In which Caroline and Hannah have a deep history with An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera, The Little Mermaid, choosing violence (misandry's version), and various pockets.

Pride Month Schedule:

- June 9th: An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera Friday Episode

- June 13th: Newsletter with Queer Histrom Novella Recs + Giveaway

- June 20th: Queer Histrom TBR Tuesday Episode

- June 23rd: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles Friday Episode

- Last week of June: Newsletter (Feat. More Queer Romance Recs)

Reminders:

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on June 16th for Lesson #5: Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath.

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Intro: (00:00)

- Yonic Definition & Meaning - (15:55)

✪ An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera - (19:18)

Outro: (1:08:58)

Socials:

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In which Hannah, Caroline, and special guest, Alexandra Vasti, attend Old School School, study Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale, and ultimately drop out to go weep in a hovel.

Special Guest: Alexandra Vasti @alexandravasti

- Sign up for Alexandra's Newsletter: https://subscribepage.io/w8IOR2

- Add Ne’er Duke Well on Goodreads

- Join The Ungovernables: Alexandra Vasti and Felicity Niven’s Facebook group: The Ungovernables: Historical Romance Readers | Facebook

Reminders:

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on June 16th for Lesson #5: Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath.

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Intro: (00:00)

- Alexandra Vasti 101 - (2:15)

- Intro(s) to Historical Romance - (7:50)

✪ Lesson #4: Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale - (17:24)

Outro: (1:42:30)

Socials:

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In which Caroline (pathological people pleaser) and Hannah (argumentative, antithetical dream girl) gain an enemy, lose the plot, and probably talk about books at some point.

Reminders:

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us:

↳ Tune in on June 2nd for Lesson #4: Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

↳ NOTE: We’ve moved Texas Destiny by Lorraine Heath to 6/16 and The Flame and the Flower to 8/11

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Show Notes:

- Hi Hater, Bye Hater meme

- Nicole Kidman AMC ad: AMC Theatres. We Make Movies Better.

Intro: (00:00)

~ Duke Most Wicked, Lenora Bell

~ The Widow Rules Series, Janna MacGregor

- Mrs. Nash’s Ashes, Sarah Adler - (13:10)

- The Beast of Beswick & The Rakehell of Roth, Amalie Howard - (16:45)

~ The Wolf of Westmore, Amalie Howard

YA Historical Romance Recs - (21:58)

~ Queen Bee, Amalie Howard

~ Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance, Jennieke Cohen

~ Bellegarde, Jamie Lilac

- Game of Dukes Series, Grace Callaway - (24:00)

~ The Duke Identity

~ Enter the Duke

~ Regarding the Duke

~ The Duke Redemption

~ Return of the Duke

- Wild Rain, Beverly Jenkins - (26:28)

- Old West Series, Beverly Jenkins - (29:52)

~ Forbidden

~ Breathless

~ Tempest

- A Night to Surrender, Tessa Dare - (34:05)

- That Summer Feeling, Bridget Morrissey - (42:00)

- [ARC] Say Yes to the Princess, Charis Michaels - (42:20)

- The Bareknuckle Bastards Series, Sarah MacLean - (45:05)

~ Wicked and the Wallflower

~ Brazen and the Beast

~ Daring and the Duke

- Bombshell & Heartbreaker, Sarah MacLean - (46:42)

- A Duke by Default, Alyssa Cole - (47:10)

- Murder for the Modern Girl & A Starlet’s Secret to a Sensational Afterlife, Kendall Kulper - (48:06)

Old School School Updates - (52:40)

Outro: (54:55)

Socials:

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In which Hannah and Caroline round up their favorite historical romances that feature adorable/prickly/murderous children, probably most definitely set the Guinness World Record for the most books recommended in a single podcast episode, and only break into showtunes once…maybe twice.

