Lit Wallflowers Podcast
Episodes
Ravenels Bonus #PlotTrystsxLitWallflowers
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
By monthly…weekly…daily demands, Laine and Meg of Plot Trysts are back for a Ravenels bonus! Were our earlier theories correct? Join us as we ...
Ravenels - Devil in Disguise with @romantically_swept_away
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Kleypas has done it again with Devil in Disguise. Sigh!What calms big, mean, whisky-soaked Scotsman Keir MacRae? Instant attraction with Lady...
Ravenels - Chasing Cassandra - With @dizzyfordizi
24 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we’re reviewing (while Tom is) “Chasing Cassandra” by Lisa Kleypas!We love Tom! The man who said he had a total of five emotions, h...
Ravenels - Devil's Daughter - With @krisreadsromance
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How often do people’s lives cross paths without knowing it? In Lisa Kleypas’ Ravenels meet the Wallflowers story, the “Devil’s Daughter” m...
Ravenels - Hello Stranger - With @literaryillusions aka Lady Sadie
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Where can we get a summoning whistle like in Hello Stranger by Lisa Kleypas?Two years has passed since Dr. Garrett Gibson and Ethan Ransom met while s...
Ravenels - Devil in Spring - With @gigireadsromance aka Lady Sebastian St. Vincent
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The season brought together the peculiar and the perfect for holy matrimony in Lisa Kleypas’ Devil in Spring!We love Gabriel’s pursuit of Pandora....
Ravenels - Marrying Winterborne - Try It! with @literarylovebooks
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We would say “yes” to Marrying Winterborne! Who wouldn’t want to say “I do” to Lisa Kleypas’ Rhys?Rhys Winterborne is amazing, full stop...
Ravenels - Cold-Hearted Rake - Time
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re kicking off #HotEarlSummer and a new series with newly dubbed Earl of Trenear, Devon, from Lisa Kleypas’ Ravenels series!Devon and his broth...
Grayson Family - Jewel - One Favor Changed It All
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A fake marriage turned real, real quick in “Jewel” by Beverly Jenkins!Jewel Crowley made a promise to her mother to take care of her father and he...
Grayson Family - Vivid - The Female Doctor is In with Ashley @Bibliosomniator
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re off to Grayson Grove this series where Nate Grayson wants to play doctor with the new doctor, Viveca Lancaster, in “Vivid” by Beverly Jenk...
Bad Boys & Wallflowers - What a Wallflower/Girl Wants - Least Likely to be Caught... with @BookstaKatie
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our heart was ripped out in Maya Rodale’s “What a Wallflower Wants” and “The Bad Boy Billionaire’s What a Girl Wants” novella!Prude Pruden...
Bad Boys & Wallflowers - Wallflower Gone Wild & ...Girl Gond Wild - Least Likely to Cause a Scandal with @BookstaKatie
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s time to loosen up in Maya Rodale’s “Wallflower Gone Wild” and “The Bady Boy Billionaire’s Girl Gone Wild” novella!Lady Olivia Arche...
Bad Boys & Wallflowers - The Wicked Wallflower & ...Wicked Arrangement - Least Likely to Misbehave with @BookstaKatie
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re looking through a historical and modern lens of the same story in Maya Rodale’s Bad Boys and Wallflowers series, starting with “ The Wicke...
Rogues & Remarkable Women - An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler - Fate, Hope, and Truth
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re searching for past memories in “An Earl, the Girl, and a Toddler” by Vanessa Riley!We met Jemina St. Maur who has amnesia in the first boo...
Rogues & Remarkable Women - A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby - Love for Lionel
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Snooping and scheduling were in store for a baby’s well-being in “A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby” by Vanessa Riley!Patience needed to be patient i...
Scandal & Scoundrel - The Day of the Duchess - Sparrow Freed But...
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The dove got away, but returned a sparrow in “The Day of the Duchess” by Sarah MacLean! We read about Haven in the first book of the series. He...
Scandal & Scoundrel - A Scot in the Dark - Ward and Warnick
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The kilted Duke of Warnick is in town in “A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean! Warnick was the 17th in line when he inherited a dukedom. It was fi...
