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This is our favorite Jeaniene Frost book yet! We cannot get enough of Ian and Veritas. This couple is seriously too hot to handle. We love all the tropes in this book: fake relationship, lost memories, false public persona, past trauma, and secrets! It is so nice to have two equally strong bad ass paranormals as the main characters. Veritas doesn’t need to be brought up to speed on the whole vampire/supernatural thing. And she can give as good as In when it comes to kicking ass. Their sex is literally an explosive force that destroys their physical surroundings. Ian is the sexy debauched vampire I want to spend a smutty month with! And drunk Veritas is my kindred spirit! We can’t wait to continue their story in the next 2 books. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

It has been a while but we finally return to the Blood Bond Saga by Helen Hardt for Dante and Erin’s story. This whole book is a battle between logic and emotion, head versus heart, closely held beliefs against newly discovered information. Erin wants to accept Dante for everything he is but her heart and logic keep getting in the way, I mean vampires can’t be real right?!?!? There are some tough themes in this book, torture and abuse, lying by omission, using glamor to ‘protect’ someone from their own emotions. Dante and Erin have a lot to overcome as the series continues. One thing we can say, Helen doesn’t hold back on the sex in these books. The steamy scenes are plenty and very hot. Even with the vampires and werewolves and ghosts, the illogical way both Erin and Dante were acting during this honeymoon stage of their relationship is totally relatable. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on o

Inspired by the festivities in this book, we held our own very fun, very successful White Elephant Sex Toys Only get together. Good times had by wonderful ladies thanks to this fun and sexy book by fellow podcaster, Kelly Reynolds of Boobies & Noobies. Check her out if you want to hear more about romance novels reviews and check out this squishy holiday love story. Oh, did we mention how sexy this book is? Warning: Be prepared to change those panties. Happy holidays, friend! ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!***

This is a collection of short holiday stories in the Stay a Spell world by Juliet Cross, best read between book 3 and 4 of the series. We cannot express our love for this series in words. These 5 stories give us a fun peek at some of our favorite characters who we have already watched fall in love plus the bonus story of JJ and Charlie finally getting together. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to the audiobooks for this series you are missing out. Aiden Snow’s voice is a wonder to behold and him doing both voices for JJ and Charlie is a beautiful thing! These were fun, sexy shorts and helped get us in the holiday mood. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

124 - Rejected - Jaymin Eve This is our first ever rejected mate book and wow did we start out BIG! This book is just the beginning of the Shadow beast Shifters series and we are totally here for it. To say that a lot of this book is world building and background would be an understatement. But still, we got the beginnings of an interesting relationship dynamic. Mera is the pack punching bag and can’t wait to leave as soon as she can, but the pack isn’t ready to let her go. When she finally shifts and it is revealed that her mate is the pack leader's son Torin, despite all expectations, her life gets crazy real quick. Torin rejects her, she tries to escape and calls upon the power of their god Shadow Beast. Guess who shows up?!?!?! Right, so Shadow is unbelievably hot, but also seriously damaged and there is so much backstory we aren’t even given yet. Can we live in the library of knowledge? I have always had some difficulty with fated mates and this (new to us trope) really helps upend the idea of fate. We w

In this book we follow as Melody tries to make a connection with a local tribal leader in Oklahoma, only to stumble across her friend’s older brother on an undercover investigation of recent deaths in the area. Lakota and Melody haven’t seen each other since they were kids but the sparks start flying immediately.  We really enjoyed the tension of their situation, him undercover and her not supposed to know him. Lakota had some amazing qualities we have seen lacking in other shifter males; he was protective but respectful, he cared about her dreams and skills. The pie scene is absolutely worth bookmarking and coming back to again and again! Plus, who doesn’t love a story of falling for a friend’s older brother?  We were not disappointed with this book and can’t wait to read more by Dannika Dark. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!***