Intro: (00:00)

Trope Roundup: Kids in Historical Romance - (7:48)

✪ Orphanage Situationships - (17:13)

Thief of Shadows & Wicked Intentions - (17:30)

No Good Duke Goes Unpunished - (19:40)

✪ Heroes Who are Good with Kids (Hot) - (21:44)

Scandal in Spring - (21:50)

A Love by Design - (22:18)

Not the Kind of Earl You Marry - (22:44)

The Duke Redemption - (23:08)

✪ The Ultra Specific Nephew Visitation Restriction Trope - (24:00)

Artfully Yours - (24:16)

The Ruin of a Rake - (24:48)

✪ When a Man Loves a Family - (25:25)

Marry Me By Midnight - (25:45)

The Bareknuckle Bastards - (27:20)

✪ Illegitimate Children Who Sprinkle the Ol’ Razzle Dazzle on a Plot - (28:25)

Flowers from the Storm - (28:33)

Lord of Scoundrels - (28:42)

His Lessons on Love - (29:45)

Enter the Duke - (30:40)

Aphrodite and the Duke - (32:10)

Never Seduce a Duke - (33:20)

Dukes Do It Better - (34:43)

✪ Single (But Getting Absolutely Mingled) Parents - (39:18)

The Earl Takes All - (39:30)

Devil’s Daughter - (40:44)

Tempest - (42:48)

✪ Opinion: The Babylogue - (44:18)

✪ Parental Role Models (Hot) - (45:50)

The Rakess - (47:04)

Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover - (47:30)

Between the Devil and Desire - (49:30)

✪ Riff-raff! Street Urchins! - (51:34)

Chasing Cassandra - (51:40)

Surrender to the Devil - (57:58)

Through the Storm - (1:00:24)

Say You’ll Be My Lady - (1:08:34)

✪ Single (But Getting Absolutely Mingled) Parents | The Reprise - (1:10:56)

Forever Your Rogue - (1:11:06)

✪ When a Man Loves a Family | The Reprise - (1:14:55)

Seducing a Stranger - (1:15:12)

Captured - (1:18:00)

Forbidden - (1:18:30)

✪ Guardians of the Much Younger Siblings - (1:19:55)

Kit McBride Gets a Wife and Marrying Off Morgan McBride - (1:20:04)

Up All Night With a Good Duke - (1:22:15)

Once Upon A Marquess - (1:25:07)

A Duke for Diana - (1:31:00)

Marrying Winterborne - (1:32:48)

Duke Most Wicked - (1:36:50)

In Which Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint - (1:40:29)

A Kiss to Remember - (1:41:32)

✪ Wards. - (1:47:00)

The Forty-Day Governess - (1:47:18)

A Duchess By Midnight - (1:50:10)

Some Dukes Have All the Luck - (1:52:50)

The Governess Game - (1:56:58)

✪ Three Dukes and Kid (Baa) - (1:59:18)

The Wallflower Wager - (1:59:20)

✪ The Ultra Specific Hero is Vexed by a Kid Trope - (2:03:05)

Do You Want to Start a Scandal - (2:03:12)

✪ The Ultra Specific Relationship with Children Gets Repaired Trope - (2:08:20)

Regarding the Duke - (2:08:26)

✪ Single (But Getting Absolutely Mingled) Parents | The Reprise’s Reprise - (2:10:30)

What a Difference a Duke Makes - (2:10:31)

The Scoundrel’s Daughter - (2:11:06)

✪ MILFs, DILFs, and the Various –ILFs - (2:12:46)

✪ The Babylogue to End All Babylogues - (2:13:50)

The Secret Service of Tea and Treason - (2:13:55)

✪ Bonus: Contemporary Kids - (2:15:12)

Jana Goes Wild - (2:15:30)

In a Jam - (2:15:37)

Outro: (2:16:04)

In which Caroline and Hannah are back in Old School School to study Indigo by Beverly Jenkins, discuss a tale of literally so many kidnappings, and learn the definition of cuckoldom.

