Today, we have Becca’s chat with author Liana De la Rosa, whose next novel, Isabel and the Rogue, is a Victorian-set historical romp about a Mexican wallflower unofficially spying on the British aristocracy and an actual British spy unofficially spying on her. It’s out June 4th.

Today, we have Becca's chat with author Alexandra Vasti, whose debut novel, Ne’er Duke Well, a delightfully steamy regency romp, is out July 23rd.

Today, we have Becca's chat with author Kaliane Bradley, whose debut novel, The Ministry of Time, which she somewhat jokingly describes as “a time-travel romance about empire, bureaucracy, and cigarettes,” just came out May 7th.

Today, we have the audio recording of our February 13th, 2024 virtual event celebrating Amy Lea’s latest book The Catch, a romcom about an influencer who heads to a rural fishing village in an attempt to rescue her floundering career and ends up in a fake engagement with a burly and bearded bed-and-breakfast owner slash fisherman. Amy is in conversation with the great Lynn Painter.

Today, we have the audio recording of our April 3rd, 2024 virtual event celebrating Alison Cochrun’s latest book Here We Go Again, a sapphic romcom about death in which two childhood friends to enemies to lovers take their beloved, terminally ill former teacher on a cross country roadtrip. Alison is in conversation with the great Mazey Eddings.

Becca chats with Mazey Eddings, author of A Brush With Love, Lizzie Blake's Best Mistake, and the forthcoming sapphic rom-com Late Bloomer.

Becca chats with author KT Hoffman whose debut, The Prospects, a queer baseball romcom, is out April 9th! KT talks about his introduction to genre romance, all the books he wrote before this one, what it is that is so romantic about baseball (and what position he’d play on the romancelandia fantasy baseball team), writing a romance with a trans main character who is just a fundamentally optimistic dude, his writing process and his approach to sex scenes, what’s so great about the third...

Today, we have Becca’s chat with audiobook narrator and indie author Natalie Naudus. You may know her voice from such hits as One Last Stop, Starling House, She Who Became the Sun, and Daughter of the Moon Goddess, among many more.

Today, in celebration of the Trans Rights Readathon which is returning for a second year (running from March 22-29th) we are re-sharing the recording of our panel on Writing and Publishing Trans Romance with Anita Kelly, EE Ottoman, and Emory Lee, moderated by TJ Alexander.

Today, we’re talking about book bans. What are they? Where are they happening? And, most importantly, what can we do to fight them? Philomena Polefrone from the American Booksellers for Free Expression project is here to break it down. For more information, find the American Booksellers for Free Expression on Instagram or Facebook at ABFEFreeExpression.

Today, we have Becca's chat with author C.M. Nascosta, an indie author who writes cozy monster romance. You may know her from her breakout hit Morning Glory Milking Farm.

Today, we have the audio from our second virtual Mind the Gap panel, focusing on the politics of diversity in writing, reading, and publishing romance with Nisha Sharma, Nana Malone, Kennedy Ryan, and Adriana Herrera. This conversation was recorded in July 2023.

Today, we have Becca's chat with author Kelly Farmer, whose most recent novel, It’s a Fabulous Life, a sapphic retelling of the classic Christmas movie It’s a Wonderful Life, was released last fall from Alcove.  In this episode, Kelly talks about her introduction to genre romance and her early attempts at writing a novel, the growth in traditionally published sapphic romance, what about the sports world lends itself so well to genre romance, and why hockey, in particular, is so popular,...

Becca chats with author Regina Black, whose debut, The Art of Scandal, a sexy drama about a political wife, a young artist, and some very messy (very wealthy) families, was released last year in hardcover and is coming out April 23rd in paperback.

Today, we have the audio from our in-store book launch with Virginia Heath, author of regency rom-coms!

Today, we have Becca's chat with author Lana Ferguson, whose debut, The Nanny, cam out last spring, and whose second book, The Fake Mate, a paranormal shifter romcom, came out in December.

We're starting off Season 2 with context! Becca chats with archivist and historian Steve Ammidown about the evolution of the romance genre.

We just wanted to pop in to let you know that the Meet Cute Book Pod is coming back for Season 2 later this month!  Until that drops, you can catch up on Season 1. And, as always, please rate, review, and tell your friends and lovers about us.

Today, we have my chat with author and editor Camille Kellogg, who works as a Middle Grade and YA editor during the day, and whose debut novel, Just As You Are, a queer Pride & Prejudice retelling set in modern day New York City, came out this past April.

Today, we have the recording of our delightful panel celebrating the launch of Uzma Jalaluddin’s latest book, Much Ado About Nada, with Uzma, Sahar Jahani, and Ausma Zehanat Khan!

Today we have a recording of our panel on Writing and Publishing Trans Romance with Anita Kelly, Emery Lee, and EE Ottoman, moderated by TJ Alexander!

As part of the run-up to the Romance for Reproductive Justice Auction, Becca chats with two lawyers (Alison Tanner and Kimi Chernoby) and one doctor (also Kimi Chernoby!) who are currently in the reproductive rights trenches.

Today, we have the audio from our in-store event with Diana Biller, the author of The Widow of Rose House, The Brightest Star in Paris, and, most recently, Hotel of Secrets.

Becca chats with author TJ Alexander, whose next book, Chef’s Choice, a T4T cooking rom-com, comes out May 30th.