When In Romance

When In Romance

When In Romance is a biweekly show dedicated to romance novel news, gushing, and book recommendations!

Episodes

Jane Austen June Part 1: Landed Gentry with More Land

June 9, 2025 • 70 mins
Jess and Trisha talk through updates and news before diving into part 1 of Jane Austen June, featuring adaptations and retellings (video and book versions). Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Stumped on a great gift this Father's Day? Tailored Book Recommendations brings a personalized touch to any reading list with books hand-...
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Spaceships Absolutely Count

May 12, 2025 • 53 mins
Jess and Trisha talk through updates, the “Fyre Festival of Book Cons”, and - as promised - recommend some transportation-related romances. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Ready to level up your reading life? Become a Book Riot All Access member and explore our full library of members-only content, including must-reads, deep...
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Someone With Binoculars

April 28, 2025 • 72 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about WIR book club, why/if point of view matters in romance, and they have some recs for reverse adaptations. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 book...
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Interesting Things, Including Bears

April 14, 2025 • 63 mins
Jess is back, and she and Trisha catch up on news and books — specifically, outdoorsy romance. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR ma...
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A Podcast Most Actual with Special Guest Liberty Hardy

March 31, 2025 • 52 mins
Trisha is joined by special guest Liberty Hardy to chat a bit about news and a lot about romance mysteries and mystery romances. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books t...
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International Space Crisis

March 17, 2025 • 65 mins
Jess and Trisha talk through some romance news and then dive into our first book club book of the year. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let ...
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The Regency Version of a Stripper

March 3, 2025 • 57 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about romance graphic novels, short stories, and novellas — just in case you’re already feeling behind on your 2025 reading goals. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended ...
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A Crime He’s Satisfied to Commit

February 17, 2025 • 54 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about what they read when the real world is difficult and recommend some Black romance authors who might be new to you. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for e...
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May Justice Prevail

February 3, 2025 • 64 mins
Jess and Trisha do a news roundup and recommend some great books with trans characters and trans authors. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Hard...
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Easter Bunny or Playboy Bunny?

January 20, 2025 • 54 mins
Jess and Trisha discuss what might be coming in 2025, including book club, trends, and romances they can’t wait to read. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up fo...
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2025: Still Astonished

January 6, 2025 • 67 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about lists and roundups that closed out 2024, as well as their favorite backlist reads of the last year. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign...
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(Still) Excited by the Shenanigans

December 23, 2024 • 55 mins
We're on break for the holiday week, so we're rerunning an episode from earlier this year in which we reflect on the 2023 books we still want to get to and the books we were most excited about coming out in 2024. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn...
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Discovering Each Other: Favorites of 2024

December 9, 2024 • 72 mins
Jess and Trisha offer a few more gifting recommendations and then talk about some of their favorite new books of 2024. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! At Tailored Book Recommendations, we’ve recommended over 150,000 books to readers of every type. And we’ve got good news— TBR makes a novel gift for the book lover on your list! ...
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2024’s Recommendation Request Show!

November 25, 2024 • 74 mins
Jess and Trisha respond to requests for recommendations for everything from romances with older couples to gentle reads to romcoms. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, m...
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Cared for in a Way Your Horse Deserves

November 11, 2024 • 59 mins
It’s Book Club week! Jess and Trisha discuss The Siren of Sussex and similar historical romance books they recommend. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Keep up to date with the world of books and reading with Today in Books, Book Riot's daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and m...
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A whole lotta drama no matter what

October 28, 2024 • 57 mins
Jess and Trisha get ready to announce dates for the next WIR Book Club and recommendations episodes and then dive into a discussion about age gap romances. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswor...
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We Call Shenanigans

October 14, 2024 • 56 mins
Jess and Trisha talk updates and seasonal reading and then offer some magical/paranormal/supernatural recs. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get...
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Could Stand Alone But Shouldn’t

September 30, 2024 • 60 mins
Jess and Trisha announce a new WIR Book Club book and then talk about the impact of book bans on romance authors and readers before offering some recs for Bisexual Awareness Week. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect ...
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Sweet and Murdery

September 16, 2024 • 59 mins
Jess and Trisha get caught up on all of the news that's been happening and all of the books they’ve been reading while they’ve been away. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! Join Book Riot's editorial staff and expert guest writers at The Deep Dive, your destination for deep thoughts on all things reading, behind-the-scenes insi...
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Guest Post: We Saw IT ENDS WITH US So You Don't Have To

August 19, 2024 • 63 mins
Jess and Trisha are off this week, so we're sharing an episode that went live on the Book Riot Podcast about the adaptation of Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni — notably not a romance novel, though as we've lamented on When in Romance, it often gets characterized as such. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify. For more industry news, sign up for our Today in Books ...
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