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  • Hi Smooches! We’ve been truant, and we’re sorry, OK?! Life is just like really really hard. But we have so many books to talk about, including my new MMF short story, And They Were Roommates, and all the very informative and depressing books Meg is reading in her therapy studies. Meg kept getting kicked out of the Zoom meeting, and I kept in every time it happened because it was pretty funny. But that only goes on for the first maybe 10 minutes of the episode so don’t worry about it from an audio perspective, it’s not the whole episode. We’ve got lots and lots of news, including our plans for the summer, so let’s get into it!

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    Books Liz mentioned
    And They Were Roommates by Elle Diaz
    So Hectic by Eve Dangerfield
    All Systems Red by Martha Wells
    The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
    Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
    A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
    Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver
    Motel Spooky Nine by Julie-Anne Munoz
    Light from the Dark by R Sullins
    Space for More by Emily Antoinette
    Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley
    What Kind of Fool by J.L. Minyard
    Author E.A. Fortneaux
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    Books Meg mentioned
    What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
    Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
    Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta
    Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta
    Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
    We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health
    That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

  • Hi Smooches! On this episode, we recap a gorgeous YA sapphic romance told partially through poetry, Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari. It’s about two friends who have passed notebooks back and forth for their entire friendship, writing poems to each other, and how everything changes when they acknowledge their deeper feelings. Spoilers ahead.

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    MMF short story coming in May: https://a.co/d/aUHQx3C

    Copy editing and tarot brainstorming services: Editorial Services – Elle Diaz Romance

    Stuff we mentioned

    The audiobook for Just Another Epic Love Poem does have two narrators.

    Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban

    The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

    The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer

    Hold Still by Nina Lacour

    I Was a Teenage Exocolonist video game

    Rooney

    Phantom Planet

    The Idea of You movie

    A very funny video about Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion https://youtu.be/M3HSoQ8TYt0?si=fFq-pWXsssRws_jx

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  • What makes monsters so erotic? On today’s episode, we talk to writer and researcher Ella Gallego about her Monstrous Desire study. We talk about the increasingly vocalized attraction many of us feel for monsters, our first monster crushes, and how Stephenie Meyer just loves a cuckolding fantasy.

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    Monstrous Desire Study podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-monstrous-desire-study-podcast/id1707753667

    Study website, where you can sign up for the newsletter and watch for the next round of the study: https://monstrousdesirestudy.com

    Where to find Ella on other platforms: https://monstrousdesirestudy.com/contact/

    Monster Culture: Seven Theses can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsq4d

    ContraPoints video on Twilight: https://youtu.be/bqloPw5wp48?si=mYvHvjuw-iPzJE1p

  • Smooches, get your headphones and your wallets. This episode is about to load up your TBR with heroines who are not to be messed with. We’re talking about heroines who serve the most see-you-next-Tuesday with Courtney Clark Michaels and Eve Dangerfield.

    Liz is offering copy editing services and tarot brainstorming sessions for romance authors! Go to ellediazromance.com to learn more.

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    Find Courtney everywhere here: https://linktr.ee/courtneyclarkmichaels

    Find Eve everywhere here: https://www.evedangerfield.com/links

    One of many tweets about Eugene from the Try Guys: https://x.com/asiagobagei/status/1577131494530686978?s=46&t=JeSFURSpvI995pnXQScrDA

    Captivated by Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield

    The Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana Quincy

    Perv by Dakota Gray

    Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher

    Priest by Sierra Simone

    The Siren by Tiffany Reisz

    After Hours by Cara McKenna

    Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

    Broderick by Katee Robert

    Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

    Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola

    A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai

    The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco by Talia Hibbert

    Open Hearts by Eve Dangerfield

  • Hi Smooches! On this episode, we're recapping I'm Engaged to Mothman, the second book in Paige Lavoie's Mothman in Love series. We previously recapped the first book with our friend and Mothman groupie Molly, so go listen to that episode if you haven't already.

