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We are super excited to SUNRISE a new Black Romance Novel: Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen! Yes... we know its technically Autumn but look outside your window, it don't feel like it! We want to crank up the heat with this steamy lovely story of accidental love connections in the age of dating apps. Join us as we Kiki and review the first chapters!

We are besides ourselves with having the honour of interviewing the wonderful Fatima Bala. It was an absolute pleasure to have her on the podcast to ask her about her writing journey and process, and of course, talking about her captivating romance novel Broken: Not a Halal Love Story. We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did, and thank you again Fatima for gracing us with your presence!

Join us as we say goodbye to our star crossed lovers in Fatima Bala's Broken: Not a Halal Love Story. Fa'iza and Ahmed's story has become so complicated, yet they seemed destined by Allah swt himself. Our hearts are beating hard as we watch all of this unravel. Join us as we give our final thoughts and ratings!

The lines have really started to blur, and the boundaries have been tested and moved. Join us as we continue to have heart palpitations with Fatima Bala's Broken: Not a Halal Love Story. The conflict definitely has us stumped as to whether our star crossed lovers will ever recover. Join us as we ponder this beautiful story.

A season, mean as new book! Join us as we embark on Broken: Not a Halal Love Story by Fatima Bala. In this second chance romance, we meet Fa'iza. A sheltered Nigerian Hijabi whose conservative Muslim values get tested when she begins to fall in love with the care free, irresistible Ahmad. We are nervous for her, but lets see how it goes!

Because we promise to stick to our return, here is the wrap up If I Don't Have You by Sareeta Domingo. Join us as we sunset on the beautiful writings of this British author. The book very quickly turned into a second chance romance, and you know we love that trope on this podcast. So join us as we discuss whether Ren and Kayla can make their once in a lifetime connection work in despite the very rocky beginnings.

So...... The girls took a little of summer break it seems! And they had all the hopes of coming back in the summer but they didn't LOL! Recorded sometime in middle of July, here is the continuation of the lovely Sareeta Domingo's If I Don't Have You. Let's just say our Brazilian American director might be a daddy, meanwhile our girl Kayla is still trying to decide if playing out 90 Day Fiance is the right step in her life. Let's discuss!

We took a little break but we are back with a new book! We are starting June off with If I Don't Have You by Sareeta Domingo. Ms. Domingo asks the question what happens if two creatives immediately hit it off and it feels like nothing they have felt before, but one is about to enter a 90 day fiance kinda situation....? Well.. Lets find out!

We are rounding up The Partner Plot By Kristina Forest! We had so much fun reading this marriage of convenience/second chance book and are actually wondering if Jay Ellis is available to play Xavier Wright. Tell us what you think of the fan cast and listen to all are thoughts on the book on todays episode!

Forget the one bed trope, he said " I am proud of my wife"! We are living with this second chance marriage of convenience book. Kristina Forest's The Partner Plot is just the perfect book for the spring and we are loving every bit of it so far! Join us in our continued exploration for this lovely book.

We are back revieing another New York Times Bestseller in the genre. We had such a good run with books that we had to continue with Kristina Forest's The Partner Plot. In this episode we are looking at the first few chapters and we are already so excited to see how this second chance/ marriage of convenience goes for our characters. And we are very excited to take you along for the journey as well!

It isn't goodbye but it is see you late to Skyland! We give our final review of Kennedy Ryan's This Could Be Us. If you have been following you know we are completely enamoured with Soledad Charles and Judah Cross and we had to talk about the ending. So join us as we sadly say goodbye to Skyland and its characters, but we know we will be back next year with Hendrix's story!

We have reached the part of the book where our Skyland lovers just accept a little more that they are drawn to each other and that is more than OKAY with us! We continue our review of This Could Be Us by diving into the spiciness and growth that Kennedy Ryan provides us as we progress in her lovely book. Join us as we continue to delve into the book on the Romantically Lit Podcast

This week we talk Big Threes, Beyonce and our budding Skyland romance as we continue our discussion of Kennedy Ryan's This Could Be Us! We cannot get over how obsessed Judah is and honestly we get it! So join us as we discuss all the ways Soledad is blossoming and all the time Judah Cross is checking Soledad's socials

We are beyond excited to be headed by to the imaginary suburb of Skyland, Atlanta, Georgia in the Magnificent Kennedy Ryan's second installment of the Skyland Series, This Could Be Us, We have been excited to read this since finishing before I Let Go and we know Miss Kennedy was going to do right by our sister Soledad. However, the books starts and Edward has our Boricua sister in the pits and we must talk about it! So join us for this new episode of The Romantically Lit Podcast.

Our made in Harlem love story may be coming to its demise, or perhaps it can be saved before the curse is supposed to take place. Either way we must discuss that beauty that is A Love Song For Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams and how the Eva and Shane cameo was everything we needed from this New York based black romance. So join us as we say goodbye to this amazing book that definitely made us shed a tear or two.

