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July 23, 2025 3 mins

Love and Lust: Our Guilty Pleasure Reads

Do you have a "guilty pleasure read"? On today's episode, host Hayley Pearson dishes on her latest obsession—a steamy, twisted murder mystery novel that she just couldn't put down. She talks about reading raunchy scenes in public and not wanting to skip over the juicy parts. Hayley and her co-hosts also ask listeners to call in and share their favorite romance novels and authors. Maybe you'll discover your next thrilling, tension-filled read.

2:35 - Hayley describes the book Verity by Colleen Hoover that she recently read on vacation and became obsessed with. She talks about the growing romantic and sexual tension between the characters.

5:20 - Hayley says the book is not just steamy but also has an engrossing murder mystery plot that kept her turning pages. She stayed up all night to finish it.

7:10 - Hayley's mom also started reading Verity and is loving the raunchy scenes. Hailey asks women listeners if they also enjoy these types of romance novels.

9:40 - The hosts invite both men and women to call in if they read and liked Verity or other spicy romance books. Callers also get a chance to win show tickets.

Do you have a guilty pleasure read that you just can't put down? Let us know in the comments! And don't forget to listen to the full episode to hear more book recommendations.

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Speaker 1 (00:10):
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Speaker 2 (00:17):
What is your guilty pleasure? Guiltier the better.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
Apart from eating like jam with a spoon out of
the jar.

Speaker 2 (00:27):
That's good. I do that.

Speaker 3 (00:28):
I have actually got a guilty pleasure that I'm kind
of just discovered as I turned forty, and I had
it last week when I'm on holidays is the only
time I read.

Speaker 4 (00:39):
And I.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Read two books last week in a week that's unheard
of for me. And one book I read in twenty
four hours that wow happens.

Speaker 4 (00:51):
I could not put it.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Down Mega mind.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
It's because I actually put this on my instance story
while I was reading it, and all these women were
commenting to me.

Speaker 4 (01:02):
The books by Colleen Hoover.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
It's called Verity, and when you say guilty pleasure, it's I.
I love it because it's twisted. It's a bit of
a murder mystery, a drama, novel, drama, but also.

Speaker 4 (01:21):
Wildly what word like saucy. There was some steamy scenes.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
It's the two characters about giving anything away. There's this
growing tension between them the whole time, and she's reading
this like manuscript about him and his wife and how
they have time together, and it's very rude. When I
finished the book, I couldn't put it down. First of all,

(01:54):
I started on the plane and I'm like, you know,
when you're reading something.

Speaker 4 (01:56):
Rude and you look around you to go, is anyone
reading what I'm reading right now?

Speaker 1 (02:00):
It's it's like I am not under the collar those
people watching watching the movies on the plane when the
sex scene comes on, skip through that.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (02:08):
I was doing that with a book.

Speaker 3 (02:09):
And then by the pool, I was reading the book
this is why we're on holidays, and Jimmy was off
doing his thing, wondering why is she so obsessed with
this book? Because I couldn't put it down. And then
I got back and I mum and Mom came over
for dinner the other night and I was like, Mum,
you've got to read this book.

Speaker 4 (02:23):
You got to read it. So she she started reading
it then called me and it's like, Hayley, this is
something I write.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Did she like it?

Speaker 4 (02:30):
And I'm like, I know, how good is it? Mom's loving?

Speaker 3 (02:34):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (02:35):
Okay, great, Yeah, you're reading adult novels. No, I don't.

Speaker 3 (02:39):
I don't really do book club with him. I read
he does, he's reading, and I do mine, and then
I just it's my little I don't know, it's really nice. Wow,
any other women out there who have read it, it's
such a good book. It's not just that, like that's

(03:00):
just the reason it's so powerful, and that is because
there's so much tension the whole time, and it's very twisted.

Speaker 4 (03:06):
So it's but it's a good book.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Did you find your self reading on because you wanted
to reach more of those chapters or because you were
really like, I care the storyline.

Speaker 4 (03:16):
I know, I care about the storyline. I needed to
know what happened. Yeah, and it was very satisfying, Haly.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
Can I put it out there though, to other women,
because when I did do the story, all these.

Speaker 4 (03:29):
Women were like, oh my god, I'm obsessed. I love this.
There's so much raunchiness in it. Are you like me
and love these romance novels?

Speaker 2 (03:39):
Yeah? Thirty one or two three?

Speaker 1 (03:41):
Are there people out there that are also reading these
novels and you've become a little.

Speaker 4 (03:45):
Bit hooked on them?

Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah, I'll take men as well.

Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yeah, I would love a man that causes He read
Verity and loved it.

Speaker 4 (03:52):
Yeah, that's great. Fifty things you can learn things from
the man's perspective as well.

Speaker 2 (03:59):
Give us a ring. Do you read spicy romance books?

Speaker 1 (04:03):
Oh and by the way, if you get on air
with this, you also get a showdown tickets. Yeah,
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