When In Romance

Hosted ByTrisha Brown & Jessica Pryde

When In Romance is a biweekly romance podcast dedicated to romance novel news, enthusiasm, and romance book recommendations from Book Riot!


All Episodes

Succession But With Cowboys

Jess and Trisha dive into the world of romance between women, discussing the current publishing landscape and recommending some titles you should check out. Subscribe to the podcast via...

If Men In Black Was a Romance

Trisha is joined by very special guest Jenn Northington to discuss Beverly Jenkins’s Vivid and to offer some SFF (and P) romance recs. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS,...

Cover Coverage-ing

After some kitchen appliance romance-related follow-up, Jess and Trisha return to the topic of romance covers and recommend some options for your #SpringIntoLoveBingo reading. Subscribe to the podcast via...

Quick to Bed, Slow to Feelings

Jess and Trisha share listener recs, reveal the May WIR Book Club pick, talk about the Vivians and romance awards generally, and discuss and recommend slow burn romances. Subscribe...

You Can Keep It

Jess and Trisha talk about the next round of the WIR book club and discuss and recommend romances featuring married couples. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts,...

Mind-blowingly Chemical

Jess and Trisha dive into romance films, discussing the way non-romance readers view adaptations, debating whether certain films marketed as romance actually fit the definition, and offering a few...

What Are We Disrupting?

Jess and Trisha discuss three news stories related to inclusion, exclusion, and diversity in romance. Then they talk about books they’ve been reading (and how one of those books...

A Beautiful Frankenstein

Jess and Trisha discuss some non-terrible Valentine’s week romance coverage, talk about the way romance represents the experience of being Black in history…and Trisha has a confession to make....

Watch It Or Don’t

Jess and Trisha discuss Nora Roberts’s lack of time for nonsense, authors behaving badly, and the unique world of category romance – along with a few recs, of course....

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