Get a soda pop the size of a tot and a slightly smaller barrel'o'popcorn because yr grls are going to La Cinema with friend-of-the-show Andrea from Shelf Love!

We are following up our live Tweet watch along of She-Devil (1989, dir. Susan Seidelman)with in-depth discussion of the film.

Who is the titular "SHEEEE Devil"? Is vengeance against a patriarchal wrong necessarily a feminist practice? Why Ed Begley Jr.?

Just don't crunch your popcorn too loudly, you don't want to miss any of the really super stuff we said.

You can find Andrea dishing regularly on her podcast, Shelf Love - also about Romance novels!

You can find our Live Tweets via #WhoaLoveSheDevil on Twitter (and please follow @mance_whoa and @ShelfLovePod while you're there!

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WARNING: This week's episode may give you whiplash, looking back on '21 and forward to '22 so quick!

Yr grls look back on their stack as a whole and as individual books and experiences - what was the weirdest read of 2021? The sexiest? The suprisiest? The biggest WHOA and the lowest NO? And what did we learn? And what can we do with it moving forward?

Bring your novelty "2022" glitter glasses and those little arm garters old timey accountants used to wear, we're crunching data!

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Whoa!mance is once again donning their trench coats and magnifying glasses to bring you the only romance novel-specific crime conversations on the web. This time around, Morgan takes Isabeau on a journey to one of the dreariest corners - FAMILY COURT - via one of the most sparkling highways - CELEBRITY.

Danielle Steel.......'s husband sued two writers from People Magazine to keep adoption records sealed, and a book off the shelves in the process, and lost. But that particular champagne problem seems to have aged into a Wonder Bread problem while we were all signing up for the pre-Metaverse.

What responsibility do we have to our inspirations, particularly when they can't collect alimony? What makes a celebrity? Does it matter when we've all got the same amount of public information? Who owns your earrings?

A warning shot on data and privacy comin' at ya from 1993.

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Mama, we made it!

This week we are so excited to share our conversation with Sarah — she of ICONIC Smart Bitches Trashy Books fame. We discussed a brand spankin' new category romance. She got us an ARC and everything. Notes below!

And if you don't know about SBTB yet, check out the pod and go to https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/ to consume all of the delicious romance content they just let you have for free!

Also be sure to dip into our recent "Category Is..." series for some classic category content.

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I’m joined by Morgan and Isabeau from the Whoa!Mance podcast! They are celebrating three years of podcasting, and their latest exploration of romance has been to look at category romances. I thought it would be fun to take a deep dive into a brand new contemporary romance, so we all read Awakened by the CEO’s Kiss by Therese Baharrie.

This episode is a low-spoiler discussion of the book, and of all the interesting and subversive things that it does. We cover kiss tension, books that give you chest tingles, and more. You can listen if you’ve read it, or if you haven’t, but you might really like this book so we recommend it either way!

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Answer: Announcing an exploration into the oft overlooked but undeniably pervasive works known as Category Romance.

Answer, but in the form of a question: What is the topic of this week's Whoa!nus?

Yr girls Isabeau & Morgan are excited to share their big summer plans: CATEGORY IS. Each week a new Category Romance (from Isabeau’s own random box of romance) published in a different post-war-pre-low-rise-jeans decade.

Monthly Doubles on the board, category is: Category Is.

This week’s episode of Whoa!mance is brought to you by An Earl, The Girl and a Toddler by Vanessa Riley. Available now from Kensington Books.

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This week yr grls had the supreme pleasure of meeting up with @Shelflove to discuss Strange Love by Ann Aguirre. A mistaken identity trope leads to an alien abduction of a human Earth woman. Admitted she doesn't have a ton going on so why not compete in a Hunger Games style version of intergalactic Bachelor? It sounds crazy on paper but this romance is a thought piece on difference and accommodation. Buckle up for a space odyssey of love.

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