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Helena Hunting is our last episode for Season 1 -- We'll return with more awesome contemporary romance on Friday, Sept 29! 💗 Hello Swoon Squad! 💗 Bestselling romance author Lisa Daily here to help you find your next favorite romance book! I'll be chatting with all your favorite "must-read" rom-com and contemporary romance authors every Friday to talk about their favorite tropes, newest romance books, and what they're reading now. A must-listen for anyone who loves kissing books with swoony heroes and awesome heroines. 👉 Enter to win this week's WYWR romance book giveaway at www.whileyouwerereading.com or below! ⬇️

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Episode thumbnail for 🎄If you love small town Christmas romances, you’ll want to ask Santa for A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER by Beverly Jenkins

November 3, 2023

🎄If you love small town Christmas romances, you’ll want to ask Santa for A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER by Beverly Jenkins

<p>➡️ Enter below or click to win this week's <a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/wywr-romance-giveaway">WYWR romance giveaway</a> for A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER 📚💗 or at <a href="http://www.whileyouwerereading.com/">www.WhileYouWereReading.com</a></p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/AChristmasToRemember">A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER</a> ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><p>👋 Helloooo swoon squad! I’m your host, <a href="http://www.lisadailybooks.com/">best-selling rom-com author <strong>Lisa Daily</strong></a> — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’re talking with New York Times bestselling author Beverly Jenkins about her inspiring holiday romance, A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER.</p><p><strong>everly Jenkins</strong> is the recipient of  Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award, the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, and was nominated for the NAACP Image Award in Literature. She was featured in the documentary Love Between the Covers. Since the publication of Night Song in 1994, she has been leading the charge for inclusive romance.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tropes for </strong><strong>A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER</strong><strong><br></strong><br>💬 Small town <br>♻️ Second chance romance</p><p>🎄The magic of Xmas to make you fall in love<br>💚 Found family</p><p><strong>Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating:</strong>  💍💍💍💍💍<br>Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not <strong>she</strong> would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  <br><br>📚 <strong>Episode TBR Pile:<br></strong>A Christmas to Remember by Beverly Jenkins: <a href="https://books2read.com/AChristmasToRemember"><strong>https://books2read.com/AChristmasToRemember</strong></a><strong><br></strong>The Blessings Series by Beverly Jenkins: <a href="https://amzn.to/3FOfukQ"><strong>https://amzn.to/3FOfukQ</strong></a><strong><br></strong>Exodusters by Nell Irvin Painter: <a href="https://books2read.com/Exodusters"><strong>https://books2read.com/Exodusters</strong></a><strong><br></strong>The Trouble They Seen by Dorothy Sterling: <a href="https://amzn.to/3QHbclQ"><strong>https://amzn.to/3QHbclQ</strong></a><strong><br></strong>It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey <a href="https://books2read.com/ItHappenedOneSummer"><strong>https://books2read.com/ItHappenedOneSummer</strong></a><br>Georgie All Along by Kate Clayborn <a href="https://books2read.com/Georgie-AllAlong"><strong>https://books2read.com/Georgie-AllAlong</strong></a> <br>RAFE by Rebekah Weatherspoon <a href="https://books2read.com/RAFE-Nanny"><strong>https://books2read.com/RAFE-Nanny</strong></a><br>The Christmas Bookshop<strong> </strong>by Jenny Colgan: <a href="https://books2read.com/Little-Beach-Street-Bakery"><strong>https://books2read.com/Christmas-Bookshop</strong></a><strong><br></strong>The Bruno Johnson Series by David Putnam: <a href="https://amzn.to/3u5z6hM"><strong>https://amzn.to/3u5z6hM</strong></a><strong><br>Everything by Theodora Taylor: </strong><a href="https://amzn.to/49iOrvI"><strong>https://amzn.to/49iOrvI</strong></a><strong> <br></strong>The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily:<strong> </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>📖 About A CHRISTMAS TO REMEMBER by Beverly Jenkins</strong></p><p>NAACP nominee and <strong>USA Today</strong><strong> bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to her beloved Blessings series with a Christmas wedding in the town of Henry Adams, Kansas.<br></strong><br></p><p>Ever since Bernadine Brown bought the town of Henry Adams, her relationship with diner owner Malachi “Mal” July has had its share of ups and downs. But now they’re finally ready to say “I do.”</p><p>Or are they? As wedding preparations go into full swing, and families both local and extended begin to gather for the festivities, that long awaited walk down the aisle hits a speed bump that may derail everything.</p><p>But Mal and Bernadine’s relationship isn’t the only one being tested.</p><p>Preston Mays aka Brain, loves his girlfriend as much as he does physics but when she decides being a couple is no longer a good thing, his heart is broken. Will connecting with his bio dad’s family ease his pain?</p><p>Reverend Paula Grant has been patiently waiting for God to send her someone to share her life. When the town’s charming new chef arrives in town, she wonders if he could be the one.</p><p>And then there’s former mayor Riley Curry who throws a parade with his hog Cletus! There’s always a lot going on in Henry Adams, and this will be a Christmas to remember.</p><p><br><strong>📖 About </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy</strong></a><strong> by Lisa Daily</strong></p><p>A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!</p><p>Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.</p><p>He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.</p><p>She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.</p><p>If she can just keep her secret until the playoffs are over…</p><p><strong>Buy The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br><br></p><p>⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Thanks for listening, subscribing and reviewing! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ </p><p><br></p> <strong> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/LisaDailyRomance" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

