Textual Tension

Hey friends! Margie is back with a bang! (ooohhh maybe I should have put that better). This week Margie tells Rachel about Jennifer Snyder's Redemption of a Wolf, and well...look this episode isn't sponsored by Better Help but hey...it could be.  As could the characters. (Don't put your friends down, it's just not nice.)

Happy New Year! And what better way to ring in the new year than with a friend...and also an EXTREMELY gay book. We sure can't think of one! This week, Your Co-Host Rachel is joined by Tiffany of The Ladies of Strange! Listen in as we hear all about The Magpie Lord, by K. J. Charles. Magic? Check. Gay? Check. Sexy tattoos? A thousand times check Check out our Instagram    :  Facebook   :  Goo...

Have we given much thought to what Charles Dickens TRULY wanted in A Christmas Story? Was he perhaps looking for...an alien romance fanfiction of his work? I think we should at LEAST consider it. Please tune in to Margie telling Rachel about Honey's Phillips's Skruj.

Please enjoy our latest episode! This week Rachel covers Linda Howard's Death Angel . There is definitely quite enough death...and then not death...and almost murdering. And OOOHHHHHH MAFIA BOIS?!?! <3 <3 Can you tell Margie wrote this description? Anyway enjoy!

Hey listeners! Welcome back to another installment of Margie's Mafia Restaurant Madness! This week we're tackling another Michelle Heard novel: Tempted by the Devil . Get comfy, get your mozzarella sticks, and DON'T go murdering people in your family restaurant. 

Your Co-Hosts are still holding on to spooky season and are insisting on running amok amok amok! So strap in as Rachel tells Margie all about Whispers of the Dead by Adaline Winters! We've got spook. We've got paranormal. We've got religious figures that canonically exist? We've got it all! Check out our Instagram    :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

It may be spooky season, but books don't have to be about the supernatural to be scary! This week, Margie is telling Rachel all about H. D. Carlton's Haunting Adeline! A book so scary it made us check our locks three times....And if you're interested in hearing more about Anti-Semitism in modern conspiracy theories, stick around until the end of the episode! If you or someone you kn...

It's a throwback everyone! Your Co-Host Rachel had some unexpected travel pop up and it really threw a spanner in the works. So here's a fun throwback that has all sorts of spooky stuff in it! And don't you worry. We'll make sure you get all of the spooky episodes you could want this spooky season. As if this would stop us! Cults? Kidnapping? Werewolves? Could this get any stra...

What do you get when you combine an uncharted island full of hot, hunky men, one shipwrecked woman, and Mermen? Not what you think! This week, Rachel is telling Margie all about Mermen by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff. You can have as many guesses as you'd like to try to predict where this book goes. You'll be wrong every time Check out our Instagram    :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

It begins. The swift descent into spooky season. We're not excited AT. ALL. So not excited, in fact, that we're covering our first werewolf book of the season! Your Co-Host Margie is telling Rachel all about Sharon Ashwood's, Possessed by a Wolf. They say not to judge a book by its cover, but this cover is giving us Dean Winchester in Law and Order and we're intrigued... Check...

We all love a good comfort book every once in a while. And that's exactly what we have for you this week! Your Co-Host Rachel is telling Margie all about her favorite romance novel: Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews! We've got some great world building, some snarky characters, and some social commentary on wealth disparity. What's not to love?! Check out our Instagram    :  Facebook   : ...

Aliens. Smash or Pass? That's what your favorite Co-Hosts are trying to determine this week as Margie tells Rachel all about Mina Carter's, Alien Mercenary's Bride! The year is sometime in the future probably. The planet is somewhere out in space that's definitely not Earth. It's all still probably controlled by Disney. Will our heroes survive capitalism AND the trials of...