    Some future episode announcements. Sometime in April, we're going to recap Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhhari. That book is out today when this episode drops, so you can go get it right now! And over on Fable, we're going to read Never Cross a Highlander by Lisa Rayne, so you can read along with us ahead of that recap.

    And self promo to any authors listening that I, Liz, am offering copy editing and tarot-based brainstorming services. You can find out more at ellediazromance.com. Now, on
    to Mothman shenanigans. Spoilers ahead.

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  • Hi Smooches! On this episode, we’re chatting with boundary coach Kami Orange, author of the new book Say the Thing: Boundary-Setting Scripts and Phrases to Communicate Directly and Speak Up with Kindness. Meg and I have both separately followed Kami’s work and when we reached out to her for an interview were delighted to find out she’s a romance reader! So we talked a lot about how reading romance is fantastic for exploring boundary setting. We hope you have fun listening to this conversation, because we had a lot of fun having it.

    Find Kami on TikTok at: https://www.tiktok.com/@kami_orange?_t=8kDrEfGaVf0&_r=1

    Find links to Kami’s book and boundary flashcards here: https://kamiorangeinfo.com

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    Books we mentioned:

    Say the Thing by Kami Orange

    A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon

    Come Together by Emily Nagoski

    Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

    Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

    I Married a Lizardman by Regine Abel

    Her Alien Priest by Michele Mills

    Stalked by the Kraken by Lillian Lark

    The Book Leo video on Tentacle Entanglement by Siggy Shade https://youtu.be/W03iZEfFkE4?si=dyg9Xqg0yqempNUl

  • Hi Smooches! We’re talking about sooo many books today with Anne, also known as andrearaereads on TikTok. She is such a wealth of knowledge about incredible books across multiple genres, and she’s writing a vampire romance that sounds scrumptious. We talk about what Lizzie Bennet was really doing on those long walks, which monsters we most love, and so much more. Follow Anne on TikTok @andrearaereads: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrearaereads?_t=8jpw5XS3RCI&_r=1Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=enPreorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZCBooks we mentioned

    Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

    The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

    Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

    Still Life With Bones by Alexa Hagerty

    Girls Weekend by CM Nascosta (Parties, mentioned in the episode, is actually the sequel)

    Morning Glory Milking Farm by CM Nascosta

    Sing Me to Sleep by RM Virtues

    Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis

    Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis

    Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

    Prison Planet Barbarian by Ruby Dixon

    All That’s Left to You by Ghassan Kanafani

    The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

    Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

    The Palestine Laboratory by Antony Lowenstein

    The Sins of Lord Lockwood by Meredith Duran

    Yona of the Dawn

    The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite

    Wed to the Alien War Lord by January Bell

  • Hi Smooches! Today we have a really fun, dishy episode with debut author Tanvier Peart. We’re playing Would You Rather? in honor of her second-chance forced proximity romance, The Seven Month Itch. It’s about a couple that’s been separated and runs into each other at a singles retreat. Other unexpected guests turn up, and shenanigans ensue.

    Stuff we mentioned
    “The Seven Month Itch” by Tanvier Peart https://tanvierpeart.com/books-3/

    Tanvier on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanvierwrites?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    Tanvier on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tanvierwrites?_t=8jTPWncilrv&_r=1

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  • Happy New Year, Smooches! Today, we’re talking All Things Austen with author Melodie Edwards, who has written a beautiful contemporary reimagining of Persuasion. It’s got Stars Hollow vibes with its setting of Niagara-on-the-Lake and riotous cast of characters, a hyper-competent Anne, and a swoon worthy Wentworth. You can preorder the book, which comes out in February, and you will absolutely want to after listening to this episode.

