DMPL Podcast

Beyond the Shelves: All About Romance


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It's February, and love is in the air! Get your HEA (happily ever after) by listening to Sarah, a romance aficionado, and Jes discuss the history of the romance genre, current trends, cross-genre romance books, and what some of their favorite stories are within different romance tropes.

 

Currently Reading
  • The Book the Wouldn't Burnby Mark Lawrence
  • Ruthless Vowsby Rebecca Ross
  • Beautyland, by Marie-Helene Bertino
  • Good Materialby Dolly Alderton
  • Light from Uncommon Starsby Ryka Aoki
  • The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty

 

Trope Picks
  • Enemies to Lovers
    • ​​​​​​​Act Your Age, Eve Brownby Talia Hibbert
  • Grumpy Sunshine
    • ​​​​​​​Well Metby Jen Deluca
    • It Happened One Summer, by Tessa Bailey,
    • Delilah Green Doesn't Care, by Ashley Herring Blake
  • Only One Bed
    • The Rogue Not Taken, by Sarah Maclean
    • Float Plan, by Trish Doller
    • Happy Place, by Emily Henry
  • Marriage of Convenience
    • ​​​​​​​How to Catch a Queen, by Alyssa Cole
    • Tempestby Beverly Jenkins
  • Forbidden Love
    • ​​​​​​​Red, White, and Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston
    • Hate to Want You, by Alisha Rai
  • Fake Dating
    • ​​​​​​​Boyfriend Material, by Alexis Hall
    • Yours Truly, by Abby Jimenez
  • Second Chance
    • ​​​​​​​Seven Days in June, by Tia Williams
    • Recipe for Persuasion, by Sonali Dev
  • Amnesia/Mistaken Identity
    • ​​​​​​​The Girl With the Make Believe Husband, by Julia Quinn
    • Spoiler Alert, by Olivia Dade.
  • Sports:
    • Check Please, by Ngozi Ukazu
    • Interceptedby Alexa Martin
    • Bromance Book Club, by Lyssa Kay Adams
  • Funny-Paranormal
    • ​​​​​​​My Roommate is a Vampire, by Jenna Levine

 

Other Books Discussed
  • Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton
  • Patricia Briggs - books
  • Laurell K. Hamilton - books
  • Johanna Lindsey - books

 

 

 

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