Emma, Tabitha, and Maura pack their trunks and enter Phantasma! What’s your greatest fear? Ours is chaotic previously self-published romantasies that get picked up by big publishers and then distributed with no thought or editing! Ophelia Grimm enters Phantasma to save her sister from her own decisions, immediately stumbles into a hot anime ghost, and struggles to not fall in love. Beware the over the top game show competitions, lengthy riddles, and multiple interrupted sexy times!

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Content warnings: explicit sexual content, blood, death, violence, and cursing.

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Emma, Tabitha, and Maura saddle up with Married to the Alien Cowboy by Ursa Dax! Cherry is a human woman running from a crime lord, and Silar is an alien convict who has agreed to participate in a mail-order bride program for his prison planet. What could go wrong? Cherry and her beloved cast iron pan are about to find out.

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Content warnings for MARRIED TO THE ALIEN COWBOY and episode: explicit sexual content and language, murder, violence

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Emma, Tabitha, and Maura talk about City of Bones by Cassandra Clare! Is this the episode where we get canceled? God, we hope not!

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Content warnings for book and and episode: attempted murder, murder, character death, child abuse, homophobia, kidnapping, memory manipulation (nonconsensual), violence, graphic content, swearing, and haterade.

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Emma, Tabitha, and Maura ring in the new year with Ali Hazelwood! SO MUCH ALI HAZELWOOD.

We all know Ali Hazelwood was busy in 2025. In today’s episode we cover the three novellas she published (First, Hot For Slayer, Bound) in what appears to be a descent into madness, but in a fun way.

EPISODE INCLUDES SPOILERS for the fate of Eleven in Stranger Things.

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Emma, Tabitha, and Maura break down the 2025 books they loved, loathed, and were just kind of...meh. Expect Ali Hazelwood, Heated Rivalry, and an unusual amount of Shrek.

Thank you to everyone who subscribed and listened to us this year! We plan to bring you a fresh batch of episodes in 2026, as well as some fun surprises! Stay tuned...

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Emma, Tabitha, and Maura get into the holiday spirit with Krampus, eggnog flavored fluids, and Christmas cloacas! Join us as we recap, "Cry for Krampus" by Aiden Pierce, "Christmas with the Monster" by Sabrina Cross, and "Kissed by the Krampus" by L Eveland.

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Content warnings for the episode and books discussed: strong language, sexual content, violence, murder, gore, dub-con, and PTSD.

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Emma, Tabitha, and Maura warp time with Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas! In our longest episode to date (because we couldn't help ourselves), we deconstruct this dark romantasy based on a chaotic blend of Greek myth and contemporary mafia books. What happens when a girl who has never been hugged befriends an invisible snake and unwittingly falls into the path of four men with more neck tattoos than emotions? We're about to find out!

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child abuse, physical violence, swearing, arranged/ forced marriage, emotional abuse, bullying, sexism, explicit sex, stalking.

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Emma, Tabitha, and Maura are at it again, recapping three spine-tingling monster romances that are sure to delight (and terrify!) you this Halloween!

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Content warnings for books and episode:

Twi-Flight by Luna Cantrip: sexual content

Moaning For the Monsters by Wendi Guff: sexual content

Soul Eater by Lily Mayne: torture, violence, homophobia, death, sexual content

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