A historical romance and romantasy podcast

helping readers find books they’ll fall in love with and add the spice they’re looking for into their life.  

If you’ve ever fallen in love with a fictional duke, fae prince, a pirate king, a vampire or a morally gray warlord… you’re in the right place. 

Mary Kelly Popp

Obsessed with stories since before she could even read, Mary loves the truly unhinged spicy books, enemies to lovers, and fairytale retellings. A Touch of Darkness was her first romance novel, where she fell in love with the dark and brooding Hades. Located in sunny Los Angeles, she works in entertainment in her day job, and loves to be entertained by fictional men in the evenings. Just a modern day Belle looking for a Beast to build her a library.

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Marisa Coulter Kidder

Always an avid reader, after jumping on the Bridgerton bandwagon, Marisa found herself introduced and immersed into a new world of historical romance novels. The Duke and I was her first real romance novel read and opened the floodgates to marriages of convenience, enemies to lovers and everything in between. Marisa lives outside of Denver and works in the banking industry as her day job. She loves to spend her days exploring the Rockies with her family and nights reading about disreputable rogues and rakes.  

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Our Vision

We aim to be the trusted go-to destination that readers check with before they buy their next historical romance or romantasy read.  

Our Spice Ratings

We read exclusively open door romance novels.

We rate books into the following categories:

Low Spice: 1-3 scenes

Medium Spice: 3-5 scenes

Very Spicy: 5 or more scenes