    Stuff we mentioned
    Melodie Edwards on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melodiewritesedwards?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

    “Once Persuaded, Twice Shy” by Melodie Edwards buy links: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704141/once-persuaded-twice-shy-by-melodie-edwards/9780593440797/

    “The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen”: https://a.co/d/53Fbxtm

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  • Hi Smooches! On today’s episode, which we recorded way back in September, we talked with author Annie Rains about her wonderful book Through the Snow Globe. It’s women’s fiction (because the hero is in a coma for most of it) described as It’s a Wonderful Life meets Groundhog Day. So we discussed our top three most rewatchable holiday movies. Enjoy!

    Stuff we mentioned

    How many days was the time loop in Groundhog Day? https://mashable.com/article/how-long-phil-connors-stuck-in-groundhog-day-time-loop

    Annie Rains on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annierainsbooks?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==

    Through the Snow Globe by Annie Rains https://bookshop.org/p/books/through-the-snow-globe-annie-rains/19241268

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    “How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz
    Bookshop.org (support your local indie!) https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-that-makes-you-feel-elle-diaz/20373092?ean=9781088250686
    Amazon https://amzn.to/3PVc5UQ
    Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143897420?ean=9781088250686
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/how-that-makes-you-feel

  • Hi Smooches! This year’s holiday gift guide isn’t going to be business as usual. We’re discussing ways to spend less money and consume more ethically this holiday season if you choose to give gifts. We talk about how even if there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism, it’s our responsibility to do as little harm as possible in a society that makes doing no harm impossible. Along with ideas for where and how to shop, we recommend books we loved this year for people on your list. And it doesn’t cost a dime to speak up for the people of Palestine.

    Stuff we mentioned
    Elfster for gift exchanges
    Bookshop.org
    Libro.fm
    Poshmark

    Romance novels
    Romance to give new romance readers: Birds of California by Katie Cotugno or Main Character Energy by Jamie Varon

    Romance for people who like em thicc: Reel by Kennedy Ryan and Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

    Sci fi/fantasy: The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer and The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

    For the young’ns: Belladonna and Foxglove by Adalyn Grace

    Amor Actually anthology

    I’m In Love With Mothman by Paige Lavoie for anyone on your list

    Other books
    Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
    Slewfoot by Brom
    The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
    The Free People’s Village by Sim Kern

    Video games
    Stardew Valley — It’s on mobile, too, so no need to buy a console!

    Crafts and hobbies
    Unused Sticker Club Book: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1528972584/
    Cozy Witch Tarot Deck: https://bookshop.org/p/books/cozy-witch-tarot-deck-and-guidebook-amanda-lovelace/18257734

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    “How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz
    Bookshop.org (support your local indie!) https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-that-makes-you-feel-elle-diaz/20373092?ean=9781088250686
    Amazon https://amzn.to/3PVc5UQ
    Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143897420?ean=9781088250686

  • Hi Smooches! On this episode, we're recapping some recent reads: a sci-fi/dystopian romance; a paranormal romance; a lit fic title that's actually a romance; and a sports romance by one of our besties. Spoilers ahead!

    Books recapped:

    The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

    Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha

    Off His Game by Courtney Clark Michaels

    Birds of California by Katie Cotugno

    Books mentioned in brief:

    Palestine by Joe Sacco

    The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

    On Palestine by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe

    Nanny for the Neighbors by Lily Gold

    Set Boundaries Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab

    I’m Engaged to Mothman by Paige Lavoie

    Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

    Something Borrowed by Eve Dangerfield

    Kami Orange Boundary Phrase Flashcards

    Slewfoot by Brom

    Krampus by Brom

  • Hi Smooches! Today we’re doing something a little different. In honor of NaNoWriMo, I’m going to read the first chapter of my work in progress. This is from my draft of In On the Action, which is Book 2 in the Seducing Steel City series. If I were better at marketing or planning, I’d have preorder links for you, maybe a Goodreads page where you could add the title, but I’m just kind of winging this. I’m also winging narration, as I have no training in this. So enjoy this subject-to-change exclusive first listen of In On The Action by Elle Diaz, a sapphic age gap romance with tons of pining, baked goods, and getting hot and sweaty with your crush in more ways than one.

