Kini Allen (Smexy Books) and Andrea discuss Time Served, a steamy second chance contemporary by Julianna Keyes: a lawyer who made it out of her rough neighborhood reconnects with her ex-con ex. We cover “unlikeable” heroines, social class/Otherness, steamy revenge sex, and why it’s ok to like books in which characters do problematic things.
CW: Boundary-pushing, consensual intimate encounters are discussed.
Guest Information
Guest Host: Kini Allen (Smexy Books)
Instagram: @1KiniLei
Twitter: @kinilei1
You can find Kini at the Maryland Romance Writers tent at the Baltimore Book Festival, which is coming up November 1-3, 2019.
Book Pick
Contributors
From Instagram: B.andherbooks, Now_Booking, Boobiespodcast, AddictedtoRomance, Amanda_Baller
From Twitter: Ainsley Wynter of Tarth, Lisa Donaldson, Booked and Busy
Links
The Mary Sue article by Jessica Mason: What you Ship Doesn't Make You a Bad Person...Or A Good One
Kini mentioned Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn, which isn't out until 2020 but has a beautiful soft-touch finish on the print copy - Pre-order now!
Trope Town: Second Chance Romance
Back To You by Priscilla Glenn (M/F Contemporary)
Every Last Breath by Juno Rushdan (M/F Contemporary / Romantic Suspense)
The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren (M/F Contemporary / CW: School shooting)
Not Quite a Husband by Sherry Thomas (M/F Historical)
Reader Recommendations:
Booked and Busy - Twitter
Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino (M/F Contemporary)
Famous by Jenny Holiday (M/F Contemporary)
Kini adds:
Infamous by Jenny Holiday (M/M Contemporary)Honorable Mention is Undeclared by Julianna Keyes (M/F Contemporary)
The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev (M/F Contemporary)
Ainsley Wynter of Tarth
Winterblaze by Kristen Callihan (M/F Paranormal)
Lisa Donaldson
Falling Again for Her Island Fling by Ellie Darkins (M/F Contemporary)
Featured Romance Book Club:
Location/Host organization: One More Page Books
When: First Thursday of the Month at 7:00 pm
005. Time Served by Julianna Keyes with Kini Allen