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139 - Even though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk

To close out LGBTQIA+ month we are going to jump into a timepiece and enter the underground of Chicago’s monster scene with a noir lens. Here we meet Helen, a supernatural detective who only has days left before resolving a debt owed in which she will enter hell forever, leaving behind her brother and the love of her life, Edith. When she is offered yet another deal to extend her time on Earth, she can’t resist knowing that she can live 10 more years with Edith - all she has to do is find Chicago’s notorious serial killer, the White City Vampire, in three days. Can she do it? Join us in this sweet novella where Helen will do anything for the one she loves.

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138 - Demons Do it Better by Louisa Masters

To begin our observance of Pride for the month of June, we welcome everyone to join us in our discussion of Demons Do it Better, book one of the Hidden Species series by Louisa Masters. Here is an adorably funny story about how Sam, Lucifer’s assistant and human (or is he?) and Gideon, a demon who also works for Lucifer, fall in love with each other after an intense one-night stand - but not without avoiding the dilemma of inter-office romance of course! Along with Lucifer’s elite team of supernaturals, Sam and Gideon help uncover a secret genetic experimentation where pregnant people are going missing, while also discovering Sam’s own origin story. This book has all the feels - love, humor, empathy, anger, horniness… Seriously, sex with cooking oil and an array of paranormal themed dildos. What are we waiting for?!!

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137 - Tasting Red by Holly Roberds

My what big… curiosity you have. Was this a good one? Hell yes it was. We love sexy retellings of our childhood fairytales and this one did not disappoint! Join us as we discuss this fun, sexy, magical rendition of Little Red Riding Hood and the big bad wolf with none other than Holly Roberds herself. We had a wonderful conversation about stinky magic, kickass best friends, Chip and Dale rescue rangers, and so many other interesting things - but mostly about how much we enjoyed Holly’s readaptation of the characters from the classic telling of Little Red Riding Hood. Red is a special woman who is out in the world just trying to find her true self, Brexley is a shifter who was hired to kill Red’s infamous grandma, and boy what quick sex we get within the first couple of pages. We hope you read along because this one is definitely worth the listen!

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136 - The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

To close out AAPI awareness month, we are excited to talk about book two of The Kiss Quotient series by Helen Hoang. And just like book one, this one did not disappoint. Here we meet Esme, a hardworking, single mother from Vietnam, and Khai, an accountant in California who believes he does not possess the ability to have feelings. Considering the prospect of a better life for her daughter and family in America, Esme takes up an offer from a woman who traveled to Vietnam in search of a bride for her son. And though he is against his mother’s matchmaking attempt, Khai accepts Esme into his home when the lessons in love and relationships begin. This book is funny, romantic, inclusive, and sexy! Join us for this wonderful story where love overcomes all boundaries.

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135 - Big Bad Wolf by Suleika Snyder

This is a different type of book for us, more of a paranormal urban fantasy romance. And we loved it! We loved this alternate reality world where shifters and paranormals were exposed following the unfortunate election of a certain president and now the world is struggling to deal with the results of that revelation. We have Joe, a shifter who was caught murdering mobsters and is not on trial for his life and Neha, his lawyer who is trying to defend him. When they first meet the attraction takes them both by surprise and as they navigate the dangerous underground world of shifter mobsters they fall deeper for each other. The sex is intense from the very beginning and the action is explosive. This book is different but fun and we are excited to read more by Suleikha Snyder.

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134 - Obsession: The Mate Games - Kim Loraine & Meg Anne

We are excited to try out a new Reverse Harem book and one written by Kim Loraine who we know brings the hot steamy scenes. We are introduced to Sunday Fallon, a wolf shifter and heir to a major wolf pack, with one small problem, she can’t shift. She is shipped off to a supernatural university type school where the best and brightest go to train and learn supernatural statecraft. What does Sunday learn? That she is infatuated with and possibly loves not one not two not three, but four super hot and powerful paranormal men. The naughty priest scenes with Caleb are tantalizing and the push pull with Kingston ratchets up the tension. This book has a ton of hot scenes, including some of our favorite: voyeurism. 

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133 - Claiming Beauty by Skye Alder

For this first book of the Once Upon a Shifter series, we sit down with authors Cameron Hart and Shaw Hart of Skye Alder to discuss their fun and sexy adaptation of a beauty who finds her beast. It is the perfect way to tell a concise and sweet story from beginning to end with the right amount of love and sexiness in between. We hope you’ve read along! Join our delightful conversation with these two wonderful ladies about their writing adventures, found partnership, and how they are inspiring us to finally get to writing ourselves!

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132 - Hexes & Hot Flashes by Lisa Manifold

It has been a few years but we finally are getting back to a book by Lisa Manifold. This first book in the Oracle of Wynter series gives us another main character in her 40’s similar to the Betwixt series and the Midlife Bounty Hunter series. We compare the different and similar ways all three series approach writing about a woman in her 40’s getting a new start in life. We don’t get the sexy times we love but it does feel like the groundwork has been set for us to get some pretty great sex scenes in future books! And what is more fun than hoping for a random hook up at a bar and ending up with a supernatural calling?

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131 - Hades by Ariel Dawn

For this episode we are joined by Ariel Dawn to discuss one of her books in the shared world of Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld. Come along as we explore the journey of Hades from heartbroken, down on love, underworld bureaucrat to totally smitten and willing to give up immortality for Darcy, a regular human being. We can’t get enough of the sexy scenes Ariel writes and they lead us into a discussion of our own experiences with movie theater sex. If you haven’t jumped into the fun and sexy world of Underworld Speed Dating what are you waiting for?  

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130 - Black Witch Magic by Mila Nicks

This book is a fun and unusual romance novel. On the surface, this book reads more like a typical murder mystery as Selene and Aiden investigate the current unexplained attack in Brimrock and its potential connection to an unsolved murder from the past. But as they work together to finger out what is going on they also begin a budding romance. This book is totally a slow burn as we get all the early stages of a new relationship from coffee dates to drunken frolics in the snow. Unusual for a romance, we even get a super awkward disappointing sex scene. Don’t worry, as the murder mystery wraps up and the unexplained supernatural occurrences are solved, Aiden and Selene give it another chance and both finally get their sexy fireworks. It was fun reading such a different approach to the paranormal rom-com genre. 

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