It's been a while since your Co-Hosts have been to the ocean. Even longer since we've been UNDER it! Tune in this week as Margie tells Rachel all about Dee Henderson's, Undetected. What will we find 20,000 leagues under the sea? Probably some bad science.... Check out our Instagram    :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

It's time for our roaring 20s! Well....30s....Rachel is telling Margie all about Amanda Quick's, The Lady has a Past: a noir-style book full of fast women and sexy men in suits. What more could you want? Check out our Instagram    :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

It's Pride take two baby! Your favorite Co-Hosts are taking a nice, wholesome adventure into the realm of LGBTQ+ romance this week as Margie tells Rachel all about Alexis Hall's, A Lady for a Duke. Because honestly, who doesn't love a good story about loving, accepting people falling for each other and making each other better people?   Check out our Instagram    :  Facebook   :  Go...

Happy Pride!! Your Co-hosts are kicking of the most colorful time of year with a listener recommendation! Rachel is telling Margie all about Lianyu Tan's, Captive in the Underworld. Much like Persephone, we just can't seem to stay away from that pesky Hades! Check out our Instagram    :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

Hello listeners! Caught in a...tenuous romance? This week, Margie gives Rachel all the deets on Chelsea Cain's Heartsick. Can it be considered a romance at all? Are some romances just abusive? Are we reading too much into these books? Does this smell like chloroform to you?! What's tenuous? Why is Margie editing?! Tune in!

Kidnappings, strip clubs, and diamond heists oh my! Your favorite Co-Hosts are taking a trip to the desert as Rachel tells Margie all about Partners in Crime, by Alisha Rai. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but this book is going to stick with us for a good long time! Check out our Instagram   :  Twitter   :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

What qualities do you hate most in a partner? What would someone have to do to make you want to set them on fire? How much privilege is too much? These are the hard hitting questions that your favorite Co-Hosts will try to answer today on Textual Tension! Join in as Margie tells Rachel all about The Stopover by T L Swan. A book full of annoying "Alphas" and the women that have to put up...

In a podcast full of problematic books, how can one stand out? Your Co-Host Rachel is about to find out! Listen in as Rachel takes Margie into some wild places as she tells her all about Fighting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins. Strap in y'all! It's a crazy one! Check out our Instagram   :  Twitter   :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

Okay, but not really....Bass Pro shop probably doesn't want anything to do with the gods. But you know who does? Your Co-Hosts Rachel and Margie! Margie is telling Rachel about Scarlett Sinclair's A Touch of Darkness. Sure it's wildly popular on book-tok, but will we like it too? Check out our Instagram   :  Twitter   :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

What do you get when you cross dust bunnies, crystals, and FrEqUeNcIeS? Siren's Call by Jayne Castle! Rachel is taking Margie to alien worlds full of paranormal harmonies and singing monsters. But the real question is...what type of monsters?! Check out our Instagram   :  Twitter   :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   :    Website

What sort of rabbit hole have the Textual Tension Co-Hosts gotten themselves in to today? Why a deeply controversial one of course! Armed only with research and a dead look in her eyes, Margie is telling Rachel all about Ladies First, by Liberty Adams. Join us as we strive to answer the burning question: Will romance novels ever be great again? Check out our Instagram   :  Twitter   :  Facebook  ...

It's a valentine's day miracle! Your Co-Hosts Margie and Rachel are joined by Abbie and Kelsey of Fairytale fix to unpack a truly wild tale. Rachel is telling everyone about The Mermaid's Knight by Jill Miles. Fairytale retellings, time travel, and warlords. What could possibly go wrong? Check out Fairytale Fix ! Check out our Instagram   :  Twitter   :  Facebook   :  Goodreads   : ...

Hello All! Your Co-Host Rachel is back from a long trip and...still recovering...Who knew jet lag sucked? We're hopping in to your feed with a throwback to one of our favorite episodes! We'll be back in two weeks with a brand-shiny-new episode! Maybe with friends? I'll never tell! Holy Angels Batman! Rachel and Margie are headed off to Heaven, with a few stops at some seedy early 20...