Whoa!mance: Romance, Feminism, and Ourselves
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Jane Eyre Read Along - Chapter Two
October 11, 2020 09:29 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBCan a girl just read about ducks? This week, the Red Room, its requisite terrors, and the pitfalls of childhood trauma. Is the Red Room the OG Chokey? Is that uncanny feeling just the lingering spirit of Jane’s beloved uncle? Tune in if you dare. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Episode 93: Cleaning House - Angie and the Ghostbuster by Theresa Gladden
October 07, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MBIt’s officially spooky season y’all, and we’re jumping in with both feet. This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau explore the categorical and the supernatural in Angie and the Ghostbuster, by Theresa Gladden. When paranormal investigator Dr. Gabriel Richards is drawn to a mysterious home, what he finds there raises more than just his neck hair. There to greet him is the blonde and dream-eyed Angie, Gabriel’s high school crush, who has been living alongside the very same ghostly presence h...
Jane Eyre Read Along - Chapter One
October 04, 2020 09:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBFriends we are beyond thrilled to be kicking off this new project, a podcast-within-a-podcast Jane Eyre Read Along! Each Sunday, yr girls Morgan and Isabeau will be taking turns reading Charlotte Brontë’s novel in its totality, one chapter at a time. This week, our eponymous heroine learns a bit about water fowl, Jane's cousin John Reed establishes himself as a real prick, and something called “the Red Room” raises growing concern. Get ready to climb this tentpole y’all. Whoa!mance is a part...
Whoa!nus: Jane Eyre Read Along
September 30, 2020 09:00 - 8 minutes - 7.67 MBThe dour, windswept moors. A precocious, homely child. The intellectual and implied sexual education of said child. But more importantly, a tentpole Romance of the highest order. We’re of course talking about Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel, Jane Eyre. And what better way to explore this mother root of the genre than by reading it cover to cover. This week, yr girls Morgan and Isabeau preview a new project, and break off a piece of chapter one with the aim of answering one of Romance’s ever-loo...
Episode 92: Discreet Bylines - Behind These Doors by Jude Lucens
September 24, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBEveryone experiences the agonies and ecstasies of expanding a circle of friends, but what about the trials and tribulations of expanding a circle of lovers?. This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau mix with the hoipolloi of Edwardian elite in Jude Lucens’ polyamorous historical Behind These Doors, Radical Proposals Book 1. When a gossip columnist stumbles on the harmonious throuple of a Lord and Lady, and an Earl’s second son, a delicate balance of lust and heart strings is shifted. But b...
Whoa!nus: Romance True Crime
September 16, 2020 09:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBWhen we say Jude Deveraux, you probably think: lioness in her field, titan of titillation. Both are true. But that’s only part of the story. This week on Whoa!mance, yr girl Morgan walks yr girl Isabeau through a truly bananas true crime story starring none other than Jude Deveraux. We’re talking psychics, heartbreaks, movie stars, and war criminals. Buckle up for a true crime side quest that’ll have you hooking up your fax machine. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Episode 91: Summa Cum Laude - Office Hours by Katrina Jackson
September 09, 2020 17:10 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBIt’s no secret that Whoa!mance is a product of the university - a meeting of minds that began with the pursuit of knowledge and ended in a holocaust of emotions. But we digress. This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau audit a few classes with Katrina Jackson’s ivory tower romp, Office Hours. High-achieving and beleaguered Assistant Professor of Sociology Dr. Deja Evans is in a rut. With her 3-year track to tenure review looming, her separation between work and life has blurred into non-ex...
Whoa!nus - Stuff We Like
September 02, 2020 06:04 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWe don't know about y'all, but this summer had us spending way more time indoors than usual. This week, Morgan and Isabeau share some of what's been keeping them afloat and joyful in these trying times. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Whoa!nus: Stuff We Like
September 02, 2020 06:04 - 28 minutes - 26 MBWe don't know about y'all, but this summer had us spending way more time indoors than usual. This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau share some of what's been keeping them afloat and joyful in these trying times. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Episode 90: Soap Suds - You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria
August 26, 2020 16:17 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBBefore we get started, this book is brand spankin’ new. And if you know anything about us here at Whoa!mance, y’all know we peddle in spoilers. You have been warned! This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau sneak on the set of a telenovela in You Had Me at Hola, the much anticipated new novel by RITA award winner Alexis Daria. Jasmine Lin Rodriguez, a budding star after a stunning rom-com debut, is back in NYC to pursue another leading role across telenovela heartthrob Ashton Suárez. But w...
