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We got the chance to interview romance author Emma Barry on the podcast! Full disclosure and an apology, this was supposed to be out this spring! But burnout and life got in the way, so we’re dropping this episode way behind schedule.

This is a good thing for you though, because both Emma Barry books we talk about, Chick Magnet and Funny Guy, are both out now for you to read. So if you’re in the mood for a cute, funny, banter-filled rom-com, make sure you check these books out!

Emma was such a fun guest. We talked about what chickens Bridget should get, BTW I ended up with 2 Australorp, 2 Rhode Island Reds, and 2 Wyndottes, Emma’s process of writing Chick Magnet, why she feels setting is so important, and her favorite part about her writing.

Make sure you check out Emma’s writing, and Emma thank you for being with us.

Emma’s IG if you want to drop her a line!

Thank you to Magic Mind for hooking us up with the drink that keeps our minds sharp and has helped us come back from our hiatus and burnout! We love you! If you wanna get 20% your subscription of Magic Mind and improve your energy and productivity use our code ROMANCE20!

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboos to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

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Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

!! Join our monthly book club on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance !! 

Marley Valentine, USA Today's Best-selling author of spicy romance is here to chat with us! We talked about how e-readers unlocked the spicy books, what we love about spicy books, writing MM romance, and writing as a duo under Remy Blake. 

Bridget also tells a hilarious story about "bogans" in Australia! 

Check out Marley's website here.
Devilry - MM professor-student romance
Debauchery by Remi Blake

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

We had author E.F. Dodd on the podcast and chatted about how second-chance romance makes it difficult to do a meet-cute. 

How the cast of characters and female friendships is important to the characters and to the creation of the romance and you rooting for the romance. 

Writing a contemporary second chance romance, where the main female character maintains her career and falls in love, doesn't require them to give it up, or move home to a small town for a 'simpler life. 

Also, I feel that we are now best friends ;)

Check out her books!
Risky Restoration (Book #1 in the standalone series)
Earning It by E.F. Dodd

Other books we chatted about:
Sarah MacLean's series Hells Bells
Scarlett Peckham's The Duke I Tempted -- fun fact, our first ever podcast episode! 
Fall of Legend by Meghan March
Hook Line and Sinker by Tessa Bailey
Captivated by Eve Dangerfield and Tessa Bailey
 

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Shanora Williams came on the podcast to laugh with us, and talk about her writing, Home Body business, indie publishing, and her own HS Sweethearts romance. 

Shanora talks about writing in two different genres, Romance and thrillers. 

We also talk about how mansions are ripe for thrillers and creepy things. EEK!

The Wife Before (THRILLER!)
Wanting Mr. Cane (AGE GAP ROMANCE)

Check out our review of Wanting Mr. Cane with guest host Cameron from thechamberofsecrets

Check out Shanora on her website for signed copies and merch. 

Check out her cute candles on The HomeBody Collection. 
 

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

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Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Historical romance author Erica Ridley hung out with us all the way from Costa Rica! We found this out live on the podcast and Shani was leaving for Costa Rica the next week, so it was meant to be! 

Our conversation ranged from how historical romance has changed throughout her career, to how to incorporates diversity into her romance more and more now, to how writing and living in Costa Rica works as an author. 

If you've been thinking of living abroad, this interview may be your push! 

Check out Erica's latest book, Nobody's Princess. 

Check out her Instagram, Website, and Twitter

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Best-selling author Karina Halle shares her love for intense, wicked romance! We talked about everything from moving to a new place, writing reverse harem and polyamory, the Do's and Don't of Romance and her curiosity-driven writing style. 

Listen to A Nordic King on Amazon!

Check out her Instagram, Website, and Twitter.

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Today's a big episode. George's guest is Australia's leading author of women's fiction and life lit, the wonderful Rachael Johns. This is a fantastic episode that covers a lot of the nuts and bolts of what it's like to be successful in the Australian publishing industry. 

