Shelf Love: Romantic Love Stories in Pop Culture Podcast
1) Alchemised: Capitalizing Fanfic
Fangirl Jeanne, fanfic elder, is back to revisit the fan fiction formerly known as “Manacled,” now traditionally published as “Alchemised” by SenLinYu. Three years after our initial discussion about M...Show More
2) Rewriting the Wallflowers: Revisionist History
Have you read Lisa Kleypas's neogothic duology: Devil in Winter and It Happened One Autumn? Tehyah Carver shares her provocative claims about Kleypas’s Wallflower series, including how St. Vincent is ...Show More
3) Morbid Curiosity Meets Romance with Dr. Coltan Scrivner
Are readers of dark romance or bodice rippers more morbidly curious than those who read sweet romcoms? Is the allure of horror and scary romance similar. Dr. Coltan Scrivner joins Shelf Love to discus...Show More
4) Dominate Your Desire
Listen...or don't.
5) Feudal Fantasy: Devil's Bride
Impale yourself on your fate: marrying the Devil can be heaven. Semilore Sobande shares her all-time favorite romance, "Devil's Bride" by Stephanie Laurens. This book has it all: Honoria Prudence Anst...Show More
6) Falling in Love with Your Monster
Morgan and Isabeau from the Whoa!mance podcast join to discuss the 2024 film “Your Monster.” We discuss how the movie explores female rage and personal discovery, drawing parallels with romance novel ...Show More
7) Beyond Ballrooms: Under-Appreciated Historical Romance Books with Alice Murphy
Alice Murphy, a historical romance author, joins to recommend and discuss under-appreciated non-Regency historical romance. The discussion touches on Alice's upcoming book, "A Showgirl's Rules for Fal...Show More
8) Jane Austen's Bookshelf with Rebecca Romney
Why do we read Jane Austen but not the authors Jane Austen read and loved? The answer is a BIT more complicated than just "sexism." Guest: Rebecca Romney, rare book dealer and author of the new book, ...Show More
9) Horror Romance and Land of the Beautiful Dead
Can horror and romance coexist? Friend and author Laura J. Mayo joins me to discuss “Land of the Beautiful Dead” by R. Lee Smith. We explore the complexities of combining horror elements (zombies, sta...Show More
10) Sampling Secrets of a Summer Night with The Historical Romance Sampler
I join The Historical Romance Sampler podcast with Katherine Grant to sample a scene from Lisa Kleypas's Secrets of a Summer Night. We discuss how historical romance has changed since the 1970s and ta...Show More