Scandal & Scoundrel - The Rogue Not Taken - Macallan & MacLean with Author Angeleke Kaldis
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We’re road tripping this week with author and bookstagrammer Angeleke Kaldis as we explore “The Rogue Not Taken” by Sarah MacLean, the first boo...
Fairy Tales - Once Upon a Tower & With this Kiss - How to Climb into Someone's Heart
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with lots of groveling in “Once Upon a Tower” and in the “With this Kiss” novella by Eloisa James!Gowan fell in love a...
Fairy Tales - The Ugly Duchess & Seduced by a Pirate - How to Transform Ourselves
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni reviewed transformations happening in “The Ugly Duchess” and the “Seduced by a Pirate” novella by Eloisa James!Theod...
Fairy Tales - The Duke is Mine - How to Not Jump to Conclusions
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni probably wouldn’t have been able to feel a pea under layers of mattresses hence they won’t pass the ultimate Princess/Duchess test....
Fairy Tales - When Beauty Tamed the Beast & Winning the Wallflower - How to Find Beauty When We're Beastly
06 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni are reviewing “When Beauty Tamed the Beast” and “Winning the Wallflower” by Eloisa James!We enjoy a Beauty and the B...
Fairy Tales - A Kiss at Midnight & Storming the Castle - How to Make Our Hearts Wishes and Dreams Come True
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are reviewing Eloisa James’s Fairy Tales series starting with “A Kiss at Midnight” and the novella “Storming the Castle!”We g...
Castles Ever After - When a Scot Ties the Knot - How to Manifest What We Want
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with a made-up Captain who is ready to marry the woman who drew him snails on her letters in “When a Scot Ties the Knot” b...
Castles Ever After - Say Yes to the Marquess - How to Realize that Timing is Everything
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni and Wendy each wish they had cake and a quizzing glass when reading “Say Yes to the Marquess” by Tessa Dare!Miss Clio Whitmore eve...
Castles Ever After - Romancing the Duke - How to Doubt Not
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Wendy are officially back for Season 3 starting with Tessa Dare’s Castles Ever After series. “Doubt not” you’ll want pancakes durin...
Bridgerton Bonus #PlotTrystsxLitWallflowers Crossover - How to Adapt our Theories to Season 2
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
First things first, we (Laine, Meg, Toni, and Wendy) were wrong about our Bridgerton season one theories! Overall, Chris van Dusen and Shondaland di...
S2E49 - Holiday Ever After - How to Steal Christmas with Shortbread
02 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Wendy are back with more Dukes with “How the Dukes Stole Christmas!” Our first duke was trying to get back to his country estate as fas...
Bridgerton Bonus - #PlotTrystsxLitWallflowers - How to Adapt to Film **Spoilers**
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laine and Meg of Plot Trysts join us, Wendy and Toni, again to talk Bridgerton of course! Listeners, be warned, this episode contains spoilers espec...
S2E48 - Holiday Ever After - How to Be More Than Friends This Christmas
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni and Wendy talk about asses and being thirsty in “Under the Mistletoe” by Stefanie Sloane, plus they review an exclusive vignette f...
S2E47 - Holiday Every After - #PlotTrystsxLitWallflowers Crossover - How to Be Like Plot Trysts
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni bring a holiday treat in the form of a crossover episode Plot Trysts style reviewing “A Wallflower Christmas” by Lisa Kleypas. We...
S2E46 - Holiday Ever After - How to Get Into the Holiday Spirit
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni attend another event at Kingstag Castle and it looks like we’re getting snowed in. The duke and duchess have many in charge for the...
S2E45 - New to Us Authors November - How to Be a Good Wedding Guest
29 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni discovered four new authors when Wendy suggested the anthology “At the Duke’s Wedding.” They travel to Kingstagg Castle for th...
S2E44 - New to Us Authors November - How to be Tempted by Curiosity
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni review “Tempted by Curiosity” by Angeleke Kaldis and interview our very own @the_lovely_bibliophile. A loving family h...
S2E43 - New to Us Authors November - How to Be a Pirate (aka a bad ass person)
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back and this month they’re reading books of author’s that are new to them. They start with author Nicola Italia’s “Sea o...
S2E42 - The Disgraceful Dukes - How to Be a Lady Rake
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni and Wendy finally learn more about the intelligent Alice Tombs and the man who dared to speak to her at a ball, Nick, Lord Hatherly an...
