07.22: Adriana Herrera on the Power of Historical Romance: When We’re Up Against a Corner, Baby, Let’s Fight.

There's a new Adriana Herrera book out this month, so that means we get to have one of our very favorites back on the pod to talk about not only her banger of a book, A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke, but also about historical in general! This week, we talk about historicals, in general, about why everyone seems to think they're dying (spoiler: they're not!), and do some myth busting on perceptions of the historical romance. We're extremely grateful to friend of the pod Alexandria Bellefleur for offering up her collected data on historical romance and readers -- check out her books (listed below), as well, and come back next week for more historical recs!

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Our next read along is Julie Anne Long's What I Did For a Duke, available in print, ebook, and audio at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books or wherever you get your books.

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The Books

• A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera
• Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley 
• Proper English by KJ Charles
• My Lady’s Lover by Nicola Davidson 
• The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine Heath
• The Gilded Heiress by Joanna Shupe
• The Duke Gets Desperate by Diana Quincy
• Love, Death, and Lanterns by Jeanne Lin
• A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby by Vanessa Riley 
• The Duke Gets Even by Joanna Shupe
• The Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
• Wicked and the Wallflower by Sarah MacLean
• The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas
• The Prince of Broadway by Joanna Shupe
• The Bride by Julie Garwood
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