S08.48: Long Live Historicals, Volume II

We are once again celebrating a wide swath of historical romances that are recently published and by authors we’ve not talked much about on the podcast! Saddle up, because we’re talking the Titanic, submissive heroes, heroines against the wall, bodily autonomy and even centaurs! If you’re a historical lover, you’re going to have a great time finding your next read in here, and if you’re not a historical lover, what are you waiting for? We're so excited to be your discoverabilibuddies on this one!

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Our next read along, next week, is Sarah’s A Rogue By Any Other Name, the first in her casino series. This is one we’ve gotten a bunch of requests for, and so, it will be our final read along of the season. Get it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.

Books

• Across the Living Infinite by Logan Sage Adams
• To Covet a Countess by Sapna Bhog
• Centaur and Sensibility by Quenby Olson
• The Seduction of Mr Alfred Sainsbury by Lydia Lloyd
• The Magnificent Earl of March by Cecilia Rene
• You Had Me at Heist by Connie Britton
• I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
• Favors From a Gentleman by Lauren Hayworth
• Mrs. Milner Gets a Kitchen by Jane Hadley
• His Awful Grace by Anne Knight
• Earl on Fire by Fe

Notes

• Listen to our Long Live Historicals, Volume I here.
• Fill out more about the Romance Novel Collective and fill out their survey.
• There was a salt water pool on Titanic.
• The centaur in The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe is not a centaur or a satyr, but a faun, and his name is Mr. Tumnus. Here’s a primer on the difference between satyrs and fauns. Apologies to the Greeks, Romans, and CS Lewis fans in the crowd. The OG Centaur books Sarah mentioned are also not centaurs, they are satyrs, but they are Holy Cannoli, Batman and by Elizabeth Amber. Proceed with caution.
• Some SFW and NSFW images about centaurs.

The Rest

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