What does it take to make someone like the romance genre? Maybe just an amenable coworker whom we coerce into sitting down with us...

Also congratulation to Angus and Alysun! We wish you both the happiest of ever afters❤️

Questions/comments/concerns? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org.

• Alysun Sanders
• The Women by Kristin Hannah
• From Blood and Ash by JLA
• Lovers in the Museum by Isabel Allende
• Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young
• Funny Story by Emily Henry
• Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
• A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
• JR Ward
• Christmas Notch series Julie Murphy/Sierra Simone
• Credence by Penelope Douglas
• Den of Vipers by KA Knight
• Butcher & Blackbird (trilogy) by Brynne Weaver
• Katee Robert
• Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams (series)
• Victoria Aveyard
• Brandon Sanderson
• The Princess Bride by William Goldman
• Tamora Pierce
• Jodi Picoult
• Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

It's that time of year -- time where we say bon voyage for a few months and wish you well with your summer reading endeavors! Here are some new ones that we're excited about to kick off your tbr. And don't forget to visit your friendly local library to see what summer reading programs they have in plan!

Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org. Don't forget to tune in for our last episode of this season, and we'll see you again soon.

XX, Jackie + Jen

Books we mention:

• Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
• Triple Sec by TJ Alexander
• Code Word Romance by Carlie Walker
• The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore
• Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca

Confirmed, it is Monte Carlo the movie.

A special thank you to Ashley Herring Blake for joining us for our last author interview of the season! Settle in for some good laughs and some great conversation, and don't forget to preorder/run out and grab Dream on, Ramona Riley (avail. 5/13).

Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org.

• Delilah Green Doesn't Care
• Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail
• Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
• Make the Season Bright
• Dream On, Ramona Riley
• Get Over it, April Evans
• Meryl Wilsner
• Hannah Bonam-Young
• Laura Piper Lee
• Adriana Herrera (we're reading her for book club this month! Click here to join us on May 15th)
• August Lane by Regina Black
• Wild *Side by Elsie Silver
• You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
• You Belong Here by Megan Miranda