Re!mance: Tempest by Beverly Jenkins
August 19, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBIn honor of Romance Bookstore Day this past week, we're re-releasing one of our recommendations from the new romance section at Women & Children First in Chicago. Throwing it all the way back to episode 14! Giddy up. For this episode Morgan and Isabeau tackle a western! Do you love cowboys, history, and sex positivity? Got secret hots for the country doc? This book has it all! Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Re!mance: Tempest - Beverly Jenkins
August 19, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBIn honor of Romance Bookstore Day this past week, we're re-releasing one of our recommendations from the new romance section at Women & Children First in Chicago. Throwing it all the way back to episode 14! Giddy up. For this episode Morgan and Isabeau tackle a western! Do you love cowboys, history, and sex positivity? Got secret hots for the country doc? This book has it all! Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Whoa!nus: Spring Fling with Scarlett Peckham - Part Two
August 12, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBAs promised, Part Two of yr girls’ conversation with the illustrious Scarlett Peckham, and a deeper dive into Judith McNaught’s canonical debut novel Whitney, My Love. Sexiest parts, weirdest parts, and all the parts in between. CW: sexual assault, intimate partner violence If you experienced sexual assault and need or would like help, visit centers.rainn.com for resources in your area, or call 800-656-HOPE (4673) for confidential support. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Episode 89: Spring Fling with Scarlett Peckham - Part One
August 05, 2020 05:40 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBOn July 25th, as part of the 2020 Chicago-North RWA Spring Fling Writers Conference, yr girls Morgan and Isabeau were joined by the brilliant and talented Scarlett Peckham for a very special live-via-zoom-taping of Whoa!mance, to discuss Judith McNaught’s authorial debut, Whitney, My Love. This week, part one of yr girls’ conversation with Scarlett on how this novel sparked a burgeoning love of Romance, the polarizing politics of pleasure, and how to judge a text that doesn’t age as well as i...
Whoa!nus: Ten Week Turnabout
July 29, 2020 06:25 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWe don’t know about y’all, but after all that Entrop[e]y, yr girls needed a little faith restored. This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau dive into the new multimedia romance audio series Ten Week Turnabout, by Amelia Rose, produced by ConSensual. Told through a variety of means, the story follows the reunion of Ingrid and Noah, former high school crushes from a small town in Indiana, who are meeting again in the sweltering heat of a New York City summer. Whoa!mance got a sneak peak of t...
Episode 88: Baby On Board (Entrop[e]y #5) - Nobody’s Baby But Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
July 22, 2020 06:18 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWe did it y'all. Yr girls have arrived at the final stop on this Entrop[e]y tour with one last trope: the secret baby. This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau tackle the culture wars relic, Nobody’s Baby But Mine, Book 3 in the Chicago Stars series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Jane Darlington, a 34 year old physics professor, wants a baby. But she doesn’t want that baby to be a smarty pants weirdo like their mom. The solution: fuck a dumb guy. Who better than star quarterback and potentia...
Whoa!nus: The Vivians
July 15, 2020 05:28 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBBack in December, the Romance Writers of America (RWA) tried to pull a yuletide fast one hoping twitter’s watchful eye was fixed on other cravings. This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau reflect on that fateful reckoning, the Ritas becoming the Vivians, and other reasons to be cautiously hopeful about the future of Romance. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Episode 87: In Uniform (Entrop[e]y #4) - Beyond What Is Given by Rebecca Yarros
July 08, 2020 05:23 - 1 hour - 71 MBWith SPORTS shut down due to Entrop[e]y, yr girls are graduating to a more sinister set of games. This week on Whoa!mance, Morgan and Isabeau explore love in the military-industrial complex with Book Three in Rebecca Yarros’ Flight and Glory series, Beyond What Is Given. Lt. Grayson Masters is on track to become an Apache helicopter pilot when he gets a blip on his radar. Sam Fitzgerald, a civilian and as it turns out, also a girl, is suddenly his new roommate. Upon further reconnaissance, af...
