013. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams with Steve Ammidown

Guest: Steve Ammidown (Manuscripts and Research Archivist at BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library)We read: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay AdamsWebsite: BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.htmlTwitter: @SteganBGSU Pop Culture Library TwitterBooks mentioned:Aphrodite’s Kiss by Julie KennerBrothers Sinister series by Courtney MilanEntwined Destinies by Elsie Washington - first category romance by a black woman featuring black main charactersGaywyck by Vincent VirgaThrowing Stones by Avery Cockburn (Curling Romance)Can you redeem baddies from book 1 in book 2?Kini Allen’s episode - Julianna Keyes’ Time Served has an antagonist who is the MC in Book 2, In Her DefenseAlisha Rai, Forbidden Hearts series.Book 1: Hate to Want YouBook 2: Wrong to Need YouDiscussed in Episode 1, We discussed Lord Saint Vincent from Lisa Kleypas’s Wallflower series, who is the villain in book 2 (It Happened One Autumn) but the MC in book 3 (Devil in Winter)Other mentions:Editor Vivian Stephens at Dell CandlelightJessica Lynn Van Slooten Ted Talk: Romance Novels Are FeministBGSU Researching the Romance 2020 Conference with Alyssa Cole - April 22-23, 2020RWA About The Romance Genre (cites % men reading romance)Trope Town: Men’s FriendshipsBrothers Sinister Series by Courtney MilanRules for Scoundrels Series by Sarah MacLeanDouble Up by Vanessa NorthRoller Girl by Vanessa NorthFBI/US Attorney Series by Julie James (starts with Something About You)Rafe by Rebekah WeatherpoonChampions of Desire Series by Christa TomlinsonA Tale of Two Cities Novellas by Alexandra WarrenContributors:@Readaholic19, Jess (@romtenkey) on Twitter, Kat Jackson, Nathan Burgoine  Shelf Love:NEW! Substack for original writing and stuff | Website | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubeEmail: [email protected]