E71: Second Chance Romance - Why Readers Love Love Stories About Trying Again

Show Notes:Go forth and live your best trope!Adrie and Stitch sit down with Maggie North, Canadian author and anesthesiologist, to discuss her latest novel Fossil Feud — an almost second-chance, contemporary romance set against the world of citizen science and paleontology. They talk about the science and history baked into the book, why romance deserves more credit as an intellectual pursuit, what it means to write a protagonist who weaponizes her own rules to avoid being hurt again, and how a discipline built on unearthing the past became the perfect metaphor for love, grief, and the people we're always becoming.Fossil Feud comes out July 28, 2026!Topics: Maggie North, Fossil Feud, second chance romance, STEM, paleontology, Bone Wars, women's anger, complex female characters, heteropessimism, arrival fallacy, Jurassic ParkReading Recommendations:Fiction:Fossil Feud by Maggie NorthCherry Baby by Rainbow RowellAugust Lane by Regina BlackWill They or Won’t They by Ava WilderScot & Bothered by Alexandra KileyMistakenly Saving the VillainA World Without YouNon-Fiction:Losing Gus: The Cost of Commercial Dinosaur Actions by Kristi Curry RogersBittersweet by Susan KanePodcasts:The Bone Wars | History This WeekPaleontological Frauds | Strange AnimalsThe Great Himalayan Golmaal | The Rearview PodcastFollow & Support:Follow us on Instagram.Send inquiries to [email protected] merch on Threadless to support the show!Hosted by:adrie rose (@adrierising on bsky, twitter, instagram, & tiktok)Stitch (@stitch on bsky, @stitchmediamix on instagram)Guests:Maggie North writes deeply emotional, strangely hilarious romance novels about introverts, STEM, Canada, and other overlooked, underappreciated things you’d love to discover. A doctor by day, author by night, she lives in Ottawa, Canada with the man she met in ninth grade, their kid, and a rotating cast of hypoallergenic aquarium friends. Maggie enjoys being autistic a lot more since her diagnosis as an adult. Her books include RULES FOR SECOND CHANCES, THE RIPPLE EFFECT, and FOSSIL FEUD.Music: ⁠⁠HOLY MOLY⁠⁠ by Shane IversNow you can grab some show merch, or become a show patron, and support the hosts. Share the show with your friends, no matter where they listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.