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Romance Roundup hosts Libby Kay (author of Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD romance series) and Carri Horner discuss Libby's spicy romance debut, Keys to the Castle, book 1 in Castle Club series. . Libby chats about her decision to write open-door romance, naming her main character after a semiaquatic mammal, her characters’ signature scents, and more behind-the-scenes tidbits from her writing life.

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Romance Roundup hosts Libby Kay (author of Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD romance series) and Carri Horner review The Love Hypothesis movie, adapted from Ali Hazelwood's NYT bestselling fake-dating rom-com.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) break down Off Campus college romance season 1 episode 7 "The Faceoff" & episode 8 "The Line Change," adapted from Elle Kennedy's bestselling romance series.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) break down Off Campus college romance season 1 episode 5 "The Cold Turkey" & episode 6 "The Breakup," adapted from Elle Kennedy's bestselling romance series.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) break down Off Campus college romance season 1 episode 3 "The Orgasm" & episode 4"The Breakup," adapted from Elle Kennedy's bestselling romance series.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) break down Off Campus college romance season 1 episode 2 "The Practice," adapted from Elle Kennedy's bestselling romance series.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) break down Off Campus college romance season 1 episode 1 "The Deal," adapted from Elle Kennedy's bestselling romance series.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) watch and break down the Off Campus series trailer.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) review steamy Quinn app audio stories—The Snake Handler, The Bodyguard, & Morally Gray.

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With the arrival of spring, Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series), and Libby's cousin, Carri, share the emotional romances that melted their icy winter hearts.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) wrap up season 4 of Netflix/Shondaland show Bridgerton!

Dearest Gentle Reader, in this episode...

*an enthusiastic recap and insightful review of Part 2, eps. 5-8

*the necklace tipped you off, Benedict? SERIOUSLY?!

*Araminta didn't destroy Lord Penwood's will?

*bath tub pinnacles, plot contrivances, & Benedict's "dirty downstairs"

*who's the new Lady Whistledown?

*Liz's mind is blown away by THIS reveal...

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) are loving season 4 of Netflix/Shondaland show Bridgerton!

Dear Gentle Reader, in this episode...

*an enthusiastic recap and insightful review of Part 1, eps. 1-4

*1998 Cinderella-inspired movie Ever After

*a very Pride & Prejudice Mr. Darcy moment

*you can't talk about My Cottage without mentioning Heated Rivalry

*the Bridgerton spinoff series that Libby wants to watch

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) welcome Libby's cousin, Carri, to share must-read Olympic sports romance books.

Also in this episode:

💗graveyard roses = grand gesture

💗ice skating w/parachutes

💗1992 romantic sports comedy Cutting Edge

💗Carri's very specific ideal page count

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NY Times bestselling romance author Jayne Ann Krentz joins Romance Roundup hosts  Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Pinegrove FD series).

In this episode...

💗Jayne's new romantic suspense novel, The Shop on Hidden Lane

💗Harlequin's 1998 movie adaptation of Jayne's The Waiting Game

💗Does Jayne believe in psychics?

💗gothic fiction as the foundation for romantic suspense

💗Libby reveals how Jayne has almost caused fistfights at the library

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Pinegrove FD series) review BOTH the Netflix adaptation of Emily Henry's rom-com People We Meet on Vacation starring Emily Bader & Tom Blyth AND Quinn app's audio Regency romance, The Muse, narrated by Blyth.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Pinegrove FD series) share Heated Rivalry read-alike book recs AND review Quinn app's audio erotica Ember & Ice featuring Heated Rivalry actors Hudson Williams & Connor Storrie.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) recap and review the season 1 finale, episode 6 of Heated Rivalry, a Crave Original adapted from Rachel Reid's bestselling gay hockey romance series Game Changers.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) recap and review their FAVORITE episode ("I'll Believe in Anything" S1 E5) of Heated Rivalry, a Crave Original adapted from Rachel Reid's bestselling gay hockey romance series Game Changers.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) recap and review episode 4 of Heated Rivalry, a Crave Original adapted from Rachel Reid's bestselling gay hockey romance series Game Changers.

Libby & Liz discuss:

🏒 the tuna melt scene

🏒 Shane's ginger ale (a.k.a. magic sky juice) metaphor

🏒 the tuna melt scene

🏒 "All The Things She Said" music video ending

🏒 the tuna melt scene

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) recap and review episode 3 f Heated Rivalry, a Crave Original adapted from Rachel Reid's bestselling gay hockey romance series Game Changers.

Libby & Liz talk about:

🏒 Shane & Scott's fight on the ice

🏒 Kip's "I carried a watermelon" moment

🏒 the perfection of Scott & Kip's love story

🏒 book-to-movie comparisons & dual timelines

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) recap and review the first two episodes of Heated Rivalry, a Crave Original adapted from the bestselling gay hockey romance by Rachel Reid.

Libby & Liz talk about:

🏒 the water bottle scene

🏒"Seal Lion" song

🏒 the shower scene

🏒 Libby was upset when THAT character showed up

🏒 the title of episode three

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Romance Roundup host & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) and guest co-host Carri Horner (Libby's cousin) discuss romance fiction audiobooks.

Libby & Carri talk about:

❤️ their fave romance audiobook narrators

❤️ Joshua Jackson narrated a Jenny Holiday book?

❤️ hybrid reading

❤️ listening speeds

❤️ off-putting narration choices

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In this very special episode, hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) get personal, make an announcement, & share a roundup.

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) celebrate Pride Month with Camille Kellogg, author of fake dating sapphic romance The Next Chapter, inspired by 1999 rom-com Notting Hill. Camille chats about The Next Chapter and shares LGBTQ romance book recs!

