Lit Wallflowers Podcast

“Bombshell” by Sarah MacLean! What a great first book of her new series, Hell’s Belles!
Caleb Calhoun finds Sesily Talbot hours after stepping onto dry land from Boston. What he did not expect and witness from the ballroom to the garden was a devious yet just plan. What he did not foresee was their first kiss after two years of meeting.
We find out that Sesily was a part of a girl gang we would love to be in. She also frequents “The Place” with other badass ladies. We know Sesily had wit and wiles, however the tavern showed us how dangerous she could be with daggers.
Caleb who’s secrets kept him from being with Sesily from day one cannot help but join her fights, find her in the middle of missions, or hunt her down to protect her. Even after opening up to each other, he protected those he loved by making things right, by doing it alone.
Love is not a one-way street. A part of love is give-and-take. If we are willing to give our all to others, do not think they will not do the same for us. So, why not take help when it is offered. When the help is coming from a member of Hell’s Belles, take it because plans will work, a support system will be present, and an explosion would most likely happen. Join us as we discuss Bombshell Sesily and not-so Bostonian Caleb finally loving out loud!
DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONS –
Friend of the Pod @kissandletmetellyou
Bookish goods @romance_novel_merch
“OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW”– 1:21
Featuring –
Sarah MacLean
Bombshell
Hell’s Belles series
www.sarahmaclean.net
www.facebook.com/sarahmaclean
www.instagram.com/sarahmaclean
www.twitter.com/sarahmaclean
Romance Gear partnership with Jordandene
www.jordandene.com/collections/romance-sarah-maclean
Jordandene Merch
www.jordandene.com
“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 41:59
The Macallan 18 Years Old Double Cask
Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
www.themacallan.com
www.facebook.com/themacallan
www.instagram.com/the_macallan
www.twitter.com/the_macallan
Would You Rather: Sarah MacLean edition and Wendy’s heroes edition
Next –Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore with Friend of the Pod @biologistreadsromance
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This week, Wendy and Toni are reviewing “When Beauty Tamed the Beast” and “Winning the Wallflower” by Eloisa James!
We enjoy a Beauty and the Beast retelling, and it was great to have a surly doctor inspired by the TV series “House” for a beast! Linnet left the London life for the sea pool of Wales and for her betrothed, Piers, whose father claims he can’t sire children, so her compromised status was welcomed. The doctor could tell there was no ruination and had no desire to marry, but he finds himself in her bedroom in the mornings so they can go swimming. Their morning swimming lessons helped to bring the two heroes together because Linnet was one of the few who wasn’t cowed by Piers’s sarcastic humor and genius. When an illness spread the area, the only way to get Linnet to leave were hurtful word regarding her only externally beautiful. When he found her fallen ill and scaly, he had to find the right words indicating her beauty is beyond skin deep. In his own sarcastic fashion and his medical prescribed medicine, Pier found a way to show Linnet’s beastly complexion wasn’t internal and she will heal in time. Linnet received some sort of help from others to get through her illness and trauma, but she had to find the beauty within her boiled-lobster-self to feel truly her again. Join the ladies as they discuss how to find beauty when we’re beastly!
Drawing Room Discussions –
Fated Mates Podcast featuring Kate Clayborn about retellings (https://fatedmates.net/episodes/tag/romance+retellings)
Taylor Swift “Love Story”
“Love Lettering” and “Love at First” by Clayborn (www.kateclayborn.com)
“Once Upon a Time” TV show
"Official, unofficial book review” / Listicle – 12:43
Featuring –
When Beauty Tamed the Beast
Winning the Wallflower novella
Fairy Tales series
www.eloisajames.com
www.amazon.com/Eloisa-James/e/B001H6U948/
www.bookbub.com/authors/eloisa-james
www.facebook.com/eloisajames
www.goodreads.com/eloisajames
www.instagram.com/eloisajamesbooks
"Pot-tail Pondering" – 38:32
Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey
www.properwhiskey.com
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www.twitter.com/ProperWhiskey
www.youtube.com/properwhiskey
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Next Up – “The Duke is Mine”

Happy 30-ish years to Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas who gave us a pistol wielding author, Sara Rose Fielding, and a spectacles stealing extraordinaire, not for his green eyes, Derek Craven!
Surprisingly, this is the first time we’re reviewing this novel as a duo and we can never get enough! We love the push and pull between Sara and Derek. She did the one thing that he wants the most, to make him feel safe, which got her into his tight inner circle where surliness equals love.
We discuss the controversial scene with Tabitha and we got some good points! Toni loves telling everyone about the Fated Mates episode when author Sarah MacLean asks Lisa Kleypas about thee scene (time stamp 42:20). https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2019/9/24/s021-lisa-kleypas-does-spectacles-better-than-f-scott-fitzgerald-dreaming-of-you
However, we do love knowing everyone’s take on thee scene so please message us! #derekcravenwouldnever beg unless Sara’s involved 😉
Join us as we discuss a timeless novel that could have a wider fan base if faerie ears were present!!
DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONS
Welcome to Season 6
Milia pimple popping suggestions?
WSL Pipe Pro 2024 on our North Shore at Banzai Pipeline
Who wants to teach Toni to surf?
Happy Derek Craven Day (Feb 4th)
“OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 9:55
Lisa Kleypas
Dreaming of You
The Gamblers of Craven’s
www.lisakelypas.com
www.facebook.com/lisakleypas
www.instagram.com/lisakleypas
Early 90s are back and DOY is still a timeless read
Maison Margiela Artisanal Collection 2024 Fashion show with glass make-up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgMJq67ZOwE
IG Pat Macgrath Glass Skin Tutorial
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2ucVdsAiXy/
“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 41:39
Casino cocktail
https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2332/casino
Pairs with earthy green tea
Recommend Through the Glen by Samantha Young if you love:
Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas &
Vocabulary foreplay from Fifty Shades trilogy by EL James
https://authorsamanthayoung.com/books/through-the-glen/
Am I the Asshole?? – 50:25
Future MIL ruins wedding plans
You’re reaction? MIL gives intimacy article to conceive
Nuh-uh bro... stop asking that question
NEXT- Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas
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Elizabeth Boyle is our New-to-Us November author and we are starting from the beginning with her debut book “Brazen Angel!”
The Brazen Angel loved masquerade balls! The balls allowed her to enchant wealthy aristocrats and rob them. When one or two of those “gentlemen” have a friend like Giles, Marquess of Trahern, who was bored and had special skills, he too was at the balls trying to catch her in the act.
Who Giles really needed to catch or stop from running away was his future wife that his father chose for him. However, Lady Sophia was hard to catch, she kept duping each family member into thinking she was with one relation, but was off doing something else.
Lady Sophia had other plans before a quick marriage. Giles didn’t have time at the moment to find his betrothed because he had an important mission in France. He went to track down the Brazen Angel who was connected to the death of his friend and colleague, a woman with familiar eyes!
Join us as we discuss an adventure, family-oriented, secret identity historical romance with our fellow bookstagrammer @bookishlyruby!
This episode is brought to you by Kensington’s newest title from Mary Jo Putney. “Once a Laird” is available wherever books are sold. Find out more at Kensingtonbooks.com
DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONS –
Guest @bookishlyruby
Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal
“OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 11:03
Elizabeth Boyle
Brazen Angel
Brazen series, book one
www.elizabethboyle.com/
www.goodreads.com/author/show/19842.Elizabeth_Boyle
www.facebook.com/AuthorElizabethBoyle
www.instagram.com/elizboyle/
“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 29:39
Fid Street Hawaii Gin
www.fidstreetgin.com/
www.facebook.com/FIDStreetGin/
www.instagram.com/fidstreetgin/
Who’d You Rather
Next – “Brazen Heiress” by Elizabeth Boyle with @kissandletmetellyou
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It is New-to-Us November! We are kicking off this month with a historical fiction, “The Last Season” by new-to-us authors Jenny Judson and Danielle Mahfood!
Miss Cassandra Drayton, daughter to a viscount, saw the new stable boy, Crispin St. John, from her window while having her lessons from her governess. They soon start a friendship in secret and he gave her forbidden lessons in horseback riding. Unfortunately, one lesson ended with her injured and him kicked off the estate.
The governess, his relation, gave him money for a one way ticket to find work. Only in his teens, Crispin set out for India with the hope that one day he will get his father out of debtor’s jail.
Cassie did recover from her injuries and continued to live the good life as a daughter to a viscount who had a talent for investing. However, life got more interesting when she found a letter to her governess from Crispin.
How great is it when someone we cared about in our past comes back into our life. Cassie and Crispin may still be in different social classes and they kept their friendship known only to their best friends, however even their BFs saw their connection. They may not have been betrothed to each other at first, but the actions of others turned into their favor. Join us with authors Jenny Judson and Danielle Mahfood as we discuss Cassie and Crispin’s saga!
**Content Warning**
Attempted suicide, pedophilia, investment schemes, MCs extended time apart
DRAWING ROOM DISCUSSIONS –
An engagement!
Vision boards work
“OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL BOOK REVIEW” – 7:54
Jenny Judson & Danielle Mahfood
The Last Season
www.daniandjenny.com
www.instagram.com/daniandjenny.authors/
“POT-TAIL PONDERING” – 25:01
Interview with authors Danielle & Jenny
Who’d You Rather
Next – Island Queen by Vanessa Riley with a live IG chat on November 12, 2021 at 5:00pmEST
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