S07:10 Comfort Reads and Finding Solace in Romance

Like many people, we don't have much to say this week, and whatever we might have said probably wouldn't have been very eloquent, so we've decided to talk about something we know about: Comfort reading and the way romance provides us solace, peace and hope.

This week's books are our old reliables--books that we turn to again and again for a reminder that love triumphs, hope sings and romance is resolute. We're so happy you're here; we are, too, for as long as you'll have us.

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Our next read along is Judith Ivory's The Proposition, a terrific Pygmalion retelling and one of Sarah's favorites. Find it at your local independent bookseller, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or Amazon.

The Books

• The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
• Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole
• A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane
• Butcher & Blackbird by Brynn Weaver
• A Proposal They Can’t Refuse by Natalie Cana
• Scoring Off the Field by Naima Simone
• On the Hustle by Adriana Herrera
• Run Posy Run by Cate C. Wells
• Chain Lightning by Elizabeth Lowell
• Secret Santa & All He Wants for Christmas by Kati Wilde
• The Proposition by Judith Ivory
• Tycoon by Joanna Shupe

The Notes

• We’ve talked about “Break in Case of Emergency” reads on an episode back from 2022, and comfort reads with Dani Lacey back in 2020.
• Kaitlyn Greenidge sent out a substack with