Romance at a Glance

What a perfect way to end season 4! This book was so funny and romantic and sexy and we were here for it!  This was tied as Bridget's favorite book for her historical baptism by book (tied with The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare) and we were both so happy to love this book so much.  Jamie is a great MC (by the way this stands for main character for those of you who didn't know either :) ) and is b...

We are so excited to have Evie Dunmore, author of Bringing Down the Duke from our S4 podcast here on Authors at a Glance. *** Leave us a rating and review on Itunes *** We hit so many fun topics: Her debut novel Bringing Down the Duke Lisa Kleypas is one of her favorite historical authors. You can check our podcast review of Devil in Winter here . Joanna Shupe  Mimi Matthews - writes Victorian his...

YO! We were sooo happy to record together, in the same room, for the first time and you can tell because our intro was literally a half an hour! And this was after 3 hours of catching up right before that, and then 3 hours the night before. THE HAPPINESS IS REAL Y'ALL!  If you wanna skip straight to the book review, go straight to 34:00!  So we were expecting a hot as HELL highlander romance from...

Shani hosted  Toni from Lit Wallflowers podcast on the podcast today to talk through Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase! Listen to Shani as she leads the conversation like a pro and they get into this book and discuss all manner of plot, sex, cover, and more!  This was our most requested book on Instagram and we are SUPER stoked to read it. Bridget was super bummed to be missing this book so she'...

Man Lisa Kleypas can write a book!! We had such fun following Evie's journey from stuttering wallflower to empowered viscountess! This book was fun because it started right in the action of Evie proposing a marriage of convenience to Sebastian. We both didn't read book 2, so we only heard about his abduction of her friends, so we were fine with the explanation of how everything shook out.  Friends...

As you all may remember, we were going to do book 3 of this series but realized that one of us wouldn't know what was going to happen because they really are not standalones. So we decided to go back to the beginning with book 1! We start with Devil and Felicity and get a lot of backstory about the Barenuckle Bastards and the world. One thing we didn't realize is that Felicity is featured in one o...

Happy 1 year anniversary from launch for us!!  Now on to the book!  Vanessa Riley came recommended to us by a lot of our friends (maybe even you!) on the old Instagram. But a different book, so maybe, that book would have had a little more open doors, and a little less plot lines, but this book was not that for us.  This book was very heavy on the praying to God and trusting in God. Each character...

If you like historicals then you're definitely gonna have fun with this one. Suffragette meets Duke and it felt so right!  Some fun moments we discussed:  The Oxford setting Her new suffragette friends who become bestfriends Their "meet cute" Her gumption! (ie leaves his house in a snowstorm bc he yelled at her and thought she was spying) Hattie! nothing like a rich heiress to a non-titled fortune...

Trigger Warning- Grooming / child molestation in the heroine's past Friends, this historical season is doing us right. Tessa Dare delivered and we had a great time meeting her at the panel last fall. This episode was recorded PRE Corona - so enjoy a nostalgic time when we could wander the streets of Target and in general leave the house with no fear.  Things we discuss in the book:  The parrot - P...

You guys there were so many people who DID NOT like one of the main plot points of this book and we thoroughly discussed all of the good, funny, corny, quirky elements of this book, as well as the few areas we were like, NO!!  It was fun to dip our toes into the Bridgertons, it definitely made us want to read more of them and made us really excited for the Netflix series! We'll be watching along o...

AKA Who body-snatched Pilar? The beginning of this book rocked our world. We were both sporting 5-star feelings after the initial chapters and then when they left Miami for California the whole book started to change for us. Gone was the fun, the danger, the excitement, and it was a complete 180 of Pilar’s character and priorities. Some  major  points we discussed:  The fact that Pilar is afro Lat...

It is time for Shani to shine :)  Historicals allll season long baby!  We're giving you a tease of the podcasts we chose, as well as a huge thank you to everyone who helped us choose these books! Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins The Duke and I by Julia Quinn The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore Unmasked Heart by Vanessa Riley Daring and the Duke by Sarah Ma...

