Shhh We’re Reading Dirty Books

Merry holidays and happy seasons to all! We hope this week’s episode, on the eve of Christmas, finds everyone in the holiday spirit and eager to hear about two stories starring guys named Nick. Because you can’t have a holiday romance without a dude named Nicholas who falls head over heels for a single mom who’s just had a nasty divorce from a super sucky husband. Wait… did we read the same book?...

Billionaires are at it again! This time with masks, Italian accents, and copy room sex. This is a sexy office-romance with masks, secrets, mystery, sexy times, and it all starts at a masquerade party. Come meet Spencer and Melody as we discuss this fun, perfectly sized book, with author Darah Lace herself. Join our conversation to find out if Spencer ever reveals his secret to Melody and whether o...

On this week’s episode, Saylet is going to tell you about a masterful drama that is not Calina’s jam at all! And Calina regales us about one of the best duologies she’s ever read. Join us as we dive into: Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (Saylet’s book) and The Shepherd King duologies: One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig (Calina’s books). What do you think about this new thi...

Joining us this week is Debbie Charles herself! Yay! As well as, Letty Bee, but hey guys, she is always here because Saylet is actually she. She is Letty Bee. Join us as we discuss Debbie’s fun loving hockey romance where we meet billionaire Christina Donovan and new NHL TX Tornado’s goalie, Cameron Hill. We talk about hockey, love, sex, health, financial planning (yes, folks), and so much more. W...

Welcome to the first episode of our new format where, instead of us talking about the same book, we are going to tell each other about one that we’ve read on our own. Calina introduces this new episode in light of Halloween and goes spooky with Cackle by Rachel Harris and Saylet talks about When We Had Forever by Shaylin Gandhi. Join us as we continue to share our love of books, romance or otherwi...

This episode we are joined by special guest J. M. Frey to discuss her very Canadian, super cozy, dragon romance with just a touch of social commentary. We discuss the romance between Colin and Dav that starts with a kitchen fire and ends with upending the societal structures as they know it. What happens when you get everything your heart desires but you don’t recognize it when you do? If you are...

Okay, here it is. The review of The Ruinous Love Trilogy that we’ve been waiting to do for our big 200th episode. We followed a tandem timeline of all three books: Butcher & Blackbird, Leather & Lark, and Scythe & Sparrow. This is a dark romantic comedy-trilogy spun with murder, mayhem, and SQUISHINESS galore. Each of the Kane brothers; Rowan, Lachlan, and Fionn fall for their own dead...

We’ve never wanted to be a good girl so much until now. Woo! This week we meet Emerson Grant is a hot, sexy, CEO of the Salacious Player’s Club where all things naughty can happen. And they do. Emerson is on the prowl for his next ‘secretary’ and accidentally meets Charlie in his office. He doesn’t know yet that she’s his son’s ex-girlfriend and is only there to collect her portion of the deposit...

Remington is a Duke and he doesn’t want to get married because he’s seen how awful men can be to women, including his dad, and doesn’t want to be like them. Lady Olivia is having her debut this season. Although she comes from a loving family, she is sheltered and naive when it comes to relationships and love. When the two first meet at a ball, they are met with immediate sparks and unwavering attr...

After being the only survivor from an attack on her dark forces squad, Nell is recruited into a special ops team two years later. She has to prove herself again and these men aren’t making it easy. Especially Bones, whom she met on the flight to her secret mission, along with his brother Aaron. If she knew he’d be on her new squad, she never would have slept with him that same night they met. Trut...

S. E. is back on the show! We are excited to welcome Sarah back to discuss her book “No Words After I Love You.” This week’s book is a sweet romance and we meet Meg and Charlie, the bestest and oldest of friends who bicker, laugh, and love throughout this story. When they learn they are going to lose Gina, Charlie’s wife to cancer, they are overcome with grief and the weight of losing someone they...

Who wants to go on a game show to find their true love (or at least the person they’re supposed to marry due to tradition)? Captain Ryker Waterborn and Brynleigh do! While Ryker is actually seeking marriage, companionship, and love, Brynleigh is there for revenge against Ryker. Believing that he is the reason her entire family is dead, Brynleigh devotes her time in the dating games to make sure Ry...