We chatted with debut romance author Erin La Rosa about her novel For Butter or Worse. Erin talked about how she went from a staff writer at Buzzfeed to writing 2 nonfiction comedic books before pitching a romance! We talked about closed-door vs open door romance, how to build an enemies-to-lovers romance, and why she chose the chef scene as her setting.  

Buy For Butter or Worse on Amazon

Thank you to Harlequin and Spark Point Studio for our copy and for setting this interview up!

Check out her Instagram, Website, and Twitter.

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

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This week, we are joined by women's fiction, romance, and mystery fiction author Patricia McLinn. We discuss McLinn's writing journey, the methods of plotting and story development, and her inspiration for writing. 
Latest releases: "Proof of Innocence," of the Innocence Trilogy  & "Cross Talk" part of the Caught Dead in Wyoming series

To connect with Patricia McLinn:

Website: https://www.patriciamclinn.com
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Melanie Harlow, author of Ignite, starts writing her books by thinking about the tropes that she will include.  It helps her write a great-selling book! Listen as she shares how she picks her sexy covers, her views on how to keep your relationship alive, and how she strategizes on making her books feel sexy -Bridget loved her!

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

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Jamie Wesley joins us to talk about her new book, Fake It Till You Bake It - and there’s loads to talk about. We discuss choosing book titles and covers, book contracts, writing as a second career, and how Jamie structures her stories. Speaking of structure, she also tells us how to plan a love scene the Jamie way. Jamie tells us about her dialogue, work ethic as a writer, future books, and her love for sports translating to the page. 

Read Fake It Till You Bake It here.

Check out her Website, Instagram and Twitter

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

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As you know, Priceless has been a recent fav of ours and we are beyond excited to interview Miranda Silver.

We had tons to talk about with Miranda, from her immaculate dirty talk technique and how she writes kink, to what makes up a dark romance and when to introduce smut into the plot. We also get into posting erotica online for free and how some romance authors get their start that way. Miranda was a blast to talk to and we will definitely be checking out her menage books. You know Shani will! Listen now to get some info about her new book and an in depth conversation about book covers ;) 

Read Deliver the Devil (Serpentine Duet Book #2) for free on Kindle Unlimited!

Check out her website and Instagram. 

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

***TW light discussions of sexual coercion

We are moving through the season with Cait Jacobs, the "birth giver of booktok," reading Twisted Hate by Ana Huang. The third book of the Twisted Series, Twisted Hate brings back old favorites in a super steamy enemies-to-lovers romance. Cait and Bridget have  a lot to say about this protagonists' bad attitude and crazy backstory - which seem to be a little controversial at the moment! There is also MUCH to say about the degradation kink and "Who Did This To You" trope where the love interest might go a little too far. (It's okay though, we're kind of into it.) 

Check out Cait's website, Instagram, and Tiktok. 

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Where to start with Delta James? We get a little bit of everything in this interview, RAAG Hags, and we will be coming back for more. 

A second chapter writer, she went all in with writing in a genre she had never tried before (while also showing champion basset hounds and horses in her free time.) Delta is full of surprises! We talk through strong heroines, shifter romance, reading and writing communities, delegating, and telling your friends and family about your career in erotica with the repercussions that could come with it. Delta is totally fearless and we're living for it! 

Visit her website or chat her up on Instagram and Facebook

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Adam shares his writing process with us on another week's episode of Authors at a Glance! We chat Happily For Now instead of Happily Ever After, writing with your mood, writing a diverse cast of characters and relationships, and publishing journeys. 

He also shares his tips and tricks for sex scenes - giving context and characterization before focusing on the acts themselves. It was great getting to know a male romance author and talking about his journey into erotica! 

Adamstewartcharleston.com

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Lynn Painter is the ultimate fan and author of rom-coms!

Bridget and Lynn fangirled over rom-coms of the past, present, and future. And discussed how Lynn realized when she added the comedy in her romance, that’s when it all clicked.

