In Defense of Romance Books

If you or someone you know claims they "don't like romance," do we have the episode for you!!! This is our full-throated defense of the genre, plus where to start if you're looking to give romance a try.  Links:  •  If you're new to romance... • Emily Henry (https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keyw...) (author) • Cara Bastone (https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keyw...) (author) • If you like mystery/thrillers... • The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97800632...) • You Can Run by Rebecca Zanetti (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97814967...) • Loreth Ann White (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97815420...) (author) • If you like literary fiction... • We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97800632...) • What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97804252...) • Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97803995...) • You like nonfiction/memoirs... • Love is a War Song by Danica Nava (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97805936...) • Jane Eyre (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97801414...) • You like historical fiction... • The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97987411...) • In Memoriam by Alice Winn (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97805934...) • A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97815387...) • Lisa Kleypas (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97800631...) • Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97803853...) • Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97805255...) • If you like science fiction... • The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer  (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97800628...) • Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97805935...) • If you like fantasy... • Bride (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97805935...) and Mate (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97805939...) by Ali Hazelwood • The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97812507...) • Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97816145...) Recent Reads:  • Minor Black Figures by Brandon Taylor (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97805933...) • Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About by Isabel Klee (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97800634...) • The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr.  (https://bookshop.org/a/84642/97805930...) CASE CLOSED 👩‍⚖️👩‍⚖️👩‍⚖️