S2E41 - The Disgraceful Dukes - How to Shape Our Own Destiny
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with bee-utiful and jilted Dorothea and avenging Dalton, Duke of Osborne. Now a scandal, the very accomplished Thea is happi...
S2E40 - The Disgraceful Dukes - How to Win a Duke
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni finally dive into author Lenora Bell’s bibliography starting from the beginning with The Disgraceful Dukes series. They ...
S2E39 - The Gamblers of Craven's - Crossover with Romance at a Glance
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We have a special treat! This week, Wendy hosted Bridget from Romance at a Glance podcast to discuss steamy Derek Craven and heroic author Sara Fiel...
S2E38 - The Gamblers of Craven's - How to Know When We Need Help
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni talk about the only gently-bred woman allowed into Craven’s, Lawless Lily and the guy with many resources, Alex Raiford. ...
BONUS - Lord of Scoundrels - Crossover with Romance at a Glance
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Toni crossed over to Romance at a Glance podcast with host Shani to review “Lord of Scoundrels” by Loretta Chase. They pondered on the...
S2E37 - Lady Whistledown - How to Honor Our Vows
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni and Wendy enter the anthology galaxy when “Lady Whistledown Strikes Back.” Lady W is keeping her eyes and ears open for possible...
S2E36 - Lady Whistledown - How to Not Fall for the Wrong Lord/Lady
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with the ton’s favorite society page columnist, who we’ve met in the Bridgerton series, Lady Whistledown. “The Further...
S2E35 - Rules of Scoundrels - How to Chase/Choose Happiness
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni talk about newspaper owner Duncan and casino full of secrets Georgiana. We go through life chasing our dreams for better c...
S2E34 - Rules of Scoundrels - How to Right Our Wrongs
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Wendy are back with the mysteriously alive Mara and the “Killer Duke” Temple. Our circumstances can drive us to take drastic measures t...
S2E33 - Rules of Scoundrels - How to Abstain from Our Past Decisions
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni and Wendy talk about some of the smartest people amongst the ton, scientist Pippa and card counting Cross. When Lady Pippa shows up ...
S2E32 - Rules of Scoundrels - How to Look Past Our Revenge
19 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with Sarah MacLean’s Rules of Scoundrels series starting with proper Penelope and fallen angel Bourne. Revenge can be born...
S2E31 - Love By Numbers - How to Not Turn Into Our Parents
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with the passionate Juliana and the Duke of Disdain aka the Duke of Leighton. Actions have consequences. Actions as parent...
S2E30 - Love by Numbers - How to Land a Lord or Lady
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni are talking about roof repairing Isabel and the hunter turned hunted Nicholas. Sometimes we need some help in finding a ma...
S2E29 - Love by Numbers - How to Live Up to Our Name
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with an empress and the emperor she has been waiting for for ten years. It’s a wonder that some of us love our name and so...
S2E28 - Spindle Cove - How-to/How-to-Not Start a Scandal
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni and Wendy are laughing at the many situations Charlotte and Piers have found themselves in. During the Regency era, many situations ...
S2E27 -Spindle Cove - How to Make the Best of Our Situations
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Wendy are back with sugar-coated Pauline and heart-broken Griffin, Duke of Halford. We are thrown curveballs during our lifetime. Then, w...
S2E26 - Spindle Cove - How to Look Past Our Scars
08 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni talk about our favorite music teacher, Kate, and the brooding corporal, Thorne. We all have insecurities. We can be inse...
S2E25 - Spindle Cove - How to Be a Good Travel Buddy
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with fossil-loving Minerva and fun-loving Colin in “A Week to Be Wicked” by Tessa Dare. It’s always a good idea to use t...
S2E24 - Spindle Cove - How to Find or Create a Place to Heal
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with Tessa Dare’s Spindle Cove series starting with “A Night for Surrender” and “Once Upon a Winter’s Eve.” Teas...
S2E23 - Hathaways - How to Not Judge a Book by Its Cover
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni talk about the ferret and the fox changing their initial feelings about each other in “Love in the Afternoon" by Lisa...
S2E22 - Hathaways - How to Know When It's Love or Hate
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Wendy are back with the hedgehog keeping her quills up when the cat is around in “Married By Morning" by Lisa Kleypas. Sometimes, we t...