122 - Betwixt - Darynda Jones We are excited to read another book by Darynda Jones after a much too long break. Betwixt gives us another story with a protagonist who has lost everything and is trying to rebuild her life. Defiance Dayne has inherited a mysterious house from an unknown lady who turns out to be her grandmother whose ghost is using a website for communication from beyond the grave.  Defiance discovers her magic powers that have been hidden for 40 years and begins to find the person she thought was lost. Luckily a smoking hot handyman in a kilt lives in her new house and is around to give her a hand. Unfortunately, like in Midlife Bounty Hunter, our heroine doesn’t get the super sexy time we are hoping for but there is promise of some to come in the steamy, tense scenes between Defiance and Roan. We appreciate the way Darynda approached her ‘older’ (ha! she is only 44) main character. Unlike Brina in Midlife Bounty Hunter, Defiance does not harp on being too old or her body not working like it use

Thank you for joining us for Book Gush October!!! Listen as Calina shares her Book Gush novel, Hannah's Bliss by Dania Voss, with Saylet and listeners. This is a contemporary, semi-fake love trope, and so full of squishies. We are honored to have been selected for this fun event hosted by very talented and fun indie authors. Thank you! We hope you enjoy this fun story about Hannah and Rocco.  ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

121 - Fixing Destiny - SE Reichert We are so excited to share this book with everyone! This was a beautifully written, emotional, sexy novel and we can’t wait to read the next 2 in this series. On this episode we were joined by author, Sarah Reichert, to discuss this sexy ghost story and how she wrote such a touching book.  We loved watching Destiny rebuild her life in the quaint town of Southtown Harbor and find a new, adoptive family following the loss of her parents.  Her relationship with Jack Donovon is tumultuous and not always beneficial to Destiny but in the end, she does what she does best and that is fix the stuff around her that needs fixing.  Hopefully she can take the time to find herself and fix what needs repairing within. Seriously, if you haven’t read this book yet what are you waiting for? ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for jo

120 - Spellstruck in Salem / Surrendered in Salem - Milly Taiden We finished up the Caster and Claws series by Milly Taiden with the 3rd and 4th book for this episode. Taking place at the same time as the previous 2 books, we follow the “meet - rescue” of Astra and Blaze in Spellstruck in Salem and Selene and Jett in Surrendered in Salem.  This set of twins is a bit more open and interested in their fated mate wolf shifters than the first set of Bishop twins. It made for two fun and sexy books to finish up the series. We discuss the hot sex scenes Milly is so good at writing. Also, our frustration with the disconnect between the models on the covers and the character descriptions from the books. In the end, this is a quick, fun, steamy series with four badass witches and 4 hunky wolf shifters! ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** M

***FIRST! So many apologies for the sound quality of this recording. Something went crazy weird with Calina's mic and she sounds like a mermaid underwater. Please bear with us during this episode and we promise the ones after this are back to normal. Thanks for coming back!*** Milagro de Los Santos is trying to get her life together and prove she is a serious, responsible woman and aspiring writer.  When she runs into the mysterious Oswald their chemistry takes over and the sparks fly.  Unfortunately she is now a vampire and Oswald is engaged.  As her life falls further apart she is forced to reconcile who she is with who she thinks she should be.  Join us as we discuss the difficulties of trying to change yourself to fit in and the joy of embracing your whole self, curves and all.  We enjoy this different paranormal romance book and the ride Milagro takes us on to figure out who she is and what she wants. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us

Taryn doesn’t know who she is or where she is, but it's freezing and she is surrounded by threatening wolves looking at her like dinner.  When a giant man swoops in, protects her, and carries her off to his cabin is he in more danger or less?  It’s hard to say.  As she starts to find out more about this frozen, magical prison where she is trapped and the inhabitants of it, Taryn remains determined to do what she needs to to stay safe and escape.  Even if that means participating in a claiming ceremony with a hunky guy, or two, in front of the whole town. Join us as we discuss this delicious reverse harem book, the extreme sexiness of forbidden attraction, and the power in a curvy girl romance. Things are just starting to heat up on this Siberian prison island. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

In this episode we are joined by Bernadette Marie to discuss her newest book, The Happily Ever After Book Store.  This is a sweet romance that follows three different couples as they find their way to happily ever after.  While Bernadette doesn’t claim this book is paranormal, we recognize a magical bookstore when we see one!  Join us for how these three stories intertwine and connect to give us all the feels we could want, even from a super sweet romance.  There are no explicit sexy times but we barely even miss them.  This book knows how to hit all the best tropes and emotions we love in romance. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