Whoa!nus: SPORTS Redux
July 01, 2020 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBAfter exploring romance through the lenses of hockey and American football, yr girls are calling a timeout to process all this masculine energy. This week on Whoa!mance, a few final thoughts on SPORTS romance, the normalization of male violence, and the toxicity of body image standards. Tune in since you can’t watch real SPORTS anyway. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Episode 86: Laces Out (Entrop[e]y #3) - Fumbled by Alexa Martin
June 24, 2020 15:36 - 54 minutes - 50 MBWe raised a barn. We perfected our slapshots. This week, Morgan and Isabeau are back on the O-line discussing one of their favorite sources of bad feeling, the NFL, with Fumbled by Alexa Martin. Poppy Patterson has built a life for herself independent of her high school sweetheart TK Moore, and she couldn’t be happier. But when TK, now a starting wide receiver for the Denver Mustangs, re-enters her life, Poppy calls an audible. Can Poppy reconcile a life of independence with the added aggress...
Episode 86: Laces Out - (Entrop[e]y #3) - Fumbled by Alexa Martin
June 24, 2020 15:36 - 54 minutes - 50 MBWe raised a barn. We perfected our slapshots. This week, Morgan and Isabeau are back on the O-line discussing one of their favorite sources of bad feeling, the NFL, with Fumbled by Alexa Martin. Poppy Patterson has built a life for herself independent of her high school sweetheart TK Moore, and she couldn’t be happier. But when TK, now a starting wide receiver for the Denver Mustangs, re-enters her life, Poppy calls an audible. Can Poppy reconcile a life of independence with the added aggress...
Episode 85: Beavers and Bunnies (Entrop[e]y #2) - Pucked by Helena Hunting
June 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBLast time, yr girls explored the subversive quaintness of Amish romance in our inaugural Entrop[e]y episode. This week, Morgan and Isabeau are back in the game for our first installment on SPORTS romance with Pucked, by Helena Hunting. Here we find Violet, the step-sister of a successful hockey player, linking up with the impossibly hung team captain, Alex, for a night of passionate goal making. But when Alex starts to pursue Violet, her status among the other players, including her sexually ...
Episode 85: Puck Bunnies (Entrop[e]y #2) - Pucked by Helena Hunting
June 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBLast time, yr girls explored the subversive quaintness of Amish romance in our inaugural Entrop[e]y episode. This week, Morgan and Isabeau are back in the game for our first installment on SPORTS romance with Pucked, by Helena Hunting. Here we find Violet, the step-sister of a successful hockey player, linking up with the impossibly hung team captain, Alex, for a night of passionate goal making. But when Alex starts to pursue Violet, her status among the other players, including her sexually ...
Whoa!nus: Decolonize Your Bookshelf
June 10, 2020 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.82 MBIf it isn’t readily apparent (full disclosure, it is) Whoa!mance is made by white people. This week, in lieu of an episode and in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, Morgan and Isabeau share some of their favorite black authors, critics, and thinkers in the romance community and beyond. Black Chick Lit - https://blackchicklit.com My Imaginary Friends with L. Penelope - https://lpenelope.com/podcast Diverse Romance - http://diverseromance.com Deadline City - https://deadlinecity.com/episodes ...
Whoa!nus: Gossip
May 27, 2020 06:21 - 33 minutes - 31 MBWe’ve all been talked about. And we’ve sure as shit all talked about. Then why, despite its ubiquity, does gossip still feel like a dirty word? This week, Morgan and Isabeau take a closer look at how gossip functions as a literary device, and how we benefit from its use as a complex social and pedagogical tool. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Episode 84: Amish Romance (Entrop[e]y #1) - The Wish by Patricia Davids
May 20, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBWe’re coming out the gate at a wagon’s pace for this series y’all, beginning in the bucolic pastures of the middle west. This week, Morgan and Isabeau embark on a reverse rumspringa with a plunge into Amish romance, led by the deft hand of Patricia Davids in the first installment of her Amish of Cedar Grove series, The Wish. This slow burn sweet romance meanders through the agrarian and folksy close quarters courtship of our heroine, widow Laura Beth Yoder, and the formerly Amish and formerly...