Reminders:

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on June 2nd for Lesson #4: Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale.

- We now have a Goodreads account: https://www.goodreads.com/romanceyourtbr

↳ Follow/friend us for easy access to the books we rec on the pod!

- Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes!

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Show Notes:

- The TikTok video Hannah mentions at the beginning is actually on the differences between “yeehaw” and “yee yee”

- Learn the definition of cuckoldom: David Lindhagen cuckolded me

- It was hard to find a detailed family tree for Beverly Jenkins’s characters, but here’s a start: http://lustandfoundreads.com/rombkpod/jenkinsjuly-family-tree/

Intro: (00:00)

✪ Lesson #3: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins - (5:05)

Outro: (59:11)

Socials:

- Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube

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Alternate Title: A Rogue’s Rules for Groveling (and Girthy Thighs)

In which Hannah and Caroline spend one whole hour drooling over A Rogue’s Rule’s for Seduction by Eva Leigh, bask in the glow of male suffering, and measure some plums.

Reminders:

- We now have a Goodreads account: https://www.goodreads.com/romanceyourtbr

↳ Follow/friend us for easy access to the books we rec on the pod!

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us!

↳ Tune in on May 19th for Lesson #3: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins.

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Show Notes:

- Watch the Spongebob "Shave me down and make me round" clip

- Surprisingly, if you Google "domdomdomdomdom dombedoobedomdomdomdomdom whoa whoa whoa whoahhhh" you'll be told the song you're looking for is Come Go with Me by The Del-Vikings

Intro: (00:00)

✪ A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction, Eva Leigh - (4:55)

Books We Mention:

Lord of Scoundrels, Loretta Chase

Portrait of a Scotsman, Evie Dunmore

A Perfect Equation, Elizabeth Everett

Along Came a Lady, Christi Caldwell

A Kiss of a Demon King, Kresley Cole

Sherry Thomas:

~ Ravishing the Heiress

~ Tempting the Bride

~ Delicious

~ The Luckiest Lady in London

Sarah MacLean:

~ The Day of the Duchess

Grace Callaway:

~ Regarding the Duke

~ The Duke Identity

Lisa Kleypas:

~ Marrying Winterborne

~ Scandal in Spring

~ The Devil’s Daughter

Hannah’s Andrews

~ One Fine Duke

~ One Duke Down

~ The Duke Gets Even

Michelle McLean:

~ Hitched to the Gunslinger

~ The Gunslinger’s Guide to Avoiding Matrimony

Outro: (1:16:00)

Socials:

- Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads

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In which Caroline and Hannah survive TBR Doomsday, suffer linguistic sex words, and experience all the moods: sad, horny, kissing, and killing.

Reminders:

- We now have a Goodreads account: https://www.goodreads.com/romanceyourtbr

↳ Follow/friend us for easy access to the books we rec on the pod!

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us!

↳ Tune in on May 19th for Lesson #3: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins.

- Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes!

Intro: (00:00)

- Artfully Yours, Joanna Lowell - (13:00)

~ The Runaway Duchess, Joanna Lowell

- A Daring Pursuit, Kate Bateman - (20:10)

- West Side Love Story, Priscilla Oliveras - (21:10)

~ The Boyfriend Projects Series, Farrah Rochon

- In A Jam, Kate Canterbary - (24:05)

- Jasmine and Jake Rock the Boat, Sonya Lalli - (28:05)

~ Holly Jolly Diwali, Sonya Lalli

- The Bride Goes Rogue & The Duke Gets Even, Johanna Shupe - (30:50)

~ The Lady Gets Lucky, Johanna Shupe

- Any Duchess Will Do, Tessa Dare - (35:50)

~ A Night to Surrender & A Week to Be Wicked, Tessa Dare

- Her Every Wish & The Suffragette Scandal, Courtney Milan - (38:20)

- A Duchess by Midnight, Charis Michaels - (44:05)

