Jess and Trisha shout out romance bestsellers, talk about a whole bunch of romance series and what draws us in, discuss Trisha’s arbitrary list of rules for children in romance novels, and announce the short list for the WIR book club read.

This episode is sponsored by It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Timeby Kylie Scott, Blood Bond by Helen Hardt, and Chica Chocolate.

Also! Book Riot is giving away 16 of the books featured on our Recommended podcast! Go to bookriot.com/recommended3 before August 31 to enter.

Vote on our book club books by emailing Trisha or Jess (or via Twitter/Instagram)!

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