Where do minotaur milking, billionaire arranged marriages and Sandra Bullock intersect? This episode apparently. On this week’s Feel-the-Love-Friday, Kristin and Caitlin discuss recent reads and give honest movie reviews of some recent films. In this Episode:  Morning Glory Milking Farm (Cambric Creek #1) - C.M. Nascosta (MF paranormal romance) Every Summer After - Carley Fortune (MF contemporary romance) Fake Empire - C.W. Farnsworth (MF contemporary romance) New Releases:  Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson (MF Romantic Suspense; Rom-Com) (August 16) Serve - C.W. Farnsworth (MF Contemporary Romance) Music: Ruck P - Fallin' https://chll.to/862a002e Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Love&, we discuss the Queen of Sexual Tension and the tall brooding hero - Elizabeth O’Roark! In this Episode: Waking Olivia - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF) Drowning Erin - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF) A Deal with the Devil - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF) The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF) The Devil You Know - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF) No One But Us - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF) Undertow - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF) Parallel Series (Books $1-4) - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF) Nail Colors: Never a Dulles Moment - O.P.I. Drama at La Scala - O.P.I.  Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Out of ideas for your empty spare room? Have a basement you don’t use? Look no further! This week on Love&, Kristin and Caitlin put down their romance books and pick up the remote to discuss Netflix’s new sex-positive show, How to Build a Sex Room. In this Episode: Misbehaved - Charleigh Rose (MF) (Contemporary Romance) Long Shot (Hoops Series #1) - Kennedy Ryan (MF) (Contemporary Sports Romance) Hold (Hold Series #1) - Claire Kent (MF) (Sci-Fi Romance) All the Little Things - Rachel Leigh (MF) (Contemporary Romance) New Releases: Misfit - Elle Kennedy (MF) (Young Adult Romance) (July 26) Husband Material - Alexis Hall (MM) (Contemporary Romance) (August 2) Music: Ruck P - Fallin' https://chll.to/862a002e Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who are you HUNKering down with to ride out the apocalypse? This week is all about love at the end of the world. In this Episode: Last Light - Claire Kent (MF) Haven (Kindled Series #1) - Claire Kent (MF) Dustwalker - Tiffany Roberts (MF) Juniper Unraveling - Keri Lake (MF) Pestilence (Four Horseman Series #1) - Laura Thalassa (MF) War (Four Horseman Series #2) - Laura Thalassa (MF) Famine (Four Horseman Series #3) - Laura Thalassa (MF) Death (Four Horseman Series #4) - Laura Thalassa (MF) Homebound - Lydia Hope (MF) Lawless (Steel Dragons MC Series #1) - Crystal Ash (MMMMF) After the Plague Series - Imogen Keeper (MF) Moonshine - Kat Bostick (MF) Afterglow - Marie Monroe (MF) Nail Colors: Pompeii Purple - O.P.I. The Future is You - O.P.I.  Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can an economics PhD student learn anything from a romance novel? Justin shares what he’s looking for in love after reading Ali Hazelwood’s The Love Hypothesis. We also hear his completely unbiased opinion of which academic discipline is the hottest ;) Tune in to hear more! In this Episode: Black Swan Affair - K.L. Kreig (MF) (Contemporary Romance) Faking with Benefits - Lily Gold (MMMF) (Contemporary Reverse Harem) New Releases: For You & No One Else (Say Everything Series #3) - Roni Loren (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (July 5) Love Lessons - Sarina Bowen (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (July 12) Reverse - Kate Stewart (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (July 19) Music: Ruck P - Fallin' https://chll.to/862a002e Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fellas, what was your first time like? This week on Love&, Caitlin and Kristin discuss the elusive male virgin.  