Well, now the cat is out of the bag, we know what and why are star-crossed lovers of Harlem cannot be together and just like our girl Ricki we are stunned and left speechless! However our solution may not be in Harlem and we have a strong feeling Miss Tia Williams will be taking us back to Louisiana. But that's just another theory we have going on. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams has left us with so much to say and we cannot wait to di0vulge it all with y'all on this week's episode of the Romantically Lit Podcast!

On this week's episode we continue our journey with A Love Song For Ricki Wilde chapters 7 to 12. We finally confirm that our mystery art collectors/Stalker is in fact an Ezra Walker. We still haven't ruled out time travel. But as we discover more, it seems like we discover even LESS! Join us as we continue to fall in love with this budding mystical Harlem love story by the lovely Tia Williams

We know you are just as excited as we are to get into Tia Williams's latest release. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is already made us fall in love even though our characters have barely met each other. But we want to talk to you about all our theories (which do include time travel) and the impact of the American South on more than just the Harlem Renaissance. Join us on this weeks episode of Romantically Lit!

Join us as we wrap up Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola. We discuss the remaining stories in the book as well give you our top 5 ranking of the short stories we loved the most. So let's all come together to fangirl over Bolu Babalola one more time until her next book has us wanting to fall in love again!

Happy Valentine's Day to all our lovely romance readers and listeners! You know we are always celebrating love on this podcast and to continue to do so we have revisited a book that we both loved and felt like could give us all the feels in this month of love, and that is Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola. A collection of mythological stories that are female led and of course include a romantic element even in the most heroic of stories. We cannot wait to talk about our favourite ones, so please enjoy Part one of our review of Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola

We absolutely fell in love with Dani and Prince in Love Radio, and we are so touched to have had Ebony LaDelle grace us with her presence here on the podcast. She was gracious enough to answer all our burning questions about Love Radio, Detroit and some of her favourite romantic books that you should definitely check out if you haven't. We hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did and of course, please pick up Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle at your local bookstore!

This episode we say goodbye to this tribute to Detroit and young love! This book had us so deep in our feelings and honestly we don't want to say goodbye to the masterpiece that is Ebony LaDelle's Love Radio. Just like PJ and Dani we fell in love with the beautiful YA story that miss LaDelle gave to us! And she has also given us a reason to head to the iconic motor town that is Detroit! So here we go for the last review of Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle.

TW: SA

We are getting closer to the end of the book and we don't want to, but we are loving where it is going! PJ and Dani embark on their final and third date and we never thought we would be more fueled to plan this trip to Detroit! We also embark on some serious topics and we encourage you to skip over that section of the episode if you need to. Let's continue our journey through Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle

Welcome back, and join us as we continue to fall in love with Detroit through the eyes of young Prince and Dani as they begin to go on their first two dates in Prince's attempt to have Dani fall in love with him, What we can say is their little blossoming story has us in our feels and we know it will have you in yours as well, so have a seat. Grab your headphones and let's continue our review of Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle.

Happy New Year & welcome to Detroit! Join us as we begin the year with Ebony LaDelle's YA novel Love Radio. Romance skeptic and writer Danielle Ford is doubtful about love, especially the ones in the classic black romance movies that her mom watches religiously. When she meets teenage love doctor and DJ Prince 'Love' Jones, He is committed to get to know her and see if he can make her fall in love with him in three dates. We are excited to see how this young love blossoms and we hope you are too. So please grab your copy of Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle and get cozy at the start of this new year.

This isn't it goodbye to Hope Valley but see you later.... and Happy New Year!

Is this cheating?!?

We are back in Hope Valley! So get comfy as we continue the Three Kings Billionaires Novels

Unionized Silkworms

Things are heating up! And it's not just the hot cocoa...

A new book to match the new winter season. Deck the Halls Everyone!

We may just be anti-age gaps.... sorry

It was messy but it got even messier and we might be here for it!

We want to thank Jane Igharo for gracing the podcast with her presence. We fell in love Where We End & Begin and it was a pleasure to have the author indulge all our questions, theories, and self written epilogues. Please enjoy our interview with the talented Jane Igharo and of course please pick up Where We End & Begin by Jane Igharo at your local bookstore

Better late than never! We have reached the end, and we are so sad to say goodbye to Dunni and Obinna. This book rocked us and we could even say us and the characters are bonded by oath for life.

Oh Obi..... how we wish we could protect you.

This book is pulling on our heartstrings! We NEED you to go buy so you can get as teary eyed as we are

Join us as we say goodbye to Skyland, Atlanta. And goodbye to the love that Kennedy Ryan has beautifully created for Josiah and Yasmen.

We made it to the end... and what a ride it was to get there. Join us as we discuss the end of The Perfect Find by Tia Williams, We will also give opinion on the movie.

Join us as we see how Eric and Jenna's "work" relationship blooms into perhaps something more!

Back like we never left! Join us as we wrap out commentary on Lizzie Damilola Blackburn's Yinka Where is your Huzband? and let you know what our next book will be!