This story takes us back to Savannah and introduces us to our heroine, forty-one-year-old, Brina, and her adventure in bounty hunting. Getting your life back together after a divorce can be hard but Brina proves she can do it. Though she stumbles and needs Advil to help, she overcomes different trials, during a bounty hunter job interview, and proves that she can keep up with the twenty-year-olds in the group. Along the way she meets ALL the hot men and we can’t tell which ones are good, which ones are bad, and which ones she gets to bone. We vote for Crash. And Sarge. And Corb. And so on… Join us as we enter this fun book about a woman trying to fit what she knows of the shadow world into this new life venture she has set herself on. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

Did you know that fairies like to ride motorcycles, wear leather, and assassinate bad people? Neither did we! Come along with us as we meet Simone and Heath, and fall into a world where anyone can be cursed when they are at the right moment at the wrong time. When Heath, Prince of the Sídhe, first meets Simone at the motel she has been bound to by a curse, he knew she was his mate. And while Simone is very attracted to Heath and thinks that he is super hot (because he is), she is rightfully hesitant about his claim on her as his mate and their impending future together. This was a fun story of adventure, self-discovery, and fun sexual adventures that include squishy time with Simone and Heath, and Tom. WHAT?! Give us more of Tom, please! ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

Jule returns to New Mexico and finds herself surrounded by old friends again. Not only does she rediscover some wonderful friendships but she also goes on a journey to discover herself. A wondrous world of witches, demons, and gods is discovered as Jule finds that she, too, is different. Together with the help of her friends and love interest, William, she slowly embraces the inevitable changes from human to lycan. We entered this world and discussed it with the author of this book, Heather Ashbury, and had such a fabulous time. Join us as we chat with Heather about this magical world she’s created and follow her for more of this wonderful tale of a woman's road to self-discovery.  ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

Friends! For those of you who weren't able to join us for our live show at the Denver FanExpo 2022, do not worry we have it for you here. Join us as we have a deep seated, yet fun and exciting, conversation about what we do, why we do it, and how important it is represent the romance genre in the literary world. We are joined by local author, Bernadette Marie, and had an amazing discussion with her. THANK YOU BERNADETTE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY!... okay, I'm done yelling through text.

Okay, friends. We found him. We finally found the wolf we have been looking for. While Mateo still has his inner tough-guy wolf, Alpha, whom he talks to, he has been having trouble shifting for some time now. He needs help! And who better to ask for help from then some witches with magic. Though the rule of her coven is to stay away from wolves, Evie stays true to her power to break curses and agrees to help Mateo… also he’s hot and an artist and hot and friendly and hot. Join us as we witness the blooming of a beautiful relationship where friendship and trust opens the door to love and sexy times. This story keeps us curling our toes and squirming in our seats, and we need more, PLEASE! ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

Come celebrate LGBTQIA+ awareness month with us! We are so excited to read another Patricia book and she has given us two incredibly sweet, strong, smart, gentle, and sexy men. This is book 5 of the Cursed Coven series from the Midnight Coven, which takes us back to New Orleans. Here we meet Maddox, an angel, and Killian, a witch - two men who cross paths at the exact time they need one another most. Fighting against a powerfully wretched curse, Maddox and Killian rescue each other, take care of each other, and fall in love. Friends, this story is SEXY! And we have some exciting Fun Fuck Facts so please join us in celebrating a love that is love that is LOVE. ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend

Remember when humans used to rule the world and things became chaotic? Well, it turns out that even if Lycans and vampires take over, things are still very much hectic. In this book we meet Juliet, a human bred to give blood to vampires, but also has a place to make a change in this world. Darius is a vampire on a mission to balance the world again, with Juliet’s help. But the task of breaking her of all she’d learned from birth is no easy task. Join us as we venture into this exciting world of Lexi’s, where there is blood, love, lust, and sex that does not disappoint. And really, we are just waiting to get to the book when Calina shows up. WHAT?! ***We would love and appreciate it if you could Subscribe then Rate & Review us on iTunes! Follow us @ShhhDirtyBooks on FB, IG, Twitter as well as on our website at ShhhDirtyBooks.com. Thank you for joining us!*** Music by Jim Townsend