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Besties and the Books PodcastEp 86 Between Two Kings Power, Passion, and the Price of Loyalty (SPOILERS INSIDE) | Review & Deep Dive DiscussionSend us a textJust in case you haven’t noticed… we are completely OBSESSED with the Split or Swallow universe, created by the amazingly talented and hilarious Lindsay Straube. Last year we did a deep dive and our very first author interview with Lindsay covering all things Kiss of the Basilisk, and now we’re back to yap about the highly anticipated sequel Between Two Kings! Out today! Last week we had Lindsay on for a spoiler free interview picking her brain on what it’s like to go from independent to traditi...
2025-11-111h 10
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 85 Between TWO Kings?! What’s that all about?! LINDSAY STRAUBE IS BACK!!! | Exclusive Author InterviewSend us a textFirst EXCLUSIVE Author Interview with Lindsay Straube for Between to Kings is here!Just a short year ago Kiss of the Basilisk (or Split or Swallow for those of you who’ve been here since the beginning 🙌) took the romance literature world by storm! Lindsay Straube, known to many as @oxfordlemon on Instagram went from a hilarious meme account to self published bestselling author of one of the most unique monster romances to date, to a bestselling traditionally published author with a three book deal with Bloom Books in re...
2025-11-0455 min
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 80 WHY YOU NEED TO READ the Haven Ever After Book Series this fall!! | Author Interview w/ Hazel MackSend us a textToday we have a very exciting and mostly spoiler free author interview episode for you! We’re chatting with independently published monster romcom, paranormal romance author Hazel Mack to celebrate the spooky season and to get us all in the Halloween mood! We’ll be discussing all things Haven Ever After, the monster romance series that unexpectedly got us into the genre with book 1: Getting it on With Gargoyles, and it’s the series we describe as “Halloweentown for adults” that we’ve been screaming at everyone to read!Hazel is t...
2025-09-301h 07
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 75 Behind the Mic w/ Book Club After Dark 🌙📚 | Bookish Pet Peeves, Origin Story, + more!Send us a textIn this spoiler-free collab episode, we sit down with the brilliant duo behind Book Club After Dark and bring you a whole lot of fun (and some serious tea 😏) on our very first podcast collaboration episode with Danni and Michelle over at the Book Club After Dark Podcast! Where to find them:YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@BookclubafterdarkAll Podcast Platforms | @ Book Club After DarkInstagram | https://www.instagram.com/bookclubafterdarkpod?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==We are so excited to have...
2025-08-261h 18
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 70 “National Treasure + Uncharted FOR ADULTS??” Among the Cursed Gods by T J Lundin | AUTHOR INTERVIEWSend us a textToday we’re bringing you a spoiler free (with possibly a teaser or two we’ll warn you about 😉) author interview episode with none other than indie published romantasy, contemporary romance author T.J. Lundin! We’re looking forward to celebrating the upcoming launch of her National Treasure inspired book Among the Cursed Gods, out on September 15th, and available to preorder now on Kindle Unlimited!Check out T J on Instagram @tjlundinbooks | https://www.instagram.com/tjlundinbooks?utm_source=ig_web_butto...
2025-07-151h 19
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 65 Talking STRONG Female Characters and Kindred’s Curse With Penn Cole! | Author InterviewSend us a textIn this episode we’re chatting with none other than THE Penn Cole! Bestselling fantasy romance author of her debut series The Kindred’s Curse Saga, also known as Spark, Glow, and Heat of the Everflame, with Burn of the Everflame on the way! Today’s episode will be completely spoiler free aside from a potential 5 minute spoiler section at the end we’ll warn you about, so even if you haven’t read these books yet, or you haven’t made it all the way through the series, you can stick around to chit chat...
2025-06-101h 13
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 63 Page ➡️ PLATE! A Feast of Thorns and Roses "ACOTAR Cookbook" Author Interview w/ Chelsea Cole!Send us a text"Ashley and Liz interview Chelsea Cole, food blogger and author of A Feast of Thorns and Roses: The Unofficial Cookbook of A Court of Thorns and Roses. Chelsea shares the inspiration behind her ACOTAR-themed cookbook, which creatively brings meals from the beloved fantasy series into real-life kitchens. She discusses her background in food blogging and her goal of making recipes accessible for all skill levels, noting that the book is designed not just for cooking but for fans to deepen their connection with the series. The cookbook features...
2025-05-2750 min
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 56 MEET YOUR NEW OBSESSION! 🥵 This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara | Author InterviewSend us a textToday we have a very special spoiler free* interview with romantasy writer and Library Journal’s science fiction / fantasy debut author of the month for February, Shalini Abeysekara! We chat all things This Monster of Mine to celebrate the release of her very first published book!(*Author interviews will always be spoiler free so everyone can enjoy them and determine whether or not to add these books to our never-ending TBR. So, proceed with absolutely NO caution!*)Pick up your paperback copy or kindle download of This Monster of Mi...
2025-04-0851 min
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 45 Callie Hart Quicksilver Tell All! | Author InterviewSend us a textWe’ve been keeping a BIG secret from you… our book besties… and today is finally the day we get to reveal it! We interviewed Callie Hart!! *Insert happy screaming here.* We are SO excited to share this SPOILER FREE author interview with you, so stick around if you’re interested in listening to us chat with the one and only Callie Hart, author of the New York Times bestselling romantasy book: Quicksilver!This amazing book is officially available on Paperback and Kindle now, with hardback copies dropping in Augus...
2025-01-281h 11
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 41 It’s Time to Talk Broken Bounty with Ember Nicole! | Live For Me Author InterviewSend us a textToday we have a very special interview* with dark romance indie author and the queen of heartbreaking cliffhangers herself, Ember Nicole. We chat all things Broken Bounty series to celebrate the release of Live For Me, book three in this emotional rollercoaster which is the bounty hunter romance she created.*Author interviews will always be spoiler free so everyone can enjoy them and determine whether or not we want to add these books to our never-ending TBR. So, proceed with absolutely NO caution!*Pick up your paperback copy or...
2024-12-1755 minBesties and the Books PodcastEp 26 Kiss of the Basilisk with Lindsay Straube! | Split or Swallow Series Author InterviewSend us a textToday’s Episode is BATB Podcast very first author interview! With none other than Lindsay Straube, Amazon BESTSELLING author of her popular love triangle basilisk romance, Split or Swallow.*Author interviews will always be spoiler free so everyone can enjoy them and determine whether or not we want to add these books to our never-ending TBR. So, proceed with absolutely NO caution!*Pick up your paperback copy or kindle download of Split or Swallon now @ Amazon! | * https://amzn.to/4cNcKm8We discuss everything from what inspired Split or...
2024-09-0357 min
Learn True Health with Ashley James452 Turn On The Healing Properties In Food Through Fermentation, Healing the Gut with Homemade Live Cultured Pickles, Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Yogurt, Kefir, Kombucha, and More! Create Powerful Probiotics, Sandor Ellix KatzShow Notes and Full Transcript: https://www.learntruehealth.com/food-fermentation
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