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    “How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz
    Bookshop.org (support your local indie!) https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-that-makes-you-feel-elle-diaz/20373092?ean=9781088250686
    Amazon https://amzn.to/3PVc5UQ
    Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143897420?ean=9781088250686
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/how-that-makes-you-feel

  • Hi Smooches! We couldn’t close out spooky season without some monsterfucking. So we brought our senior cryptid correspondent Molly on to recap “I’m In Love With Mothman” by Paige Lavoie. What happens when a burnt out lifestyle influencer moves to the middle of nowhere to live out her cottagecore fantasy, then ends up having to nurse a sexy bug/bird person back to health? What happens is Molly gets a lawyer for possible life rights claims. Also, we have a fun quiz you can take at home. You plan a date with Mothman, and I’ll give you a book rec. Spoilers ahead. 

    Plan A Date With Mothman and We’ll Give You A Book Recommendation: https://tinyurl.com/datewithmothman


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    “How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz
    Bookshop.org (support your local indie!) https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-that-makes-you-feel-elle-diaz/20373092?ean=9781088250686
    Amazon https://amzn.to/3PVc5UQ
    Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143897420?ean=9781088250686
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/how-that-makes-you-feel

  • Hi, friends! We are embarking upon spooky season with the 2019 indie horror/romance After Midnight. It's eerie, it's funny, it's cute, and it's just the right amount of scary. Stay tuned for a mimosa-fueled review of the movie with our horror specialist, Deanna.

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  • Hi Smooches! On this episode, I am risking it all by going Gaylor on main more than I ever have. I tell Meg, not for the first time but for the first time in this much detail, all about the maybe love affair between Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss. We’ll discuss timelines, lyrical clues, and recent events. If you’re a skeptic, this episode is for you. I ask that if you listen, you do so with an open mind and with every assumption of positive intent. Let’s get into it.

    The presentation accompanying this episode can be found at https://tinyurl.com/kaylorforskeptics

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    “How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz

    Bookshop.org (support your local indie!) https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-that-makes-you-feel-elle-diaz/20373092?ean=9781088250686

    Amazon https://amzn.to/3PVc5UQ

    Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143897420?ean=9781088250686

    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/how-that-makes-you-feel

  • Hi Smooches! We hope you had a lovely Labor Day off last week and that you’re staying healthy, supporting striking workers and drinking whatever seasonally inappropriate pumpkin beverage your heart desires. On this episode, Meg and I talk about what we’ve been reading recently. There is contemporary romance, romantasy, YA, bleak speculative fiction, joyful speculative fiction, investigative financial journalism, and essays about video games and gay girls.

    Where to find us

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    https://www.instagram.com/ellediazromance

    “How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz

    Bookshop.org (support your local indie!) https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-that-makes-you-feel-elle-diaz/20373092?ean=9781088250686

    Amazon https://amzn.to/3PVc5UQ

    Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143897420?ean=9781088250686

    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/how-that-makes-you-feel

    Books mentioned:

    Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

    Foxglove by Adalyn Grace

    The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

    Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale

    Scandalized by Ivy Owens

    Easy Money by Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman

    Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier

    Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

    The Fiancee Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

    Cruel Seduction by Katee Robert

    Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin

    The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis

    I’m in Love With Mothman by Paige Lavoie

  • Hi Smooches! This is Liz, and you’re listening to Make Out Already. On today’s episode, we’re recapping “Funny Guy” by Emma Barry. It is a delicious slow burn contemporary about a famous comedian hiding out at his lifelong best friend’s apartment after his pop star ex writes an unflattering song about him. What he doesn’t know is his bestie has been in love with him for years, and has recently been scheming how to get away from New York and her unrequited love. Friends to lovers can be a tricky trope, but Barry handles it beautifully. Spoilers ahead.

