Beyond the Shelves: All About Romance
DMPL Podcast
English - February 06, 2024 14:26 - 52 minutes - 120 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsBooks Arts Education iowa libraries authors avid book books desmoines desmoinespubliclibrary library reading Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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It's February, and love is in the air! Get your HEA (happily ever after) by listening to Sarah, a romance aficionado, and Jes discuss the history of the romance genre, current trends, cross-genre romance books, and what some of their favorite stories are within different romance tropes.
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