In this Episode:

• Savaged - Mia Sheridan (MF)
• Transcendence - Shay Savage (MF)
• Unloved - Kate Regnery (MF)
• Love in the Wild: A Tarzan Retelling - Emma Castle (MF)
• The Fall - Claire Kent (MF)
• Uncivilized - Sawyer Bennett (MF)
• Ice Planet Barbarians (Ice Planet Barbarians #1) - Ruby Dixon (MF)
• Choosing Theo (Clecanian #1) - Victoria Aveline (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Force of Nailture - O.P.I.
• Nomad’s Dream - O.P.I.

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In this Episode:

• Shame - Fiona Cole (MF)
• Praise (Salacious Players Club #1) - Sara Cate (MF)
• Unbound - Cara McKenna (MF)
• Preferential Treatment (Indecent Proposals #2) - Heather Guerre (MF)
• Voyeur (Voyeur Series #1) - Fiona Cole
• Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful Bastard #2) - Christina Lauren (MF)
• Asking For It - Lilah Pace (MF)
• Blackwood (Blackwood #1) - Celia Aaron (MF)
• Act Your Age - Eve Dangerfield (MF)
• Priceless - Miranda Silver (MF)
• Hotblooded - Heather Guerre (MF)
• Captivated - Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield (MF)
• Cruel Idols - Sorcha Black (MMF)
• Sabotage - Shantel Tessier (MF)
• Haunting Adeline - H.D. Carlton (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Don’t Bossa Nova Me Around - O.P.I.
• I Pull the Strings - O.P.I.

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In this Episode:

• Broken French - Natasha/Tasha Boyd (MF) (Contemporary Romance)
• Once Bitten - Heather Guerre (MF) (Paranormal Romance)
• Wrong - Stella Rhys (MF) (Contemporary Romance)

New Releases:

• Love on the Brain - Ali Hazelwood (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (August 23)
• A Dreadful Splendor - B.R. Myers (MF) (Historical Romantic Suspense) (August 23)
• Pack of Lies (Monster Hunt #1) - Charlie Adhara (MM) (Paranormal Romantic Suspense) (August 30)

Sources: 

The chapter was generated by Katy using GPT-3, a language model from OpenAI.

Interested in Katy’s research and writing? See her website or find her on twitter @katyilonka

Interested in bias in AI? Read ‘Weapons of Math Destruction’ by Cathy O’Neil or ‘Algorithms of Oppression’ by Safiya Umoja Noble

Interested in trying out the technology? Try SudoWrite, a text-generator app designed specifically for novel writers.

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In this Episode:

• Going Nowhere Fast - Kati Wilde (MF)
• On the Way to You - Kandi Steiner
• Conventionally Yours - Annabeth Albert (MM)
• Road Trip - Addison Arrowdell (MMMF)
• Road-Tripped - Nicole Archer (Ad Agency Series #1) (MF)
• A Week to be Wicked - Tessa Dare (MF)
• A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles Series #1) - Amanda Bouchet (MF)
• Follow - Tessa Bailey (MF)
• People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry (MF)
• Last Light - Claire Kent (MF)
• Something Fabulous - Alexis Hall (MM)
• Off Key - May Archer (MM)

Nail Colors:

• Get in the Espresso Lane - O.P.I.
• Alpaca my Bags - O.P.I.

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In this Episode: 

• Morning Glory Milking Farm (Cambric Creek #1) - C.M. Nascosta (MF paranormal romance)
• Every Summer After - Carley Fortune (MF contemporary romance)
• Fake Empire - C.W. Farnsworth (MF contemporary romance)

New Releases: 

• Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson (MF Romantic Suspense; Rom-Com) (August 16)
• Serve - C.W. Farnsworth (MF Contemporary Romance)

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In this Episode:

• Waking Olivia - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• Drowning Erin - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• A Deal with the Devil - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• The Devil You Know - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• No One But Us - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• Undertow - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• Parallel Series (Books $1-4) - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Never a Dulles Moment - O.P.I.
• Drama at La Scala - O.P.I. 