Episode thumbnail for 🎄Get into the Holiday Spirit with MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP by Jenny Colgan

October 13, 2023

🎄Get into the Holiday Spirit with MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP by Jenny Colgan

<p>➡️ Enter below or click to win this week's <a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/wywr-romance-giveaway">WYWR romance giveaway</a> for MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP 📚💗 or at <a href="http://www.whileyouwerereading.com/">www.WhileYouWereReading.com</a></p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/MidnightatXmasBookshop">MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP</a> ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><p>👋 Helloooo swoon squad! I’m your host, <a href="http://www.lisadailybooks.com/">best-selling rom-com author <strong>Lisa Daily</strong></a> — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’re talking with New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan about her charming holiday romance, MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP.</p><p><strong>Jenny Colgan</strong> is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Christmas Bookshop, The Bookshop on the Corner, Little Beach Street Bakery, and Christmas at the Cupcake Café. Jenny, her husband, and three children live in a genuine castle in Scotland.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tropes for </strong><strong>MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP</strong><strong><br></strong><br>💬 Small town <br>♻️ Second chance romance</p><p>📸 Tacky Americans in a foreign land</p><p>🎄The magic of Xmas to make you fall in love</p><p><strong>Book Boyfriend Keeper Rating:</strong>  💍💍💍💍<br>Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The book boyfriend keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not <strong>she</strong> would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  <br><br>📚 <strong>Episode TBR Pile:<br></strong>Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan: <a href="https://books2read.com/MidnightatXmasBookshop"><strong>https://books2read.com/MidnightatXmasBookshop</strong></a><strong><br></strong>The Christmas Bookshop<strong> </strong>by Jenny Colgan: <a href="https://books2read.com/Little-Beach-Street-Bakery"><strong>https://books2read.com/Christmas-Bookshop</strong></a><br>The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan: <a href="https://books2read.com/Little-Beach-Street-Bakery"><strong>https://books2read.com/BookshopOnTheCorner</strong></a><br>The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan: <a href="https://books2read.com/Little-Beach-Street-Bakery"><strong>https://books2read.com/BookshopOntheShore</strong></a><br>The Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan: <a href="https://books2read.com/Little-Beach-Street-Bakery"><strong>https://books2read.com/Little-Beach-Street-Bakery</strong></a></p><p>Spill the Sweet Tea by Lyra Parish: <a href="https://books2read.com/SpillSweetTea"><strong>https://books2read.com/SpillSweetTea</strong></a><strong><br></strong>Everything's Fine by Cecelia Rabess: <a href="https://books2read.com/EverythingsFine"><strong>https://books2read.com/EverythingsFine</strong></a><br>The Guest Emma Cline: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheGuest"><strong>https://books2read.com/TheGuest</strong></a><strong><br></strong>The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily:<strong> </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>📖 About MIDNIGHT AT THE CHRISTMAS BOOKSHOP by Jenny Colgan</strong></p><p>Christmas comes early—far too early—to McCredie’s little Old Town bookshop in Edinburgh. It’s summer, but an American production company has decided that McCredie’s is the perfect location to film a very cheesy Christmas movie. After all, who can resist the charmingly narrow historic street with its Victorian grey stone buildings and warmly lit shop windows?</p><p>Carmen Hogan, the bookshop’s manager, is amused and a bit horrified by the goings-on, but the money the studio is paying is too good to pass up. She uses the little windfall from filming to create new displays and fend off a buyout offer from an obnoxious millionaire who wants to turn McCredie’s into a souvenir shop selling kilts made in China and plastic Nessies. Still reeling slightly from a breakup, Carmen’s not particularly looking forward to the holidays. But just as snow begins to fall and the lights of Christmas blink on, all sorts of lovely new possibilities present themselves…for McCredie’s bookstore, and for Carmen herself. </p><p><br><strong>📖 About </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy</strong></a><strong> by Lisa Daily</strong></p><p>A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!</p><p>Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.</p><p>He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.</p><p>She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.</p><p>If she can just keep her secret until the playoffs are over…</p><p><strong>Buy The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br><br></p><p>⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Thanks for listening, subscribing and reviewing! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ </p><p><br></p> <strong> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/LisaDailyRomance" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

