The Historical Romance Sampler

In this very special hour-long episode, we celebrate HOLIDAYS AT NORTHFIELD HALL with not one, not two, but three special guests! Isabella Kamal, Charlie Lane, and Sri Savita join me in reading first kiss scenes from our stories in HOLIDAYS AT NORTHFIELD HALL. (Beware: some of these first kiss scenes include spoilers!) Then we talk about the inspiration behind this multi-author anthology, what it was like for them to write into my world of Northfield Hall, and what we love about the holidays!
 
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Isabella Kamal - https://isabellakamal.wordpress.com/
Charlie Lane - https://www.charlielaneauthor.com/ 
Sri Savita - https://www.sri-savita.com/ 
 
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It is Banned Books Week here in the USA, so author Kit Caelsto joins me to talk about writing romance in a climate of censorship. Kit shares about their 20-year career as a romance author and how a new law in Missouri is forcing them to reconsider their publishing future. 
 
Find out more about the law in Missouri: https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-08-28/age-verification-law-for-porn-sites-now-in-effect-in-missouri 
 
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Rachel Griffiths joins the podcast to read from her Regency romance, JUST FOR THE SEASON. We talk about her English heritage, how her experience as a successful children's book editor prepared her (or not) to write romances, and her perspective on: is historical romance dead? 
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT Rachel Griffiths at rachelgriffithswrites.com
 
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E. H. Lupton joins the podcast to read a sample from their fantastical romance, DIONYSUS IN WISCONSIN. We talk about world-building, the class dynamics behind the myth of Dionysus, and why 1969 is such an interesting year. Then E. H. takes Katherine's Quick Questions to reveal why she writes "rom com where the 'com' is communism"!
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT E. H. Lupton at www.ehlupton.com
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Zen Cho reads from her 20th-century novella, THE PERILOUS LIFE OF JADE YEO. We talk about how she was inspired by Virginia Woolf's lifestyle to write this epistolary story, how H.G. Wells was a "horndog", and writing cross-culturally into different time periods. Then Zen takes my quiz, Katherine's Quick Questions!
 
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT Zen Cho at https://zencho.org/
 
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