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Not many artists actually hail from Tennessee, but the scenic valleys and rolling hills of The Volunteer State are part of Dustin Lynch’s DNA. In this episode of On the Bus, Country Thunder CEO Troy Vollhoffer sits down with Dustin to discuss his journey from playing fraternity parties and weddings across the southeast to being the first country artist with a club residency at the Wynn in Las Vegas. Plus, stick around for our new segment, Thunder Strike, where Troy features upcoming festival performer Riley Green’s hit song “Damn Good Day to Leave” to give you a taste of what’s to come at Country Thunder in 2025.…

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Listen romance novels are bonkers and we love them, love reading about them, love talking about them and love critically engaging with genre--it can handle the scrutiny. Here at Whoa!mance we tackle everything from the classics (looking at you Woodiwiss) to the current moment; all tropes, all subgenres, all comers. Romance deserves critical inquiry and you deserve a no-bullshit space where actual reviews are given.

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188. Your Mask doesn't make you cool: Velvet Chains by Constance O'Banyon 1:11:28

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Isabeau found a romance from a free library--the cover was gorgeous, the title bananas. The premise: a revolutionary American privateer kidnaps a british artisto named Season and then proceeds to gaslight her and the reader about his varied identities against the backdrop of the American War for Independence. Season, a classically plucky coddled only child with ginormous boobs changes her politics, when love opens her eyes to "freedom" but does the book understand it's own 80s hottakes? What does incrementalism get us in the end? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Whoa!nus Goes To The Movies with Andrea Martucci from Shelf Love: Your Monster 1:01:16

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Join fan fav and beloved friend of the pod Andrea Martucci from podcast Shelflove as we discuss 2024's 'Your Monster' a love story about female rage and personal growth. This discussion spans personal taste, romance conventions as adapted by other mediums, and of course that great white way: Broadway. As we've said before horror and romance share a wet middle in the venn diagram of genres, but what happens when they're part of the same narrative arc? Hot takes and divergent opinions make pod friends forever Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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187. Try Hard Tropes--When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein 1:09:11

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This week, we tackle Charolette Stein's When Grumpy Met Sunshine , a listener request that's keeping us honest! We've reviewed this author previously and concluded then that we would like to read her again later. Listeners we did. When Grumpy Met Sunshine is a romance that pits supposed opposites against each other with mixed results. Mabel is a ghost writer with a predictable penchant for bright clothes, and Alfie is an ex-footballer from the wrong side of the tracks with a wardrobe like Johnny Cash. How couldn't these goofs fall in love or dry hump at a Beyonce concert? From shared bad dads, to some pretty funny social media mishaps we explore how this particular story’s struggle with its own self-consciousness (a trend in current romance) seems to illuminate something brittle. The weight of modern romance expectations? The translation of fanfic into fic fic? If every trope shines this brightly are we not all blind? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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RE!Mance - "Never Sweeter" by Charlotte Stein 52:32

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A listener held us accountable. A listener reminded us that at the end of this very episode from 2018 we said we'd be curious what this author wrote in the future. And now, ahead of that discussion of a very new book by this very same author coming out next week, we want to give all of you the context you so richly deserve. Original notes below. ____________________ At some point we’ve all felt bullied. But did you ever think, as you stared out through the slits of a locker, your new home, that perhaps your tormenter just needed to work through some misplaced sexual desire? That in fact, your personal Roger Klotz was just biding their time to tell you how they really felt? What’s the statute of limitations on attempted murder? Can a novel be both problematic and titillating? Morgan and Isabeau grapple with Letty and Tate’s relationship, barn weddings, and what to do when your mind’s telling you no, but your body, your body, has been reshaped by toxic masculinity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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186. Re-straint: Meet Me At the Anvil by Kate Prior 43:27

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Please, no need to swoon - it's just us, talking about MEET ME AT THE ANVIL by KATE PRIOR. Prior isn't just the author's surname, it also describes when we talked about this author re: LOVE, LAUGH, LICH - look it up in the feed where you found this one! Diane is fine marrying Martin - as long as she has her special drawings and her special horn. That is until it isn't fine after one of her frequent faints (courtesy of staring too long at Martin's ruggedly handsome best man and cousin, Liam) interrupts the ceremony and leads to a perspective-shifting goat encounter. She and Liam hit the road to nowhere, or is it...to forever? Does centering the body, even the marginalized body, equal objectification? What has romance writing lost in the fronting of author personalities? Why is it so hard to think of weird parts with novellas? Keep your eye on that goat and your ear on this podcast - they're both wily son-of-a-guns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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185. True Love Waits...IN HELL! - The Saint of Heartbreak by Morgan Dante 1:11:31

