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It’s part two of romance recs! Jess and Trisha talk historicals, slow build romance, SFF romcoms, and much (much) more!
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NEWS
Not news exactly, but here’s the SFF Yeah! episode we mentioned that highlights SF/F romance.
And here’s the Kit Rocha “search by theme/trope” page – have fun!
BOOKS DISCUSSED
The Tiger and Del series (starting with Sword-Dancer) by Jennifer Roberson
Slave to Sensation and Silver Silence (which is the first in the later trilogy) by Nalini Singh
Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian
Bring on the Blessings and Destiny’s Embrace by Beverly Jenkins
The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
The Ladies Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Oliva Waite
Dithered Hearts by Chace Verity
Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha
Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
The Bollywood Bride, A Distant Heart, and Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev
In Her Sights (first in the Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters series by Katie Ruggle)
Sanctuary and Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Beard Science by Penny Reid
Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
Flirting With Disaster by Victoria Dahl
Rend and In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish
Reverb by Anna Zabo
Shadows You Left by Jude Sierra and Taylor Brooke (Quick correction: we named the wrong “Taylor” in this ep. Taylor Brooke is the very talented co-author of this book – our apologies for the error!)
Unsolicited Duke Pic by Nico Rosso
In Case You Forgot by Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar
Anything by by Jay Northcote (A Family For Christmas is a great option!)
Anything by T.J. Klune (Wolfsong is a great place to start!)
The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller
The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston
Legend of the Highland Dragon by Isabel Cooper
Soulless and The Sumage Solution (which kicks off the San Andreas Shifters series) by Gail Carriger
The Liberators of Willow Run by Marianne K. Martin
Heart’s Orders by Jaycie Morrison
Morning Glory by LaVyrle Spencer
Thank you again for all of your enthusiasm, and let us know if you have recs we missed – especially for the requests that left us a little bit stumped! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown).
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