    Exciting news on the author front. My book “How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz is now available everywhere! You can get it from Bookshop.org and support your local indie, you can get it from the Barnes & Noble website, on your Nook, on your Kobo. Links will be included in the show notes.

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    “How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz

    Bookshop.org (support your local indie!) https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-that-makes-you-feel-elle-diaz/20373092?ean=9781088250686

    Amazon https://amzn.to/3PVc5UQ

    Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143897420?ean=9781088250686

    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/how-that-makes-you-feel

    “Funny Guy” by Emma Barry

    Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/p/books/funny-guy/18851118?ean=9781662505034

    Amazon: https://a.co/d/78iaXtL

  • Hi Smooches! This episode we were thrilled to welcome back Shantel to the podcast! Chantel won the bidding for the second year in a row to be a guest on this pod in the Romance for Reproductive Justice Auction. It's a damn shame that we need such an auction, but we're grateful to Meet Cute Romance Bookshop for creating the fundraising opportunity, which raised in the neighborhood of $15,000. Shantel came to us with a great idea for this episode, which was to hash out what exactly makes a character swoonworthy, and just how those swoons feel. "Sometimes swoon defies explanation." Stay tuned!

    Donate to NNAF here: https://donate.abortionfunds.org/give/323375/#!/donation/checkout?

    Give Shantel a follow at https://www.tiktok.com/@bookedandbougie

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    Stuff we mentioned:

    The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, by Sangu Mandanna

    The Witcher series on Netflix

    One Last Stop, by Casey McQuiston

    Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute, by Talia Hibbert

    The Mummy (1999)

    Blast from the Past (1999)

    Flowers from the Storm, Laura Kinsale

    10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

    When Harry Met Sally (1989)

    All the Feels, by Olivia Dade

    The Proposal, by Jasmine Guillory

    Fleabag (2016-2019)

    The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics, by Olivia Waite

    Jungle Cruise (2021)

    Wrong to Need You, by Alisha Rai

    A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas

    Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert

    Devil's Daughter, by Lisa Kleypas

    Barbarian Lover, by Ruby Dixon

    Supernatural

    Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell

    Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman

    Barbarian's Prize, by Ruby Dixon

    Dirty, by Megan Hart

    Silver Nitrate, by Silvia Moreno Garcia

    Red Rising series, by Pierce Brown

    Kiss the Girl, by Zoraida CĂłrdova

  • Hi, Smooches! Liz is back, baby! And so is our author bestie, Courtney Clark Michaels! This episode we are giving our top recommendations for retellings of classic stories, from Greek mythology to Arthurian legend to Jane Austen to Disney classics. Meg also learns the term "Why Choose" and that Courtney has 1,202 unread books on her Kindle. And that's just the tip of the unhinged iceberg. Stay tuned!

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    Stuff we mentioned

    Courtney Courtney Courtney! https://www.courtneyclarkmichaels.com/ https://twitter.com/c_clarkmichaels https://www.instagram.com/courtneyclarkmichaels_author/

    Game Changer (Hot Rugby Knights, Book 1) by Courtney Clark Michaels https://www.courtneyclarkmichaels.com/books/game-changer

    Persephone in Bloom, by Kate Healey

    Lore Olympus series, by Rachel Smythe

    Drag Me Up, by R.M. Virtues

    Dark Olympus series, by Katee Robert

    Devil in Winter, by Lisa Kleypas

    Ayesha at Last, by Uzma Jalaluddin (NPR article here: https://www.npr.org/2019/06/09/730616351/in-ayesha-at-last-a-take-on-austen-thats-sparky-and-sensitive)

    Snow White series/Velvet Cruelty, by Eve Dangerfield

    New Camelot series, by Sierra Simone

    Two Wrongs Make a Right, by Chloe Liese

    Dating Dr. Dil, by Nisha Sharma

    The Fiancée Farce, by Alexandria Bellefleur

    Avalon High, by Meg Cabot

    Wicked Villains series, by Katee Robert

    Kissing the Witch, by Emma Donoghue