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In this Episode:

• Misbehaved - Charleigh Rose (MF) (Contemporary Romance)
• Long Shot (Hoops Series #1) - Kennedy Ryan (MF) (Contemporary Sports Romance)
• Hold (Hold Series #1) - Claire Kent (MF) (Sci-Fi Romance)
• All the Little Things - Rachel Leigh (MF) (Contemporary Romance)

New Releases:

• Misfit - Elle Kennedy (MF) (Young Adult Romance) (July 26)
• Husband Material - Alexis Hall (MM) (Contemporary Romance) (August 2)

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In this Episode:

• Last Light - Claire Kent (MF)
• Haven (Kindled Series #1) - Claire Kent (MF)
• Dustwalker - Tiffany Roberts (MF)
• Juniper Unraveling - Keri Lake (MF)
• Pestilence (Four Horseman Series #1) - Laura Thalassa (MF)
• War (Four Horseman Series #2) - Laura Thalassa (MF)
• Famine (Four Horseman Series #3) - Laura Thalassa (MF)
• Death (Four Horseman Series #4) - Laura Thalassa (MF)
• Homebound - Lydia Hope (MF)
• Lawless (Steel Dragons MC Series #1) - Crystal Ash (MMMMF)
• After the Plague Series - Imogen Keeper (MF)
• Moonshine - Kat Bostick (MF)
• Afterglow - Marie Monroe (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Pompeii Purple - O.P.I.
• The Future is You - O.P.I. 

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In this Episode:

• Black Swan Affair - K.L. Kreig (MF) (Contemporary Romance)
• Faking with Benefits - Lily Gold (MMMF) (Contemporary Reverse Harem)

New Releases:

• For You & No One Else (Say Everything Series #3) - Roni Loren (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (July 5)
• Love Lessons - Sarina Bowen (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (July 12)
• Reverse - Kate Stewart (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (July 19)

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In this Episode:

• Archer’s Voice - Mia Sheridan (MF)
• Keepsake (True North Series, Book #3) - Sarina Bowen (MF)
• The Game Plan (Game On Series, Book #3) - Kristen Callihan (MF)
• Always Only You (Bergman Brothers Series, Book #2) - Chloe Liese (MF) (own voices - autism)
• Reaper (Boston Underworld Series, Book #2) - A. Zavarelli (MF)
• Angry God (All Saints High, Book #3) - L.J. Shen (MF)
• The Highwayman (Victorian Rebels Series, Book #1) - Kerrigan Byrne (MF)
• The Fae King’s Curse (Between Dawn and Dusk, Book #1) - Jamie Schlosser (MF)
• The Tyrant Alpha’s Rejected Mate (Five Packs, Book #1) - Cate C. Wells (MF)
• Twice Shy - Sarah Hogle (MF)
• Sacked - Jen Frederick (Gridiron Series, Book #1) (MF) (Sports Romance)
• Pestilence (Four Horseman, Book #1) - Laura Thalassa (MF) 
• Lotus - Jennifer Hartmann (MF) 
• Outlander - Diana Gabaldon (MF) 
• Gone Too Deep (Search and Rescue Series, Book #3) - Katie Ruggle (MF) 
• Nerdgasm (Naughty Nerds Series) - Kimberly Reese (MF) 

• https://medium.com/the-establishment/a-quick-and-dirty-history-of-virginity-9ceb24b7e08a

Nail Colors:

• My Very First Knockwurst - O.P.I.
• Yank My Doodle - O.P.I. 