Guys. This is when we call a friends-off episode. One of us loves this book, the other hates it. Can you guess which one of us was like, “Hell yeah! Drama, angst, hot lonely-dad, birthday cake, and gut clenching suspense!” And who said, “What the fuck is this book?” Well, join us to find out as we dive into the lives of Verity, a renowned author who has become vegetated due to an accident but need...

Cora and her sisters are American heiresses to a generous dowry that they can’t quite acquire until they’ve each met one specific requirement: marry a suitable husband. But since their legitimacy is questioned among New Yorkers and accents are more fun, Cora decides she and her sisters will go across the pond to search for their matches - but only long enough to obtain their dowries, of course. Wh...

Going to the devil himself for forgiveness - what a delightful, delectable idea. Only Charlotte has no sins to forgive and it’s driving Lucifer fucking mad. Charlotte is trying to escape the horrors of her past of an overtly religious, abusive father and the scars that he and his people have given her in God’s name. Thinking that no one will follow her because she now works for the devil, she take...

Renowned writer Dot Voline, aka Lady Death, isn’t dead - yet. But journalist Nadine jumped the gun by publishing a plagiarized obit stating so and all hell broke loose. Rival journalist, and old classmate Wes, is also following this story and more so since Dot isn’t actually dead. As competitors then and now, Nadine and Wes are only allowed to spend a very limited time with Dot, who has become inv...

Sydney needs a break. Sure she killed off the main character and super beloved hero in her bestselling romance series but who would have thought that it would cause uproar and complete chaos amongst her fans? Just the die-hard ones who were in love with Vance… and now she’s getting harassed and death-threats. What does she do to escape the madness and to find some peace and quiet to write her fina...

No kink shaming here. It doesn’t matter what you do for a living, sometimes you need to get your socks rocked by something out of the norm. In this week’s book, we meet ER nurse Aly and her social media crush/stalker/cat-daddy/ex’s bff/circle yes or no boyfriend, Josh. After long, hard, horrendous days at work, Aly is always tired and nothing makes her feel better than to watch her favorite videos...

This week we are, again, joined by the amazing and talented, Jena Doyle - author of the Midsummer series and we are excited to be discussing the last three of this series, wrapping it all up. There are so many things to say about Samhain, Solstice, and Beltane but not enough time in a podcast episode so we hope you all read along. Here we’ll discuss the lives, love, adventures, and trials of Lex,...

Aaaaand we have done it. How did we actually get here?! We’ll tell you how - with the help of our new friend Cecilia Rene and the amazing conversation we had about our two final books: Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross and Althea’s Awakening by Maggie Sims. It was hard but we got deep into each book and even into our own feelings and made a final decision. Congratulations to…  ***We would love and...

Guys, we are down to our four books after battling it out in our last episode with 8 of our favorite dirty books. Join us here and on YouTube, if you want to see our smiling faces, as we enter the ring for round three of this dirty books face-off. Plus we have a very special guest to help us make this final decision! We hope you have been following along and making your votes. Which two books will...

We are down to our explicit 8 for round two of our face-off. It was tough getting through our lists of 16 and facing off against all these amazing titles but we must move forward. Join us as we continue to battle until there is only one. In the episode, we narrow it down to four! Yikes! Check out our video of this face-off on our YouTube Channel: Shhh We’re Reading Dirty Books. ***We would love an...

We are excited to announce our first ever Dirty Books Face-Off! For the month of March we will be running a bracket-style tournament and pitting our 16 favorite books from the past 7 years against each other. Only one can emerge victorious! Join us weekly as Calina's 8 favorite books take on Saylet's 8 favorites. These episodes will also be posted on YouTube! ***We would love and appreciate it if...

We’ve read fake-dating stories before but this one is between two best friends. Here we meet Laniah, a small-business owner who craves privacy and being homebound, and her BFF, Isaac, who is a sensational influencer and artist, living his best life in the limelight. When Laniah’s small-business, co-owned with her mother, begins to struggle and is close to shutting down, Isaac springs an idea that...

Sydney is going back home to Rose Bend - pregnant and divorced - hoping to settle back into her roots and find stability in a life she once knew in this small town. Although her relationship with her parents are rocky, after the death of sister many years ago, Sydney wants to raise her baby in a familiar, warm place. But even her ex-husband doesn’t make her move easy by threatening to take their b...