Episode 10

Get Recc’d with these: 

•  Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
• Heat Clinic by Alexis B. Osborne
• Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean
• A Ship of Bones and Teeth by Karina Halle
• The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
• When Rivals Play series by B.B. Reid
• Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood
• Office Hours by Katrina Jackson
• Promises and Pomegranates by Sav R. Miller
• Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins
• Flawless by Elsie Silver
• Cowboys of California series by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Long Hard Ride by Lorelei James
• Knotted by Pam Godwin
• Mercy by Sara Cate
• Berries and Greed by Lily Mayne
• How Not To Date A Dragon by Lana Kole
• Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Rut Bar by Alexis Osbourne
• Born to be Bound by Addison Cain
• Owned by Fate by Tessa Bailey
• Praise by Sara Cate
• The Naughty List by Jade West
• Meegan by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Love Languages series by Reese Morrison
• E.M. Lindsey
• The Name-Bearer by Natalia Hernandez
• Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
• Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta
• Lights Out by Navessa Allen
• Your Dad Will Do by Katee Robert
• Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
• Dreams of 18 by Saffron A. Kent
• The Mate Games: War by K Loraine and Meg Anne
• Anything narrated by Natalie Naudus
• Anything narrated by Michael Lesley
• Anything narrated by Joel Leslie
• Anything narrated by Mary Jane Wells
• Devil of Dublin by B.B. Easton
• Eloisa James
• League Of Extraordinary Gentlewomen by Evie Dunmore
• Sarah MacClean
• Cat Sebastian
• Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
• Johanna Lindsey
• Deceive Not My Heart by Shirlee Busbee
• Grace Callaway
• Kingmakers by Sophie Lark
• Pucked by Helena Hunting
• Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
• A Soul to Keep by Opal Reyne
• Shots and Barbs by Lily Mayne
• Bridget’s Bane by Ruby Dixon
• The Orc Sworn series by Finley Fenn
• The Mountain’s Mate by Sara Ivy Hill
• The Royals of Forsyth University series by Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue
• Jack by Layla Fae
• Stuffed By The Wereturkey by Tate McKirk
• Unhinged by Vera Valentine
• The Mate Games: Pestilence by K Loraine and Meg Anne
• Key To The Dead Fall by Susan Trombley
• The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole
• Addie by Raven Kennedy
• The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells
• Her Ruthless Warrior by R.G. Angel
• The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne
• Lessons in Sin by Pam Godwin
• 40-Love by Olivia Dade
• When She’s Merry by Ruby Dixon
• The Toy Runners series by Adriana Herrera
• Dear Monster Claus by Maeve Black
• How the Hitman Stole Christmas by Sam Mariano
• There Arose Such a Clatter by C.M. Nascosta

Challenge yourself with this: BARRBelles 2024 Reading Challenge

You can find them on Instagram: @barrbelles

Get Recc’d with these: 

• The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
• Winston Brothers series by Penny Reid
• Knitting in the City series by Penny Reid
• Rugby series by Penny Reid
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
• Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner
• The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown
• Kimberly Lemming
• Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan
• Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan
• Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
• Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn
• Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones
• In a Jam by Kate Canterbary
• Book Lovers by Emily Henry
• Happy Place by Emily Henry
• Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Imagine Me and You by Lynn Camden
• Set in Stone by Lynn Camden
• 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
• The Last of Us (2023)
• Grey’s Anatomy (2005)
• This is Us (2016)
• The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (2017)
• Modern Family (2009)
• The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary
• The Office (2005)
• The Nanny by Lana Ferguson
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)
• Charmed (1998)
• Gilmore Girls (2000)
• The 10th Kingdom (2000)
• The 10th Kingdom by Kathryn Wesley and Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• The Fast and the Furious (2001)
• NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
• The Improbable Meet-Cute series
• The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
• Plot Twist by Erin La Rosa
• Hannaford Prep series by J. Bree
• On the Care and Keeping of Orcs by Kass O’Shire
• If Only You by Chloe Liese
• Berries & Greed by Lily Mayne

You can find Blair on Instagram: @authorblairleigh, @blairleighb, and at her website, blairleighauthor.com.

Get Recc’d with these:

• Monday’s Child by Linda Lee Chaikin
• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
• Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne
• 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne
• Naima Simone
• Nisha Sharma
• Adrianna Herrera
• Talia Hibbert
• M.A. Wardell
• Elizabeth Stephens
• Kimberly Lemming
• Mea Monique
• Alexis Daria
• N.E Davenport
• Vandalar Concubines by V.K. Ludwig
• King of Flesh and Bone by Liv Zander
• Queen of Rot and Pain by Liv Zander
• House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
• Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
• His Pretend Baby by Theodora Taylor
• Ruling Sikthand by Victoria Aveline
• Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Learn My Lesson by Katee Robert
• The Librarian and the Orc by Finley Fenn
• The Heiress and the Orc by Finley Fenn
• Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig
• Twisted Love by Ana Huang
• Haunted Hookup by Eliza McLane
• R’Jaal’s Resonance by Ruby Dixon

You can find Melody on Instagram: @heavingbosoms

And TikTok: @heaving_bosoms

And Facebook: The Heaving Bosoms Geriatric Friendship Cult

Check out the Black Rose Auction by Bonkers Romance on Kickstarter!

