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It\u2019s February and it\u2019s winter and it\u2019s grey and dark and we\u2019re all just looking for some books that are quick, dirty and delicious. Or, at least, Sarah & Jen are. If you are, too, this is the week for you!

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Next week, we\u2019re reading the Queen of Dirty Talk! Sarah and Jen both love Tessa Bailey \u2014 so we\u2019ll be talking about our two favorites of her books, Asking for Trouble (Sarah\u2019s) and Protecting What\u2019s His (Jen\u2019s). Find them at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, or Kobo.

Show Notes

- Sarah had boozy brunch with the RITA Writer\u2019s Room\u2014Nisha Sharma, LaQuette, Adriana Herrera, Andie Christopher, Alexis Daria, and Joanna Shupe (Sierra Simone & Tracey Livesay weren't there). You should maybe check out this awesome video of them in all their slow motion glory.

- Jen didn\u2019t know what ASMR is either.

- Valentine\u2019s Day is Go Week for Sarah. Jen wrote about Galentine\u2019s Day for Kirkus. But one thing we can all agree on: Anna Karenina isn\u2019t a fucking romance. Getting hit by a train does not qualify!

- The 2 for 1 rule: in a male/female romance, she comes twice for every time he comes.

- If you\u2019re in Chicago, you can see Fated Mates Live at Spring Fling, and at KissCon, it\u2019ll be a podcast m\xe9nage special with us, the Wicked Wallflowers, and Heaving Bosoms podcast.

- What will Craven Day 2021 bring? Stay tuned.

- Sarah\u2019s friend Rachel Hawkins told Sarah to read A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane, which is a pen name for Meljean Brook, author of The Iron Duke. Is there danger banging? Yes. Is there vengeance banging? Also yes.

- Jen read and loved White Out by Adriana Anders, which is a romantic suspense novel that takes place in Antarctica. It\u2019s cold, but they still manage to danger bang.

- Speaking of Danger Banging, Jen\u2019s favorite is in the first of the Kinky Bank Robbers series by Annika Martin. It's honestly more like heat-stroke banging.

- Jen and Sarah don\u2019t think a quick and dirty read has to be InstaLust, but it does have to get right to the inciting incident.

- Sarah recommends London Hale (a pen name for authors Ellis Lee and Brighton Walsh) as a reliable quick and dirty read. Start with The DILF (if you're ok with taboo) or Talk Dirty To Me (if you'd prefer something a bit further left on the Simone Scale).

- Adopt don\u2019t shop when it comes to real pet stores.

- Breastfeed if you can and if you want to, but if you can\u2019t that\u2019s fine, too. Even if you live in Fucking Berkeley. Or the Berkeley of Brooklyn.

- Some other of our favorite quick and dirty reads that are mostly in space: Grace Goodwin\u2019s Interstellar Brides and Ruby Dixon\u2019s Ice Planet Barbarians. But if you\u2019re reading the Ice Planet Barbarians,please listen to our friend Dani\u2019s Ice Planet Pod. It\u2019s great.

- More space romances: Laurann Donner\u2019s New Species series, or Cavas, the one that appeared recently on the USA Today Bestseller list (not the New York Times, Jen misspoke) is one from the Vorge Series. Cynthia Sax has a whole cyborg series. Jen also really liked The Grabbed series by Lolita Lopez.

- What we're trying to say is that these books are the romance equivalent of The Fast and the Furious series--which is the pinnacle of Jen's favorite movie genre, "Handsome men blow things up."

- Finally, check out Brill Harper\u2019s alphamallow series. But Jen\u2019s favorite was Altogether, which is very, very hot. Yum. This Mr. Plow is not quite as hot; unless your name is Marge, of course.

- Buy buttons and stickers from Kelly and t-shirts and totes from Jordandene.