2.5: Brother's Best Friend Romances

Kate Clayborn writes awesome books, but her romance think pieces at Frolic aren't too be missed.

There's nothing more hilarious than reviving old twitter threads, and in this one Kate and Talia Hibbert talk IAD.

The Game Maker series will get its own episodes, don't worry. Jen was thinking about saving this chastity belt article for then, but really, why wait?

Best of Luck was just named one of Amazon's Best Romance of December, which is as it should be. The second book in the series, Luck of the Draw, was on Sarah's Best of 2018 list for the Washington Post.

Sarah's twitter thread where people described what they'd do if they won a billion dollars is pretty fun to read. But really, there's a reason we all love that daydream.

This month, the Ripped Bodice is spearheading The Great Big Romance Read and maybe you can find a bookstore, library, or blog where you can talk about Pride by Ibi Zoboi.

The American Dream is complicated, college is expensive, and all of it freaks Jen out if she thinks about it too much.

Sarah wrote a YA historical! It's called The Season.

This is a good take on why the best friend's sibling trope is so powerful.

Sinner by Sierra Simone. She talks about her writing here. Jen doesn't really think it counts as blasphemy, but she looked it up just to be sure.

Some more about insprirational romance, and although we didn't mention her name on the podcast, Jen thinks Piper Huguley writes the best inspirational romance out there. She wrote about Piper's book The Mayor's Mission and Sarah's book Day of the Duchess in this piece on miscarriage in romance.

Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare.

Clean Breaks by Ruby Lang. But when this podcast went live, it was an even better deal to buy all three books in the Practice Perfect series bundled together.

2.5: Brother's Best Friend Romances

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