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In this Episode:

• Gild Series - Raven Kennedy (MF) (King Midas)
• A Spindle Splintered - Alix E. Harrow (fantasy novella) (Sleeping Beauty)
• Brine and Bone - Kate Stradling (MF) (Little Mermaid) 
• The Mermaid’s Knight - Jill Myles (MF) (Little Mermaid)  
• Never After Series - Emily McIntire (MF) (Hooked - Peter Pan, Scarred - Lion King, Wrecked - Wizard of Oz)
• The North Wind - Alexandria Warwick (MF) (Beauty and the Beast/Hades and Persephone) 
• The Faceless Woman - Emma Hamm (MF) (Swan Princess) 
• Wicked Ugly Bad - Cassandra Gannon (MF) (Cinderella)
• Gilded Mess - Colette Rhodes (MFMM) (Goldilocks)
• To Bleed a Crystal Bloom - Sarah A. Parker (MF) (Rapunzel)
• Wicked Villains Series - Katee Roberts (MF, MFM) (various Disney retellings)
• Stealing Cinderella - A Zavarelli (MF) (Cinderella) 

Nail Colors:

• Gift of Gold Never Gets Old - O.P.I.
• Gingerbread Man Can - O.P.I. 

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In this Episode:

• A Forbidden Rumspringa (Gay Amish Romance Series) - Keira Andrews (MM) (Comtemporary Romance)
• Suddenly Forbidden (Gray Springs University Series) - Ella Fields (MF) (New Adult Contemporary Romance)

New Releases:

• A Thousand Miles - Bridget Morrissey (MF) (Contemporary Romance (June 21)
• Maggie Moves On - Lucy Score (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (June 22) 
• The Devil You Know - Elizabeth O’Rourk (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (June 23) 
• Glow - Raven Kennedy (MF) (Fantasy Romance) (June 28) 
• Tragic Bonds (The Bonds that Tie Series) - J. Bree (MF) (Fantasy Reverse Harem Romance) (June 28)

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In this Episode:

• Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren (MF)
• Beach Read - Emily Henry (MF)
• Meet Me in Paradise - Libby Hubscher (MF)
• Beyond the Sea - Keira Andrews (MM)
• Rebel Heir (the Rush duet) - Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward (MF)
• Summer of Broken Rules - K.L. Walther (MF)
• The Romantic Agenda - Claire Kann (MF)
• Hooking Up - Helena Hunting (MF) 
• The Roughest Draft - Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (MF)
• Shipped - Angie Hockman (MF)
• Devil in the Deep Blue Sea, Undertow, and No One But Us - Elizabeth O’Roark

Nail Colors

• Endless Sun-ner - O.P.I.
• Sun, Sea and Sand in My Pants - O.P.I. 

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In this Episode:

• Broken by the Horde King - Zoey Draven (MF alien romance)
• King of Battle and Blood - Scarlett St. Clair (MF fantasy romance)
• Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex - Mary Roach

New Releases:

• Flip the Script - Lyla Lee (FF) (YA K-Drama) (May 31)
• My Mechanical Romance - Alexene Farol Follmuth (MF) (YA Contemporary) (May 31)
• My Killer Vacation - Tessa Bailey (MF) (romantic suspense) (June 6)
• Stuck with You - Ali Hazelwood (MF) (novella) (June 7)
• Katee Roberts - Wicked Beauty (MF) (fantasy romance) (June 7)

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In this Episode:

• The Deal - Elle Kennedy (MF)
• Him - Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy (MM)
• Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid (MM)
• A Favor for a Favor - Helena Hunting (MF)
• Pucked Over - Helena Hunting (MF)
• Always Only You - Chloe Liese (MF)
• Heartless Player - R.C. Stephens (MF)
• The Captain - Josie Blake (MF)
• The First Score - Lyssa Lemire (MF)
• The Year We Fell Down - Sarina Bowen (MF)

Nail Colors

• Russian Navy - O.P.I.
• Naughty or Ice - O.P.I.

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In this Episode:

• Book Lovers - Emily Henry (MF contemporary romance)
• The Worst Guy - Kate Canterbary (MF contemporary romance)
• Blame it on the Vodka - Fiona Cole (MF contemporary romance)
• Fool Me Once - Ashley Winstead (MF contemporary romance)
• Something Fabulous - Alexis Hall (MM historical romance)

New Releases:

• Something Wilder - Christina Lauren (May 17) (MF contemporary romance)
• The Emma Project - Sonali Dev (May 17) (MF contemporary romance)
• See You Yesterday - Rachel Lynn Solomon (May 17) (MF YA romance)
• It’s a Widow Thing - Karen Booth (May 23) (MF contemporary romance)
• A Lady for a Duke - Alexis Hall (May 24) (MF queer historical romance)

