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- Ep 4: Werewolves or Pregnancy or Both?
Jess and Trisha answer the question of the week: What does Trisha (and everyone else) need to know about the Omegaverse? They also talk about the first ever Why In Romance giveaway and offer you some options if you want to get into Novella November.
Books Discussed
Sunflower Season by Danica Nava
Shadow of Fall by Rebecca Zanetti (the first book Trisha mentioned in the Knife’s Edge series is called Dead of Winter because of course it is)
Empty by Soul Reign
The Ways We Converge by Collins Fox
The Twelve Loves of Christmas, an anthology by lots of our favorite people
Blackwood After Dark by Christina C Jones
The Close-Up by Kennedy Ryan
Think of England by KJ Charles
The Reluctant Heartthrob by Jackie Lau
Let It Shine by Alyssa Cole
Other Stuff
You can enter our cool first ever giveaway!! You can win a full signed set of Jen DeLuca’s lovely Well Met series. Follow us on social media (@whyinromance), subscribe to the (whyinromance.beehiiv.com on your podcast player of choice), AND drop us an email ([email protected]) to let us know you’ve done those things along with what your favorite romance of 2026 has been!
Our wonderful (and patient) audio editor Jen Zink is the best - and had some Omegaverse insight we’ll share next time! - and you can find her at her website, loopdilou.com.
And as always, Book Riot is responsible for our origin story and initial world building.
What do YOU know about the Omegaverse? Let us know! We’re @whyinromance on Threads and Instagram, or email us: [email protected]. And we have a website! We know the URL is a bit of a mouthful, but it’s whyinromance.beehiiv.com. Tell us what you’re thinking and reading!
48 min - Ep 3: But Is It a Romance?
Jess and Trisha talk about the trickier element of what is and isn’t a romance, the way some contemporary fiction is being marketed as romance, an industry term Trisha refuses to use, and Jess’s controversial take on Sleepless in Seattle. (It’s quite a week, y’all.)
Books Discussed
If I Told You, I’d Have to Kiss You by Mae Marvel
The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson
The Bodyguard, Things You Save in a Fire, and Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Father Material by Alexis Hall
There’s Something About Mira and How Simi Got Her Groom Back by Sonali Dev
Pucking Around by Emily Rath
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Ally Carter
Mutual Discord by Liana De La Rosa
Out of Her League by Ava Rani
Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
Other Stuff
Check out the trailer for Guarding Stars, a Netflix Adaptation of Katherine Center’s The Bodyguard, with Leighton Meester (who Trisha loves!) and Jared Padalecki (who Trisha thinks seems fine!)
Our wonderful (and patient) audio editor Jen Zink is the best and you can find her at her website, loopdilou.com.
And as always, Book Riot is responsible for our origin story and world building.
Send us your thoughts on adaptations! We’re @whyinromance on Threads and Instagram, or email us: [email protected]. And we have a website! We know the URL is a bit of a mouthful, but it’s whyinromance.beehiiv.com. Tell us what you’re thinking and reading!
48 min - Ep 2: The Ceiling on Shenanigans
Jess and Trisha talk about what they’re reading (and what they’re preordering), dive deep into the processes and disappointments of romance book adaptations, and name some cities in Ohio. (It makes sense in context. Kind of.)
Books Discussed
The Twelve Loves of Christmas by lots of people (it’s an anthology)
You Can’t Be Serious by Cathy Yardley (coming February 16, 2027 - preorder it!)
Her Knight at the Museum by Bryn Donovan
The Well Met series by Jen DeLuca
Check, Please! By Ngozi Ukazu
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder by Ally Carter
Revenge of the Sunshine by Jackie Lau
Other Stuff
We talked about Jackie Lau’s holiday themed books, and her Holidays with the Wongs series boxset is on sale for the first time in 3 years! $3.99 in the US and $4.99 in Canada - go get ’em!
Our wonderful (and patient) audio editor Jen Zink is the best and you can find her at her website, loopdilou.com.
And as always, Book Riot is the reason we keep getting the name of this podcast wrong (in the best possible way).
Send us your thoughts on adaptations! We’re @whyinromance on Threads and Instagram, or email us: [email protected]. And we have a website! We know the URL is a bit of a mouthful, but it’s whyinromance.beehiiv.com. Tell us what you’re thinking and reading!
47 min - Ep 1: Do Choose Why Choose
Jess and Trisha kick off their new podcast by talking about what Why In Romance is, what they’ve been up to, and - of course - what they’re reading. Because some things never change.
Books Discussed
The Game Changers series by Rachel Reid (starts with Game Changer)
My Boyfriend is a Bear by Pamela Ribon
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
She Tempts the Duke by Lorraine Heath
Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin
Destry by K.C. Mills
Booked Boyfriends, Bad Decisions by A Blossom
Memphis by Alexandria House
Not In My Book by Katie Holt
Keep Me by Sara Cate
Keva’s Dream by Elle Madearis
Other Stuff
We love our friends! And we really think you’ll like them too:
Our wonderful (and patient) audio editor Jen Zink is the best and you can find her at her website, loopdilou.com.
We have deep appreciation and genuine heart eyes for Patricia and Nicole at Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice. Listen to their backlist, give them 5 stars, and then follow Patricia via @theinfophile on Instagram to keep an eye on what they’re up to next.
Speaking of heart eyes, our friend Jamie Canavés has an incredible newsletter called Multitudes Contained - it was great even before she included us. ;-)
And as always, Book Riot is the best. One of the healthiest places on the internet to hang out…and not just because that bar is SO low.
We’re thankful to a bunch of other people too - including all of you who have been so supportive. THANK YOU!!
47 min - Welcome to Why in Romance!
Jess and Trisha are back to talk with each other and all of you about the burning questions we all have about the romance novel world.
Come along for the ride! Subscribe to the show to get new episodes every other Monday, and sign up for the newsletter at whyinromance.beehiiv.com. You can also follow along on Instagram and Threads: @whyinromance.
Let us help you keep your reading happy!
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About Why In Romance
From the publisher's feed
The whys and wherefores of the genre, explored. Get the dirt on news, themes, subgenera, adaptations, and more, and always leave with a ton of recs for books that aren't in the mainstream.