Podcast Episode
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Episode 82 – Talisman of Valdegarde by Madeleine Simon
Gwynne is theoretically a powerful druid! Neil is clearly a date rapist and also a bard! Anyway, here's Wonderwall! This is Talisman of Valdegarde, which - I swear I am not making this up - is an official Dungeons and Dragons Choose Your Own Adventure-style romance novel! Click in for more!
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Episode 81 – Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
Welcome to the second episode of our Valentine's Day 90's Bad Boys-a-thon! This time we read Lisa Kleypas' Dreaming of You, knowing full well that we dare the wrath of the Derek Craven fan club. He's a moody emo Cockney kid from the mean streets, made his money and unsure of what to do with it now that he's got it! She's a spectacled young authoress, fresh outta Green Acres - she wants to get a good look at the big city but what she mostly gets a good look at is him! She starts the book off by killing a man and ends it by beating the snot out of a mean girl! She's a Sara-without-the-h like me! It's great! Click in for more.
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Episode 80 – Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
He's a rake, a dastardly dastard, a blackened heart in a big nosed body! She's Spunky and extremely wee! There's a really hot scene with a glove! It's Loretta Chase's Lord of Scoundrels! This February for Valentine's Day we're reading all your favorite 90's bad boys. The spiritual heirs of Edward Rochester. The rakes, the scoundrels, the emo ones. Broody like hens! Inventing Hot Topic! Thinking they're ugly! Running around being rich, because their behavior is much more tolerable if it comes with plenty of money! Click in for more info.
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Episode 79 – Scruples by Judith Krantz
Billy Ikehorn-Orsini is IT. Extraordinary wealthy, profoundly chic, and her diamonds have names. Valentine is the next big couture designer. Spider is a photographer who somehow now is the guy who makes a store cool. Whatever, just go with it - together they are the minds behind Scruples, the boutique that sounds suspiciously like a Cracker Barrel that put Rodeo Drive on the map for women like your mom and your aunties and your grandma who read this book in 1978! Click in for more info.
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Episode 78 – Golden Valkyrie by Iris Johansen
Honey is a figure of legend, a giantess astride the world! She is five feet and nine inches tall! She is a private investigator! Lance (YES LANCE) is a prince! His way hotter friend is sheik-adjacent! This all sounds awesome but in fact it is sadly very boring! Click in for more info.
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Episode 77 – Hanukkah Special! Eight Nights in December by Keira Andrews
Chag sameach! Welcome to our traditional holiday episode, where we do a modern gay Hanukkah romance ever year! This one is Eight Nights in December by Keira Andrews, where Lucas meets Nate and then everybody around them has to go buy a new mop! It's very sweet but also very sticky. Click in for more info.
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Episode 76 – Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Lady Emma has two weeks in American to lose her reputation and not be forced to marry the dastardly duke. Kenny has to drive her around Texas to get back in the good graces of the PGA Tour so he can play pro golf again. Why yes, this does seem radically mismatched stakes! Click in for more info.
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Episodes with Guests, Podcast Episode
Episode 75 – The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice
Welcome to our All Souls Day Spoooooooktacular Tradition! In accordance with the ancient scrolls, every Halloween we read another Anne Rice book and invite Dr. Claire Michker to drink too much and talk about it! Click in for more info.
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Episode 75 – Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
It’s a happy Halloween in Bodice Tipplers land! Get your spooky season on with Vivian, who’s 16 and a pain in the ass and a werewolf! She doesn’t care what […]
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Episodes with Guests, Podcast Episode
Episode 74 – Fiery Virginia Jewel by Elizabeth Leigh
Glynna is a beautiful teenager living on the Virginia frontier on the eve of the French and Indian War. Kane (seriously) is… what does this guy do, actually? He’s a […]
