Guest: Funmi B.

Twitter: @FunmiReadsHEAs https://twitter.com/FunmiReadsHEAs

Instagram: @When_Funmi_Met_Romance https://www.instagram.com/when_funmi_met_romance/

We read:

Equivalent Exchange by Christina C. Jones
https://www.amazon.com/Equivalent-Exchange-Night-Shift-Christina-ebook/dp/B07YP1GHJT

(Available on Kindle Unlimited)

Content Warning: off-page domestic and sexual abuse

Books mentioned:

• Forever by Judy Blume
• Top 3 Beverly Jenkins Books:
  • Indigo
  • Breathless
  • Captured
• Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev

Other mentions:

• Funmi’s favorite sour beer: Raspberry Crush by Ten Barrel Brewing Company
• Where Should We Begin, podcast with couple’s therapy: https://www.estherperel.com/podcast
• Funmi’s guest post on Ana Coqui’s website about reading romance/Beverly Jenkins: https://www.anacoqui.com/2019/07/guest-post-thank-you-beverly-jenkins-by-funmi-baker.html
• Tasha L. Harrison response to Rebekah Weatherspoon Tweet: https://twitter.com/tashalharrison/status/1196934724524134401
• Stone Fox Meme (Adele Morse): https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291620/Meet-Stoned-Fox-The-badly-stuffed-creature-reborn-Russian-internet-celebrity.html
• Kate Clayborn - Frolic article: “Face Value: ‘Natural’ Beauty, Cosmetic Surgery, and the Woman You’re Not Supposed to Love in Romance Novels” https://frolic.media/face-value-natural-beauty-cosmetic-surgery-and-the-woman-youre-not-supposed-to-love-in-romance-novels/

Trope Town: Therapy/Healing/Growth

• Care for Me by Bria Felicien
• Determining Possession by Christina C. Jones
• Encore for Love by Alexandra Warren
• In His Corner by Alexandra Warren
• Someone Seeking Someone Else by Nicole Falls
• Beard in Mind by Penny Reid (Penny is a guest on an upcoming episode!)
• A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole
• Teach Me by Olivia Dade (upcoming episode book pick by Denise Williams!)
• Fall by Kristen Callihan
• Serving Pleasure by Alisha Rai
• Best of Luck from the Chance of a Lifetime Series by Kate Clayborn (Kate was the guest in episode 11!)
• Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones
• Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
• Work for It by Talia Hibbert
• Hero by Lauren Rowe

Contributors:

B.andherbooks, Spaamanda_4, HannahHeartsRomance

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