Whoa!nus: Introducing Entrop[e]y
May 13, 2020 05:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MBThat’s right y’all. We asked for fan favorites that center on yr girls' least favorite tropes, and y’all came through like you always do. This week, Morgan and Isabeau reveal the selections and get ready to dip their toes in the water. This week's episode of Whoa!mance is brought to by "In To Her" by JA Huss. Available now at audible.com. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Preview - In To Her by JA Huss
May 08, 2020 05:00 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBEver have a steamy threesome with a coworker and the mark yr boss sent y’all to murder? Of course you have. Whoa!mance is excited to offer a sneak peak at In To Her, a harrowing new tale of crime and passion by JA Huss. Available now at audible.com. Whoa!mance is a part of the Frolic Podcast Network.
Episode 83: Whack-A-Mole - Nothing To Fear (Final Hour #2) by Juno Rushdan
May 06, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWhy do bad things sometimes make us warm? And we’re not talking about some slicked back James Dean or the guy in Misfits PPE. We’re talking about straight up military industrial complex, black site torture, for-profit CIA hijinx, the full front and back nine of bad feeling. Because that’s exactly the kind of bad this week’s book, Nothing To Fear by Juno Rushdan, manages to dress up for a night on the town. Our hero, Gideon Stone, is tasked with uncovering a mole in his deep state, Tom Clancy-...
Whoa!nus: Whoa!mancing The Stone
April 29, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBWhile we’re still not leaving the house, yr girls are giving the books a rest in favor of Romance on the silver screen. For this Whoa!nus, Morgan and Isabeau are revisiting their mutual childhood favorite and sleepover film par excellence, Romancing The Stone, directed by Robert Zemeckis. Joan Wilder (post-Body Heat Kathleen Turner) is a successful but cloistered Romance novelist, who embarks on a journey of treasure hunting and self-becoming set in motion by the murder of her brother-in-law...
Episode 82: Having Fun With Misogyny - Not The Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher
April 22, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MBAs yr girls Morgan and Isabeau continue to shelter in place, stories of normal life - drinks in a cozy bar, dinner with a friend - are becoming just as titillating as the triumphs of our heroines. So imagine the excitement when Not The Girl You Marry by Andie J. Christopher was set in Chicago, with real life landmarks transported to the page like distant comforts. But the novel, which turns How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days on its head, is a not-so-friendly reminder that the “normal” we remember ...
Boner-On-Us: Whoa!nus
April 15, 2020 05:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBThis is an historic week y’all, for this is our final Boner. The ultimate rod. The closing chubby. That’s right, we’re going beyond the bone where no romance podcast has gone before, careening into the wild blue yonder to bring you: The Whoa!nus. Where it took plagues to discover gravity and write King Lear, our modern twist on the Black Death has generated untold megatons of creativity that bring you, dear listeners, the humble rebranding of our bonus episodes. And it is in this spirit of re...
Episode 81: Stay Home - Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
April 08, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBAs you know, we at Whoa!mance possess an undying reverence for yr grrl Jane (see JANEuary if you don’t), and we’re smitten with this own voices retelling of P&P. This week, Morgan and Isabeau escape to Toronto in Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin, a modern Muslim twist on the Austen classic. Ayesha is an aspiring poet struggling to repay loans to her wealthy uncle, when her life collides with Khalid. While their styles and worldviews clash, there’s an unavoidable tug each feels toward the oth...
Boner-On-Us: AMA
April 01, 2020 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBEver wonder what yr girls Morgan and Isabeau are like when they’re not behind the mic? Or what their high school experiences were like? Or the ins and outs of how they feel about this or that aspect of romancelandia? We asked you, our beloved listeners, to submit questions via our various social platforms, and thankfully, you asked back. This week, Morgan and Isabeau answer your questions in an exclusive, no holds bar, tell-all, exposé. For this Boner, we’re letting it all hang out. This wee...
Episode 80: Common People - Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
March 25, 2020 05:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBIf you caught a whiff of death, how would you restructure your life to make the most of its remainder? Chloe Brown’s penchant for computers, coupled with the chronic pain of fibromyalgia, has left her with a formidable bucket list. But it took a near-miss with a speeding car to get her busy living. This week, Morgan and Isabeau check off some to-do’s with Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert. Our heroine, Chloe, grabs life by the horn in the shape of Redford ‘Red’ Morgan, the tattooed pai...
