Awoooooooooooo-tmespheric season is upon us, and this week yr grls are bundling up in the wooly caress of FOR THE WOLF by HANNAH WHITTEN.

Red was born to be a sacrifice to the enigmatic Wolf in the Woods, bound long before her time by a curse that is a lot like a marriage. But it turns out, he's more puppy than predator. And the woods aren't quite the bloodsucking borderlands they appear. But that doesn't mean there aren't bloodsucking predators afoot....

If a fantasy is a fantasy and a romance is romance--why is that? What is romance's unique place in the genre pool? What is the particular appeal of Fall for femmes? Is that blood or sap?

Lick it and see!

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It's a livin' thing.

This week, yr grls conclude their discussion Georgette Heyer's seminal novel of VENETIA!

This time we get into the sexiest part, the weirdest part, and the final verdict on whether or not we Whoa! or No! Venny. We may not stroke your ego, but we will get you in your feels.

Is the romance vibe, on the whole, more Georgette or Jane? Who is the Emma in your friend group? If you can't answer that, you might be the Emma. But look on the sunny side! At least you're not the Venetia.

This episode is brought to you by Kensington’s newest title from Shelly Laurenston, Breaking Badger.

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It has been a long time coming, so we hope you don't mind if we stay awhile. This week, yr grls embark on two part discussion of VENETIA by Lioness in her Field GEORGETTE HEYER. In an English country village (alleged) nonpareil Venetia meets an infamous rake and...well you know how this goes. Georgette Heyer basically wrote the song after all.

A return to the canon means a return to the big questions in romance. We know Heyer is a bad person, but is Venetia? How extricable is perspective from heroine? Is a man who is good at reading romance aloud necessarily a feminist? How do we talk about the problematic hands that mold the objects we love?

Put down that dentist office People Magazine and pick up your earbuds, this one is spicy.

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We return just in time for a wedding.

Time: Rushed.

Location: Church near the packed carriage, literally at your house.

Mood: Sometimes it is hard to tell if you're excited or scared, you know?

Guests: Unexpected.

Join us as we pick back up right where we left off with Chapter 26 of Jane Eyre.

If you enjoy this show, please let your friends know! If you're concerned about a pal's new love interest specifically, do send them this specific episode. The eerie feeling can always be far worse, and far closer, than Grace Poole.

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Is he hot or is he just from the wrong side of the tracks? This week on Whoa!mance we answer "YES" to both while discussing HURTS TO LOVE YOU by ALISHA RAI.

Fancy pants Evangeline has been secretly crushing cum app-enabled stalking flannel pants Gabe for years. And now at her family's wedding weekend *cough*regency house party*cough* she is ready to make a move.

Is slow burn > sudden burn? How have we landed in the current tattoo vs. cupcake shop spectrum? Is the only difference between historicals and contemporaries how close to the sun we feel reading them? Whats that musty chemical smell in your luxury chalet?

Better dye your shoes to match, we're fully committed to this one.

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Wowie kazowie there is a whole other part of Evening Star by Catherine Coulter where they go to New York and actually fall in love and have lots of pregnancy sex and lots of fights and Thanksgiving but way too early and bust a union and all cause like Women in Business! And man, that stuff really burrows into your grl's brains.

Is erasure preferable to hero/ines who acknowledge the problems of their time but don't make act against it? Why do historical romances, especially from the late 19th Century, feel so much hornier? When was the last time your adult body felt worshipped? Does this book punch through the membrane of genre?

Do you hear Harry Connick Jr. over this autumnal New York love story? NO! You hear Whoa!mance. Tune in now.

Part 1 ovah here! ----> https://bit.ly/2WzoHeb

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