*This episode is brought to you by Kensington’s newest title, Demon Hunting with a Southern Sheriff by Lexi George.

The Novel: What Happens in Chicago
The Author: Liz Crowe
The Guest: Kelly Booth, Co-Host of Squintcast

The Synopsis:
Sloane
I figured it would be just another night at the club. Another chance to put my parents' expectations and their pressure to return home behind me. But hiding from my issues by entertaining clients at an exclusive club in Chicago wasn't the erotic buzz it used to be. And then, this smoking hot dude spilled bourbon down the front of my dress...

Michael
What had, at one time, been sexy, illicit, and thrilling now felt like one more night stuck on a hamster wheel. I was bored to tears with the whole club scene, forced yet again to verify to everyone that I was as Alpha as I claimed to be while continuing to hide from my responsibilities as part owner of my family's brewery. And then, I literally ran into her...
What happens between Sloane and Michael in Chicago seems like nothing more than a hookup, a scorching hot interlude for a couple of well-matched libidos. Once they realize that there are legit feelings involved, they find plenty of ways to deflect and sabotage their burgeoning relationship.

When they both have to leave their beloved Chicago and go home to Michigan--Sloane to help an ill parent, Michael to salvage his family's famous brewery--things get even more complicated. Accepting the depth of their emotion for each other means acknowledging their own flaws, which makes for tough conversations...along with smoking hot make-up sessions.

Content Warnings: Death of a parent (off-the-page), therapy, body dysmorphia and eating disorders. One of the main characters has an active eating disorder.

Show Notes:
- Sponsored ad for Demon Hunting with a Southern Sheriff by Lexi George (00:00:05 - 00:01:33)
- Kelly with a "y" vs. Kelli with an "i"
- "Bones", aka one of the best slow-burn colleagues-to-lovers shows
- Introducing today's read, What Happens in Chicago PLUS a few major trigger warnings (00:09:27)
- A new t-shirt: "World Traveling Sexer"?
- Pick a side, any side
- Discussing mental, physical, and emotional health in romance novels
- Addiction and the role it plays in relationships (fictional and IRL)
- A couple of petty notes on strip clubs... and bottled water? (00:32:24)
- Butt stuff for all
- The tie-in to What Happens in Denver (00:39:50)
- A few steamy sexcerpts (00:42:30)
- Productive laundry time
- Choking on his d*ck: Yay or Nay?
- Heart, Humor, & Heat Ratings (00:53:06)
- Are all the Kelly's dead inside?
- Wrapping-up and looking ahead (01:00:12)

Books & Films Mentioned:
- Liz's "companion book", What Happens in Denver
- "Bones", the show that inspired Kelly's new podcast
- Best Women's Erotica of the Year by Cleis Press
- Erotic historical romance author rec: Nicola Davidson (listen to our podcast episode review of Scandalous Passions)
- Queer historical romance author rec: Cat Sebastian
- Science fiction romance author rec: Ruby Dixon (though I admit, I haven't read Ice Planet Barbarians...)

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