Cait & Court's Cozy Corner: Romance Readers

We got to chat with author Annabel Monaghan about her latest summer romance story "Dolly All the Time". A romance book with a female protagonist closer to 40 than 22? Yes, please! What a breath of fresh air. This one hit home hard, probably because Dolly's struggles were very relatable as a fully adult woman. Annabel was so wonderful to talk to and she shared great insights about writing. Cait had some tech difficulties on her end for this recording but we made it through. We can all relate to Dolly...all the time!

The delight that is this romance. It's totally PG which is Katherine Center's style and it will absolutely captivate your heart. Jojo is our FMC who attends her sister's wedding on a cruise ship hoping to get over a past crush, but then Cooper our MMC turns out to be more than just her childhood bestie. This book opens with a bang that we did not see coming! Chatting with author Katherine Center was so much fun, she was filled with romance writing insights.

We got to chat with Meghan Quinn about her latest summer read and it was a blast! This book is laugh out loud funny! It is Meghan Quinn at her unhinged best. Renley gets drunk on margaritas with her wild Aunt Kitty (who rides hobby horses--look it up) and accidentally orders a fiance not a financier. Theo is said fiance who as part of the British aristocracy has enough money to also be a financier. It is set in the Northeast in summer and there is super hot pond sex. You want a smutty romance laugh--this is your book.

We are very excited we got to talk with the author duo Ellis Hunter about their debut romantasy Blood Bound.This book takes the mate trope to a new level, that is long overdue. Dual POV of Skylar and Astrid as they navigate having to battle one another to the death in order to secure magical rites for their respective peoples. Astrid is a witch from the Witch Queendom and Skylar is a vagabond from the Dragon Rider kingdom. Excellent unseen plot twists and a very sexy slow-burn. This book gets a 2.5 on the pumpkin spice meter. (We heard from the authors that book two is gonna ramp up the spice level!)

The Off Campus series is coming to Amazon Prime this month so we are re-releasing our episode talking about The Deal by Elle Kennedy. This is a spicy hockey romance we can't wait to see how they bring it to the screen. So read the book and listen to our episode to get ready the watch! Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham are taking their fake dating off the page...

Romantasy lovers you are in for a treat, Madeline Taylor is chatting with us on this episode about her debut book, "Heir of Illusion". This book is so good! We talk about how as romantasy readers we think we've read it all, but we keep being delighted to discover more great reads. Madeline's book is one of those. Her FMC Iverson is trapped by a magical collar and the MMC Thorne is excruciatingly handsome with wings and a dark demeanor. We can't wait for more in this trilogy!

This is a special actor series episode with Simmi Singh. Simmi is in Cait's indie film "Venice Days"--set amongst the wild characters of Venice Beach, a widowed father on the right side of addiction finds himself with only 24hrs from the driver's seat of his van to secure custody of his young son. The movie is not a romance, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham is a family drama Bollywood romance and we're talking about it on this episode. And we've got Simmi coming back in a little over a month to talk about the romance book, A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev.

Cait has FINALLY read "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros. (The gaul she had starting a romance and romantasy podcast having not read it...) To celebrate we have actor Sarah Drew joining us. You know Sarah from Grey's Anatomy, Mistletoe Murders and How She Caught a Killer to name a select few. Sarah stars in Venice Days a nonprofit indie feature that Cait's husband wrote and directed. But most importantly she is a diehard romantasy fan! (She had to give it up for lent--that is serious folks.) Listen in on our delightful conversation about dragons and Xaddy's.

We're re-airing our episode with author Joss Richard because her amazing debut book "It's Different This Time" is in the Canada Reads debate on CBC happening this week April 13-16! This is truly one of our favorite books. Also, Joss was our first author interview which is a very big deal! Enjoy our chat about Adam and June and their incredible West Village brownstone...that tub!

This is the sexiest book. The chemistry between Eva and Shane is off the chain! It had Court dreaming about her hot Black husband--wait? Her husband is hot but he's not Black...Cait has since changed her identity to sexy Black Brooklyn maven--this is true. The structure of this book is amazing and the pace will have you feeling all the heady feels of teen love paired with adult realities. We also love the meta element of both leads being authors and Eva being a romantasy author! This book is a must read. Even your friends who don't enjoy romance need to read this one. Do yourself a favor and listen to the epic playlist curated by Reese's Book Club.