We're taking a second run at second chance romance this week, and while we intended to recommend a million books, we ended up talking about all the ways this trope really works and really doesn't work for us! We're talking about rekindling love, unrequited love, resurrecting old wounds, the unforgivable stuff and of course, pining. It's a long one, and yes, Jen is talking about present tense.

If you love this one, you can listen to our first Second Chance Romance episode with Priscilla Oliveras here.

It's that time of year again--Sarah's next book, These Summer Storms is out in July and she is going on tour! What's more, there is a real deal Fated Mates LIVE planned for July 8th in St. Louis, MO! Get tickets to any of these events (Jen will be at a bunch of them, and other pod friends will be popping up along the way) at sarahmaclean.net/tour! If you can't make the tour, you can preorder These Summer Storms signed with a special romance dust jacket from The Ripped Bodice.

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• Love’s Encore by Rachel Ryan
• Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan
• Ravishing the Heiress by Sherry Thomas
• Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
• Daring and the Duke by Sarah MacLean
• Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
• If I Told You, I’d Have to Kiss You by Mae Marvel
• Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt
• Designing his Duchess by Gabrielle Carr
• A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria
• Broken by the Horde King by Zoey Draven