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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

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

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

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

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

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