Miss Scarlet is More Interesting Than Hester Prynne

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Jess and Trisha shout out romance bestsellers, talk about a whole bunch of romance series and what draws us in, discuss Trisha’s arbitrary list of rules for children in romance novels, and announce the short list for the WIR book club read. This episode is sponsored by It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by Kylie Scott, Blood Bond by Helen Hardt, and Chica Chocolate. Also! Book Riot is giving away 16 of the books featured on our Recommended podcast! Go to bookriot.com/recommended3 before August 31 to enter. Vote on our book club books by emailing Trisha or Jess (or via Twitter/Instagram)! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts  and Google Play.

News:

Penny Reid hit the NYT bestseller list earlier this month – and we talked about how if you look closely, you’ll see she’s not the only romance author who did. Biggest news ever: we’re ready to vote for the first ever When In Romance book club!! Vote for your pick (our contact info is below): A Night To Surrender by Tessa Dare Glitterland by Alexis Hall Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin Intercepted by Alexa Martin (Trisha didn’t end up adding another book because Jess did a fantastic job of picking books.)

Books Discussed (buckle up):

The Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid (Book 1 is Truth or Beard) The Knitting in the City series by Penny Read (Book 1 is Neanderthal Seeks Human) The Montgomery Brothers series by Jude Deveraux (Book 1 is The Black Lyon but Jess read out of order) The Practice Perfect series by Ruby Lang (Book 1 is Acute Reactions) The Castles Ever After series by Tessa Dare (Book 1 is Romancing the Duke) The Brothers Sinister series by Courtney Milan (Book 1 is The Duchess War) The Forbidden Hearts series by Alisha Rai (Book 1 is Hate to Want You) The Ravenswood series by Talia Hibbert (Book 1 is A Girl Like Her) The Off the Grid series by Alyssa Cole (Book 1 is Radio Silence) The Virgin River series by Robyn Carr (Book 1 is Virgin River) The Dark-Hunters series by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Book 1 is Fantasy Lover) The Fit trilogy by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Book 1 is Fit) The Journey to the Heart series by Tif Marcelo (Book 1 is North To You) Boy Toy by Sarina Bowen and Tanya Eby Untouchable by Talia Hibbert The Governess Game by Tessa Dare Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon How the Duke Was Won by Lenora Bell Sustained by Emma Chase Worth the Fall by Claudia Connor Love Comes Silently by Andrew Grey His Convenient Husband by Robin Covington It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian Vote on the first read for the When In Romance book club! Find us on email (trisha@riotnewmedia.com and jessica@riotnewmedia.com), Twitter (@jessisreading and @trisha_reads), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown).