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In this ultimate (final) episode of When in Romance, Jess and Trisha reminisce about the last 198 episodes, Trisha subjects Jess to one last WIR quiz, and they close with some final book recs and a little gratitude.
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The podcast may be ending, but the backlog of When In Romance will be here for you on the Book Riot site! (And Jess and Trisha will be there too, just in different ways.)
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Books:
Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman
The Missed Connection by Tia Williams
Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai
Burn of Summer by Rebecca Zanetti
Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Thirsty by Mia Hopikins
A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert
Even If We’re Broken by A.M. Weald
Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death by Maria Vale
The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
Rookie Mistake and Scoreless Game by Anna Zabo
Stay in touch with Jess and Trisha to keep the conversation going and find out what they’re doing next! You can find Jess by email at jessica.pryde@gmail.com and on Instagram and Threads @jess_is_reading. And Trisha is on email at trishahaleybrown@gmail.com and at Instagram and Threads (and even occasionally Bluesky) @trishahaleybrown.
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The (Pen)Ultimate!
lundi 11 mai 2026 • Durée 01:03:20
Jess and Trisha share some When In Romance news, reflect on the last eight years in romance, and talk about what they’ve read - and want to read - this year.
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Check out all the great work Jane is doing at Romancing the Data
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Books Discussed
Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown
Check, Please! Book 2 by Ngozi Ukazu
A Vow in Vengeance by Jaclyn Rodriguez
Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai
Cleat Chaser by Aimee Rivkin
Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian
The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
How to Fake it In Society by KJ Charles
Pot Shot by Laura Piper Lee
By the Bootstraps by Alexa Martin
I Punched an Alien and Now We’re in Couples Therapy by Kimberly Lemming
Sunflower Season by Danica Nava
Fire Power by Mir Benitz
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Still Obsessed with Beverly Jenkins
lundi 27 avril 2026 • Durée 59:30
Jess and Trisha talk about continuing the story with long series, interlocking series, and series that feature the same couple in multiple books.
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Books Discussed
Cleat Chaser by Aimee Rivkin
Speak Now by Ash Perez (
Father Material by Alexis Hall
The Psy-Changling series by Nalini Singh (starting with Slave to Sensation)
The Play by Play series by Jaci Burton (starting with The Perfect Play)
The Immortals After Dark by Kresley Cole (starting with A Hunger like No Other)
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer
The Dark Olympus series by Katee Robert (starting with Neon Gods)
The Wallflowers and Ravenels series by Lisa Kleypas (starting with Secrets of a Summer Night)
The Irons and Works series by EM Lindsey (starting with Free Hand)
The Reluctant Royals and Runaway Royals series by Alyssa Cole (starting with A Princess in Theory)
The Decades romance series
The Baes of Juneteenth romance series
The Clover Hill Romance series
The Blessings series by Beverly Jenkins (starting with Bring on the Blessings)
The Rebekah Weatherspoon and Christina C Jones extended universes
The Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger (starting with Soulless)
And for those wondering, Jess’s Tiffany Reisz (aka Meg Shaffer) recs are The Rose and The Night Mark
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The Case of Jess’s Tabs
lundi 13 avril 2026 • Durée 58:22
Jess and Trisha talk about Harlequin and AI and then do a dive deep into fan fiction, discussing the who/what/where/why and some of the current discourse in the romance fanfic world.
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Here’s the “Why is Harlequin making weird AI movies?” piece by Maris Kreizman we talked about [Literary Hub]
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Books Discussed
The Catch by Leonor Soliz
Mayhem and the Mortal by Shanora Williams
Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
Enemies to Lovers by Aster Glenn Gray
The Winston Brothers series (starting with Truth or Beard) by Penny Reid
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Plus! Some bonus HR fic recs from Jess and Trisha:
Jess:
"Please Leave a Message" by Ravenesta
"It’s Too Close for Comfort" by theoneiam2277
"Influential" by 409_conflict
"The heart is hard to translate" by catknives
Trisha:
The Secret Society of Stick Handlers collection by gurlsrool
"Hoya" by GingerBaggins
"Mistakes Have Been Made" by Ugly Green Jacket
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Coming Together Bits
lundi 30 mars 2026 • Durée 01:02:06
Jess and Trisha talk about what they’ve been reading and then get into Book Club with Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa and sports romance broadly.
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No news this week because it’s a Book Club week!
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Books Discussed
The Starter Ex by Mia Sosa
Back and Forth From New York by alphalupi
Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa
Please Don’t Go by E. Salvador
Out On the Ice series by Kelly Farmer
His Convenient Husband by Robin Covington
Summer Official by Rebekah Weatherspoon
The Playbook series (starting with Intercepted) by Alexa Martin
Shoot Your Shot by Lexi LaFleur Brown
Flagrant by Alexandria House
The Long Game by Elena Armas
Rookie Mistake by Anna Zabo and LA Witt
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The Bonkers Vibes
lundi 16 mars 2026 • Durée 56:54
Jess and Trisha discuss the end of Harlequin’s category romance line and offer some category romance recs (some of which are delightfully bananas).
Hooray for Book Club in 2026! Read Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa with us - send us your thoughts before we record on March 25 (episode goes live March 30)!
Get a bit of category romance background from Love In Panels and author Therese Beharrie.
Books Discussed:
Silver & Blood by Jessie Mihalik
The Brightest Blaze by Kelly Farmer
Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa
The Lights on Knockbridge Lane by Roan Parrish
Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage by Lydia San Andres
Bane (and others!) by Brenda Jackson
Daring to Fall For the Prince by Heba Helmy
Backcountry Cover-Up by Denise N. Wheatley
Pregnesia by Carla Cassidy
Road Trip Rivalry by Mona Shroff
Her Fake Wedding Date in Sicily by Jenny Lane
The Duke’s Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday
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My Most Gandalfy Friend
lundi 2 mars 2026 • Durée 01:02:43
Jess and Trisha talk about a new option for indie authors and talk about some of their favorite independently-published romances.
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Hooray for Book Club in 2026! Read Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa with us - send us your thoughts before we record on March 25 (ep goes live March 30)!
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Books Discussed
10,000 Hours with a Rich Menace by Jahquel J
What If…I Love You by Yvonne Marie
The Taming of Jessi Rose by Beverly Jenkins
Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa
Written on Ice by Smardline S.
Craving Flight by Tamsen Parker
Now You See Him by Nina Saxena
Meegan by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Expanded Roster by Aimee Rivkin
The Probability of Us by Elizabeth-Jade Taylor
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The Best Romance Novels of the Century So Far
lundi 16 février 2026 • Durée 01:04:46
Jess and Trisha talk (very enthusiastically) about Book Riot’s list of the best romance novels of the century so far.
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Hooray for Book Club in 2026! Read Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa with us - send us your thoughts before we record on March 25 (episode goes live March 30)!
Find Sarah Wendell’s discussion with Julia Quinn on the SBTB podcast here.
And of course, please enjoy Book Riot’s list of The Best Romance Books of the Century So Far as much as Jess and Trisha do.
Books Discussed:
Hearts on the Fly by Toni Shiloh
Two’s Better by Viano Oniomoh
The Long Game by Rachel Reid
Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa
And all of the other books discussed can be found in one convenient place!
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Fake Fated Mates
lundi 2 février 2026 • Durée 01:01:31
Jess and Trisha talk a LOT about adaptations - including their dream adaptations - and a little bit about other news and updates in romanceland.
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Hooray for Book Club in 2026! Read Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa with us - send us your thoughts before we record on March 25 (ep goes live March 30)!
Find a loooooong sample (if you’d like) of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews.
Julia Quinn is curating a romance box - check out the Kickstarter here.
Books Discussed:
A Vow in Vengeance by Jaclyn Rodriguez
Restore Me by J.L. Seegars
Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh
Game Changer by Rachel Reid
Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun
Dating Dr. Dil and the whole If Shakespeare Was an Auntie series by Nisha Sharma
Bring on the Blessings and the whole Blessings series by Beverly Jenkins
Better Than People and the Garnet Run series by Roan Parrish
It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram
Sherry Thomas’s Heart of Blade duology, starting with The Hidden Blade
The Christina C. Jones Cinematic Universe, starting with Getting Schooled
The Unleashing and the Call of Crows series by Shelly Laurenston
We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian
Unwritten Rules - and the whole series - by K.D. Casey
Kit Rocha’s Bound to Fire and Steel series, starting with Consort of Fire
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Duels That Are Also Flirting
lundi 19 janvier 2026 • Durée 57:21
Jess and Trisha finally get around to closing out some recommendations and backlist favorites from 2025 (it’s still January, so it’s fine!).
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Hooray for Book Club in 2026! Read Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa with us!
Books Discussed:
The Wren in the Holly Library by KA Linde
Tommy Cabot Was Here by Cat Sebastian
Game Changer by Rachel Reid
This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews
Love is a War Song by Danica Nava
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram
No Ordinary Love by Myah Ariel
The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes
The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
The Uptown Girls series by Joanna Shupe (start with The Rogue of Fifth Avenue)
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian
The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
The Redemption of Philip Thane By Lisa Berne
Luca by Grey Huffington
Just Right by Shon
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake
Janine: His True Alpha by Chencia C Higgins
Jana Goes Wild by Farah Heron
Cash Delgado is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Murder Most Actual by Alexis Hall
A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic by J. Penner
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Cross the Line by Simone Soltani
Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).
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