We Read It One Night

Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over SEVEN DAYS IN JUNE by Tia Williams. Eva and Shane are two authors doing the absolute most, writing each other into their books for the over a decade since they spent a week together in June in high school. This book is absolutely dramatic and absolutely one of the most romantic contemporaries we've read. We adored this book and we also got pretty silly with it. E...

Hey pals! Today, we’re introducing a brand new series here on the podcast: Watch Alongs! Every other week we'll discuss one episode of a romance TV show until we finish the season, and we're starting with BRIDGERTON, Season 1! So jump into the first episode of Simon and Daphne's love story with us, where we fawn over Daphne's horns, defend Anthony's feral energy, and introduce you to our new merch...

Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over listener suggestion ISN'T IT BROMANTIC? by Lyssa Kay Adams. We've got a modern day, friends to lovers, marriage of convenience, sports romance starring cinnamon roll hero and IBS king, Vlad, and hard-hitting reporter, only-wears-one-sweater heroine, Elena. It's the fourth book in the Bromance Book Club series and it's filled with pro-cheese propaganda and a bonke...

Hey pals! We're welcoming in the new year with one of the most iconic historical romances of all time, LORD OF SCOUNDRELS by Loretta Chase. And we're super excited to welcome Jessen and Juliette from the Smart Women Read Romance podcast, fellow family podcasters and Twilight fans. Our hero, Dain, is the ultimate bad boy with a gooey center--and he looks like Adam Driver to boot! Our heroine Jessic...

Hi folks and Happy New Year! We're on a break this week, so enjoy this rerelease of part 1 of our chat on THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang. We'll see you next week with a new episode! Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang. Stella is an autistic econometrician who hires sex worker Michael to give her sex lessons. Things quickly head down the fake dating route and sudde...

Happy holidays, comrades! We're on a break for the end of the year, so here's a rerelease of our most popular episode so far, written by the woman who outsold the Bible this year. Enjoy this relisten and we'll see you in the new year. Hey pals! Today, we put our serotonin levels in the hands of contemporary queen Colleen Hoover with listener suggestion UGLY LOVE. Meet Miles, a broody airplane pilo...

Happy holidays, pals! Welcome to our last book of the year, A HOLLY JOLLY DIWALI by Sonya Lalli. Our heroine Niki has a lot of generational trauma and a (possible too much?) horny imagination. Niki bops around the world, briefly loses her mind and considers moving to a whole new country for a man she's known for two weeks, and gets a grand gesture just in time for Christmas.  As of the release of...

Hey pals! Today, we're joined by Aaron and Bree from The Categorically Romance Podcast to swoon over this delicious treat of a category romance, SANTA, BABY by Lisa Renee Jones! We cackle our way through this book that is wildly hot and wildly bonkers. It features Caron, a bookstore owner/good girl™, and Baxter, the CEO of fictional Starbucks. There's also not one but two FBI agents, some white co...

We have *limited edition* holiday merch up in our store, including ugly Christmas sweater designs, Hanukkah puns, and winter gags! It's only available for the month of December. Today, we’re kicking off our holiday episodes with SEASON OF LOVE by Helena Greer, a sapphic, Jewish, Hallmark Christmas movie of a romance that ticked all the boxes we didn't even know we had. Miriam and Noelle spend the...

Hey pals! Today, we're celebrating the end of our journey through the Twilight Saga with part 2 of BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer. Edward and Bella finally have to face the biggest villain of all: Jacob Black, who wants to marry their infant daughter. Just kidding (kinda). They're gathering all their friends for a final face off against the Volturi. And Horny Bella takes the reigns! Watch the mo...

Hey pals! Today, we're bringing it back to the grand finale of the series that introduced us to romance with BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer. In part 1, Bella and Edward finally get married and do the nasty. Jacob sinks to new lows. And Leah and Seth Clearwater continue to be the best characters in this entire franchise. We also ask the important questions like: can vampires run at the speed of l...

Hey pals! We're kicking off year 2 of the pod with our long awaited, very first mafia romance: RUN POSY RUN by Cate C. Wells. Meet Dario Volpe, the numbers guy behind the mafia operation and also a psychopath (literally), and Posy, our heroine who is genuinely a whole-ass badass. These two dweebs love to play games and speak in chess metaphors. Dario kills a whole lot of people for Posy before lea...

IT'S OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY!!! Thanks for sticking with us for a whole year! If we were cats, we'd be 15. So we're doing what the horniest teenagers do and getting tipsy while playing some rousing rounds of fuck, marry, kill. We also celebrate all the wonderful things that have happened this year, reveal behind the scenes info, and say hello to all of our listeners around the world. We love you all to...