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Trigger warnings abound everyone - sexual assault, dubious consent, Biblical characters of Judas and Satan falling in love, child death and miscarriage, suicide. Tread lightly, be gentle with yourself - it's just a podcast. The Devil is a lie, The Devil is in the details, The Devil is afraid to be vulnerable, The Devil is afraid you can't love him the way he thinks he wants to be loved. The Judas Iscariot (we'll wait while you gather your feelings) and The Devil (yep, horns, tail, etc.) meet in The Ninth Circle of Hell and embark on one of the most complex journeys of mutual self-discovery by way of esoteric billionaire, rakish Duke romance ever committed to pages read by these, your podcast hosts. Along the way, the text dives into a rather comprehensive collection of Bible fan fictions (Dante, Milton, Kabbalah, your most beautiful, tragic Aunt's pet theories...) and creates some of its own. What does romantasy lose in its fear of scope? What does this novel lose in its embrace of stakes? Is this the future liberals want? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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184. Baggage Claim: Paging Billionaires--In Flight by R.K. Lilley 2:00:18

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Morgan and Isabeau are joined by romance author Esme Brett as we discuss In Flight--a romance that took off in the wake of Fifty Shades. In this free wheeling discussion we tackle fanfiction's influence on the genre, the rise of self publishing, and the ethics of depicting BDSM in romance. What are we responsible for? Who are we responsible to? How can we sell more romance novels in New Zealand? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Whoa!nus - Maybe it's not Twenty Twenty for you??? 2024 in Review 1:39:39

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We were in the books in 2024 and now 2024 is in the books. Hardest and softest no!s and whoa!s, the places we visited the most in literature, what we did great at and where we came up short. All that and more as we look back on the year that was...2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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183. Meet Me in Los Feliz by Kelly Reynolds 1:05:56

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One last round of eggnog, we're talking "MEET ME IN LOS FELIZ" by KELLY REYNOLDS.Nora accidentally barges in on Bowie peeing and catches feels for the (sort of) Short King. Is king a slur if you're a Brit in LA who inherited a house and tea shop(pe)? Amid the hustle of trying to make it as an actress, Nora makes room for a new love.What makes a novella work? Does normalizing rough sex minimize it? How much are CBD lattes going for in your local area?Pick your exit off the 210 carefully, we're parked in this holiday traffic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Whoa!nus at the movies: Carol (2015) w/ Ellie from Butt Out Baby podcast 1:57:59

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Ellie from the Butt Out Baby Podcast had the best idea. For all of us to watch Carol (2015) directed by Todd Haynes and then talk about it. Therese gets a funny feeling when she first sees the glamorous Carol, and it isn't just because its Christmastime. But it is the 1950s, and Carol is going through a divorce, and is a devoted mother, and is at least a decade older and a gajillion dollars richer, and it's Christmas! What is it they about the course of true love? Do age gaps matter? Does Christmas matter? And what even happened with that ending!Be sure to tune into this romance-centered discussion of Carol. And, by the way, I like your hat... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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182. Short Days, Long Teeth - "Cold Hearted" by Heather Guerre 1:06:24

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If Whoa!mance had a nickel for every time we discussed a novel featuring a werewolf who flies personal aircraft, we would have TWO nickels. Thanks for the hypothetical pay raise, COLD HEARTED by HEATHER GUERRE.Grace has to Teach for America her way away from her terrible ex and terribler Chicago. So she makes her way to the small, insular, warm yet secretive community of Longtooth, Alaska. Even thought Grace really sets local boy Caleb's maybe-metaphorical-maybe-literal tail to wagging, he's been burned by City Folk before and he isn't going to be heartbroken again, dang it! When it turns out Grace's ex was worse and more supernatural than just a boring stalker, he's going to have to put his feelings aside...or actually, for some reason, centering them works better?What makes a comfort read comfortable? Is a villain more captivating than the main character a failure in a romance, or just the The Nature of the Beast? Its 10 p.m., do you know how many copies of "Watership Down" are within driving distance of you right now?Turn "Deadliest Catch", we've got something much sexier and equally Alaskan to discuss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Chapter 61 - Public Access Read-a-Long 39:46

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Here it is, the last chapter. The bow tie. The final thoughts. The Darcy. The Rochester. The end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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181. A Little Dark(romance) Meat: Lights Out By Navessa Allen 1:11:09

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Ready for some dark romance this holiday season? Sure you are! The days are short anyway. We've got a labrador retriever male main character who makes masked man thirst traps and does some stalking. And we've got a snarky female main character who loves those thirst traps and is looking for a little IRL action.Listen while Morgan and Isabeau untruss this popular bird, get at the juicy bits and carve out what makes this a mega romance audiobook hit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Chapter 60 - Public Access Read-a-Long 16:13

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Pride and Prejudice gets PENULTIMATE! In this, the second to last chapter of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, there are lots of sweet nothings and victory laps to be had. And the conversation begins circling the drain that leads to...romance novels? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Chapter 59 Read A Long 35:36

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