Instead of Becca being surrounded by authors, I was surrounded by bloggers in this episode.

Becca and I talked with Leslie Murphy of the She Reads Romance Books blog.

As Becca the Bibliophile herself said that the She Reads Romance Books blog is the "inspiration for bloggers."

We started with:

Becca was in LA for the book The Chameleon Effect by Joe Arden

She was on a PRIDE reading kick…

• Marley Valentine’s What We Broke


• Bella (Annabella) Stone's MM Military Romances


• Annabeth Albert


• Kindle Alexander  


• Lissa Lynn Thomas' Hard to Love, Book 4 of the Renegade Series

(Apologies for not having specific titles for Annabella, Annabeth, and Kindle. Becca usually does these show notes and would have put those in. Please check out these beloved authors of hers.) 

I’m reading:

• Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen


• And my Dream Series which I’m re-writing. If you’d like to read the series now, go right ahead. They'll be unpublished soon and republished starting in October - the 10 Year Publiversary of that first book in the series and the start of my author career. (Becca was so incredibly supportive of this entire endeavor. She was my friend before I wrote the series and yes, the character named Becca in the series is named after Becca Manuel.)

We talked about BookBonanza which is June 23-24, 2023. Becca was so excited to the event and VERY MUCH looking forward to the author who brought US together - Raine Miller and her character Ethan Blackstone in the Blackstone Affair Series.

Leslie Murphy of the She Reads Romance Books Blog.

Becca and Leslie bonded over R.L. Mathewson historical romances.
Izzy shared her favorite historicals: Sierra Simone’s Markham Hall Series and Raine Miller’s historicals (tho I forgot to mention the titles during the show. Anyway, those are: The Undoing of a Libertine and The Passions of Darius.)

Leslie's current reads: 

• Rebecca Yarrow’s Fourth Wing (Becca was chomping at the bit to read it!)


• J T Geissinger’s Liars Like Us


• Alexis Hall’s Mortal Follies

Becca was reading:

• Kelly Elliot’s Meet Me in Montana


• Olivia Michale’s More Than Rumors https://amzn.to/3Je3lb2  (Book 8 in the Watchdog Security Series https://amzn.to/42GO3Td


• Kris Michaels’ Declan https://amzn.to/3qO63hh, book 3 in the Hollister Book Series https://amzn.to/463XZsS


• And Anna Blakely’s Marked for Danger  https://amzn.to/3JkTVuv Book 5 in the Marked Series


• And re-reading ALL of Riley Edwards’ books for content for Riley to post - because, after all, Becca worked for Riley (or as Riley says, “I [Riley] work for Becca.” 

Izzy had just finished reading: 

• Street Smart by Aly Stiles of the multi-author Work for It Series, and


• We’re Made of Moments by former guest, Molly McLain, a single dad small town romance

DO NOT MISS stalking our Guest - Leslie Murphy

Leslie's website, 2023 Most Anticipated Romance Books, her Favorite Authors, her Favorite Books, many of which were mentioned on the show, and more! 

And DEFINITELY grab the AMAZING Reading Journal she created that I LOVE.

 >>> And last - but NOT LEAST - Her Kid’s Tween Reading blog - We Read Tween Books 

AND lastly, if you’d like to contribute to the fund for Becca’s family: here’s that GoFundMe link. 

Donate, Share, or do both. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

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If you’d like to join us (me) on Patreon, I’d love to hang with you. 

And you can always email us (me) at ⁠romancereaderspodcast@gmail.com⁠ 

A HUGE THANK YOU TO RILEY EDWARDS WHO SAT WITH ME WHILE I RECORDED THAT ENDING. JUST HAVING HER THERE MADE IT SOMEHOW EASIER. AND I’M NOT SORRY FOR CRYING. I LOVED BECCA SO MUCH AND I MISS HER HEAPS. 🧡

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