Erin Leafe (Learning the Tropes Podcast) and I get deep into a discussion of power, privilege, the patriarchy, and pretending to be someone you’re not after reading The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan. Also discussed: Podcasting. Inspirational Westerns rife with sexual tension. 

• Erin Leafe, co-host of Learning The Tropes Podcast
  Twitter: @LearningTropes
  Instagram: @LearningTheTropes

• The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan
• Courtney Milan's website

Instagram friends: LiteraryPetals, Annielikesbugs, Christina.us.uk

• Ghosted Stories Podcast
• You're Wrong About Podcast
• Courtney Milan's Me Too Article
• Ten Sessions - This American Life Podcast Episode

• Ellen O'Connell - Westerns!
• Dancing on Coals (not Erin's favorite, but her first)
• Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold (Erin's fave!)
• Lorraine Heath
• Maggie Osborne
• Not a historical western, but recommended: The Sufragette Scandal by Courtney Milan

• No Good Duke Goes Unpunished by Sarah MacLean (historical M/F)
• The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne (Historical M/F)
• Lady Sophia’s Lover by Lisa Kleypas (historical M/F)
• The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt (historical, M/F)
• Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas (rich woman/poor man, M/F, historical)
• Governess Gone Rogue by Laura Lee Gurkhe (Historical, M/F)
• Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover by Sarah MacLean (Historical, M/F)
• Take Me Back by Meghan March (Marriage in trouble, contemporary, M/F)
• Changing His Game by Megan Erickson (contemporary, M/F, mild BDSM crazytimes!)

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