Episode thumbnail for 👭If you love sapphic, fake dating romcoms, you'll 🩷 IRIS KELLY DOESN'T DATE by Ashley Herring Blake

October 6, 2023

👭If you love sapphic, fake dating romcoms, you'll 🩷 IRIS KELLY DOESN'T DATE by Ashley Herring Blake

<p>➡️ Enter below or click to win this week's <a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/wywr-romance-giveaway">WYWR romance giveaway</a> for Iris Kelly Doesn't Date  📚💗 or at <a href="http://www.whileyouwerereading.com/">www.WhileYouWereReading.com</a></p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/IrisKellyDoesntDate">IRIS KELLY DOESN'T DATE</a> ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️</p><p>👋 Helloooo swoon squad! Welcome to Season 2 of WHILE YOU WERE READING: a podcast for contemporary romance readers.<br>I’m your host, <a href="http://www.lisadailybooks.com/">best-selling rom-com author <strong>Lisa Daily</strong></a> — and every week, I'm bringing you the best contemporary romance novels of 2023. Today on While You Were Reading, we’ll be talking with the fascinating Ashley Herring Blake, about her brand new sapphic fake dating rom-com, Iris Kelly Doesn't Date.</p><p>Ashley Herring Blake is an award-winning author. She holds a master’s degree in teaching and loves coffee, arranging her books by color, and cold weather. She is the author of romance novels, young adult novels, and middle grade novels. She’s also a coeditor on the young adult romance anthology Fools in Love. She lives on a very tiny island off the coast of Georgia with her family.</p><p><strong>Tropes for </strong><strong>Iris Kelly Doesn't Date</strong><strong><br></strong><br>💙 Fake dating<br>🛌 Only one bed<br>🎓 Sex lessons</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Book Girlfriend Keeper Rating:</strong> 5 💍💍💍💍💍<br>Note: So many books, so little time! We only review 5-star books we 💗 LOVE💗 on While You Were Reading. The keeper rating is Lisa's ranking based on her experience as a former dating guru on whether or not <strong>she</strong> would personally date our hero in real life.  (If she were single, which she's not.) 😂💙  <br><br>📚 <strong>Episode TBR Pile:<br></strong>Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake: <a href="https://books2read.com/IrisKellyDoesntDate"><strong>https://books2read.com/IrisKellyDoesntDate</strong></a><br>Astrid Parker Doesn't  Fail by Ashley Herring Blake: <a href="https://books2read.com/AstridParkerDoesntFail"><strong>https://books2read.com/AstridParkerDoesntFail</strong></a><strong><br></strong>(and Lisa Daily Apparently Doesn't Read because I totally mispronounced this book title in the podcast. 😛)<br>Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake: <a href="https://books2read.com/DelilahGreenDoesntCare"><strong>https://books2read.com/DelilahGreenDoesntCare</strong></a><br>D'Vaughn and Kis Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins: <a href="https://books2read.com/DVaughnAndKris"><strong>https://books2read.com/DVaughnAndKris</strong></a><br>Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner: <a href="https://books2read.com/CleatCute"><strong>https://books2read.com/CleatCute</strong></a><br>The Art of Scandal by Regina Black: <a href="https://books2read.com/TheArtOfScandal"><strong>https://books2read.com/TheArtOfScandal</strong></a></p><p>The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy by Lisa Daily:<strong> </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p>Romancing the Stone (movie): <a href="https://amzn.to/3F3PnX5">https://amzn.to/3F3PnX5</a></p><p><strong>📖 About Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake</strong></p><p>A fake relationship after a horrible one-night stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake.<br> <br>Everyone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partners that are perfect for them, and her parents are still blissfully married. And she’s happy for all of them, truly. Iris doesn’t want any of that—dating, love, romance. She’ll stick to her commitment-free hookups, thanks very much, except no one in her life will just let her be. Everyone wants to see her settled down, but she holds firmly to her no dating rule. There’s only one problem—Iris is a romance author facing an imminent deadline for her second book, and she’s completely out of ideas.<br> <br>Perfectly happy to ignore her problems as per usual, Iris goes to a bar in Portland and meets a sexy stranger, Stefania, and a night of dancing and making out turns into the worst one-night stand Iris has had in her life. To get her mind off everything, Iris tries out for the lead role in a local play, a queer retelling of Much Ado About Nothing, but comes face-to-face with Stefania, whose real name turns out to be Stevie. Desperate to save face in front of her friends, Stevie asks Iris to play along as her girlfriend. Iris is shocked, but when she realizes the arrangement might provide her with some much-needed romantic content for her book, she agrees. As the two women play the part of a happy couple, lines start to blur, and they’re left wondering who will make the real first move....</p><p><strong>📖 About </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy</strong></a><strong> by Lisa Daily</strong></p><p>A laugh-out-loud hockey romantic comedy perfect for fans of Helena Hunting and Pippa Grant!</p><p>Logan Rivers is a star pro hockey player for the St. Pete Slashers -- and he's in a slump.</p><p>He hasn’t scored in 3 games and it’s starting to freak him out. Enter Coco, who strikes a deal with an assistant coach to be Logan's lucky charm to pay off her training expenses as an Olympic figure skater. Everything is looking up for both of them.</p><p>She’s almost got her debt paid off and the Slashers are on a winning streak. There's only one problem: she doesn’t know how to tell Logan she’s been lying to him the whole time.</p><p>If she can just keep her secret until the playoffs are over…</p><p><strong>Buy The Cutting Edge: A steamy hockey romantic comedy </strong><a href="https://books2read.com/CuttingEdge"><strong>here</strong></a><strong>.</strong><br><br></p><p>⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Thanks for listening, subscribing and reviewing! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ </p><p><br></p> <strong> <a href="http://www.patreon.com/LisaDailyRomance" rel="payment" title="★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★">★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★</a> </strong>

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What is While You Were Reading: A podcast for contemporary romance readers?

Helena Hunting is our last episode for Season 1 -- We'll return with more awesome contemporary romance on Friday, Sept 29!

💗 Hello Swoon Squad! 💗 Bestselling romance author Lisa Daily here to help you find your next favorite romance book! I'll be chatting with all your favorite "must-read" rom-com and contemporary romance authors every Friday to talk about their favorite tropes, newest romance books, and what they're reading now. A must-listen for anyone who loves kissing books with swoony heroes and awesome heroines.

👉 Enter to win this week's WYWR romance book giveaway at www.whileyouwerereading.com or below! ⬇️

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