Cait & Court's Cozy Corner: Romance Readers

It's Spring! Baseball season is upon us, so let's celebrate like true romance girlies and read on theme! Catch Her If You Can by Tessa Bailey is a great spicy spring romance. The FMC is sassy and so interesting. The MMC is a hot Irish baseball player...enough said. This book will leave you feeling empowered to own your feminine sex appeal, prudes be damned!

What happens when a young Fae woman gets dropped into a new world, a world where vampires reign supreme? Obviously, she immediately gets bonded to a morally grey highborn vampire male and has to learn the ways of this world in a Dark Academy. Almost forgot, she is a dragon rider and the dragons have been gone from this world for a very long time, but now...one awakens. We're covering the first two books in this 4 book romantasy series, because book three just released!

The follow up book to BK Borison's "Next Caller" is so good, we think it might be better than it's predecessor. That's saying a lot! This book reads like a perfect rom com. It's a perfect romance for cozy winter months. We're talking forced proximity in a snowstorm slow-burn...

One of our Producers, book influencer, Canasia Ngo, told us to stop everything and read this book: Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe. So that's what we just did, seriously, we haven't had a stop the presses moment like this since "Heated Rivalry" in December. This book is true enemies to lovers dystopian romantasy that is sexy as hell. If you're looking for a book to channel your feminine rage, this is it.

In this episode we get to talk with author Stephanie Archer about her latest book: The Wild Card! But since we've got Stephanie with us we of course have to cover her whole Vancouver Storm series. This is a fabulous series of cozy hockey romance books. Not to be confused with "Heated Rivalry" these are straight romances, but they have just as much to do with "hockey"...

Sexy Vampires are back! Along with a host of other magical creatures that all manage to co-exist in a way that makes sense and is thoroughly enjoyable in this hot new gladiator battle style romantasy by Stacia Stark. This one is a fun wild ride that is an uncompleted series BUT the end of this book feels like an ending--you're not left hanging by a pinky finger off a cliff.

It's Black History month and we wanted to make a point of highlighting a Black romance author. So we picked "A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke" which was on the NYPL's best of 2025 list; won the "Book I'm Still Thinking About" award at the 2025 Bookish Awards; and was an instant bestseller. It is that good! We get spice right away and a rewarding history lesson. The Duke is seriously hot and Aurora is the sassy rebel we all desire to be--this woman has gumption in spades.

A Little Buzzed by Alys Murray is the most refreshing romance we've read in a while. This episode we get to talk with the incredibly accomplished author about her awesome new book. Reading this book will have you ready to buy a few new sex toys...We talk about Mardi Gras release dates, 25cent Martini's, imposter syndrome and hot MMCs. The name Hudson is having a moment...

In this episode we're talking about "Heated Rivalry" the show vs the book with our friend Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman. Jeffrey identifies as Queer and was a judge on Ru Paul's Drag Race All Stars. You've also seen him on: UnReal; American Horror Story; Doogie Kamealoha MD; and with Cait on "Campfire Christmas". It's a great conversation where we get the queer perspective on the show as a whole and just how much representation really matters.

The Winter Olympics have started, Valentine's Day is around the corner, we're not trapped in January anymore but the weather is still yucky. What you need is another installment of your favorite gay hockey couple: Shane and Ilya. Enter, The Long Game by Rachel Reid. It's book six in the game changer series, but it continues Shane and Ilya's story shortly after we left them in Heated Rivalry. Romance + Winter themed sport + Cozy fave couple = your next read! And we're talking all about it on the pod today!