A F*cking Smoke Monster with Dani Lacey

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10/21/21 • 104 min

We're joined by Dani Lacey to recap Soul Eater by Lily Mayne! We discuss what it’s been like watching the Ice Planet TikTok craze when Dani hosts the Ice Planet podcast. Jenny throws a full blown tantrum because Melody keeps getting to recap the books with cock pockets. We celebrate this charming, romantic, delicious, sexy AF triumph of a bonkers book that features a smoke monster and the sweetest human guy ever written.

“This is maybe the hottest book I’ve read in a minute...” -Melody

Aftercare Links:

Dani: True Crime Obsessed podcast (Grizzly Man episode)
Melody: Bachelor podcasts like The Rosecast, Will You Accept This Rose?, Game of Roses, and Love to See It
Jenny: The Forbidden Man by Karina Halle

Don’t miss Dani’s fantastic podcasts: Black Chick Lit and Ice Planet Podcast

For links to the books mentioned, check the show notes on our website!

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Bonkers Romance Book Club! There's a survey going out to our members this week that'll give us some feedback on the kinds of books you'd like to be getting, but in the meantime, we've got exciting choices!

Through the end of October, you have access to two Karina Halle books that Jenny personally selected as favorites of hers.
In November, we'll be featuring advanced copies of King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair--which is a dark, sexy fantasy. It's like if Alina chose the Darkling...but deliciously filthy.
To get you in the holiday spirit, we'll also have advanced copies of Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday in November, which is a royal delight.

Right now, through November 1, you have access to advanced copies of The Lady Gets Lucky by Joanna Shupe! We love Joanna's sexy, Gilded Age historicals and this one is pure catnip. Sex lessons! A reformed rake who falls for his excellent pupil. If you're not part of book club, you can preorder it now and it'll be out next week--or you can join now and get it early! Also keep a look out in the Temple for a bonus episode with Joanna!

Join the Temple of Defiant Joy on our website to get all of these books included with your membership!

Mentioned in this episode:

Pirates are waiting for you!

Six brand new bonkers pirate books you can read THIS MONTH from Katee Robert, CM Nascosta, Naima Simone, Andie J. Christopher, Jenny Nordbak, and Nina Saxena! Plus, foiled special editions with sprayed edges, gorgeous art, and so much more! Don't miss it!

Dangerous Tides!

August Book Club in the Temple!

Temple members at the Joy Bringer and Celebrant tiers can look forward to a bundle of the...

“This is maybe the hottest book I’ve read in a minute...” -Melody

Aftercare Links:

Dani: True Crime Obsessed podcast (Grizzly Man episode)
Melody: Bachelor podcasts like The Rosecast, Will You Accept This Rose?, Game of Roses, and Love to See It
Jenny: The Forbidden Man by Karina Halle

Don’t miss Dani’s fantastic podcasts: Black Chick Lit and Ice Planet Podcast

For links to the books mentioned, check the show notes on our website!

Support for this episode provided by:

Through the end of October, you have access to two Karina Halle books that Jenny personally selected as favorites of hers.
In November, we'll be featuring advanced copies of King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett St. Clair--which is a dark, sexy fantasy. It's like if Alina chose the Darkling...but deliciously filthy.
To get you in the holiday spirit, we'll also have advanced copies of Duke, Actually by Jenny Holiday in November, which is a royal delight.

Join the Temple of Defiant Joy on our website to get all of these books included with your membership!

Mentioned in this episode:

Pirates are waiting for you!

Dangerous Tides!

August Book Club in the Temple!

Temple members at the Joy Bringer and Celebrant tiers can look forward to a bundle of the...

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Sex for Protection with Abby Jimenez

We're joined by Abby Jimenez to recap Hold by Claire Kent! Hold is set on a prison planet and opens with the lines: Find the strongest man there. Give yourself to him in return for protection. It's the only way you'll ever survive.

This was Abby’s first bonkers book, so we discuss how this has opened up her reading world and the marvelous rabbit hole it’s taken her down. We discuss the moments in the book where it’s clear the author has made a ballsy choice (and she nails it!), why it can be more fun when the stakes are higher, and how a book set in a hellish prison planet can be so mindblowingly sexy!

Aftercare Links:

Don’t miss Abby’s most recent release, Life’s too Short or you can preorder Part of Your World now!

For links to the books we discussed, check out the show notes on our website!

Mentioned in this episode:

Pirates are waiting for you!

Dangerous Tides!

August Book Club in the Temple!

Temple members at the Joy Bringer and Celebrant tiers can look forward to a bundle of the first three books in Kit Rocha's BEYOND series as well as CAUGHT A VIBE by Eva Moore! We. Are. SO STOKED!!!

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Party Kraken with Katee Robert

We're joined by Katee Robert to recap Stalked by the Kraken by Lillian Lark! We talk about why this book is the perfect soft introduction to tentacles because it gives you a taste of the possibilities without being anything extreme. We also chat about kraken stereotypes, why we’re all pervs who want certain things to happen when tentacles are at play, and what on earth Katee Robert considers bonkers—given that she’s spent the last few years teaching most of us that we’re into things we thought were hard limits.

For the full episode, check out The Temple of Defiant Joy, our members site that gets you exclusive content, bonus episodes, free books, custom artwork and more! Going forward, the last episode of every month will only be available in full to Temple members, but everyone will still have free access to the rest of our episodes.

Have you checked out Katee’s Kickstarter campaign for her Wicked Villains series yet? The artwork is STUNNING and we can’t wait to have it all in our hands!

You should also check out Katee’s Patreon because she’s got all the good stuff over there!

For links to all the books we mentioned, see the show notes on our website!

Mentioned in this episode:

Pirates are waiting for you!

Dangerous Tides!