Textual Tension

Just how bad does a partner have to be before they are un-datable? Where do you draw the line? Your favorite Co-Hosts are attempting to answer that question this week as they tackle Captured, by Michelle Heard. It turns out for some people, pretty bad is still just fine

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It's part 2 of the Textual Tension gift exchange! Rachel is giving Margie the gift of her favorite romance novel genre! Listen in as Rachel tells Margie all about That Mafioso Magic by Nicholas Bella. What does YOUR birthmark say about your personality? 

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Is it getting cold in here? Let us help you! Margie is taking Rachel to the beach with Jane Rowe's, Taken by the Shark. Can YOU identify the moment that your Co-host Rachel breaks?

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What do you get when you combine drinking blood, mind control, immortality, and fast healing? If you guessed "vampires", then you have another thing coming! Listen in as Rachel tells Margie all about Meant to be Immortal by Lynsay Sands, and get ready for the wildest plot twist you can imagine!

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There are still Romance genres that Rachel and Margie haven't covered? It must be a Thanksgiving miracle! Join your favorite co-hosts as they dive in to the wild world of Amish romance novels with Kelly Long's,  The Amish Heart of Ice Mountain.  

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Happy Spookiest Times! The Textual Tension crew isn't ready to give up the Halloween spirit quite yet! Listen in as Rachel scares Margie senseless by telling her all about Dark Taste of Rapture by Gena Showalter. What's scarier than a Gena Showalter novel? Well honestly we're not entirely sure....

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What was that? Did you see it? In the woods? It's a new spooky episode! Margie is taking Rachel camping this time around and telling her all about Sleeping with Sasquatch by Honey Cummings. Make sure you bring your trail cameras and road snacks! 

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Jane Austin fans beware! Rachel is taking special guest host Julia on a journey through the deepest, darkest classic(?) literature. Rachel tells Julia all about Gwyn Cready's, Seducing Mr. Darcy. It's time to answer the most burning question in all of fanfiction: is it still fanfiction if none of the characters or the plot are recognizable?

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Who's ready for a throwback? Rachel and Margie throw it WAY back to Episode 1, as they both recover from the plague. Check out the Patreon exclusive revisit of Gina Showalter's, The Nymph King at patreon.com/textualtension!



We are a bi-monthly podcast that summarizes, reviews, and pokes fun at the world of romance novels. Every other week one of your co-hosts Rachel or Margie will summarize a romance novel.  The other co-host will listen in on the story for the first time along with our listeners. Together we will dive headfirst into these interesting works of fiction. It’s sure to be a blast so please come join us on our wild adventures into Atlantis, steampunk, the Scottish highlands and many many other…steamy places.

This week we will be heading down to a city very near the Florida coast apparently...Atlantis. Listen as Margie summarizes the book The Nymph King by Gena Showalter for Rachel and listen to 20,000 problems under the sea. 

It's a (not so surprise) bonus episode! We couldn't leave everyone hanging with that RIVETING cliff hanger from last episode. Join us in this special two-parter as Rachel tells Margie all about the exciting conclusion to the Fifty Shades sage: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James!