Friday Quickie...Persuasion / Summer in the City / The Guilded Age

As always...three great reccos for your weekend romance fix!  I've decided to start including some romance CLASSICS in the mix, which means this week you're getting: The best (according to me) Jane Austen novel, Persuasion NYT Beststeller Alex Aster's latest rom-com 'Downton Abbey' but make it New …

AUTHOR CHAT with Rachael Johns

With a lazy 22 published novels under her belt, Rachael Johns knows a thing or two about writing fiction for women.  It was SUCH a pleasure to have her on this week to talk about the trials and tribulations of establishing herself as a working author, and what that struggle looked like before she w…

Friday Quickie...Overcompensating / The Wedding Forecast / Problematic Summer Romance

As always...three great reccos for your weekend romance fix!  This week: A college 'coming of age' series that had me LOLling and crying.  One of the best rom-coms I've read in ages (and the author is Aussie!) The latest drop from Ali Hazelwood  Love you, more than a friend x   LINKS: Follow me …

'Materialists' with Damaris Treasure

This week we welcome Hopeless Romantic newbie Damaris Treasure as we unpack Celine Song's   'Materialists'  which is currently in cinemas.  We explore themes of love, security, and the complex decisions we make in relationships.  This is less of a review, and more of a rumination on some of the co…

Friday Quickie ... Ever Blessed / Cover Story / Materialists

An early Friday quickie because I feel like a lot of you need to just see Materialists ASAP!  This week: Australian author Olivia O'Flynn blows it outta the water with her debut romantasy novel 'Ever Blessed'  My girl Mhairi Mcfarlane is back with 'Cover Story' Materialists.  My honest and very f…

AUTHOR CHAT with Amy Matthews

I am delighted to welcome Amy Matthews to the podcast, who is not only an award-winning author but also an Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Flinders University. Long story short? This woman knows (and loves) talking romance.  Under her many pen names she's written titles such as 'Someone …

'The Devil Wears Prada' with Steph Monks

Come for the Miranda Priestly chat...stay for the deep heart to heart about how it feels to be a woman in the workplace who is JUST TRYING HER BEST! Broadcaster Steph Monks joins me this week! This episode was kinda like therapy for both of us (which is always a good thing!) In it we discuss: Our …

BONUS EP : The juggle/struggle of career and motherhood with Steph Monks

Before we actually got to our 'Devil Wears Prada' deep dive, Steph and I found ourselves deep in a 15 minute discussion about Steph's return to work when her son Rocco was just three months old.  What followed was, what I believe is an important discussion around this impossible juggle.  The consta…

Friday Quickie ... People We Meet on Vacation / A Kingdom of Dreams / The Life List

Two killer books and a Netflix movie this week, my loves!!  They include: The old Emily Henry book that I finally read (and enjoyed more than Great Big Beautiful Life) Smut set in the 1400's Another Netflix romcom you can enjoy while scrolling  Love you, more than a friend x LINKS: Follow me on t…

Counting down the top 5 TV couples with Sharyn Casey

TV and radio powerhouse Sharyn Casey joins me this week to countdown the HR community's top voted TV couples.  But mainly this episode is just two horny mums in their late 30's drooling over men we will never even be in the same room as.  I laughed a lot during this episode, I laughed a lot editin…