We’re sharing the romance books, magical realism, and new releases we’ve been reading, then taking you inside the Get Lit Adult Book Fair at the Dallas Public Library to for a little bit of convo and chaos.

Andrea recommends Mad Mabel, The Mash Up by Laura Marie Myers, and Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune. Matt is reading People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry, and together we’re reading Abby Jimenez’s A Married Little Christmas.

Then we settle a serious book-lover debate... should books stay clean and carefully protected, or should dog-eared pages, cracked spines, coffee stains, and a little pool water prove they were loved?

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This week, we’re joined by debut author Amy Archer to talk about Nemesis Mine, her funny and unexpectedly tender fantasy rom-com about a worn-out hero, an underappreciated villain, and the fake feud that leads to very real feelings.

Amy shares how childhood poetry nights and letters from her granddad helped shape her life as a writer, why she loves bringing together characters who seemingly have no business belonging together, and how writing from a villain’s perspective gave her permission to be a little more irreverent.

Plus, Amy reveals her connection to BBC’s Sherlock, tells us about her intense Squid Game era, and joins us for an Impossible Meet Cute involving a time-traveling knight, a terrified horror novelist, and one deeply confusing trip to the gym.

Before the interview, we kick off the North Texas Indie Bookstore Crawl. Afterward, we open the mailbox and discover that someone in our house may be plotting against Andrea.

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In this episode, we put our relationship to the test with a few would-you-rather questions from a classic Cosmo-style quiz, then sit down with bestselling author and former Cosmopolitan editor John Searles to talk about his new novel, Single Girls.

John shares how a brutally honest rejection nearly ended his writing career, the unlikely path that led him to Cosmopolitan, and what it was like working alongside legendary editor Helen Gurley Brown for more than two decades.

Then we debut a brand-new, fresh outta the oven segment, Officially Stacked, and add Naina Kumar’s Scottish road-trip romance Just a Highland Fling to our growing TBR.

Matt & Andrea here. Thanks for joining us on this journey.
We'd love to hear from you. Visit us at www.OurNextChapterPodcast.com