They talked about what makes the classics great, moving from writing YA to adult romance, the best parts of fictional (and real) relationships, and when the right time is to start sexing it up in a story. And how being seen by your partner can be the best bit! Lynn and Bridget had the best time chatting, and you’re definitely gonna wanna give this one a listen!

Read Mr. Wrong Number here. 

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance

Thank you for listening to Troped Out. If you like what you heard—consider subscribing and leaving us some stars. To stay up to date on Troped Out, SFF+Girls, and the forthcoming ADHD Creative, follow our production team Typo Productions. That’s @TypoPodcasts across all platforms. Links at the bottom.

Today we are chatting with contemporary romance author Alexandria Bellefleur.

• Alexandria Bellefleur is a bestselling and award-winning author of swoony contemporary romance often featuring loveable grumps and the sunshine characters who bring them to their knees. Her debut novel, WRITTEN IN THE STARS, was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award winner and a 2020 winner of The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction.
• Em asks Alexandria what she is reading and loving right now.
• Alexandria is on deadline at the moment and her TBR list is growing, but in her free time she is reading MISTAKES WERE MADE by Meryl Wilsner, THE EX TALK by Rachel Lynn Solomon, and LOVE AT FIRST SPITE by Anna E. Collins.
• EJ asks Alexandria how she comes across the books that she chooses to read—especially advanced copies.
• Alexandria says that she gets a lot of arcs from her agent and editor. Many times, to blurb. She feels very fortunate.
• Em asks if there is a trope that is an instant request for Alexandria Bellefleur.
• Alexandria laughs and says that she is a bit of a trope slut. She hasn’t met a trope that she won’t read—at least in the hands of a good author. However, she really loves forced proximity.
• EJ asks if Alexandria reads many books at once or a book at a time.
• Alexandria admits she reads a book at a time—but she is a fast reader and is fully immersed in the story as she is reading.
• When Alexandria is not on deadline—she can read a book a day. This is amazing to Em and EJ—they fangirl over this fact for a moment. 
• EJ says that she believes that the romance reading community reads a lot and fast. Unlike any other genre she’s seen.
• Alexandria says that romance readers are prolific readers and writers are prolific writers.
• Em says that she thinks it is because romance is so readable because of the emotional arcs of the character. Sure, external plot is important—but that emotional arc is everything.
• Em gives the quick and dirty premise of Alexandria’s book, HANG THE MOON. She asks Alexandria if she has a favorite movie moment that makes her melt?
• Alexandria has a few. One of her favorites is the bleacher serenade in 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU. She thinks for a moment like this to be swoony and work—it has to be tailored to the characters. It cannot be a cardboard cut-out version of a romantic moment.
• She also likes the painting gift in NOTTING HILL.
• Alexandria tells the hosts about the current book she is working on—she reached the midpoint! The WIP is called THE FIANCE FARCE. The book is a sapphic marriage of convenience between a shy bookstore owner and a newspaper heiress who is moonlighting as a romance novel cover artist. The heiress must get married by a certain time in order to inherit the majority shares in her family’s business. It is best described as a mash-up between A SCOT TIES THE KNOT by Tessa Dare and the 90s rom-com movie, THE BACHELOR.
• Em says she reads across all genres (currently reading SMALL FAVORS by Erin A. Craig, A COSMOLOGY OF MONSTERS by Shaun Hamill, and Alexandria’s HANG THE MOON). And that she has noticed that one thing that Alexandria does amazingly well is characters. Her characters draw you in from their first appearance on the page.
• Is there a trope outside of romance (in any form of story—movies, television, theatre, books, etc.) that Alexandria’s readers would be surprised to find she loves?
• Alexandria says that she loves paranormal. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER is her go-to comfort show. She especially loves the found-family trope and that paranormal does the trope really well. She also loves the fated mates trope—which is pretty exclusive to paranormal.
• Alexandria defines the difference between found family in contemporary vs paranormal. She points out that she writes queer rom-coms, and it is a common part of the genre for the characters to find/create a community outside of their family and for those friendships to transcend the bonds of friendship into real family. In paranormal you get a lot of “brotherhoods” like a brotherhood of vampires. Or warriors. There is a lot of sworn allegiance. 
• Em says it is big in werewolf books. She is a huge Patricia Briggs fan. Em thinks that a lot of things that would toe-the-line with cheesy in contemporary, just works with paranormal.
• EJ gets salty about the hate that TWILIGHT still gets—she loved the TWILIGHT series. Alexandria is a former Twi-Hard.
• Em says she never read Twilight (a fact she isn’t bragging about—it just never happened). She thinks it is because she saw the movies before reading the book and didn’t care for the movies.
• Alexandria suggests turning the movies into a drinking game. It’s really fun.
• Em asks Alexandria to tell their listeners a little bit about her books.
• Alexandria’s books are a series of interconnected stand-alones. They can be read in any order.
• Written in the stars is a sapphic, opposites-attract, fake-dating, rom-cm between and uptight actuary and a social media astrologer.
• HANG THE MOON follows a dating app creator who is a total romantic and has been in love with his sister’s bestie (who is a little jaded about love) for his entire life. When she comes to town, he decides he will prove to her that romance is real by recreating iconic movie moments from his favorite rom-coms.  Everything backfires.
• COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS is a sapphic second chance, friends-to-roommates-to-lovers romance featuring a grump who has sworn off love and a wedding planner.
• Em completely steals Alexandria’s term and admits she is a slut for a particular trope. Then apparently completely forgot that she got the term from Alexandria, lol. (Also—Em does the show notes :P )
• Alexandria Bellefleur plays Troped Out!
• Love Triangle or Reverse Harem?
• EJ asks how many people have to be involved for it to be a harem. Alexandria says she thinks maybe five or six. Em says that’s a lot of sex for 80k words! (lol)
• Secret Billionaire or Secret Baby.
• AI Uprising or Clones?

