Content Warning: NSFW episode! Please at least wear headphones when listening to this at your desk...

Spicy? Smutty? Clean? Romantasy? Alpha? WHAT ARE ALL THESE WORDS? Don't worry, we'll get into it.

Questions/Comments/Concerns/Recommendations? Email us at Ragingromantics@nopl.org

(Bonus - listen to the postcredits for what a Jen/Jackie conversation sounds like outside of the podcast)

Books we mention:

• Ruby Dixon
• House of Flame and Shadow by SJM
• A Court of Mist and Fury
• Beverly Lewis
• Nora Roberts
• Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
• Bridgertons by Julia Quinn
• Tamora Pierce
• Jennifer Lynn Armentrout
• Rebecca Yarros
• Juliet Marillier
• A Song of Ice and Fire by Georg RR Martin
• The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
• Lord of the Rings by Tolkien
• HM Long
• Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood
• The Fake Mate b Lana Ferguson
• Blacktop Wasteland by SA Crosby
• Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm

The Mortal Queen of Faerie Smut (VanArendonk, 2024)

"Lexington-Richland school board votes to remove fantasy series from district libraries" (Grenier, 2023)

Publisher's Marketplace

"Hot stuff: why readers fell in love with romance novels" (Darbyshire, 2023)

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