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Reader Seeks Romance channel’s Romance Roundup shares lists of current and upcoming must-read romance books curated by hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay.
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Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
An ex-grunge rocker finds love on the slopes. A love librarian gets naughty in the stacks.
In this Romance Roundup mini episode, Liz Donatelli & Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls & Pinegrove FD series) report back! They recommend two romance books on their TBRs that they read and loved.
Liz & Libby also chat about:
❤️ '90s & '00s rock band Incubus
❤️ "high page count, fast read" trope
❤️ reading habits to share with RomRound psychologist Sri Savita
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Saturday Apr 19, 2025
Saturday Apr 19, 2025
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Shenanigans ensue in Romance Roundup episode 52!
Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) & Liz Donatelli discuss a must-read Sarah Adams romance, their current romance author obsessions, their debut Ohio author event, and Libby's new romance book.
In this episode:
⭐ orctastic romances
⭐ "Hard to the Hoop"
⭐ "kids heard, but not seen" on the page
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Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
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Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) interviews (and geeks out over) her fave romance author, B.K. Borison! B.K. is the author of USA Today bestselling Lovelight cozy romance series and of New York Times bestselling romance First-Time Caller, inspired by '90s romance Sleepless in Seattle.
In this episode:
⭐ B.K.'s fave monologue from Sleepless in Seattle
⭐ fun dip & skeeball
⭐ B.K.'s must-read romance book recs
⭐ Libby's "scandalous" visit to B.K.'s hometown
⭐ B.K.'s upcoming magical romance
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Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
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Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) celebrate their 50th episode by sharing the unread romance books on their bookshelves AND they play Blind Date with a Book!
In this episode:
⭐ "Meat of the Story" - a good romance book title?
⭐ "illegally fostering a child together" trope
⭐ let's expand the hockey "romanceverse"
⭐ a rodeo clown & an unhoused assistant to a hockey player
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Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
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Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) welcome Libby's cousin Carri Horner to Romance Roundup's Zoom room! Carri shares hockey romance book recs and introduces Libby & Liz to wolf shifter/hockey team poly romance.
Also in this episode:
⭐ sprayed edges - why?
⭐ 400+ page romances - where are the editors?
⭐ Pangobooks app - what is it?
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Sunday Mar 02, 2025
Sunday Mar 02, 2025
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Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) welcome Theresa Christine to Romance Roundup's Zoom room! Theresa chats about her contemporary romance, The Half of It, a spicy small-town Ireland romance with the most unique twist on the "only one bed" trope.
Also in this episode:
⭐ Libby reveals her former dream job in Germany
⭐ Liz wants distant cousins falling in love on the page
⭐ Theresa shares the "gold standard" for small-town and grumpy/sunshine romance
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Monday Feb 24, 2025
Monday Feb 24, 2025
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Hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) share the 2025 spring romance releases on their TBRs!
In this episode:
⭐ an ode to movie Dirty Dancing
⭐ show mascot Jimmy, the boy coal miner, SPEAKS!
⭐ secret friends-to-lovers
⭐ getting sexy in a library carrel & on a Pelaton
⭐ "Macabre Falls" by Libby Kay???
⭐ Liz goes off the deep end!
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Sunday Feb 16, 2025
Sunday Feb 16, 2025
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On a very special episode of Romance Roundup, Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) discuss the psychology of romance fiction tropes with Sri Savita, a cognitive psychologist and historical romance author of The Deed with the Duke.
Sri's uses her practical wisdom and keen insights to answer these questions (and more!): ⭐ Why do romance readers love tropes?
⭐ Why does Libby love horror-romance "Butcher & Blackbird"?
⭐ Why do romance readers largely dislike "secret baby" trop
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BONUS CONTENT
Watch ROMANCE ROUNDUP on READER SEEKS ROMANCE YouTube channel for bonus content, such as episode teasers, books and bookish giveaways, bonus book recs, and romance author guests.
About the Hosts
LIZ DONATELLI is founder of READER SEEKS ROMANCE YouTube channel on which she hosts interview and discussion shows READER SEEKS ROMANCE, FIRST DATE, UNCHAPERONED: HISTORICAL ROMANCE SALON, and ROMANCE RECAP. She also leads READER SEEKS ROMANCE BOOK CLUBS.
A native New Yorker and former Los Angeleno, Liz resides in the woods of Columbus, Ohio with her husband.
LIBBY KAY is the author of BUCKEYE FALLS small-town romance series published by Inkspell Publishing.
Libby lives in the city in the heart of the Midwest with her husband. When she’s not writing, Libby loves reading romance novels of any kind. Stories of people falling in love nourish her soul. Contemporary or Regency, sweet or hot, as long as there is a happily ever after—she’s in love!
When not surrounded by books, Libby can be found baking in her kitchen, binging true crime shows, or on the road with her husband, traveling as far as their bank account will allow.
Writing is a solitary job, and Libby loves to hear from readers. Reach out and review her stories anytime. She’d love to hear from you.