Jess and Trishashout out romance bestsellers, talk about a whole bunch of romance series and what draws us in, discuss Trisha’s arbitrary list of rules for children in romance novels, and announce the short list for the WIR book club read.

This episode is sponsored byIt Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Timeby Kylie Scott,Blood Bond by Helen Hardt, andChica Chocolate.

Also! Book Riot isgiving away 16 of the books featured on our Recommended podcast! Go tobookriot.com/recommended3 before August 31 to enter.

Vote on our book club books by emailing Trisha or Jess (or via Twitter/Instagram)!

• A Night To Surrender by Tessa Dare
• Glitterland by Alexis Hall
• Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin
• Intercepted by Alexa Martin

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