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Hey everyone! We're here with The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan! We LOVED this fabulous historical about an ambitious, list-loving heroine named Chloe Fong and the charismatic hero named Jeremy Yu who's come to convince her that he wants to marry her. Except, she doesn't know he's a Duke. She also has way too much to do trying to make her father's revenge sauce a roaring success and put the British colonists who took advantage of him out of business. But don't worry! They smooch! 

Bonus content: Our Patreon fundraiser supporting AAPI Women Lead, the fact that Mary Jane Wells is an audio wonder, THAT AUTHOR’S NOTE, The Taiping Tianguo and Melody tripping over history she actually knows, Mel and Erin history right in front of you regarding trains and telegraphs and HARD FACTS, Erin implores all romance authors to be brave and DESCRIBE THE DIARRHEA, and so much more!

Lady Loves: 

Erin: There's an update to Stardew Valley where there's an island and a new character that Erin was hoping she could woo, but is actually a child and she no longer wants to romance at all in his vicinity.

Melody: the Disney movie ABOMINABLE!!!! IT'S SO GOOOOOD! 3 kids help a baby yeti get back to Mount Everest and, while it does mean things involving the song "Fix You" there's also this blueberry scene that made my 5 year old and I literally fall on the floor laughing. 

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Hey HBs! It's part 2 of Flirting with Forever! Mary and John and have a lot of misunderstandings, but BOY are they going to figure things out and rub up on each other. Sometimes they rub up on each other before things are technically figured out! Cara Bastone delivers a second half complete with silly (sexy) dancing, public clownfishing, and a sex scene that made Erin and I lose our minds. It's a must read AND listen! 

Bonus Content: Rooster hangs out with Treestump Todd, Erin is ruined by this hero, Mel's stance on morning breath, lots of flailing over how good this book is, Mel thinks something pretty mundane is a varsity move, and so much more! 

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Lady Loves:

Melody: Walking dinner! Cook you up some finger foods and eat on the go to soak up the nice weather. Ants can't catch you if you walk!

Erin: If that doesn't sound appealing, try recliner/electric blanket dinner. Watch out for danger coziness, though. 

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Hey y'all! We're here with part one of Flirting with Forever by Cara Bastone! In this episode, Melody is a big nit-pick and Erin is an enthusiastic stan, but we both LOVED the book! We've got a grumpy Public Defender hero and a small business owning, ray of sunshine heroine. It's the first time Erin has seen her profession reflected back to her accurately and the hijinks are excellent overall. 

Plus, we're doing a Patreon fundraiser this month! From May 10th until June 10th, 2021, we'll be doubling all new and increased pledges and donating it to AAPI Women Lead. Make sure to check out their organization and head to our patreon for tons of bonus content! 

Bonus Content: Mel *didn't* forget her partner's birthday, Mel gets to live her giantess dreams, Erin doesn't love this role reversal, and so much more! 

Lady Loves: 

Erin: get you some vitamins! Don't let your bones turn to chalk! 

Melody: get one of those world-between-books kits, build it, and then stomp past it yelling FEE FI FO FUM because you are a giant to them. 

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Hey HBs! We usually don't say this, but today, we truly read this book so you don't have to. DON'T BUY OR READ THIS BOOK. There's anti-Asian racism and fat shaming that we are NOT here for, and a whole passel of other issues. BUT Cole is here with Erin, so it's not all bad. They recap some golf/spy/olympics/inexplicable-it-couple/second chance romance that has really hilarious ideas about brand sponsorships involving communist dictatorships. Plus, a truly douchecanoe hero. Come have fun with them! 

Bonus Content: Cole is here!, that time Alisha Rai said she knows who he is, eating messy sandwiches in a bathtub and then boning in that greasy bathwater and then coming like a freight train (and other misinformation that maligns Melody's character), and so much more!

Lady Loves: 

Cole: Don't call your romantic partner "Pud," see NOBODY (the movie with Bob Odenkirk), and wow Butcher Box is good! Get you some Butcher Box! 

Erin: Stop thinking you have to do things the hard way out of a sense of identity or pride, just get the gadget! Whether it's a snow blower or instant pot, it will make your life instantly better. If you can, just get the thing.

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Hey HBs! Brendan Fraser has gotten some well-deserved love on romance twitter of late, thanks to Charlotte Stein, so we're adding our own fawning to the pile! In this rerelease, Katee Robert joins Mel to recap The Mummy, chat all about what a hot Gryffindor Brendan Fraser is, what competence porn Rachel Weisz's character Evie is, and omg how sexy is that mummy, though, right? 