Renaissance faires were such a great backdrop of Jen's debut novel and it comes from her personal experience at the faires!  We covered a lot of ground, between her writing-style, her cross country move, how her beta readers help the story, and 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...

We reviewed Scarlett's The Duke I Tempted for our first ever podcast review and LOVED IT. We were so thrilled she said yes to coming on the podcast and hanging out with us for an hour of talking romance, tropes, kink, and Black and brown people in historical romance.  *** Leave us a rating and review on Itunes *** A lot of additional listening on Patreon ! Free 30 day Audible Trial to read like Sh...

Trigger warnings for this week's ep:  marital rape, suicide, alcoholism, and child neglect.  Sometimes the hardest thing is when you pick up a book with the expectations that it is going to be one thing (in this case a fun rom-com-esque romance novel) and then you are delivered something completely different (a more heavy, trigger-warning containing family drama with a romance).  Despite loving he...

We are reviewing Recipe for Persuasion in our next episode and got the opportunity to interview Sonali Dev ahead of time!  Shani and Sonali fangirled over Bollywood movies, we talked sex in romance (obvi!) and in general had an amazing interview with this gem of an author! She's incredibly passionate about stories, very fun to talk to and full of knowledge and laughs to share.  *** Buy  Like the W...

You guys this book is everything we wanted a summer quickie to be! Fun, sexy, charming, complex yet quick to read, and with hot, hot sex scenes.  Shani took the week off (no audiobook on this one), so we had a wonderful guest host, Ann! Ann is Bridget’s older sister and was the first person to give her a romance novel. Since then they have read aloud dozens of novels on cross-country road trips an...

The book delivered what we thought it would. A fun, quick menage read. The story wasn’t complicated, the evil characters tended towards the one-dimensional, but the sex was hot and the throuple well defined. *** Buy  Sated in Ink *** 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, inclusive podcast that e...

Hey friends! If you missed our interview with L.J., check it out here ! We had SOOO much fun talking with her. We read a bunch of L.J’s books before interviewing her (you can check out some of our reviews on Patreon ), and this was definitely not our favorite, but as Shani said, L.J. can write the shit outta sex scenes!! *** Read The Hunter on Kindle Unlimited Get a 30-day free trial of Kindle Unl...

L.J Shen is a self-published author of such sexy books as Vicious - book one in the  Sinners of Saint series, Sparrow , and All saints High series . She writes the hottest sex scenes in modern romance and is absolutely an author to watch. We will definitely be following her journey.  So without further adieu, Here is our Chat with the lovely, genuine. This was recorded through the internet on thre...

Bridget was especially sad as she was hyped AF before reading this book. We had a hard time getting into the writing style and the pacing felt very confusing. The first third of the book was very heavy on the exposition and telling us the plot versus helping us feel invested in the action and showing us what was happening. Some  major  points we discussed:  Liked that they are a tribe of brothers,...

The Fun continues with authors Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, the duo behind Christina Lauren.  Free 30 day Audible Trial to read like Shani A diverse, inclusive podcast that explores romance novels and helps our listeners pique their naughty curiosity with 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor. Check out www.romanceataglance.com Chat wit...

This book was pure fun with a sexy spy couple falling in love with their beautiful assistant.  We talked through:  Our expectations of indie authors vs published authors Whether the spy portion of the book needs to be believable THROUPLE! The  relationships between each of the three main characters The longing and wanting and desires - Yowza Bridget's love of this series! Fucking with a strap :) *...

BRIDGET WAS SO MAD. She’s from Chicago, she’s a Hawks fan, she has lusted over hockey players and this book was SOOO not it for her.  Some  major  points we discussed:  Loved the beginning - orgasm to start the day, downhill from there Smoking to get outta something Confession - 1st time we read through we thought that she had been seeing her stepbrother before the parents got married! HAHA He won...

We had the BEST time ever interview Christina & Lauren the authors behind the best-selling pen name Christina Lauren.  This was supposed to be a 30-minute interview and we ended up talking to them  for a blissful and laughter-filled 90 minutes.  This was recorded through the internet on four different computers. So please forgive any audio glitches you hear and enjoy! Check out Christina Lauren bo...