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Ahoy, romantics! In this episode, we'll discuss our favorite and least favorite traits in a romance hero. Vicars and nannies and step-princes, oh my! Plus, we'll enthuse about our recent and upcoming reads and offer our plea to the universe for some slightly less muscular heroes. 

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Books mentioned in this episode:

Forbidden to the Gladiator by Greta Gilbert

Sweet Disorder by Rose Lerner

40-Love by Olivia Dade

Haven by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Sanctuary by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean

Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

From Scratch by Katrina Jackson

A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley

Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon

American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera

A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole

Hate Crush by Angelina M. Lopez

If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane

Take A Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

American Love Story by Adriana Herrera

Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera

Unfit To Print by KJ Charles

It Takes Two To Tumble by Cat Sebastian

The Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian

Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

A Gentleman Never Keeps Score by Cat Sebastian

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Marriage Game by Sara Desai

Conventionally Yours by Annabeth Albert

Not the Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher

Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

With the Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

The verse novels of Jason Reynolds

Snapped by Alexa Martin

Spice and Secrets by Suleikha Snyder