No Smut Shaming: A Romance Novel Podcast

It’s hard to believe, but this is farewell. We have so enjoyed recording the past three seasons of No Smut Shaming. This adventure has been something special for our friendship and we feel so lucky to have had so many of you along for the ride. We appreciate you tuning in to listen to us laugh and gab about our latest life updates & romance books for the last two years. We hope you always keep some smut in your life!Love,Your friends from No Smut ShamingCristal & Kristen 

This Month on No Smut Shaming:  We wrap up July and discuss the light hearted and drama free book... Seduction and Snacks by Tara Sivec.  Claire is a twenty-something, single mom that grudgingly helps her best friend sell sex toys while she attempts to make enough money to start her own business to give her foul-mouthed, but extremely loveable (when he's asleep) toddler a better life. When Carter, the one-night-stand from her past that changed her life forever, shows up in her hometown bar without any recollection of her besides her unique chocolate scent, Claire will make it a point that he remembers her this time. With Carter's shock at suddenly finding out he has a four-year-old son and Claire's panic that her stretch marks and slim to none bedroom experience will send the man of her dreams heading for the hills, the pair will do whatever they can to get their happily ever after.

This Month on No Smut Shaming, we wrap up June and discuss this Enemies to Lovers, A Deal With the Devil by Elizabeth O'Roark.Hayes Flynn is an arrogant plastic surgeon who spreads his British "charm" all over Hollywood, never with the same woman twice. Tali (Natalia) is an aspiring author and bartender.  So when her best friend, Jonathon, offers her a temporary job as Hayes's assistant (making $4K/Week), she accepts.  He's the last person she wants to work for, but the longer they spend together, the harder it is for Tali to hate him.

This month on No Smut Shaming, we wrap up May and discuss our first age gap romance, Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas.  Jordan is 19....Pike is 38...Pike is also her boyfriends dad.  If that isn't enough to tune in, we also have a riveting discussion on Crocs lol

This Month on No Smut Shaming:Million Dollar Marriage by Katy EvansA scruffy tattooed hunk gets paired with an ultra educated book worm for chance to win One. Million. Dollars.  on a new reality show.The Catch?They have to get married on the first day of shooting.Tune in for Kristen's  Big News!  And to hear about Cristal attending prom....at 40.  

This Months Episode, we review our first BDSM book!  Pretty Little Thing by Tabatha KissFrom 9-to-5, I'm his boss.After that... he's my Dom. By day, he files my paperwork. By night, he's a Dom in search of a sub he can make his own.And I'm a shy, vanilla girl in need of a man who can teach me more.

Kristen and Cristal discuss It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover book club style.  **Trigger Warning**This book deals with physical abuse.Other topics discussed:Valentines DayKristen's Cup Cake Wars CompetitionThat Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming5 Rounds by Nikki Castle

We’re back!! After a few months off, we’re back and ready to catch you up on what we’ve been up to and what we’ve been reading the past month. Join us while we discuss everything from Cristal going to the Fortune Feimster show to Kristen organizing her medicine cabinet (riveting, we know). We also go through some books we’ve read lately and if we’d recommend them or not. Season 3 has a new format, a new schedule, but the same 2 chicks here to chat about anything and everything. 

Season 2 is a Wrap! Thank you so much for tuning in and laughing with us this season.  All the support and encouragement we receive means the world to us.  We know there are so many podcasts to choose from, so THANK YOU for making us one of them.  Categories discussed in this weeks episode: Favorite HeroineSexiest HeroFavorite CoupleHottest Sex SceneGut Punch BreakHottest CoverFeel Good BookSould be a MovieMost UnrealisticMost Surprising ReadFunniest ReadTune in to hear who the winners are!**We will be taking a break for the holidays, but check our Instagram @nosmutshaming for Season 3 news and release date.  We hope you have a happy holiday and new year! See you soon!**

This Week on No Smut Shaming:Cynthia was the perfect housewife. Between being the President of the PTA and keeping her home spotless without a hair (or her pearls) out of place, her life was a dream come true. Her husband was once her knight in shining armor, but now he’s run off with all their money…and the babysitter.Dressed as a princess at the annual Halloween block party on Fairytale Lane, she meets two other “princesses” also facing money troubles.  When the women are invited to wear their costumes to a party where they’re mistaken for strippers, they realize that a career change could be the best way to make their money problems go bippity-boppity-boo.But can structured Cindy approach a stripper pole without sanitizing wipes? And could the blue-eyed anti-prince that has been crossing her path become Cindy’s happily ever after?November 11th Episode:  Season 2 Finale Awards Episode!  

This Week on No Smut Shaming:When NHL Star, Rook (RJ) flies to Alaska for some much needed R&R, the last thing he expects is for a beautiful woman to literally fall into his lap on the flight.  The best part is, she has no clue he's a hockey super star.Lainey is flying to Alaska as part of her 3rd master's degree.  With her head in the books and not on the ice,  she believes RJ when he says he's an Alpaca farmer.After a month long sex fest in secluded Alaska, they are pulled apart due to a family emergency.  With no way of contacting each other, it isn't until a chance run in do their secrets come out.  October 28th Episode: At the Stroke of Midnight by Tara Sivec

This Week on No Smut Shaming:When famous Bull Rider, James Bennett, comes home for the summer to help on the family ranch, he meets the new Vet Intern.Sophie is new to town and can’t wait to assist Doc with a mare’s birth on the Bennett Ranch.When James questions Doc if Sophie is even qualified, sparks begin to fly.He loves her sassy strength.She loves his butt.Summer just got a whole lotmore interesting.**This is book 1 of 3 in the Bennett Boys Ranch Series**October 14th Episode: A Lie For a Lie by Helena Hunting

This Week on No Smut Shaming:When Georgie goes to bed, she doesn’t think she will wake up somewhere else...But she does...on an alien spaceship.When the spaceship she’s held captive on crashes, her and her fellow human female captives take the opportunity to escape.Con: They crashed on a planet covered in snow and icePro: The local alien men are Tall, Blue, and HandsomeSeptember 30th Episode: Hitching the Cowboy by Kennedy Fox

This Week on No Smut Shaming:When Bexley & Gamin, two publishing companies merge, Lucy Hutton is forced to work with Joshua Templeman.Joshua is coldly efficient and physically intimidating.Lucy is charming, accomodating, and prides herself on being loved by everyone at the company.Lucy can not let Joshua beat her at anything - especially whena huge promotion comes available.So, why is Lucy having steamy dreams about her archnemesis? September 16 Episode: Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

This Week on No Smut Shaming:A Savage Mountain Men NovelWhen Joelle’s friend backs out of their camping trip, she decides to make the trip alone.With Zero camping experience, Joelle sprains her ankle & can’t walk.Luckily, 2 Mountain Men, Pierce and Jax,  come to her rescue and offer her a place to recover.Pierce and Jax also have 2 more roommates, Reid and Blaze.These 4 mountain men, with checkered pasts, show Joelle how much they appreciate her and can’t live without her. September 2nd Episode: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

This Week on No Smut Shaming:Not only is Blakely Foxx newly divorced, she is on the verge of the big 4-0.To top it off, she has to attend a company retreat which will force her to spend More time with her age discriminating boss.Luckily, a chance encounter with sexy young doctor, Slade Henderson,will make this work event less painful... When Slade accompanies Blakely on her retreat and plays the sexy arm candy, it makes everyone see Blakely in a new youthful light.Aug 19th Episode: The Captive by  Mika Lane (our first reverse harem!)

This Week on No Smut Shaming: Chloe Mills is an ambitious intern at Ryan Media and is months away from her MBA.All Miss Mills has to do is survive the next few months with her Cold Hearted Beautiful Bastard Boss, Bennett Ryan.  But Mr. Ryan has other plans. August 5th Episode: Flirting with 40 by K. Bromberg

This Week on No Smut Shaming:Brynn is newly divorced and unemployed.  The only thing she has going for her is her humble food blog, Dips & Balls.The one time she agrees to go to a party with her friends would be the same night she sees her ex-husband with a younger newer version of herself.So, what's a woman to do?(Literally) run into the arms of the first man she lays eyes on...Which happens to be Tom, celebrity carpentar from the TV show, Mr. Fix it Quick. 

This Week on No Smut Shaming: August is very much a loner and a minimalist.  She is a 20 something college student that just wants to get lost in NYC.Being a loner might deem difficult when August takes the subway one day and meets a beautiful punk rocker girl named Jane.There is one problem...Jane is not from present time.  She is somehow displaced in time from the 1970’s.August must do everything  she can to rescue Jane from this time purgatory even if there is a chance she might lose her.July 8th Episode: Man Hands by Sarina Bowen & Tanya Eby

This Week on No Smut Shaming:Walker Gibson owns a small town auto shop called Crank and one thing he loves more than his shop is his truck...So, when he sees the “accidental”damage done to his truck and the pretty girl standing next to it with a baseball bat, he knows his life is about to get more complicated.When Sienna Landry sees the owner of the truck she just damaged, she offers her services to repay her debt.June 24th Episode: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston