Secret Iowa author Megan Bannister joins the DMPL Podcast. She discusses traveling across the state to discover the fun, unknown sites featured in this book, her favorite roads in Iowa, and what famous authors she outsold at a bookstore in Iowa last year.

Show Notes

• Secret Iowa at the library
  
• Iowa Supper Clubs, by Megan Bannister
  
• Megan Bannister's website

It's February, and love is in the air! Get your HEA (happily ever after) by listening to Sarah, a romance aficionado, and Jes discuss the history of the romance genre, current trends, cross-genre romance books, and what some of their favorite stories are within different romance tropes.

Currently Reading

• The Book the Wouldn't Burn, by Mark Lawrence
• Ruthless Vows, by Rebecca Ross
• Beautyland, by Marie-Helene Bertino
  
• Good Material, by Dolly Alderton
  
• Light from Uncommon Stars, by Ryka Aoki
  
• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty

Trope Picks

• Enemies to Lovers
  
  • ​​​​​​​Act Your Age, Eve Brown, by Talia Hibbert
• Grumpy Sunshine
  
  • ​​​​​​​Well Met, by Jen Deluca
  • It Happened One Summer, by Tessa Bailey,
  • Delilah Green Doesn't Care, by Ashley Herring Blake
• Only One Bed
  
  • The Rogue Not Taken, by Sarah Maclean
  • Float Plan, by Trish Doller
  • Happy Place, by Emily Henry
• Marriage of Convenience
  
  • ​​​​​​​How to Catch a Queen, by Alyssa Cole
  • Tempest, by Beverly Jenkins
• Forbidden Love
  
  • ​​​​​​​Red, White, and Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston
  • Hate to Want You, by Alisha Rai
• Fake Dating
  
  • ​​​​​​​Boyfriend Material, by Alexis Hall
  • Yours Truly, by Abby Jimenez
• Second Chance
  
  • ​​​​​​​Seven Days in June, by Tia Williams
  • Recipe for Persuasion, by Sonali Dev
• Amnesia/Mistaken Identity
  
  • ​​​​​​​The Girl With the Make Believe Husband, by Julia Quinn
  • Spoiler Alert, by Olivia Dade.
• Sports:
  
  • Check Please, by Ngozi Ukazu
  • Intercepted, by Alexa Martin
  • Bromance Book Club, by Lyssa Kay Adams
• Funny-Paranormal
  
  • ​​​​​​​My Roommate is a Vampire, by Jenna Levine

Other Books Discussed

• Ghosts, by Dolly Alderton
  
• Patricia Briggs - books
• Laurell K. Hamilton - books
• Johanna Lindsey - books