S05.33: Bingeable Romance Series

After a number of conversations and requests, we’re talking about the best long-running romance series today! We’ve got something for everyone — paranormal, historical and contemporary — and we’re getting your long, lingering summer reading TBR sorted! We talk about why series work so well for romance, what makes them rewarding, and what we’re looking for when we dive in.

Next week, we’ve got another read along! Join us to read one of our very favorite short novels, Sarah Mayberry’s Her Best Worst Mistake, which sets the bar for every other enemies to lovers romance ever. Get it at Amazon, B&N, Kobo or Apple Books.

Notes

• There are lots of words for snow, including graupel.
• We loved our conversation with Christine Feehan, and it got us thinking about series. This is also a great essay about series from Ilona Andrews, who have lots of great long-running series (some of which we mentioned today) and talk about the difference between episodic vs. progressive series.
• Author Heather Burch shared her description of the novel with Sarah as: "an unforgettable character, a relentless threat, and an impossible situation." You can check out Heather's books here.
• In this EW interview with Nora Roberts, she said the In Death series was supposed to be a trilogy set in the near future.
• Here’s a USA Today interview with Joanna Wylde about writing the Reapers Legacy series.
• You can turn off popular highlights, btw.
• Our next read along, next week, is Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry.

The Rest

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