Boner-On-Us: Entropy
March 18, 2020 05:00 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBThis unprecedented time of crisis and distancing has us thinking a lot about bad feelings. For yr girls, this means topics in Romance that are typically a no go on the show: secret babies, sports, and the armed forces. This week, Morgan and Isabeau raise this lil Boner to ask you, our beloved listeners, to share your favorite novels that feature one of these topics. What’s the cutoff age for a secret baby? Can for-profit military action be sexy? What’s your favorite ball in the bedroom? Send ...
Episode 79: Bedtime Stories - The Wrath And The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
March 11, 2020 05:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBWhat’s a dealbreaker for you? What’s something that, no matter how many luxurious nights and sumptuous meals, would continue to nag at the corners of your mind? Write it down. This week, Morgan and Isabeau get in touch with their teen angst for this YA retelling of One Thousand and One Nights, The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh. For this rendition, the Caliph of Khorasan has taken to marrying virgins, and killing them off the morning after consummation. Enter our heroine, Shahrzad, who vo...
Episode 78: Workplace Tension - Heartbeat Braves (Crooked Rock, #1) by Pamela Sanderson
March 04, 2020 06:46 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBWe love Romance. But sometimes having all your stories feature muscular, taciturn, bodice-ripping, secret baby/royalty/wealth and/or spouse-having heroes is too much excitement in this chaotic world. Sometimes you just want a story that’s relatable. This week, Morgan and Isabeau tread the bureaucratic waters of non-profit management where Rayanne (heroine) and Henry (hero) are tasked with saving the Crooked Rock Urban Indian Center in its eleventh hour. Will they be able to overcome their mut...
Boner-On-Us: Own Voices
February 26, 2020 06:00 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBWe wanted to take a moment to pop this lil boner and organize our thinking on Own Voices. What do we mean when we say Own Voices? It’s when the author, artist, filmmaker, producer, etc. is a member of the community they are representing in a given medium. This week, Morgan and Isabeau discuss the societal barriers within mainstream [white] culture that can keep Own Voices stories marginalized, and how to be a good ally without succumbing to the pitfalls of tokenism. Plus, a few gardening tips...
Episode 77: Uniquely The Same - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
February 19, 2020 19:49 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBWe’re celebrating our cotton anniversary this year at Whoa!mance, and what better way to wax nostalgic about marital bliss than to pretend to do it all over again. This week, yr girls Morgan and Isabeau are joined by producer Nick to unpack The Unhoneymooners by the writing duo Christina Lauren. This contemporary enemies to lovers features Olive, the perpetually unlucky twin sister of the soon-to-be-married Ami, who’s loathed to spend her sister’s special day with her worst nightmare, Ethan, ...
Episode 76: The People’s Choice (JOHANNAuary #5) - Fires Of Winter by Johanna Lindsey
February 04, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBWhat a month y’all. This was a veritable roller coaster of emotions as yr girls Morgan and Isabeau took stock of Johanna Lindsey’s legacy and work, and sussed out how to feel about the harsher realities depicted in her novels. This week, our last installment of JOHANNAuary, features a viking novel of your choosing: Fires of Winter, Book 1 in the Haardrad Family Saga Series. Published in 1980, it’s not without its difficulties, but just as this novel has Lady Brenna, a headstrong and agential ...
Episode 75: Spanking Finds A Way (JOHANNAuary #4) - Brave The Wild Wind by Johanna Lindsey
January 29, 2020 06:51 - 1 hour - 64 MBAs the ghost of JOHANNAuary continues to plague this humble project, we are reminded here at Whoa!mance of the importance of friends when doing battle with distraught paranormals. Yr girls Morgan and Isabeau are joined this week by Erin, the Veteran of Learning the Tropes, for a gracious re-recording to once again discuss Brave The Wild Wind, Book 1 of Johanna Lindsey’s Wyoming series. We meet our heroine, Jessie Blair, as her family is torn asunder by the quick anger of her father. This prol...
Episode 74: Space Vikings (JOHANNAuary #3) - Warrior’s Woman by Johanna Lindsey
January 22, 2020 09:09 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB00h00m00s: message received via interplanetary communications systems re: distress signals circa terrestrial surface Kystran [] <<<< >>>> [] terrestrial being i.e. “heroine” identified Tedra De Arr: class known: warrior re: terrestrial being i.e. “hero” Challen Ly-San-Ter: class known: bronzed_barbarian [] <<<< >>>> [] unclear if distress product of misery/ecstasy; unclear as to issues of consent re: sexbots; unclear re: whoa/no spectral alignment; requires discussion [] <<<< >>>> [] re: terr...
