

Learning The Tropes: A Romance Novel Podcast
Erin Leafe and Clayton Gumbert
Every other week host Erin Leafe is joined by a fellow romance lover, newbie or author to discuss all things romance and romance novels.
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Jun 5, 2019 • 16min
June Preview Episode
Listen to find out the books we will be reading in June!
The Melier by Poppy Rhys
Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Luck of the Draw by Kate Clayborn
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May 29, 2019 • 1h 7min
Scandal In Spring by Lisa Kleypas, Episode 29
It's Daisy's turn! Scandal in Spring, the final book of the Wallflowers Series.
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May 22, 2019 • 1h 2min
The Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas, Episode 28
It is the third in the Wallflowers Series- The Devil in Winter! It's a big one!
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May 8, 2019 • 1h 4min
It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas, Episode 27
It is the second in the Wallflowers Series- It Happened One Autumn! We finally meet St. Vincent, swoon over Lillian and Westcliff and find a new favorite trope!
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May 1, 2019 • 50min
Secrets Of A Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas, Episode 26
May Day!
It's the first episode in our Wallflower Series! Meet the self-made Simon Hunt and the wallflower Annabelle Peyton in Secrets of a Summer Night!
How does Simon stack up against Clayton's favorite Derek Craven? Find out!
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Apr 24, 2019 • 53min
Ride Hard by Laura Kaye, Episode 25
This week we read the motorcycle club runaway romance Ride Hard by Laura Kaye. We also talk about exciting lives and we find out Clayton's least favorite trope!
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Apr 17, 2019 • 1h 5min
Taking the Heat by Victoria Dahl, Episode 24
This episode we read the sexy rock climbing WYOMING romance, featuring one of the hottest heroes in the genre (according to our reader recommendations!) Taking the Heat by Victoria Dahl.
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Apr 10, 2019 • 49min
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole, Episode 23
This week we read the first in the Immortals After Dark series the lykae, valkyrie/vampire romance A Hunger Like No Other! We have quite a few sidebars in this episode, but don't worry we still cover all of A Hunger Like No Other in all its blood sucking, leg amputating glory!
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Apr 3, 2019 • 55min
Top 5 RomComs & Romance or Nomance w/ Abbe Wright, Episode 22
This week it is all about romance on the big screen! We each talk through our top 5 RomComs. Then Abbe Wright host of the Read It Forward Podcast stops by to talk about whats on her shelf and plays Romance or Nomance!
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Mar 27, 2019 • 50min
Rescue Me by Michelle L. Teichman, Episode 21
This week we read the star crossed cop and EMT romance novel Rescue Me by Michelle L. Teichman. We also talk Mountie justice, workout programs and bone-town.
Also- the return of Producer Patty in the role of audiobook narrator!
If you live in NYC or LA there is an amazing comedy show benefit for a really great guy Jason Saenz.
To get tickets:
The Jason Sáenz Benefit Extravaganza -LA
The Jason Sáenz Benefit Extravaganza- NYC
or if you can't make it to either show- you can still donate to Jason's GoFundMe
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