Sources:

• https://citywonders.com/blog/France/Paris/paris-love-lock-bridge-story
• https://www.thetravel.com/history-of-love-lock-bridges-where-to-find-them/ 

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In this Episode: 

• The Parallel Series (Parallel, Intersect) - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• The Across Time Series (Across Time, Across Eternity) - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• What the Wind Knows - Amy Harmon (MF)
• A Stitch in Time - Kelley Armstrong (MF)
• The Surviving Trace - Calia Read (MF) 
• One Last Stop - Casey McQuisten (FF) 
• Beautiful Wreck - Larissa Brown (MF)
• Devils’ Day Party - C.M. Stunich (MMMF) 

Nail Colors: 

• Kronalogical Order - O.P.I.
• My Solar Clock Is Ticking - O.P.I.

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In this Episode: 

• House of Earth and Blood - Sarah J. Maas (MF fantasy romance)
• Hook, Line and Sinker - Tessa Bailey (MF romance)
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - V.E. Schwab (MF fantasy)

New Releases: 

• Book Lovers - Emily Henry (May 3) (MF romance)
• Book of Night - Holly Black (May 3) (adult fantasy)
• Never Been Kissed - Timothy Janovsky (May 3) (MM YA)
• Every Summer After - Carley Fortune (May 10) (MF women’s fiction/romance)
• Everything for You - Chloe Liese (May 10) (MM sports)

Sources:

• https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/02/15/brief-history-romance-novel-recommendations
• https://bookriot.com/clinch-covers-on-romance-novels/
• https://jezebel.com/the-steamy-throbbing-history-of-romance-novel-covers-1832430711 

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In this Episode: 

• The Happy Ever After Playlist - Abby Jimenez (MF)
• Idol - Kristen Callihan (MF)
• Managed - Kristen Callihan (MF)
• Vespertine - Leta Blake and Indra Vaughn (MM)
• Lilac - B.B. Reid (MMMF)
• Lead - Kylie Scott (MF)
• The Words - Ashley Jade (MF)
• Devil in the Deep Blue Sea - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• Fallen Angel Trilogy - Brooke Blaine and Ella Frank (MM)
• Blame it on the Tequila - Fiona Cole (MF)

Nail Colors: 

• Metallic Composition - O.P.I.
• This Color Hits All the High Notes - O.P.I.

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In this Episode: 

• The Hating Game - Sally Thorne 
• The Romantic Agenda - Claire Kann
• Hot Blooded, Star Crossed, and Demon Lover - Heather Guerre
• Come Back to Me - Mila Gray
• Part of Your World - Abby Jimenez
• Blame it on the Vodka - Fiona Cole
• Riley Thorn and the Blast from the Past - Lucy Score
• Pilot’s Lounge podcast 
• Romance Is a Bonus Book (Netflix) 

Chelsea’s Nails: Flamethrower Red - Dashing Diva

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In this Episode (all by Tessa Bailey): 

• Major’s Welcome Home (MF)
• It Happened One Summer (MF)
• Runaway Girl (MF)
• Heat Stroke (Beach Kingdom series) (MM)
• Follow (MF)
• Window Shopping (MF)
• Fix Her Up (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Taupe-less Beach - O.P.I. 
• Tempera-ture Is Rising - O.P.I. 

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   Media Notes:

• People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry
• Hot Blooded - Heather Guerre (vampire romance)
• Heart Song - Heather Guerre (alien romance)
• The Light We Lost - Jill Santopolo
• The No-Show - Beth O’Leary
• The Flatmate - Beth O’Leary
• Principles of Pleasure (Netflix)
• Sickboy Podcast
• Sickboy - What the Hellth Marathon 

   Links:

• NY PosMy secret pandemic romance was a real-life rom-com

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Episode Books:

• The Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby (MF)
• Darkly, Madly Duet by Trisha Wolfe (MF)
• Psycho by Onley James (MM)
• Sinner Duet by Sophie Lark (MF)
• Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano (MF)

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