Katee has TONS of amazing books you can read, like The Beast, Seducing My Guardian, Broderick, and Neon Gods! 

Bonus Content: 

The Beast and other Wicked Villains deliciousness, Katee's new series set in Olympus with retellings of Greek myths, Troy the movie and the impacts it had on Mel and Katee's romantic lives in the early aughts, how much we will forgive if you do something for love, #themummysowhite, Rick O'Connel drop the weapon and get in our pants, Evie how are you so competent and sexcellent?, holy wow the mummy is so hot, hey white people stop waking plagues and abusing locals, the Sleepy Colonizing Misogynist, and so much more! 

Lady Loves: 

Katee: EMDR walks to help with stress

Melody: Vitamin C serum for your face

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Hey HBs! We have a special guest to recap The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning. It's a paranormal historical that is delightfully bonkers in all the best ways. Time travel! Immortality! Faeries! Virgins! Monster dicks! Medieval sex positivity! Throwing poop out windows! See? All the best ways. 

Lauren joins us as part of the Romancing the Runoff fundraiser and we are OVER THE MOON that she has graced us with her wit and excellent reading taste. She's such a joy! 

Lady Loves: 

Lauren: Be a gracious loser and the podcast Threedom. It's helped get her through the pandemic.

Melody: Bend the rules for a good cause! Lauren was technically the runner up for our entry in the Romancing the Runoff auction, but we reached out to her to see if she wanted to match the donation and come on anyway. And WHAT A TREAT! 

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Winnie L, you are an Undine, an ancient Greek water nymph who inspired the story of The Little Mermaid. You hang out in waterfalls and pools, and you are inextricably linked to water, which was believed to be a female element. You have a beautiful singing voice that is said to sound like moving water. Undines are inherently immortal, but they are born without a soul. An Undine can only acquire a soul by falling in love with a human, but to find her soul, she must sacrifice her immortality. If that isn't fodder for an epic fantasy romance, we don't know what is!

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Hey HBs! This week, we recap Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh! It's the first book in her famous Psy-Changeling series. Sascha is a broken psy who feels things, and Lucas is a werepanter who needs to find the psy serial killer who's targeting vibrant werewomen. Plus, dream sex, snarlin', and so much more! 

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Hey HBs! You're getting next week's episode early BECAUSE IT'S ST. VINCENT DAY! Jenny Nordbak and Andie J. Christopher join us to swoon over St. Vincent. 

Topics Include: 

- Why St. Vincent is the best

- How to celebrate St. Vincent Day

- Things St. Vincent would always do

- Casting

Bonus content: coziness, hydration, and spanking. We are who we are. 

Find Jenny on the Wicked Wallflowers Club podcast and Andie on Instagram for her Drunk Romance History every Saturday! 

If you haven't yet, check out our three part series on Devil In Winter, starting with episode 175. You'll learn so much about England Times money, horse girls, and snugglefucks.

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Alisha Rai is here to usher us into a Bollywood obsession! Band Baaja Baaraat is the perfect first-timer's movie. Two college kids decide to start a wedding planning business together with one condition: don't fall in love! Countless amazing montages, songs, dance numbers, and slow-motion-walks later, IT'S A GORGEOUS HEA!!!

Alisha also told us all about her newest release First Comes Like, which is the final book in her Modern Love series AND the exciting projects she's working on now! It's a must-listen. 

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Samantha D, you are Lampetia, an ancient Greek goddess who was the daughter of Helios and Neaera. You are the physical personification of light and positivity. You have a special soft spot for animals, and you were put in charge of guarding livestock. When Odysseus did some bullshit to your animals that we won't talk about, you threatened to take all the light to the underworld. And you know what? He didn't pull that shit again. But, hey girl, just between us, we've read some stuff about Hades, and taking a trip to the underworld might not be a bad idea just generally. 

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Hey y'all! We're back with the conclusion to The Roommate by Rosie Danan! Their pleasure education website, shameless, is in production and these two crazy kids won't realize they're mutually pining. And the reader is mutually pining as a result! It's a swoon. 

Bonus Content: 

Erin is SO TIRED, Rooster burrowing in snow, Mel LOVES flip cup, Wet humping, Penguin Hygiene Facts, The Gals have a full-on fight over warm summer nights, Erin out-soapboxes Mel, falling in love over drawing on the table at restaurants, and so much more! 

Lady Loves: 

Melody: Strength training so you don't randomly injure yourself! 

Erin: Hey, if you gained some Pandemic Pounds, buy yourself some new clothes so you don't feel terrible. Just buy the clothes. 

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