- A Kiss at Midnight, Eloisa James - (46:45)

- Seize the Fire, Laura Kinsale - (48:45)

- An Interlude: Oh Todger! My Todger! - (54:35)

- One Fine Duke, Lenora Bell - (55:50)

- Hitched to the Gunslinger, Michelle McLean - (1:00:20)

~ The Gunslinger’s Guide to Avoiding Matrimony, Michelle McLean

~ The Prospector’s Only Prospect, Dani Collins

- Marrying Off Morgan McBride, Amy Barry - (1:05:10)

~ Kit McBride Gets a Wife, Amy Barry

- Rubi Ramos’s Recipe for Success, Jessica Parra - (1:07:20)

- To Swoon and to Spar, Martha Waters - (1:09:30)

- The Counterfeit Scoundrel, Lorraine Heath - (1:13:00)

- The Princess Stakes, Amalie Howard - (1:15:20)

- Four Weeks of Scandal, Megan Frampton - (1:18:38)

- A London Season, Joan Wolf - (1:24:15)

- [ARC] Tall, Duke, and Scandalous, Amy Rose Bennett - (1:30:45)

Outro (and even more books): (1:40:10)

~ Taken by the Earl, Carole Mortimer

~ Regarding the Duke, Grace Callaway

~ For My Lady’s Heart, Laura Kinsale

Socials:

- Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads

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In which Hannah and Caroline return to Old School School with Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey, discuss the grapes of being a lanced youth, and ride the derogatory-to-endearing “wench” pipeline straight to detention.

Reminders:

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on May 19th for Lesson #3: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins.

- Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes!

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Show Notes:

- Caroline’s French Peas videos: "It was nice to meet you, now go a.way" & The French Peas

- The Lord of the Beans: VeggieTales | Lord of the Beans | A Lesson in Using Your Gifts

Content Warning: This episodes contains discussion of r*pe and violence against women.

Intro: (00:00)

✪ Lesson #2: Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey - (3:00)

Outro: (1:14:50)

Socials:

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In which Caroline (resident lunatic in the attic), Hannah (mysterious scar-faced man lurking in the cellar), and Meghan (famous medium who comes in quarterly to refresh the ghosts) discuss The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton, enter the cartoon cover discourse, and deconstruct the dangerous damsels (and their Kens).

Special Guest: Meghan Mazzaferro @meg_mazzaferro

Reminders:

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! We’re discussing Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey on May 5th.

- Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes!

Show Notes:

- Taylor Swift Twilight SNL Parody Sketch: SNL Digital Short: Firelight (Taylor Swift) - SNL

- Twilight end credit scene that is basically the TSSoTaT epilogue: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 - End Credits

Intro: (00:00)

- Meet Meghan Mazzaferro (famous medium who comes in quarterly to refresh the ghosts) - (9:15)

✪ The Secret Service of Tea and Treason, India Holton | Part 1 - (12:30)

- En Garde! Entering the Cartoon Cover Discourse - (1:09:45)

✪ The Secret Service of Tea and Treason, India Holton | Part 2 - (1:29:50)

- The Epilogue - (1:47:38)

- Deconstructing the Dangerous Damsels - (1:57:15)

Outro: (2:07:55)

Socials:

- Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube

- Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter

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In which Caroline, Hannah, and special guest, Sanjana Basker, kick off Old School School with Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase, highlight the importance of being earnestly thirsty, and write a thesis on the eroticism of cannibalism.

Special Guest: Sanjana Basker @baskinsuns

Reminders:

- Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us!

- Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes!

- Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Watch this episode on YouTube!

Intro: (00:00)

- Extra Credit Cryptids - (00:50)

- Saurian Lovers 101 - (6:00)

- Intro to Werehedgehog Shifters - (10:50)

✪ Lesson #1: Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase - (19:43)

Outro: (1:49:15)

Socials:

- Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube

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