When In Romance

Jess and Trisha cover a grab bag of topics before talking about backlist romances they’re glad to have found this year.

Jess and Trisha talk about the appeal (or not) of the enemies to lovers trope and then offer some picks for their best romances of 2022 so far.

Book club is back as Jess and Trisha discuss The Beast by Katee Robert and then dive into the distinctions between steamy romance, erotic romance, and erotica.

Jess and Trisha dive into a recent film that lives in the romance world (in more ways than one) and talk about books they’re excited about for the rest of 2022.

Jess and Trisha talk about weddings in romance: why there are so many, why all the weddings can be a problem, and some recs that include weddings in one way or another.

Jess and Trisha talk about their current reads, romance novel cover history, and backlist books to add to – or move up on – your TBR.

Jess and Trisha share some listener recommendations and other updates, announce a new book club book, and talk about authors who are new to them. 

Jess is joined by special guest Liberty Hardy, Book Riot’s resident velocireader. Important questions are asked and answered, and they wander into the world of monster romance.

Jess and Trisha talk about recent romance (bad) news stories and recommend romances with main characters above the age of 40.