romance tropes

Build your nest and get comfy while we tackle the Omegaverse. Think anything is off limits? Knot here. Lube up and slide on it to this week's absolutely outrageous theme. We talk taboos, popular pairings, and the origins of this unusual genre. Get your growls ready for this purrrrrfect episode.

It happens on occasion that Bridget and Shani will disagree about a book! It is the format, it is the content, is it all of the above? You all will definitely love this one, especially since it starts with Bridget demanding Shani pay attention to her!! 😉

We're reviewing Ignite by Melanie Harlow. Part of our trope season, this is our single dad trope, coming in hot with a firefighter next door.  

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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

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Onto our next taboo dads book, Wanting Mr. Cane was definitely a ride. Cameron from chamberofsecretbooks on tiktok joins us this week to read her first age gap taboo book. She shares her first thoughts and reactions as well as questions and we go through the dad’s best friend trope, our preferences when it comes to age gaps, plot twists, surprise villains, and the shock of that opening line. We also get to discuss the perfect degree of public for public sex, who should be initiating when, and the timeline of romance in books like this. As a plus, Cameron and Bridget get into everyday fantasies, banter, and Cameron’s hot Scottish summer. 

Check Cameron out on Instagram and Youtube!

Books mentioned: 

Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas

The Roommate by Rosie Danan 

Your Dad Will Do by Katee Robert

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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

Join us as we dive into our trope season, ready to go with a super steamy one right away! Bridget and Shani are excited to get into the dad trope with a kinky tale of revenge and taboo romance. They talk about this “masturbators’ masterpiece,” sexy mind games, first crushes, and, of course, daddy kinks. Who could do it better than Katee? 

This season is just getting started and we've got plenty of surprises in store. 

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Read Your Dad Will Do by Katee Robert here. 

Get 30 days free on Kindle Unlimited just for our listeners! 

Or listen on Audible like Shani and get up to two free ebooks when you try Audible Premium Plus. 

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Leave us a rating and review on Itunes

A lot of additional listening on Patreon!

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

Only two more weeks until NaNoWriMo and today we are talking about romance. What are romance tropes? Are there rules to follow when writing a romance? How exactly do you plot a romance? 

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Jenifer: https://jenifercarlltong.com/

Tina: https://christinacattane.com/

Jamie: https://writingshorts.net/

Rhonda: http://ddbouman.com/

This Week on No Smut Shaming:
A Savage Mountain Men Novel

When Joelle’s friend backs out of their camping trip, she decides to make the trip alone.
With Zero camping experience, Joelle sprains her ankle & can’t walk.
Luckily, 2 Mountain Men, Pierce and Jax,  come to her rescue and offer her a place to recover.
Pierce and Jax also have 2 more roommates, Reid and Blaze.
These 4 mountain men, with checkered pasts, show Joelle how much they appreciate her and can’t live without her. 

September 2nd Episode: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Marissa chats with Adiba Jaigirdar about her new YA contemporary romance - HANI AND ISHU'S GUIDE TO FAKE DATING - as well as bringing the beloved "fake relationship" romantic trope into sapphic love stories and how publishers are finally picking up on this need in the market; using specific accents and lilts to influence your character voices; one super clever social media strategy that makes use of cross-promotion with other authors; and the little-talked-about phenomenon of the "second book depression" (not to be confused with the sophomore slump), which is probably more common than we think and might be exacerbated by pandemic book releases. (Note: if you're feeling it, you are not alone!)

Books discussed in this episode can be purchased from your local independent bookstore or buy them online from the Happy Writer bookshop.org store (that benefits indie bookstores) at https://bookshop.org/shop/marissameyer

Find out more and follow The Happy Writer on social media: https://www.marissameyer.com/podcast/

Maren begins reading A Flemish Flame, which she wrote during a production of Verdi’s Don Carlo. She also talks a bit about unfinished artwork, procrastination, and briefly about the sociopolitical landscape in the USA right now.

The music played during this episode:

• Excerpts from Giuseppe Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor

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Transcript and Show Notes: http://www.bodiceripperproject.com/e014/