In this episode:

❤️ Liz shares an unpopular opinion

❤️ meet-opportunity

❤️ Pride & Prejudice 2005 soundtrack

❤️ writing on the subway

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) celebrate Pride Month with Timothy Janovsky, author of charming age-gap gay romance Once Upon You & Me. Timothy chats about Once Upon You & Me and shares LGBTQ romance book recs!

The trio also chats about:

❤️ fairytale inspirations

❤️ "bedtime stories as foreplay" trope

❤️ the MerPeople community

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) celebrate Pride Month with show VIP Logan Sage Adams. Logan discusses her m/m historical romance Resilience on Canvas (think: Grapes of Wrath BUT really gay) and shares LGBTQ romance book recs.

The Three L's chat about:

❤️ 1930s Dust Bowl as a romantic setting

❤️ writing characters based on old photographs

❤️ "Libby & Lizzy" 1920s carnival sisters

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) share two spicy male/male romances that they recently read & LOVED!

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) celebrate Pride Month with with Jennifer Moffatt, author of gay rom-com Flirty Dancing, inspired by iconic 1987 movie Dirty Dancing.

jennifer also talks about:

❤️ watching Dirty Dancing at a young age

❤️ her obsession w/reality competition show So You Think You Can Dance

❤️ seeing Flirty Dancing shelved next to a book by this popular queer romance author

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) celebrate Pride Month with romance authors and married couple Karelia & Fay Stetz-Water. They chat about their sapphic contemporary romance (with recipes), Taste the Love.

Karelia & Fay also talk about:

❤️hammocks

❤️making "turSNICKen" as part of book research

❤️their harmonious working relationship

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) kick off Pride Month with historical romance author Joanna Lowell. Joanna chats about her queer Regency historical romance, A Rare Find, and shares her LGBTQ romance book recs.

Joanna also talks about:

❤️her magical time in England teaching a college class on witches in literature

❤️ Viking gold

❤️ "ecstasy of influence"

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) welcome Leonie Mack, author of cycling sports romance Head Over Wheels, and Meredith Schorr, author of rom-com Roommating. 

In this episode:

❤️ competitive cyclists

❤️ black cat trope

❤️ skipping a romance book's "saggy middle"

❤️ "bang it out" trope

❤️ Liz rides a penny-farthing?!

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) celebrate Honey Blossom Press's "Summer of Love" authors Tiye (This Side of Beautiful) & Mia Heintzelman (The Divorcétante).

They discuss:
❤️ icebreaker revelations!
❤️ tarot cards to write romance
❤️ spontaneous dancing 

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Gramercy Books (Columbus, OH) booksellers Nikki & Katie join hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) to share their most anticipated 2025 summer romance releases!

They also chat about:

⭐ 90s rom-com My Best Friend's Wedding

⭐ black cat/golden retriever trope

⭐ Navessa Allen's dark romance Lights Out

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Romance Roundup hosts Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) share the 2025 summer romance releases on their TBR lists.

In this episode:

⭐ Liz & Libby attempted a buddy read

⭐ Dust Bowl, divorce lawyers, & a love hotel

⭐ Liz went to church with a soap opera actor

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An ex-grunge rocker finds love on the slopes. A love librarian gets naughty in the stacks.

In this Romance Roundup mini episode, Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) report back! They recommend two romance books on their TBRs that they read and loved.

Liz & Libby also chat about:

❤️ '90s & '00s rock band Incubus

❤️ "high page count, fast read" trope

❤️ reading habits to share with RomRound psychologist Sri Savita

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Shenanigans ensue in Romance Roundup episode 52!

Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) & Liz Donatelli discuss a must-read Sarah Adams romance, their current romance author obsessions, their debut Ohio author event, and Libby's new romance book.

In this episode:

⭐ orctastic romances

⭐ "Hard to the Hoop"

⭐ "kids heard, but not seen" on the page

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Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) interviews (and geeks out over) her fave romance author, B.K. Borison! B.K. is the author of USA Today bestselling Lovelight cozy romance series and of New York Times bestselling romance First-Time Caller, inspired by '90s romance Sleepless in Seattle.

In this episode:

⭐ B.K.'s fave monologue from Sleepless in Seattle

⭐ fun dip & skeeball

⭐ B.K.'s must-read romance book recs

⭐ Libby's "scandalous" visit to B.K.'s hometown

⭐ B.K.'s upcom...

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Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) celebrate their 50th episode by sharing the unread romance books on their bookshelves AND they play Blind Date with a Book!

In this episode:

⭐ "Meat of the Story" - a good romance book title?

⭐ "illegally fostering a child together" trope

⭐ let's expand the hockey "romanceverse"

⭐ a rodeo clown & an unhoused assistant to a hockey player

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Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) welcome Libby's cousin Carri Horner to Romance Roundup's Zoom room! Carri shares hockey romance book recs and introduces Libby & Liz to wolf shifter/hockey team poly romance.

Also in this episode:

⭐ sprayed edges - why?

⭐ 400+ page romances - where are the editors?

⭐ Pangobooks app - what is it?

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Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) welcome Theresa Christine to Romance Roundup's Zoom room! Theresa chats about her contemporary romance, The Half of It, a spicy small-town Ireland romance with the most unique twist on the "only one bed" trope.  

Also in this episode:

⭐ Libby reveals her former dream job in Germany

⭐ Liz wants distant cousins falling in love on the page

⭐ Theresa shares the "gold standard" for small-town and grumpy/sunshine romance

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