Cozy With a Side of Crime

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It’s part two of romance recs! Jess and Trisha talk historicals, slow build romance, SFF romcoms, and much (much) more! This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, TBR from Book Riot, and Libro FM. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter!

News

Not news exactly, but here’s the SFF Yeah! episode we mentioned that highlights SF/F romance. And here’s the Kit Rocha “search by theme/trope” page – have fun!

Books Discussed

The Tiger and Del series (starting with Sword-Dancer) by Jennifer Roberson Slave to Sensation and Silver Silence (which is the first in the later trilogy) by Nalini Singh Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian Bring on the Blessings and Destiny's Embrace by Beverly Jenkins The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley The Ladies Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Oliva Waite Dithered Hearts by Chace Verity Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin The Bollywood Bride, A Distant Heart, and Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev In Her Sights (first in the Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters series) by Katie Ruggle Sanctuary and Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon Beard Science by Penny Reid Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey Flirting With Disaster by Victoria Dahl Rend and In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish Reverb by Anna Zabo Shadows You Left by Jude Sierra and Taylor Brooke (Quick correction: we named the wrong “Taylor” in this ep. Taylor Brooke is the very talented co-author of this book – our apologies for the error!) Unsolicited Duke Pic by Nico Rosso In Case You Forgot by Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar Anything by by Jay Northcote (A Family For Christmas is a great option!) Anything by T.J. Klune (Wolfsong is a great place to start!) The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston Legend of the Highland Dragon by Isabel Cooper Soulless and The Sumage Solution (which kicks off the San Andreas Shifters series) by Gail Carriger The Liberators of Willow Run by Marianne K. Martin Heart's Orders by Jaycie Morrison Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer Thank you again for all of your enthusiasm, and let us know if you have recs we missed – especially for the requests that left us a little bit stumped! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown).