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  • We talk gothic romance and dark fantasy with bestselling author S.T. Gibson!

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    S.T. Gibson is the #1 Sunday Times and USA Today bestselling author of A DOWRY OF BLOOD and other novels. Her gothic romances and dark fantasy novels have been nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award and a British Fantasy Award, and longlisted for a British Science Fiction Association Award. A graduate of the creative writing program at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and the theological studies program at Princeton Seminary, she currently lives in New York City.

    Her new release, Savage Blooms, is out now! 

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    39 min
  • We talk twists and delicious mysterious bestseller Nicole Trope!

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    Nicole Trope a USA Today and Amazon bestseller in the USA, UK, AUS and CAN. She’s written such amazing thrillers as The Family Across the Street and The Therapist. She’s got a master’s degree in Children’s Literature. And Her amazingly poignant and twisty, novel, My Daughter’s Secret, will be re-released in the U.S. this week.

    Warning for listeners: Suicide and a parent's loss of a child is discussed. Discretion advised!

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    33 min
  • Lessons from a Tour Guide author Kristen Jennings talks tropes, travel, and much more!

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    Kristen Jennings is a contemporary romance and romantic fantasy author who's a storyteller at heart. She loves writing about happily-ever-afters and the journeys characters take to get there. 

    Lessons from a Tour Guide is a rivals-to-lovers, forced proximity set in the city of lights (and love) Paris! Her newest book, the amazing romantasy, A Legacy of Magic and Monsters will be out this October.

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    29 min
  • Ripple Effect Author Maggie North chats about Fake Engagement, Golden Retrievers, Black Cats, and much more!

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    Maggie North, author of The Ripple Effect and Rules for Second Chances, writes deeply emotional, strangely hilarious novels about introverts at the end of their @#$% ropes, STEM, Canada, and other overlooked, underrated things you'd love to discover. A doctor by day and author by night, she lives in Ottawa, Canada.

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    38 min
  • Tender Offer Author and social justice advocate Tanvier Peart talks about the joy of writing

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    The amazing Tanvier Peart is the author of Ella gets the D, Miles Apart, The Seventh Month Itch and her recent release, Tender Offer. She's also the executive director of the Advocacy Institute, an organization that helps social justice groups build their advocacy skills. She's making a difference everywhere!

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    46 min
  • Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters are back with Taste the Love!

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    Ambassadors of real-life happily-ever-after, Fay and Karelia Stetz-Waters have been together for twenty-three years. Their latest, Taste the Love is out today! It's a delicious, heartwarming romantic comedy about big dreams, life-changing friendships, and the people who bring out your best. 

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    39 min
  • As Seen on TV and Roommating Author Meredith Schorr talks Rom Coms

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    A born and bred New Yorker and lifelong daydreamer, Meredith Schorr, author of her new book Roommating, as well as As Seen on TV and Someone Just Like You, fueled her passion for writing everything from restaurant reviews, original birthday cards, and even work-related emails into a career penning romantic comedies. When she’s not writing books filled with grand gestures and hard-earned happily-ever-afters or working as a trademark paralegal, she’s most often reading, running, or watching TV…for research, of course. 

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    35 min
  • A touch of magic and mermaids with bestselling author Erin Palmisano

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    Erin Palmisano is the author of the New Zealand bestselling novel The Secrets of the Little Greek Taverna and the upcoming The Secrets of Maiden’s Cove (out today!). She loves writing stories where her passions of food, wine and travel come together with a hint of magic. Originally from Maryland, Erin is a dual US and New Zealand citizen. She and her chef partner live with their two cats in Nelson, New Zealand, where they own and operate three restaurants.

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    40 min
  • The Girl Most Likely To author Julie Tieu talks Second Chance Romance!

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    Julie Tieu is a Chinese-Cambodian American author of lighthearted, contemporary romcoms. Her debut, The Donut Trap, was one of Booklist's Top 10 Romance Debuts of 2022.  Her follow-up, Circling Back To You, was a 2022 Golden Poppy Award finalist by the California Independent Booksellers Association.  Fancy Meeting You Here was named one of Powell's Best Books of 2023: Romance. Her latest novel, The Girl Most Likely To, is an Amazon Editor’s Pick for Best Romance.

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    34 min

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We interview your favorite romance authors! Join your co-hosts, Cara Lockwood/Cara Tanamachi, a USA Today bestselling author of more than 40 books whose first novel, I Do (But I Don't) was made…