In this Episode: Archer’s Voice - Mia Sheridan (MF) Keepsake (True North Series, Book #3) - Sarina Bowen (MF) The Game Plan (Game On Series, Book #3) - Kristen Callihan (MF) Always Only You (Bergman Brothers Series, Book #2) - Chloe Liese (MF) (own voices - autism) Reaper (Boston Underworld Series, Book #2) - A. Zavarelli (MF) Angry God (All Saints High, Book #3) - L.J. Shen (MF) The Highwayman (Victorian Rebels Series, Book #1) - Kerrigan Byrne (MF) The Fae King’s Curse (Between Dawn and Dusk, Book #1) - Jamie Schlosser (MF) The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate (Five Packs, Book #1) - Cate C. Wells (MF) Twice Shy - Sarah Hogle (MF) Sacked - Jen Frederick (Gridiron Series, Book #1) (MF) (Sports Romance) Pestilence (Four Horseman, Book #1) - Laura Thalassa (MF)  Lotus - Jennifer Hartmann (MF)  Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (MF) Gone Too Deep (Search and Rescue Series, Book #3) - Katie Ruggle (MF)  Nerdgasm (Naughty Nerds Series) - Kimberly Reese (MF)  https://medium.com/the-establishment/a-quick-and-dirty-history-of-virginity-9ceb24b7e08a Nail Colors: My Very First Knockwurst - O.P.I. Yank My Doodle - O.P.I.  Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once upon a time, two lawyers and romance junkies shared their favorite fairy tale romance retellings. This episode of Love& is not too dirty, not too clean, but justttt right.  In this Episode: Gild Series - Raven Kennedy (MF) (King Midas) A Spindle Splintered - Alix E. Harrow (fantasy novella) (Sleeping Beauty) Brine and Bone - Kate Stradling (MF) (Little Mermaid)  The Mermaid’s Knight - Jill Myles (MF) (Little Mermaid)  Never After Series - Emily McIntire (MF) (Hooked - Peter Pan, Scarred - Lion King, Wrecked - Wizard of Oz) The North Wind - Alexandria Warwick (MF) (Beauty and the Beast/Hades and Persephone)  The Faceless Woman - Emma Hamm (MF) (Swan Princess)  Wicked Ugly Bad - Cassandra Gannon (MF) (Cinderella) Gilded Mess - Colette Rhodes (MFMM) (Goldilocks) To Bleed a Crystal Bloom - Sarah A. Parker (MF) (Rapunzel) Wicked Villains Series - Katee Roberts (MF, MFM) (various Disney retellings) Stealing Cinderella - A Zavarelli (MF) (Cinderella)  Nail Colors: Gift of Gold Never Gets Old - O.P.I. Gingerbread Man Can - O.P.I.  Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this special #realliferomance episode of Feel-the-Love Friday, we chat with Emilie about her swoon-worthy real-life quarantine romance. Tune in to hear what happens when two enemies-to-friends-to-lovers share 450 square feet and what their happy ever after looks like today! In this Episode: A Forbidden Rumspringa (Gay Amish Romance Series) - Keira Andrews (MM) (Comtemporary Romance) Suddenly Forbidden (Gray Springs University Series) - Ella Fields (MF) (New Adult Contemporary Romance) New Releases: A Thousand Miles - Bridget Morrissey (MF) (Contemporary Romance (June 21) Maggie Moves On - Lucy Score (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (June 22)  The Devil You Know - Elizabeth O’Rourk (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (June 23)  Glow - Raven Kennedy (MF) (Fantasy Romance) (June 28) Tragic Bonds (The Bonds that Tie Series) - J. Bree (MF) (Fantasy Reverse Harem Romance) (June 28) Music: Ruck P - Fallin' https://chll.to/862a002e Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pack your swimsuit, your sun block, and your…tissues? This week Love& is headed to the Beach!  In this Episode: Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren (MF) Beach Read - Emily Henry (MF) Meet Me in Paradise - Libby Hubscher (MF) Beyond the Sea - Keira Andrews (MM) Rebel Heir (the Rush duet) - Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward (MF) Summer of Broken Rules - K.L. Walther (MF)The Romantic Agenda - Claire Kann (MF)Hooking Up - Helena Hunting (MF) The Roughest Draft - Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (MF) Shipped - Angie Hockman (MF) Devil in the Deep Blue Sea, Undertow, and No One But Us - Elizabeth O’Roark Nail Colors Endless Sun-ner - O.P.I. Sun, Sea and Sand in My Pants - O.P.I.  Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6 Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Feel-the-Love Friday, Kristin and Caitlin discuss Mary Roach’s book, Bonk and the history and science of sex physiology, including the aptly-named “womb fury.” In this Episode: Broken by the Horde King - Zoey Draven (MF alien romance) King of Battle and Blood - Scarlett St. Clair (MF fantasy romance) Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex - Mary Roach New Releases: Flip the Script - Lyla Lee (FF) (YA K-Drama) (May 31) My Mechanical Romance - Alexene Farol Follmuth (MF) (YA Contemporary) (May 31) My Killer Vacation - Tessa Bailey (MF) (romantic suspense) (June 6) Stuck with You - Ali Hazelwood (MF) (novella) (June 7) Katee Roberts - Wicked Beauty (MF) (fantasy romance) (June 7) Music: Ruck P - Fallin' https://chll.to/862a002e Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.