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