Ep. 108 - Lothaire by Kresley Cole (PART 1)

Hey pals! Welcome to another episode of We Read It One Night with Alison, featuring return co-host, Elodie! We're talking about listener suggestion WHEN A SCOT TIES THE KNOT by Tessa Dare, aka the historical romcom Queen. Watch what happens when the fake fiance that bluestocking artist Maddie made up ten years ago only to fake kill off because she felt guilty for lying to her family shows up at her Scottish Highlands castle, alive, real, and hunky! Tessa turns marriage of convenience, epistolary, fake dating, found family, and more of your fav tropes on their heads. All of this in between our in-depth chat into the state of Romance books today, including Tiktok, the rise and fall of historicals, fanfic, online community, and more. Plus, tons of bonus book recs scattered throughout the episode. Enjoy the show! Elodie's other episode: Ep. 93 - Always Only You by Chloe Liese Brazen banter: Penguin clothbound classics! Where did all the dry humping go? The double edged sword of TikTok! Cat Scale: 6.25 Revolutionary Resources Clothbound binding my bookshelf Cora Harrington, lingerie expert The Traitors show Made of Honor movie Highland Clearances 831 Stories   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Support the podcast and buy us coffee WRION merch! Our feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram/Threads: @wereaditonenight Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! We're back with our first new episode of 2025 and this time we're jumping into the third book in Ana Huang's Twisted series, TWISTED HATE. This is Josh and Jules's enemies to lovers showdown, and it's the most controversial book in the series. Did you love it? Did you hate it? Were you mostly rooting for the reunification of our brotp, Josh and Alex? Listen to our takes and then let us know!  Brazen banter: Yearning for a vampire happy endings! We learn Swedish! Classic Marauders fanfiction! Goodspeed, Luigi! We become art forgers! Cat Scale: 2 Revolutionary Resources The Life and Times (classic Jily fanfic) All the Young Dudes (newer Wolfstar fanfic) Uggs Italian Greyhound vs. Whippet Is this available? song   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Support the podcast and buy us coffee WRION merch! Our bookish, sapphic Etsy shop! Instagram/Threads: @wereaditonenight Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! It's one last rerelease episode until we're back will all new episodes for 2025! It's the beginning of everyone's favorite faerie spice, A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES by Sarah J. Maas. Enjoy!  Part 2: Ep. 67 ACOMAF: Ep. 76, 77; 78 ACOWAR: Ep. 89; Ep. 90; Ep. 91 Brazen banter: Super special Gaylor content! Faerie, fairy, feyrees, fayries, fouaeoiaouries—who cares! Cicada rights! Cat Scale: TBA Revolutionary Resources Hayley Kiyoko's Gaylor post Twilight: Ep. 11, 12, 13 New Moon: Ep. 27, 28 Eclipse: Ep. 43, 44, 45 Breaking Dawn: Ep. 56, 57 Feyre name meaning Throne of Glass series Koh, Avatar the Last Airbender Bogge Púca   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! WRION merch! Our feminist, cat-loving, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! We're still on our holiday break, but to celebrate a new year, we're giving you a rerelease of the first romance book that brought a new era for us: THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME by Julia Quinn! And if you liked this episode, check out part 2 and our episode on season 2 of Bridgerton, based on this book! Part 2: Ep. 15 Season 2 Brazen banter: A brief history of corgis! Justice for middle children! The new Spider-Man movie! Violence as foreplay! Cat Scale: TBA Revolutionary Resources "Surface Pressure" (Encanto)   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Connect with us on the interwebs! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! It's the holiday season and we're inviting you to cuddle up on this cold winter night with our episode on ICE PLANET BARBARIANS by Ruby Dixon.  Enjoy! Brazen banter: How to win The Bachelor! Barbarian sex toys! The next animal we want to domesticate! Cat Scale: 10 Revolutionary Resources: Sleep paralysis book: Sing Me to Sleep by R.M. Virtues Bachelor podcast Travel pillow/blanket   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Connect with us on the interwebs! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! We're taking a break on new episodes until the new year, so enjoy one of our favorite episodes (and yours) about STEMinist, silly, bonkers, romantic LOVE ON THE BRAIN by Ali Hazelwood! Part 2; Part 3 Brazen banter: Are bugs actually people? How to find a trustworthy car mechanic! Marie Curie! Security at the NASA Houston campus! Cat Scale: TBA Revolutionary Resources You've Got Mail Barely tolerable scene from Pride & Prejudice The dress Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way La Llorona Snapewives   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Connect with us on the interwebs! WE HAVE MERCH: t-shirts, hats, sweatshirts, stickers, pins, mugs, and more! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! Today, wrapping up Kiera Cass's Selection saga with THE ONE. We'll finally reveal whether the blonde teenage boy or the brown haired teenage boy wins the love triangle and explain how a book can be closed-door, no spice and still be a bodice ripper. The last 10% is shit-a-brick insane and the whole book makes much more sense when you remember it's Bachelor franchise fanfiction. Enjoy the show! Brazen banter: Falling for propaganda! Rampant Cullen family voter fraud! Cat Scale: 2 Revolutionary Resources Orange wine The Gilded Age show Bellwether counties Electoral college History of Singapore Birthstones   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Support the podcast and buy us coffee WRION merch! Our feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! It's our third anniversary and we're throwing our birthday party in the swamp, specifically the sexy sapphic swamp from Darva Green's SHE CAME FROM THE SWAMP. We're three years old now, and thankfully podcasts age like cats, because otherwise we'd be way too young to be reading smutty romance. We're celebrating all the support you've given us over three years as well as the love and joy we get from reading romance, and especially queer romance, in a world where a lot of people would rather we got neither. Here's to another great year! Brazen banter: Stags striking out! Glass bottomed boats! What's the true definition of a murder cult? The complexities of being pulling by tiny dogs! Cat Scale, Us: 15,005 Cat Scale, She Came from the Swamp: 5 Revolutionary Resources Hays Code Kikimora Buried rug girl Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream, Dream   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Support the podcast and buy us coffee WRION merch! Our feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram/Threads: @wereaditonenight Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! Today, we're wrapping up the second half of LOTHAIRE today and this book ramps up the camp to approximately 1000!! Ellie and Lothaire exchange body parts, Alison finally gets to read a blood blowjob, and Lothaire gets another dog. We thank Kresley Cole every day for writing this wildly fun, sexy, romantic, bonkers book. Enjoy the show! Part 1 Brazen banter: The end of the Eras Tour? Dense bean stir fry! Predictions for the Immortals After Dark series based on this one book! Cat Scale: 9 Revolutionary Resources Friendship bracelet tutorials Kingdom of Dreams Fated Mates   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Support the podcast and buy us coffee WRION merch! Our feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com

Hey pals! Spooky Season continues as Rachel and Alison dive into the first half of listener suggestion and iconic vampire romance in the Immortals After Dark series, LOTHAIRE by Kresley Cole. Lothaire, aka The Enemy of Old (dramatic, tbh), is the most morally grey hero to ever wear the color, and his FMC Ellie spends the entire book violently humbling him (as she should). This book hits 1000% of the time and we're obsessed--hope you will be too! Part 2 DONATE for Appalachia Hurricane Relief Brazen banter: Bean dishes! Sharp knives! Last names as first names! Cat Scale: TBD Revolutionary Resources Dense Bean Salad girl Marry Me Chickpeas Princess and the Frog mincing mushrooms Ep. 37 - Dark Lover by JR Ward The Black Dagger Brotherhood TV series   Subscribe! Follow! Rate! Review! Tell your friends and family all about us! Support the podcast and buy us coffee WRION merch! Our feminist, sapphic, bookish Etsy shop! Instagram: @wereaditonenight Twitter: @wereaditpodcast Facebook: We Read It One Night TikTok: @wereaditonenight Email: wereaditonenight [at] gmail.com