Episode 73: Boat Life (JOHANNAuary #2) - Gentle Rogue by Johanna Lindsey
January 15, 2020 06:00 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBIt's another beautiful JOHANNAuary day, and yr girls Morgan and Isabeau are embarking on a farcical romp on the high seas. This week, Gentle Rogue, the third installment of Lindsey's Malory-Anderson Family Saga series, a sultry comedy worthy of the great Bard himself. The novel centers on Georgina Anderson, who, fed up with England, disguises herself as a cabin boy to secure safe transport back to America. But unbeknownst to our heroine, the ship's captain, ex-pirate James Malory, is aware of...
Episode 72: Yours To Keep (JOHANNAuary #1) - Defy Not The Heart by Johanna Lindsey
January 08, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBAs many of you know, JOHANNAuary has fallen under a somber hue. With the news of Johanna Lindsey’s passing, this month’s project will take on a retrospective, celebratory stance that we hope will dovetail nicely with our usual bouillabaisse of critical and irreverent commentary. So, without further ado, JOHANNAuary commences with a real keeper, Defy Not The Heart by the indomitable Johanna Lindsey. Set back in the 1100’s, we meet Reina, armorclad and defending her stronghold from the mercena...
Episode 71: Sleigh On - Vixen’s Fated Mate (Arctic Shifters Book 4) by R. E. Butler
December 25, 2019 06:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBWho’s the hottest of Santa’s reindeer? We posed this question to you, our dear listeners, and you replied with Vixen. So in the spirit of the season, yr girls Morgan and Isabeau took a trip to the North Pole to spend a little time with the deer/man himself, in Vixen’s Fated Mate, Book 4 of R. E. Butler’s Arctic Shifters Series. There’s a lot to unpack with this novella: Santa as a quasi-authoritarian leader, a Tom Clancy-esque crew of male shifters pulling Santa’s sleigh, a rigid caste system...
Boner-On-Us: JOHANNAuary Announcement
December 18, 2019 06:00 - 8 minutes - 7.76 MBLast year, yr girls Morgan and Isabeau spent the month of January, excuse me, JANEuary, celebrating all things Jane Austen. This year, get ready for another deep dive into a high priestess of the romance genre, because JOHANNAuary is coming. Every week this January, yr girls Morgan and Isabeau will be exploring a different novel by the indomitable Johanna Lindsey, a lioness in her field, and an ever enduring force in the minds of your beloved hosts. It’s gonna be big y’all! Tune in for the pr...
Episode 70: Triage à Trois - Hummingbird by LaVyrle Spencer
December 11, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBAbigail McKenzie felt like an outcast in her one train stop town. Yet when two men are wounded in the same train robbery, she agrees to take them in: David, the model of a gentleman, and Jesse, hot-tempered and alluring, vie for Abigail’s affections. But as she nurses them both back to health, intimacy and proximity push our heroine to explore her sensual side, and the true identities of her patients reveal a rich history beyond their injuries. This week, Morgan and Isabeau take a listener re...
Boner-On-Us: Fated Mates
December 04, 2019 17:28 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBFor this Boner, Isabeau guides Morgan through the waters of fated mates, blood scenarios, and the requisite comfort/suffocation of inevitably. What is the difference between fate and destiny? Does the trope of love at first sight still sparkle through the lens of affect theory? Is male “passion” just camouflage for latent male aggression? Bring your own beret for this one y’all and start perfecting those french inhales, this may be our most philosophical Boner to date. Whoa!mance is a part o...
Episode 69: From Missives To Madness - My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale
November 27, 2019 15:29 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBFolie Hamilton thought nothing of corresponding with her husband’s cousin, Lt. Robert Cambourne, deployed across the world in the interests of the East India Company, on behalf of the English Crown. But when love creeps into their epistles, no distance or arrangement is beyond collapse. This week, Morgan and Isabeau swoon over My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale, a tale of passion, conspiracy, and unbalance depicting an England on the brink of turmoil. How should historicals reflect past atrocit...