This week on Romancing the Monsters we visit a brutal prison planet where morals are a luxury many can't afford. As a woman thrust into a world of dangerous men, Audra is forced to use her body as currency in order to pay for the protection and resources provided by a guardian. When she picks Tyson, the lone wolf with a heart of gold, the last thing she expects is to fall in love. Now, she wants him for more than a month, except... that's against the settlement's laws and if people find out, chaos will ensue.

Also discussed: the struggle of right and wrong, what happens when women are stripped of their own autonomy and forced to depend on others for the basic means of survival, men who thrive on disorder, chaos and having control over those in vulnerable positions.

Trigger warning: mentions of rape, murder, torture, mental health, and power struggle/imbalance

Book of the week: Guardian by Emmy Chandler

Books mentioned:

Captive in the Dark by CJ Roberts

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Romancing the Monsters is a podcast that looks at the monster within: the shadow keeping the characters away from true and absolute happiness. This monster can be a prejudice, fear, insecurity, trauma and so on. We believe that romance novels are as much about one's personal journey as they are about finding love.

After all, love makes us vulnerable and forces us to bare our monsters to another.