We're so excited for this episode!  Listen in as we announce our first Future Bestseller Grant recipient - plus updates on us and Books we are LOVING right now.

Links and More are just a quick scroll down…

01:00 m BECCA & IZZY PERSONAL & BOOK BUSINESS UPDATES

09:25 m BECCA IS READING…

• Olivia Michael's Watch Dog Security Series
  
  
  
  • More Than Love
  
  
  • More Than Family
  
  
  • More Than Puppy Love
  
  
  
  

11:35 m ISABELLE IS READING…

• P*rn Stars Falling in Love - Book 4 - Hayden & Santino by HB Lin (BREAKING NEWS: Izzy just got a Newsletter from the author. They are rebranding for various reasons. They’ll be under the name Linden Bell in the future, so if you’re listening to this episode/reading these notes in future times - it could be a different name and that is correct! ;)


• Ulwich Preparatory Academy:Fall by S. Bolanos (aka Lauren Edwards - another rebranding author thing)


• Hope Island Holiday Romances, Book 5 - Cupid Can Suck it! by Teagan Hart


• Not All Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks by Rebecca Cohen


• Running with a SWEET TALKER by Jami Albright (Izzy apologizes for calling it Running with a Rock Star. She’s tired y’all. LOL)

Other book Mentions from the above segments:

• Isabelle’s own - Penelope’s Paths. A Choose Your Own Romance, and adult version of the fun kids books but written for TODAY’s romance reader (written in 1st person - “I/Me” POV, not “You” voice”), and the reader’s choices bring Penelope on dating adventures with, due to those choices, have her meeting 9 potential heroes and there are 10 unique endings.


• The Keatyn Chronicles ® by Jillian Dodd

18:28 m Start of PODCAST NEWS

18:39 M PATREON updates and Questions

1. What nights work for you to hang out for a Zoom Book Club?


2. What else is holding you back from joining us on Patreon?

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Thanks to Kim Steele for your support!

>> We’re SO close to hitting 10 Patrons and we’ll have our FIRST giveaway then! 💕

23:35 m FACEBOOK GROUP & TALKING ABOUT DISCORD

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30:09 m Book World Talk - Why we have our Future Bestseller Grant… The cost of publishing a book.

From Covers to Editing to Launching, there are so many expenses! It’s not FREE to put out a quality book.

39:54 m  THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT (Part 1) - The Winner of the first ever Future Bestseller Grant: Santana Blair

Check her out at https://linktr.ee/authorsantanablair

Check out our website to learn about all the Applicants.

42:58 m THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT (Part 2) 

44:54 m EPISODE SPONSOR - The Protector Romance Discord Server

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