S2E21 - Hathaways - How to Come Together Like Family
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni and Wendy talk about the cat chasing after the rabbit in “Tempt Me At Twilight" by Lisa Kleypas. Some of us are fortunate to ...
S2E20 - Hathaways - How to Not Let Health Get in the Way of Dating & Relationships Part Two
20 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Wendy are back with the beautiful, well-bred swan longed by the brute horse in "Seduce Me At Sunrise" by Lisa Kleypas. We all have ...
S2E19 - Hathaways - How to Let Our Guard Down
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni start a new series with the eccentric Hathaway siblings beginning with a mother hen partnering with wily fox in "Mine T...
S2E18 - Wallflowers - How to Maintain Our Relationships
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Wendy are back to talk about an avid reader and a man with two identities from "Scandal in Spring" by Lisa Kleypas. We are in a per...
S2E17 - Wallflowers - How to Not Live in Our Past
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Toni and Wendy talk about the most underestimated wallflower and the most notorious rake from "Devin in Winter" by Lisa Kleypas. ...
S2E16 - Wallflowers - How to Apologize
22 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with "It Happened One Autumn" by Lisa Kleypas. We wake up and create memories every day. Sometimes, our actions have...
S2E15 - Wallflowers - How to Fake It 'Til We Make It
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni are back with "Secrets of a Summer Night" by Lisa Kleypas. When gently-bred women come of age during the Regency e...
S2E14 - Wallflowers - How to Stop Punishing Ourselves
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are ecstatic to start Lisa Kleypas's Wallflower series with "Again the Magic." We never know what the future holds for u...
S2E13 - Bridgerton vs Smythe-Smith Battle Royale
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's a duel this bonus episode between Toni and Wendy with an arsenal of Bridgerton or Smythe-Smith Quartet books as a weapon. They welcome back ...
S2E12 - Smythe-Smith Quartet - How to Survive Family Gatherings Part Two
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back to revisit the concept of survival mode with Julia Quinn's "The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy." We are kindl...
S2E11 - Smythe-Smith Quartet - How to Forgive
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni are back with Julia Quinn's "The Sum of All Kisses." We are flawed creatures. We make mistakes whether we are...
S2E10 - Smythe-Smith Quartet - How to Reinvent Ourselves
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with Julia Quinn's "A Night Like This." Some nights end with an aristocrat falling in love at first sight with ...
S2E9 - Smythe-Smith Quartet - How to Be a Damsel in Distress
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For all of us music lovers, we have a treat this month with Julia Quinn's Smythe-Smith Quartet series. This week, Wendy and Toni are back and wis...
S2E8 - The Bridgertons - How to Know Whether It's Love or Lust
04 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Happily ever after may not be easy to come by, but it's expected for the last unwed Bridgerton in the final book of the Bridgerton series, "...
S2E6 - The Bridgertons - How to Move On
23 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Wendy and Toni are back with Julia Quinn's "When He Was Wicked." A heart-breaking story of true love found and lost. A heart...
S2E7 - The Bridgertons - How to Reach Our Goals
23 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with Julia Quinn's "It's In His Kiss." A sense of accomplishment is a great, smile-all-day feeling once a ...
S2E5 - The Bridgertons - How to Spend Quality Time with Kids
23 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Toni and Wendy are back with Julia Quinn's "To Sir Phillip, With Love." Little did Eloise know when she ran off to determine if she and...
S2E4 - The Bridgertons - How to Find Fulfillment in Our Career
23 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Toni and Wendy review Julia Quinn's "Romancing Mister Bridgerton." During the preceding three books in this series, we ar...
S2E3 - The Bridgertons - How to Be Authentically You
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Toni are back with Julia Quinn's "An Offer From a Gentleman." They say a person is no better or worse than another. Inste...
S2E2 - The Bridgertons - How to Overcome Our Fears
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Toni and Wendy review Julia Quinn's "The Viscount Who Loved Me." We are human and we all are afraid of something. Som...
S2E1 - The Bridgertons - How to Put Ourselves First
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy Woo and Toni Rose are back and starting this year with the beloved Bridgerton series from Julia Quinn. At the beginning of each new year, we r...