It's a bird! It's a plane! It's....that guy I slept with last night. Get on your spandex and capes, because today we're doing superheros!! This time we read: "The Missing Duke (Heart of a Hero Book 9)" by Heather King, and "Love for the Cold-Blooded: Or: The Part-Time Evil Minion’s Guide to Accidentally Dating a Superhero" by Alex Gabriel. In this action-packed episode, our heroic hosts discuss misleading plots, slutty sidekicks, and Claire almost has the "drawing the bath" rant again. Also, Neil is promised spies, only to have them taken away. AGAIN.

November is National Novel Writing Month, and Neil and Claire are going to put their money where their mouths are! They're going to try and write novels this month! Plus! Our first interview!! So many exclamation points!!!!!! We interview our dear friend Meg Trowbirdge (@thesinginwriter), friend of the show, writer, theatre artist, and co-host of the amazing podcast Vicious Cycle (twitter). Meg is participating in NaNoWriMo with us, so hopefully we all have books by the end of November. And you can participate, too! Just go to NaNoWriMo.org! Exclamation point!

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Ready for something a little dark? A little dangerous? Anything you say, Master. Get out the riding crops and handcuffs because today we're doing BDSM! This time, we read "Story of O" by Pauline Réage (translation by Sabine d'Estrée), and "The Chateau" by Tiffany Reisz. Today, our hosts discuss pegging, the glamour of fashion photography, and Neil is promised spies and, once again, (spoiler!) is disappointed.

Do you let the dark, handsome stranger rock your world? If so, turn to page 69. Or do you let yourself be wooed by the sensitive poet? If so, turn to page 123. Get ready to make some tough choices, because today we're reading choose your own adventure romance novels! This time we read "Choose Your Own Romance: San Francisco" by Katherine Pierce Chinelli and "My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel" by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris. In this episode, our adventurous hosts talk about period sex, arson on orphanages, and Claire confesses one of her guiltiest of guilty pleasures.

We hope you've stretched, because we're back with another Quickie!! Little did we know that Amazon has a "One-Hour Short Reads" section, which is the perfect tag for a good Quickie! Which naughty novellas did we read this time? Well, you'll have to listen and find out!

Are you ready to play with some balls? Are you a tight end or a wide receiver? Well get your ass on the field, because today we're doing football players! This time we read "Colton (Wild Men Book 1)" by Melissa Belle, and "Illegal Contact (Barons Book 1)" by Santino Hassell. In this episode, our sensual sportscasters discuss the virtues of therapy, death by plot, and Neil and Claire have their dumbest fight yet. But these books have blowjobs and rimming, so they're both happy as can be!

All the best things come in pairs: shoes, twins, cocktails...one true loves. It's time for a tryst or two, so you'd better hide your wedding ring, because this episode we're having affairs! We read "The Flowers Need Watering" by Marcus Lopés and "Love the one You're With" by Emily Giffin. Our extramarital emcee's discuss missing toes, '90s bands, and Claire asks the very important question: "What am sexy?"

Hold on to your butts, kids, because today we're doing something different! This is our first Quickie! A little bit of afternoon delight to get you all hot and bothered. For our first ever Quickie, we dove into the bottomless abyss that is FAN FICTION!!! Claire and Neil scoured fanfiction.net to find stories for the other to read and report on. Which literary works inspired this episode's steamy stories? Listen and find out!

There's something strange in the romance world. Who you gonna call? Ghost lovers! That's right, listeners, we're doing ghosts! Literally DOING ghosts! From hot hauntings to spooky sex, we're having romances to die for! We read "Ghost: a Paranormal Ghost Romance: Damned Series Book 1" by Charmaine Ross and "The Ghost of Crawford Castle: A Ladies in Love Romance" by Magda McKune. Today our paranormal podcasters talk about ghost boners, the education of well-to-do young women in the 19th century, and Claire seethes for 80% of the episode.

Hey, I just met you and this is crazy, I need a fake date, so pretend like we have feelings for each other but, because this is a romance novel, we'll end up falling in love, maybe? Get a fake engagement ring, because today we're reading books about fake dates! We read "The Wedding Date" by Jasmine Guillory and "Just for Show" by Jae. Also, we broke a record! 2 hours long! Sorry. We're really sorry. We're gonna try and keep it brief going forward. Today, our hoaxy hosts talking about understanding your feelings, dress codes for events, and Neil goes on his biggest, longest rant ever. Sorry.