Holiday Romances: Cozy Vibes, Chaotic Choices & Ghostly Shenanigans Holiday romances promise cozy vibes, twinkle lights and just enough emotional whiplash to keep us awake between sips of our candy cane cocktails. They also reveal what we really want from love stories: joy but with a little bite. In Season 2 Episode 28: A Spirited Christmas onRead More
Season 2 Episode 28: A Spirited Christmas
Candy Cane Cocktails in hand, we dive into two very different holiday romances and come up for air with laughter, side-eye and a few hard truths.
Book Review: Find Me
This book comes out swinging. The heat starts early, stays consistent and absolutely works for the story.
A Whole Latke Love
Holiday romance season gives us two things we adore: comfort and surprise — preferably with cocktails in hand.
Season 2 Episode 27: A Whole Latke Love
Holiday romance should feel like stepping into a warm kitchen: familiar, fragrant and a little bit daring.
Meet the Author: A.C. Wonderland
In this week’s episode, we pull up a chair with A.C. to talk about how her childhood hockey crush and lifelong love of the game turned into writing slow-burn romances that hit as hard as a slapshot and melt just as fast.
Season 2 Episode 26: Meet the Author A.C. Wonderland
We pull up a chair with A.C. to talk about her books One Shot and Summer Shot, why golden retriever male leads deserve their flowers, and how to write intimacy that actually moves the story forward.
Book Review: One Shot
Let’s just say: the ice isn’t the only thing heating up.
Season 2 Episode 25: Double Shot
We’re pouring drinks, pulling on jerseys and diving into two hockey romances that deliver big feelings, bigger chemistry and the kind of character growth that lingers after the final buzzer.
Double Shot
Hockey romance is absolutely having its time to shine — and for good reason.
My Honest Review of Love & Spice
I dove headfirst into Love & Spice, an AI-powered romance platform that lets you craft your own story (and smut). Here’s the good, the bad and the hilariously horny truth about my experience.
Book Review: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
A hot demon and a spicy lady team up to destroy a witch’s horcruxes … and end up being unable to keep their hands off each other.
That Time We Got Drunk & Did a Podcast
Monster romance thrives where campy fun meets moral ambiguity.
Season 2 Episode 24: That Time We Got Drunk & Did a Podcast
Let’s end spooky season with a clink: a neon-blue zombie cocktail meets a cozy Oktoberfest beer as we close our creature feature month and dig into two wildly different monster romances.
Book Review: Morning Glory Milking Farm
You can “churn” this one out in under 24 hours.
Got Minotaur Milk?
We have to balance the sex spectacle with scientific plausibility. It’s just who we are.
Season 2 Episode 23: Got Minotaur Milk?
We pour a drink (okay, a few), roll up our sleeves, and unpack two monster romances that are equal parts spicy, sweet and unexpectedly practical.
Book Review: How to Help a Hungry Werewolf
I’m a sucker for both witches and werewolves, so this book hit all my paranormal sweet spots.
Love Spells
Monster romance is having a moment — and not only because October begs for fangs, fur and folklore.
Season 2 Episode 22: Love Spells
Do monsters make the perfect mate?
Create Your Own Shadow Garden
How to Create Your Own Shadow Garden (Inspired by In the Shadow Garden by Liz Parker) By Nicole Danielle On our podcast, Romance on the Rocks, I recently reviewed In the Shadow Garden by Liz Parker (Season 2 Episode 21: I’m Also in Love with Mothman). In the book, the mystical “shadow garden” is filledRead More
Book Review: In the Shadow Garden
If you’re looking for a story filled with witches, bourbon, buried secrets, and a touch of Southern gothic mystery, In the Shadow Garden by Liz Parker should be on your TBR.
The Shadowed Garden Cocktail
If you loved Liz Parker’s In the Shadow Garden, this cocktail is the perfect sip while reading (or re-reading) under moonlight.
I’m Also in Love with Mothman
October brings out our inner gremlins, so we leaned in and built a creature-feature lineup for the month that blends romance with folklore, small-town politics, and the kind of magical logic that feels like a warm drink on a cold night.
Season 2 Episode 21: I’m Also in Love with Mothman
Our creature-feature month kicks off with two romances that trade jump scares for emotional stakes.
Sweet 16: My Romance Book Haul in Milwaukee
Our foray into the city brought us face-to-face with some of the best contemporary romance authors of the day. After tromping up and down twenty-some blocks of North Avenue, my heart was full, my wallet was empty, and my shoulder was sore from schlepping all my new novels.
TBR: My Book Haul from Milwaukee
came home with a stack that already has my heart racing. From regency intrigue to spicy contemporary vibes, there’s a little something for every romance mood.
Season 2 Episode 20: Love in the Stacks
As we celebrate our one-year podcast anniversary, we’re thrilled to spotlight two visionary women transforming the local literary landscape.
Love in the Stacks: One Year of Romance on the Rocks
In a post-pandemic world where many of our cherished “third spaces” have diminished, a fascinating movement is emerging in the Milwaukee area and beyond. Dedicated romance bookstores that serve not just as retail spaces but as vital community hubs.
Our Whirlwind Weekend … And the Con That Shall Not Be Named
Earlier this month, my podcast co-host and bestie, Meghan, and I made the journey to the Milwaukee area for a whirlwind weekend.
Book Review: Dark Roots and Cowboy Boots
It’s the perfect summer read, especially if you’re a hairstylist who loves a little salon drama mixed in with your love stories.
Season 2 Episode 19: It’s a Hot Time in Hooterville
Fall in love with small-town romance as Nicole and Meghan exchange books perfectly tailored to each other’s interests in this delightful end-of-summer reading episode.
It’s a Hot Time in Hooterville
In the latest episode of Romance on the Rocks, hosts Nicole Danielle and Meghan Leigh dive into another delightful book exchange, featuring two summer romances set in small towns
Book Review: B.O.B.’s Fall
My podcast co-host, Meghan Leigh, picked this book out for me for our first September book swap. She thought it would be cute and funny because my husband’s name is Bob. She didn’t realize what B.O.B. actually stood for (allegedly) and neither did I until I start my pre-cursory flip through the pages.
Season 2 Episode 18: Hot Swap
Nicole and Meghan dive headfirst into uncharted territory with their first-ever romance novel exchange. And things get spicy faster than either of them anticipated.
Hot Swap
In the latest episode of Romance on the Rocks, Season 2 Episode 18: Hot Swap, hosts Nicole and Meghan embark on a spicy adventure through the world of romance novels with their book exchange.
Book Review: Say You Mean It
We’re taking it up nort’ this week with Say You Mean It by Megan Reinking – a romance with flannel, feelings, and a failing cash register.
Season 2 Episode 17: Big City Girls, Small Town Studs
This episode dives deep into two contemporary small-town romances that explore what happens when urban professionals leave behind their city lives for love in communities where everyone knows your business.
Big City Girls, Small Town Studs
In the latest episode of Romance on the Rocks, hosts Nicole and Meghan continue their journey through the world of romance novels with their signature mix of insightful analysis, humor, and unfiltered commentary.
Book Review: Mixed Signals
Mixed Signals (Lovelight #3) The Official Blurb “A small-town baker learns to raise her expectations for love with some help from a handsome local teacher in this sunny romantic comedy. Layla Dupree has given up on love. She’s waded through all the fish in the sea, each one more disappointing than the last. Apparently, owningRead More
