HeyJaredBackstage With The Book Babes
Welcome to Backstage With The Book Babes, the podcast where your favorite romance writers spill the tea. Hosted by romance authors Alby Blake and Nikki Jewell, we're taking you behind the scenes of the romance industry.
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Author Ally Bloom - Romantic Suspense (opens the original)
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Summary: Romantic Suspense author Ally Bloom goes Backstage with the Book Babes to talk about publishing her debut romance book, her experience with traditional publishing, and learning the ropes of indie publishing for her next release. Ally tells us all about her debut romantic suspense novel Love Struck. She shares how it’s loosely based on the TV show Dead to Me and how she put a lot of her own personal experiences as well as lots of research into the medical and legal aspects. She also spil
Author CL Rose - Sports Romance (opens the original)
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Summary: Sports Romance author CL Rose goes Backstage with the Book Babes to chat about her love of football and baseball, experiences in sports communication, and her unique journey to a trad publishing deal. CL starts out sharing some information about her three current series: the Boston Blizzard, Daytona Fury, and Rock City Renegades. Her books feature football and baseball and all take place in the same shared world, which we love. She also has some volleyball and dance featured. She shares
Author Cheryl Terra Talks Queer Romance with The Book Babes (opens the original)
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Summary: Canadian Romance Author Cheryl Terra goes Backstage with the Book Babes for a great conversation about writing bisexual characters, body positivity in romance, and planning book signing events. Cheryl starts out telling us about her books which she likes to call Happily Ever Afters for Bisexual Disasters. She aims to write books that are like having coffee with your hot mess best friend who has crazy dating stories and is one downward spiral away from finding their like true love. They
Author Cora Flynn Talks Why Choose Romance (opens the original)
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Canadian Why Choose Romance Author Cora Flynn goes Backstage with the Book Babes for a great conversation about writing why choose, getting deep in the research weeds, and of course coining the term muscle sock. To kick off the show Nikki shares about her recent experience with Tea on the Train at the Hamilton Prop House while Alby talks about her latest read for her Pages and Grapes Book Club. Turns out they’re reading The Fated Librarian by one of the show’s previous guests the lovely Melissa
Author Faye Knightly - Paranormal Romance (opens the original)
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Summary: Paranormal Romance Author Faye Knightly goes Backstage with the Book Babes live at Rose City Romance 2026 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. We had a fun time recording this with her and the event itself was amazing. Faye tells us about her paranormal romance books and how they're inspired by her love of Buffy. Her most popular series is a post-apocalyptic story featuring werewolves. She loves exploring the idea of people functioning within a messed up society. Plus, of course, they’re quite
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