Hey pals! We're celebrating The Day of the Dead, All Saints' Day, and the end of spooky season with the one, the only sleep paralysis demon book: SING ME TO SLEEP by R.M. Virtues. After over a year of book edging this novella, we've finally read it, and we have to admit--it's an 11/10. Our heroine Penelope and her sleep paralysis demon, Acheron, get freaky, nasty, and sexy together as they take re...

Hey pals! Today, we're reigniting our childhood crushes on Casper with THE DEAD ROMANTICS by Ashley Poston. This book stars Florence Day, our heroine who's a romance novel ghostwriter who just so happens to be able to talk to ghosts, and Benji Andor, her hunky and allegedly dead editor. This book is filled with ghost puns and jokes, a dog mayor, and a surprising number of sexy scenes considering o...

Hey pals! Today, we’re getting spooky with PAYBACK'S A WITCH by Lana Harper. Emmy Harlow, who has for some reason given up the ability to do magic in exchange for a 9-5, finally comes back to her small, magic town of Thistle Grove to judge the Triwizard Tournament--I mean...the Thistle Grove tournament involved three witches. But soon she starts falling in love with hot goth witch, Talia Avramov,...

Hey pals! Today, we're wrapping up our recap of LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood! Shit hits a million fans here, there's some hardcore treason (but no espionage), and our babies Levi and Bee finally get together. Cats are also pretty instrumental to the plot here. We're so excited to be releasing our 50th episode and come just one step closer to our first anniversary--it's been a wild ride and w...

Hey pals! Today, we’re continuing on our journey through LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood! We're getting closer to the bonkers finale, but first we've got to have hot sex scenes, some beautiful friendship moments, a road trip, and another cat introduction! Levi is still just as obsessed with Bee as ever (and just as unwilling to make a move). Bee is even more oblivious than we thought possible....

Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood. This multi-time listener suggestion from fan favorite author Ali is an angsty, science-y, slow burn, enemy (singular) to lovers deliciousness. We have Bee (full name) Königswasser and Levi Ward, two alleged nemesis with a whole lot of sexual chemistry, forced to work together on a grown up science project that tbh we really hop...

Hey pals! Today, we’re wrapping up our discussion on TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang. This absolutely bonkers bonanza of a finale was one dramatic encore performance after another. We have multiple Scooby Doo villain reveal scenes! We have revenge! We have fake FBI and police teams! We have some heavy stalking! Enjoy part 2 of Alex and Ava's story.  Part 1: Ep. 46 TWISTED GAMES: Ep. 101 TWISTED HATE: Ep...

Hey pals! Today, we’re raving over TWISTED LOVE by Ana Huang. This is Rachel's introduction to dark romance and boy was it was a trial by fire for her. Will you swoon over Alex Volkov, our 26 year-old billionaire broody boy, like Alison? Or will you think he's just a jerk who's mean to his employees, like Rachel? I bet you can guess what side our photography-loving, college senior heroine, Ava Che...

Hey pals! Today, we’re bringing you the finale of ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer! This episode is truly a rollercoaster to listen to, filled with some deep dives into Twilight lore and a whole bunch of tangents. Edward and Bella finally get engaged (but still don't bone) and Jacob throws a temper tantrum every other page. Enjoy the show! A note: we discuss on page sexual assault from 51:00 through 55:...

Hey pals! Today, we're back with your long-anticipated part 2 of ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer. We get Rosalie's badass backstory and Jasper's mega problematic and racist one! Jacob is nearly to the bottom of his steep descent into his rightful place in hell, and our gang figures out things we swear they should have known the whole time. Also, we once again emphasize how big Rosalie and Leah stans we...

Hey pals! Today, we’re kicking off our discussion on the most unnecessary book in the Twilight saga, ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer. Edward and Bella are back and more unhealthy than ever. Jacob keeps trying to insert himself into every situation. 90% of the people in Bella's life are villains. Justice for Leah Clearwater! Basically nothing and everything happens in this book, and we spent most of the...

Hey pals! We are back from bear country and ready to dive into listener suggestion THE PERKS OF LOVING A WALLFLOWER by Erica Ridley. Tommy Winchester, a gender fluid heist master, and Phillipa York, the wallflower love of Tommy's life, team up to take down the patriarchy and have a lot of hot sapphic sex. This book has homing kittens, vigilantes, and communication exclusively through animal sounds...