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This week I share my thoughts on Catherine Cowles cover for book 4 in the Starlight Grove series and then realized that the Cozyverse series written by Eliana Lee and Emilia Emerson is also set in a town called Starlight Grove! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about some romance! Wild Things by Jennifer Ashley has a shifter/human psychic pairing. The Duke and the Widow by Christina Diane has a virgin male main character! A Pack for Winter by Eliana Lee is another Cozyverse book I'm loving and just as high heat as Summer's book. Bound By Your Touch by Meredith Duran has Lydia and James' father's switching roles by the end and the couple choosing Toronto as their new home. The delicious and wonderful plantain cake with brown butter frosting can be found by checking out Butter and Spice on Instagram at @butterandspicebakeshop. You won't regret it! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about my current reads, two of which unfortunately for me end in cliffhangers: Fated to the Band by KT Strange, a why choose romance with a witch and her five werewolf mates and Silver Santa by Lacey Silks a contemporary romance with a security professional/cop and a billionaire. My other two reads are Bound By Your Touch by Meredith Duran a historical romance between a bluestocking and a rakish viscount and Kidnapped by the Obsessed Dragon by Elle Madearis a Black paranormal romance with a dragon and his human mate. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about two small town romances I finished reading that are very different! A Pack for Summer by Eliana Lee is an omegaverse, why choose, cozy romance with HIGH heat! Tonight and Forever by Brenda Jackson was published in 1995 (31 years ago🤯) and is a Black contemporary romance with two main characters who have to work through their past traumas while adjusting to living in a small town. I also talk a bit about Blaze of Memory by Nalini Singh which I'm just about 12% in! If you want to check out the shortbread cookie company, they're @richandrobbi on instagram Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I share my thoughts on Branded By Fire by Nalini Singh and how I think it ties into Cold Redemption which will be out in December. If spoilers are not your jam, if fan theories about the next book, bug you mucho mas please stop at 10:26 and jump ahead to 59:07. For the amazing musicians I mentioned, they can all be found on TikTok and these are their names with their TikTok handles: Tim Reynolds - @violintim, Tabitha Harlowe - @sheistabi, Yadeal - @sheorchestrated, Rebekah Reid - @rebekahreidmusic, Chisara - @chisaraagor Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about two books I've reread because I love to do that: Chasing Savannah by Dria Andersen and Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh. Dria's book is a standalone and Nalini's is book 5 in the series. If you're looking for shifters and a paranormal world either book is a great option and Chasing Savannah has a throuple (a trio) while Hostage to Pleasure is an enemies to lovers! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about three books: Big Stick Energy by Sarina Bowen, Mine To Possess by Nalini Singh and Dragon in the Deep by Kaylee Pike. It's a bit spoilery so if you hate spoilers, go read the books and come back to listen! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I share my thoughts on BTG which starting next week will be found on YT and TT. Rescue The Night by Christine DePetrillo is a contemporary romance with a female main character who falls for her brother's best friend. It's a good first book in a series and reminds me in some ways of the overprotectiveness that we see in Caressed By Ice by Nalini Singh, which has another sister dealing with older brothers who are trying to impede her love story "for her own good". Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv YouTube - Yap with Esther Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about BTG and why I want Heather to be a big bad! My reading includes Die For Me by Shirlene Obuobi, The Rejected Omega by Sara Sellers, Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh, and Fake Dating Her Yeti by Neva Post. To donate to the World Central Kitchen's response to the earthquake in Colombia on August 10, 2026 please click here: https://wck.org/news/colombia-quake/ Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about my thoughts on Beyond The Gates, a few thoughts on the other CBS soaps as well as books I've been reading - Die For Me by Shirlene Obuobi, Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh, and Big Stick Energy by Sarina Bowen. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about BTG and it's drama, Into the Fading Twilight by Catherine Cowles which is romance with murder, Die for Me by Shirlene Obuobi which might have vampires, Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh which is a reread 😍 and my thoughts on physical media and how important it is and why video calls are so much better than I thought they would be as a teenager! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about BTG with a smattering of B&B. The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren is a great second chance, Becoming a Vincent by C. M. Owens is a best friends to lover and Slave to Sensation is enemies to lovers in case your TBR needs some new books!! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I talk about the 15 Daytime Emmy nominations Beyond The Gates received, why I'm rereading Slave to Sensation for the 6th time ( I think, might be 7th 😆) plus the Innocent Next Door by Shelley Munro (book whose title evaded me) along with World cup and Home Run Derby thoughts. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I yap about how BTG (Beyond The Gates) has me feeling, Zoe York's Reckless at Heart and how sometimes books just don't hit the spot. I also mention Taryn Delanie Smith who's videos on TikTok and Instagram always brighten my day! Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv

This week I gush about The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne! It's a 5 star read for me and a really great example of enemies to lovers. Spoilers start at 9:24. I also share some odd thoughts and talk about my dad. If grief and loss of a parent is not what you need at this time, stop at 44:20. Thanks for listening 😘 Come find me on the socials: Threads - @molessie Instagram - @essiemv TikTok - @essiemv Everything else: https://linktr.ee/essiemv