On the season one finale of Love&, Kristin and Caitlin take a sexy stroll on the wild side.

In this Episode:

• Savaged - Mia Sheridan (MF)
• Transcendence - Shay Savage (MF)
• Unloved - Kate Regnery (MF)
• Love in the Wild: A Tarzan Retelling - Emma Castle (MF)
• The Fall - Claire Kent (MF)
• Uncivilized - Sawyer Bennett (MF)
• Ice Planet Barbarians (Ice Planet Barbarians #1) - Ruby Dixon (MF)
• Choosing Theo (Clecanian #1) - Victoria Aveline (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Force of Nailture - O.P.I.
• Nomad’s Dream - O.P.I.

Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6

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School is officially back in session. Grab your favorite flogger and join us for Kink 101 this week on Love&.

In this Episode:

• Shame - Fiona Cole (MF)
• Praise (Salacious Players Club #1) - Sara Cate (MF)
• Unbound - Cara McKenna (MF)
• Preferential Treatment (Indecent Proposals #2) - Heather Guerre (MF)
• Voyeur (Voyeur Series #1) - Fiona Cole
• Beautiful Stranger (Beautiful Bastard #2) - Christina Lauren (MF)
• Asking For It - Lilah Pace (MF)
• Blackwood (Blackwood #1) - Celia Aaron (MF)
• Act Your Age - Eve Dangerfield (MF)
• Priceless - Miranda Silver (MF)
• Hotblooded - Heather Guerre (MF)
• Captivated - Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield (MF)
• Cruel Idols - Sorcha Black (MMF)
• Sabotage - Shantel Tessier (MF)
• Haunting Adeline - H.D. Carlton (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Don’t Bossa Nova Me Around - O.P.I.
• I Pull the Strings - O.P.I.

Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6

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Can a computer write a romance novel? This week, we’re joined by Katy Gero, a writer and computer scientist who studies human-AI collaboration. Katy reads two chapters generated by the language model GPT-3 and we discuss the current and potential capabilities of this technology, some charming limitations, and what it means for the future of the genre.

In this Episode:

• Broken French - Natasha/Tasha Boyd (MF) (Contemporary Romance)
• Once Bitten - Heather Guerre (MF) (Paranormal Romance)
• Wrong - Stella Rhys (MF) (Contemporary Romance)

New Releases:

• Love on the Brain - Ali Hazelwood (MF) (Contemporary Romance) (August 23)
• A Dreadful Splendor - B.R. Myers (MF) (Historical Romantic Suspense) (August 23)
• Pack of Lies (Monster Hunt #1) - Charlie Adhara (MM) (Paranormal Romantic Suspense) (August 30)

Sources:

The chapter was generated by Katy using GPT-3, a language model from OpenAI.

Interested in Katy’s research and writing? See her website or find her on twitter @katyilonka

Interested in bias in AI? Read ‘Weapons of Math Destruction’ by Cathy O’Neil or ‘Algorithms of Oppression’ by Safiya Umoja Noble

Interested in trying out the technology? Try SudoWrite, a text-generator app designed specifically for novel writers.

Music: Ruck P - Fallin' https://chll.to/862a002e

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Pack up your TBRs because it's time to hit the road! This week on Love&, Kristin and Caitlin dive into their favorite road trip romances.

In this Episode:

• Going Nowhere Fast - Kati Wilde (MF)
• On the Way to You - Kandi Steiner
• Conventionally Yours - Annabeth Albert (MM)
• Road Trip - Addison Arrowdell (MMMF)
• Road-Tripped - Nicole Archer (Ad Agency Series #1) (MF)
• A Week to be Wicked - Tessa Dare (MF)
• A Promise of Fire (Kingmaker Chronicles Series #1) - Amanda Bouchet (MF)
• Follow - Tessa Bailey (MF)
• People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry (MF)
• Last Light - Claire Kent (MF)
• Something Fabulous - Alexis Hall (MM)
• Off Key - May Archer (MM)

Nail Colors:

• Get in the Espresso Lane - O.P.I.
• Alpaca my Bags - O.P.I.

Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6

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Where do minotaur milking, billionaire arranged marriages and Sandra Bullock intersect? This episode apparently. On this week’s Feel-the-Love-Friday, Kristin and Caitlin discuss recent reads and give honest movie reviews of some recent films.

In this Episode:

• Morning Glory Milking Farm (Cambric Creek #1) - C.M. Nascosta (MF paranormal romance)
• Every Summer After - Carley Fortune (MF contemporary romance)
• Fake Empire - C.W. Farnsworth (MF contemporary romance)

New Releases:

• Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson (MF Romantic Suspense; Rom-Com) (August 16)
• Serve - C.W. Farnsworth (MF Contemporary Romance)

Music: Ruck P - Fallin' https://chll.to/862a002e

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This week on Love&, we discuss the Queen of Sexual Tension and the tall brooding hero - Elizabeth O’Roark!

In this Episode:

• Waking Olivia - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• Drowning Erin - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• A Deal with the Devil - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• The Devil You Know - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• No One But Us - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• Undertow - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)
• Parallel Series (Books $1-4) - Elizabeth O’Roark (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Never a Dulles Moment - O.P.I.
• Drama at La Scala - O.P.I.

Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6

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Out of ideas for your empty spare room? Have a basement you don’t use? Look no further! This week on Love&, Kristin and Caitlin put down their romance books and pick up the remote to discuss Netflix’s new sex-positive show, How to Build a Sex Room.

In this Episode:

• Misbehaved - Charleigh Rose (MF) (Contemporary Romance)
• Long Shot (Hoops Series #1) - Kennedy Ryan (MF) (Contemporary Sports Romance)
• Hold (Hold Series #1) - Claire Kent (MF) (Sci-Fi Romance)
• All the Little Things - Rachel Leigh (MF) (Contemporary Romance)

New Releases:

• Misfit - Elle Kennedy (MF) (Young Adult Romance) (July 26)
• Husband Material - Alexis Hall (MM) (Contemporary Romance) (August 2)

Music: Ruck P - Fallin' https://chll.to/862a002e

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Who are you HUNKering down with to ride out the apocalypse? This week is all about love at the end of the world.

In this Episode:

• Last Light - Claire Kent (MF)
• Haven (Kindled Series #1) - Claire Kent (MF)
• Dustwalker - Tiffany Roberts (MF)
• Juniper Unraveling - Keri Lake (MF)
• Pestilence (Four Horseman Series #1) - Laura Thalassa (MF)
• War (Four Horseman Series #2) - Laura Thalassa (MF)
• Famine (Four Horseman Series #3) - Laura Thalassa (MF)
• Death (Four Horseman Series #4) - Laura Thalassa (MF)
• Homebound - Lydia Hope (MF)
• Lawless (Steel Dragons MC Series #1) - Crystal Ash (MMMMF)
• After the Plague Series - Imogen Keeper (MF)
• Moonshine - Kat Bostick (MF)
• Afterglow - Marie Monroe (MF)

Nail Colors:

• Pompeii Purple - O.P.I.
• The Future is You - O.P.I.

Music: Kupla - Droplet https://chll.to/20106dd6

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