Get Recc’d with these:

• A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
• We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
• Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
• Wild Pitch by Cat Giraldo
• This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan
• The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert
• Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
• Eloisa James
• Ruby Dixon
• Naomi Lucas
• Jolie Vines
• S.J. Sanders
• Regine Abel
• Tiffany Roberts
• Beverly Jenkins
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
• Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
• Addie by Raven Kennedy
• The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
• The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
• The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
• Elizabeth Hoyt
• The Orc from the Office by Kate Prior
• The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
• Adriana Herrera
• The Peacekeeper by B.L. Blanchard
• House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood
• Truly Madly Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath
• The Undermining of Twyla and Frank by Megan Bannen
• Love and Other Conspiracies by Mallory Marlowe
• Matilda by Roald Dahl
• Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
• Good Deeds by Kathryn Moon
• The Queer Principles of Kitt Webb by Cat Sebastian
• The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
• Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherworlds by Heather Fawcett
• A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
• Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse
• The Dangerous Ones by Lauren Blackwood
• Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
• The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
• Sex, Lies, and Sensibility by Nikki Payne
• Challenge yourself with these:
• Alphabet Challenge
• 20 Books by Black Women by @melanatedreader
• Heaving Bosom’s Podcast Reading Embrace
• Decolonize Your Shelf by Black Walnut Books
• Shop Your Shelves Bingo by @LoveinPanels
• #23for23
• #24for24?! (Maybe? Is this going to be a thing? Can we make fetch happen?)
• The Diverse Baseline Challenge by @bookish.millennial and @themargherita.s 
• The Ripped Bodice’s Summer Bingo
• Bang in the Night by @b.andherbooks and @onthesamepa9e 
• 2024 Pride Challenge by @romanthiccreader 
• 2023 Reading Challenge by @barrbelles
• BDSM Challenge by @evilqueenreads and @bookterror
• Year of Smut by @ratetheromance 
• Berrie’s Monster F*cker Bingo by @heartberrie 
• Monster F*cker Bingo
• Seasonal Challenge by @luckyreadr 
• 20 Romance Tropes Challenge by @books_and_perfume 
• Sapphic September by @sapphicseptember
• The Popsugar Reading challenge
• 50 States Challenge / Read the Country

Looking to overhaul your book tracking system? Or start a book tracking system? Check out these places:

• www.thestorygraph.com
• www.fantasticfiction.net

Williamhannah.com (stationary/paper company)

Get Recc’d with these:

• To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
• Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
• Halloween Boo by Sarah Spade
• Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings
• With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson
• The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
• The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
• Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young
• Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn
• Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
• Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
• Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer
• The Roommate by Rosie Danan
• Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead
• Inheritance by Katrina Jackson
• Work in Progress by Staci Hart
• Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
• Better Than Fiction by Alexa Martin
• Crazy Stupid Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
• One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny
• Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
• Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren
• Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas
• Hold Me by Courtney Milan
• Educated by Nellie Wilson
• Meet Me in Los Feliz by Kelly Reynolds
• The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert
• Waylaid by Sarina Bowen
• A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria
• A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole
• The Stand-Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau
• The Belle and the Beard by Kate Canterbary
• Release by Suzanne Clay
• Moon Blooded Breeding Clinic by C.M. Nascosta
• Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux
• Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne
• The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
• Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian

You can find Kiran on Instagram: @kikisid

Get Recc’d with these:

• Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mysteries by Carolyn Keene (specifically Secrets of the Nile)
• Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts
• Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
• The Heir by Ava Rani
• The Art of Scandal by Regina Black
• Sex, Lies, and Sensibility by Nikki Payne (releasing 2/13/2024)
• An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera (#listeningtothismightbeanHRcomplaint)
• Unnatural by Mirka Andolfo
• A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
• Tastes Like Shakkar by Nisha Sharma
• The Fraud by Zadie Smith 
• Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne
• Mickey Chambers Shakes It Up by Charish Reid
• Wild Life by Opal Wei (releasing 1/23/2024)
• Full Moon Over Freedom by Angelina M. Lopez
• Wild Pitch by Cat Giraldo
• Queenie and the Krakens by Aleera Anaya Ceres
• The Duchess Effect by Tracey Livesay
• Kiss the Girl by Zoraida Cordova
• That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
• Redemption by Kenya Wright
• Trashed by Mia Hopkins
• Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh
• Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series
• I Married a Lizardman by Regine Abel
• Farrah Rochon sports romances!
• Kennedy Ryan sports romances!
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• The Hellmouth Guardian’s Lover by Adriana Herrera
• To Plunder a Pirate Queen by Nina Saxena
• Run Darling by Adriana Herrera
• Whiteout anthology
• Blackout anthology
• 
  

Challenge yourself with these: #20BooksByBlackWomen (@melanatedreader) and #DecolonizeYourShelf2023 (@blackwalnutbooks)

You can find more Adriana Herrera here: @ladriana_herrera on Instagram and www.adrianaherreraromance.com. You can order her latest release An Island Princess Starts a Scandal here! And be on the lookout for Run Darling, coming out December 5!

