4.5: Get Recc'd for the #23for23 Challenge!

Get Recc’d with authors Nikki Payne, Adriana Herrera, and Nisha Sharma!In this episode, Marianna and Kristen chat with Adriana Herrera, Nisha Sharma, and Nikki Payne! These three authors (along with 21 others) launched the #23for23 Reading Challenge at Steamy Lit Con in August of this year. They talk about just how good intersectionality with a side of romance can be! Get Recc’d with these:Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mysteries by Carolyn Keene(specifically Secrets of the Nile)Inner Harbor by Nora RobertsBorn Confused by Tanuja Desai HidierThe Heir by Ava RaniThe Art of Scandal by Regina BlackSex, Lies, and Sensibility by Nikki Payne (releasing 2/13/2024)An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera (#listeningtothismightbeanHRcomplaint)Unnatural by Mirka AndolfoA Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana HerreraTastes Like Shakkar by Nisha SharmaThe Fraud by Zadie Smith Pride and Protest by Nikki PayneMickey Chambers Shakes It Up by Charish ReidWild Life by Opal Wei (releasing 1/23/2024)Full Moon Over Freedom by Angelina M. LopezWild Pitch by Cat GiraldoQueenie and the Krakens by Aleera Anaya CeresThe Duchess Effect by Tracey LivesayKiss the Girl by Zoraida CordovaThat Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly LemmingRedemption by Kenya WrightTrashed by Mia HopkinsRebekah WeatherspoonResonance Surge by Nalini SinghKresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark seriesI Married a Lizardman by Regine AbelFarrah Rochon sports romances!Kennedy Ryan sports romances!The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu MandannaThe Hellmouth Guardian’s Lover by Adriana HerreraTo Plunder a Pirate Queen by Nina SaxenaRun Darling by Adriana HerreraWhiteout anthologyBlackout anthologyChallenge yourself with these: #20BooksByBlackWomen (@melanatedreader) and #DecolonizeYourShelf2023 (@blackwalnutbooks)You can find more Adriana Herrera here: @ladriana_herrera on Instagram and www.adrianaherreraromance.com. You can order her latest release An Island Princess Starts a Scandal here! And be on the lookout for Run Darling, coming out December 5!You can find more Nikki Payne here: @nikkipaynebooks on Instagram, nikkipaynewrites on TikTok, and www.nikkipaynebooks.com. Preorder Sex, Lies, and Sensibility, releasing on February 13, 2024, here!You can find more Nisha Sharma here: @nishawrites on Instagram and TikTok and www.nisha-sharma.com. Her latest release is Tastes Like Shakkar, and you can order it here!Please check out www.23for23.net for SO, SO many more amazing books about BIPOC characters written by BIPOC authors!If you’re looking to better train your algorithm to show you more diverse books, you can follow these authors, and any of the amazing authors they recommended this episode.Subscribe for more loving female...