Welcome to the Romance on the Rocks Podcast Blog! On our blog, you’ll find summaries of our podcast episodes and so much more. We love to take deeper dives into all things romance and cocktail related. We’re just two bookish biddies who love to imbibe and share our love of romance novels!
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Reading Romance on the Road
“We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury
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Book Review: Fifty Shades of Grey
This book does not offer a healthy or even coherent portrayal of romance, kink or emotional intimacy. It confuses trauma with desire, control with care and repetition with depth.
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Billionaires and Boundaries
We’re talking billionaire romances that promise heat but deliver control, and why cultural impact does not automatically mean a story gets intimacy right.
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Season 3 Episode 3: Billionaires and Boundaries
If a book hooks the world but fumbles consent, can it still be called a great romance?
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Season 2 Books
Season 2 of Romance on the Rocks Podcast was packed with swoons, spice and plenty of spirited discussion.
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Nacho Average Season Finale
We popped into La Taqueria in Wausau, Wisconsin and ordered up giant trays of nachos and delicious cocktails for our end of your book feast and season recap.
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Season 3 Episode 2: Nacho Average Season Finale
Season two wrapped up with everything we love: the reads that made us swoon, the ones that shocked us, and the moments that had us snort-laughing into our drinks.
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Still Reading Smut
What started as a half-joking idea between friends — what if we read romance novels, drank cocktails and talked about it? — became a ritual that reshapes how we read, create and connect.
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Season 3 Episode 1: Still Reading Smut
Pop the cork with us as we open season three and get real about how a half-joking idea turned into a ritual that changed our reading lives.
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Good Spirits
If you love holiday romance with humor and heart — and don’t mind a little ghostly snow-globe action — this is a festive delight.