You can find more Nikki Payne here: @nikkipaynebooks on Instagram, nikkipaynewrites on TikTok, and www.nikkipaynebooks.com. Preorder Sex, Lies, and Sensibility, releasing on February 13, 2024, here!

You can find more Nisha Sharma here: @nishawrites on Instagram and TikTok and www.nisha-sharma.com. Her latest release is Tastes Like Shakkar, and you can order it here!

Please check out www.23for23.net for SO, SO many more amazing books about BIPOC characters written by BIPOC authors!

If you’re looking to better train your algorithm to show you more diverse books, you can follow these authors, and any of the amazing authors they recommended this episode.

Get Recc’d with these:

• Phillippa Gregory
• Orc Sworn series by Finley Fenn
• Lola and the Millionaires by Kathryn Moon
• The Magic of Discovery by Britt Andrews (Emerald Lakes Series)
• The Madison Kate series by Tate James
• The Gentleman series by Kate King and Jessa Wilder (Book 1: Red Handed)
• Show Me by Neve Wilder (Book 3 in Extracurriculars Series)
• For the Fans by Nyla K.
• Hollow by C.M. Nascosta
• Meet Me in Los Feliz by Kelly Reynolds
• Venice Actually by Kelly Reynolds
• Mantras and Minotaurs by Ashley Bennett
• Warts & Claws Inc. series  by Clio Evans
• Creature Cafe series by Clio Evans
• The Orc from the Office by Kate Prior
• Love, Laugh, Lich by Kate Prior
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novic
• Uprooted by Naomi Novic
• Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas  
• Strange Love by Ann Aguirre
• Special shoutout: True Blood TV show

If you’re interested in Dramione (Draco + Hermione) Fanfic check out A03!

You can find more Emily on Instagram: @emilyrathauthor

On TikTok: Emilyrathbooks

And on her website: emilyrathbooks.com

Emily’s next Jacksonville Rays book, Pucking Sweet, will be out in May 2024. And don’t miss the rest of the Rays coming to audio! Pucking Around will be released October 17th, and Pucking Wild on November 7th. 

 Get Recc’d with these:

The Belgariad series by David Eddings

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Gods of Hunger series by R.M. Virtues

The Unbeating Heart by Cyran Faringray

Necessary Evils series by Onley James

Bitten by Kelley Armstrong

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

Bunny and the Bear by Eve Langlais

Squeak by Vera Valentine

Her Donut Shifters by Mia Harlan

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Blue Ribbon Romance by C.M. Nascosta

Addie by Raven Kennedy

Berries and Greed by Lily Mayne

 You can find Becci on Instagram: @neighbourbecci 

Kimberly Lemming Recommends to us:

• This Quest is Broken! by J.P. Valentine (original title: This Quest is Bullsh*t)
• The Grim Reaper’s Lawyer by Mea Monique
• N.K. Jemisin
• Octavia E. Butler
• Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair
• A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair
• Her Pastry Shifters by Mia Harlan
• A Light in the Dark by Miranda Sapphire
• Tin (Faeries of Oz #1) by Candace Robinson and Amber R. Duell
• The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente
• The King of Flesh and Bone by Liv Zander

We recommend to Kimberly Lemming:

• A Blue Ribbon Romance by C.M. Nascosta
• Claws and Cubicles series by Kate Prior
• Iriduan Universe Love Stories series by Susan Trombley
• Villainous Things series by C. Rochelle
• Puckboys series by Eden Finley and Saxon James

You can find Kim on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok: @kimberlylemming

Is there a book we DIDN'T talk about in this episode?? 

Books Mentioned

• Shielded Heart by Tiffany Roberts
• Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
• The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
• Jack by Layla Fae
• Lor by Lily Mayne
• Strange Love by Ann Aguire
• Literally anything and everything by C.M. Nascosta
• The All Souls Trilogy + Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness
• Knitting in the City by Penny Reid
• The Winston Brothers by Penny Reid
• Game Changers by Rachel Reid
• Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophia Kinsella
• Clan of the Cave Bear / Valley of the Horses by Jean M. Auel
• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
• Sarah MacLean - Bareknuckle Bastards and Hell’s Belles
• Lisa Kleypas - St. Vincent….so whatever series he’s in
• The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
• Life is Funny by E.R. Frank
• Goddess Summoning Series by P.C. Cast
• The Billionaire’s Wake Up Call Girl by Annika Martin

Hinted at without giving titles:

• Thieves and Monsters by Clio Evans
• Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward
• Lords of the Underworld by Gena Showalter
• There are so many but I can’t remember the third series I was specifically referencing off the top of my head. Maybe Demonica by Larissa Ione or Argeneau Vampires by Lynsay Sands, but neither of these feel right.