<p>In honor of Thanksgiving, we're talking about family in romance book today: the families we leave behind, the families we reconcile with, and the families we make ourselves.</p><p>Full show notes (which this month is a long list of all the books we mentioned) at <a href="https://smutreport.com/2025/11/24/found-family-and-forced-family-in-romance-books/">smutreport.com/podcast</a>.</p>

In honor of Thanksgiving, we're talking about family in romance book today: the families we leave behind, the families we reconcile with, and the families we make ourselves. Full show notes (which this month is a long list of all the books we mentioned) at smutreport.com/podcast.

<p>In honor of Thanksgiving, we're talking about family in romance book today: the families we leave behind, the families we reconcile with, and the families we make ourselves.</p><p>Full show notes (which this month is a long list of all the books we mentioned) at <a href="https://smutreport.com/2025/11/24/found-family-and-forced-family-in-romance-books/" rel="noopener noreferrer">smutreport.com/podcast</a>.</p>

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<h2>Call us Smut Enthusiasts.</h2><h2>Call us Smut Scholars.</h2><h2>Call us Smut Evangelists.</h2><h2>We are The Smut Report: Let’s talk dirty books.</h2><h2><strong>Erin, Holly, and Ingrid have been reading romance novels together for 20 years—and we love talking about them.</strong></h2><h2><a href="https://smutreport.com/">Blog</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://smutreport.com/podcast/">All show notes</a></h2><h2>Connect with us!</h2><h2><a href="https://www.facebook.com/smutreport">Facebook</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/smutreport/">Instagram</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/smutreport.com">bsky</a></h2>

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Call us Smut Enthusiasts.Call us Smut Scholars.Call us Smut Evangelists.We are The Smut Report: Let’s talk dirty books.Erin, Holly, and Ingrid have been reading romance novels together for 20 years—and we love talking about them.Blog  |  All show notesConnect with us!Facebook  |  Instagram  |  bsky

Call us Smut Enthusiasts.Call us Smut Scholars.Call us Smut Evangelists.We are The Smut Report: Let’s talk dirty books.<strong>Erin, Holly, and Ingrid have been reading romance novels together for 20 years—and we love talking about them.</strong><a href="https://smutreport.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Blog</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://smutreport.com/podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer">All show notes</a>Connect with us!<a href="https://www.facebook.com/smutreport" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/smutreport/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a> &nbsp;| &nbsp;<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/smutreport.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">bsky</a>

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