respect that this season isn't going to be some listener's cup of tea, and we want you to know upfront what this season contains so you aren't surprised or triggered. We have lots of review...

What an honor it was to talk to Beverly Jenkins about her love of books, career, and sex in books (and real-life!) Beverly talked about how her love of reading stemmed from her mom and how proud her mom was when she started writing and publishing romance.  We dipped into how she writes her characters (more getting out of their way since they know the story), what a relationship with an editor shou...

The first annual RAAG Awards, where we tell you the best books of 2020 on the podcast! **We recorded this LIVE on Instagram! Enjoy some authors popping in during the episode and us live responding to comments from IG. Our winners! Best Cover |   Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson Best Audiobook | Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole (Narrated by Robert Petkoff) Best Feels | The Kiss Quotient by Helen...

This novella is HOT HOT HOT. Ringing in XMAS with a really delicious novella from R.E. Hargrave. If you didn't catch our interview with her , it is SO awesome. Not only did we talk to the narrator of her books, but also, we talked in depth all about kinky and BDSM and how much we loved her representation of it!  Anywho, as you all may remember, I was trying to give Shani the steamy season of her d...

We had an absolute blast talking to romance author R.E. Hargrave about her novella Ribbons and Os! She writes excellent BDSM and kink in her books and this interview got into it all. We also had a fun treat speaking with the narrator of R.E.'s books Tor Thom! And his deep voice rumbled into our souls!  AND did we mention that she is generously giving away 5 audiobook code (US/UK) for our audience...

Why choose Beast and Gaeton when you can have them both!  HOLY SHIZZZ  - as always, Katee Robert is delivering delicious books. We were turned onto her by some great reviews of her books on Insta, then Bridget went and read her Taboo series and we knew that we had to get her into this steamy season!!!  If you didn't catch  our conversation with Katee - make sure you give it a listen here .  This b...

A queen of smut is in the house today! We're so excited to have Katee Robert on. She's quickly becoming one of Bridget's favorite romance authors and her books are beyond steamy! We had a wonderful time getting to know Katee, talking about how she's able to write such a huge volume of words per month, ways she keeps organized, her Patreon community, going from traditional publishing to self-publis...

Stoked to welcome Sarah, from Smart Podcast, Trashy Books ( SmartBitchesTrashyBooks.com ), to our podcast today. Sarah has run her awesome website for the last 15 years and recorded over 400 podcast episodes!! What a thrill to have her on to discuss Xeni  by Rebekah Weatherspoon!   And guys, not only was Sarah super interesting, insightful, and hilarious during the review section, she was generous...

What a conversation with Nalini Singh! We have been so fortunate by the authors who have said yes to our new podcast and this was one of our craziest ones yet! In season 1 of the podcast, we somehow managed to review two books of Nalini's that weren't in her two most popular series! Rock Hard and Cherish Hard were both excellent contemporary romances (even though that is definitely not our main ge...

We had a great time in this town full of quirky characters enjoying Brooks and Mal's sweet and steamy romance. Brooks brings his straight co-worker Paul home to his TN town Licking Thicket to help out his family, and also put a buffer between him and his family. His HS ex who he broke up with and outed himself to in front of the whole town comes home also with a fake boyfriend... who is gay.  See...

Excellent writing duo talks steamy mm romance, writing what you love, finding your niche, and crushing in on Amazon Unlimited.  This interview with Lucy Lennox and May Archer was awesome! We happened to catch them on a writing retreat (all attendees got Covid tests & quarantined before) so we got the in-person fun and energy! They were completely forthright about how much money they are making as...

A city boy falls for a farmer in this angsty romance. The beginning was definitely a slow start for us, and hard to get in touch with Olu, but Griff stole our hearts in a big way.  If you didn't listen to our awesome interview with Talia Hibbert, make sure you go back and check out that episode ! So amazing to talk to her and there is a full transcription of the podcast on the website. Also - we t...

Yet another author we are convinced we would be best friends with if we lived in the same place!  We had so much fun getting to know Talia during her interview. She was a delight and the time flew right by.  Talia Hibbert talked to us about the Brown Sisters, content warnings,  diversity of all kinds in books, the steamy sex in her books, and more.  Talia's books we talked about:  Get a life Chloe...

This book was deliciously sexy and quick to read. We had Tessa Bailey on the podcast on Tuesday, if you missed that interview make sure you check it out! This book was such a steamy read. Bridget was super happy to get Tessa Bailey back into season 5 of the podcast after Heat Stroke in season 3. And was not disappointed by the quality of the sexytimes in this book. FOR REALZ, Tessa brings the heat...

The Queen of dirty talk is here! We are so happy to welcome Tessa Bailey to Authors at a Glance. She was an absolute riot and we got into how she writes such steamy books, her writing series, working with multiple publishers, and of course, so much more.  *** Leave us a rating and review on Itunes *** A lot of additional listening on Patreon ! Free 30 day Audible Trial to read like Shani A diverse...

In Bridget's defense, she read the series a long time ago and probably should have just picked one of her favorites, but she thought it was important to start from the beginning of the troubleshooter... but probably should have picked book 2 or 3 to start! Ann (Bridget's sister) reprises her role as guest host and to be honest, this was recorded the week of the election and so we were a bit all ov...

Best-selling author Suzanne Brockmann lived up to all the expectations that Bridget had for her. One of Bridget's OG romance novel obsessions, Bridget was thrilled to talk with Suzanne about Navy Seals, Jules Cassidy (Suzanne's first gay character to get his own book), the evolution of her characters, her advice for white writers on how and why they should be writing a world in color, and more.  S...

Thank you to our dear friends on Insta for recommending G.A. Aiken to us! Dragon actually was a really fun and smutty read and we were not disappointed by the steam level of this book.  Though, truth be told, we were KINDA (read 100%) hoping for some kinky dragon/human moments! Instead, we got a lot of the feels from those moments.  ****Make sure you follow us on Instagram @ romanceataglance we'll...

Full disclosure - we didn't read the books in the prior trilogy, not realizing how heavily they featured Ian!  But, while we missed their initial meeting, it didn't end up mattering in our enjoyment of the book!  *** Leave us a rating and review on Itunes *** Some plot points that got us intrigued:  Cock ring of silver Kinky - like pain with his sex Orgy at the beginning Their fight giving him a b...

This is one of Shani's all time favorite paranormal series and so we HAD to start with it in our holiday mashup! We only had a few PNR slots due to calendar problems (silly calendars), so we had to make them count.  And we couldn't be more happy we did. This novella start to the Immortals After Dark series was a goddamn delight! *** Leave us a rating and review on Itunes *** The Warlord Wants fore...

Books for season 5’s holiday mashup are on LOCK 🔥😍🔥  and rolling out next Friday! Hey y'all, Bridget here.   My goal this season was to give Shani the 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗬 season of her dreams. She did me right by introducing me to historicals this past season, Did you catch our Julia Quinn Interview last week!? Bridgertons just announced it’s dropping on Christmas. Head to patreon.com/romanceataglance to wa...

Shani was losing her ever-loving mind before this interview because Julia Quinn is one of her favorite authors of all time, we reviewed The Duke and I on the podcast, and she gave great interview! This interview was so wonderful, and Julia was so generous with her time we had too much for the episode! Plus we got to talk all about Bridgertons on Netflix and Shondaland! You can find a lot of additi...