A huge thank you to Alexandria Bellefleur for chatting with us today! You can find Alexandria Bellefleur on Twitter, Instagram and

Another great author interview for our beautiful RAAG Hags! Golden Angel specializes in kink and BDSM, specifically in historical romance. We had an interesting chat about how to write BDSM in romance, putting kink in both contemporary and historical - and what's possible with an open mind! Bridget and Golden Angel also talk tips for new authors, writing what you want to see, consensual non con, cosplay, fantasy authors and books we love, and how it felt to get a special shout-out from one of her favorites. 

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

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We welcome Tanya from babygyalreadit on Tiktok to talk about an author we haven’t read before! Priceless by Miranda Silver is a college BDSM romance with a twist - and it’s SUPER hot. Bridget and Tanya chat about voyeurism, paying for pleasure, humiliation to praise kinks, which parts of the relationship to show, MAD dirty talk, and actually using safe words during sex. The hero does his best to play into the heroine’s kinks (and ours) and honestly RAAG Hags, there are too many to list! Tanya loves her dark romance, so she was a perfect guest for the show. 

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

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Amy Daws never expected Blindsided to be the book that blew up! Nevertheless, she has plenty of insight to offer on this episode of Authors at a Glance. We talk Tiktok trends, how to hook people with a video, the “less is more” aspect we’ve grown to love, and how it felt to see her book soar to #1! Amy also gives us a look into her writing process - her first book, how she got into writing about British boys, writing sex scenes, revising while she writes, and self loathing procrastination as motivation. (It’s okay - we’ll love her enough for the both of us.)

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Not the One

A Broken Us

Chasing Hope

Harris Brothers Series

**Trigger warning for discussion of child loss and miscarriage

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Welcome to Romance at a Glance, a podcast that uses romance novels to dive into candid conversations about life, relationship dynamics, and sexual desires. 

As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance's biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.

Expect 100% honest reviews, spontaneous singing, life lessons, indecent anecdotes, and bawdy humor.

Check out www.romanceataglance.com

Chat with us on Instagram at instagram.com/romanceataglance

Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/romanceataglance