🍷 Welcome Back, Book Babes! 🛡️

Grab a glass of wine and your finest emotional defense shields! Today on Two Girls, One TBR, Rebecca, Chelsea, and Heather are sitting down with the brilliant indie romantasy and dark romance author, Heidi Adams! ✨

We are spilling all the tea, from her exciting audiobook cast reveals to the "ugly truth" of navigating subjective book reviews. Plus, we spiral into a massive adaptation debate (Bridgerton and Fourth Wing, anyone? 🐉) and absolutely break the Spice-o-Meter with a deep dive into vampire lore and high-heat scenes. 🔥🩸

• 🌌 Heidi’s Universe: Exclusive tea on her upcoming projects, audiobooks, and dream character casting.

• 🎬 The Adaptation Trial: Our completely unfiltered thoughts on Game of Thrones, Bridgerton deviations, and exactly what we need from the upcoming Fourth Wing series.

• 📚 TBR Mountains: Honest recommendations for the Blood and Ash series, Fury Bound, and how we successfully pace ourselves through massive fantasy series.

• 🎨 The Indie Culture: Why we are utterly obsessed with indie cover art, and why community support and honest reviews are the ultimate lifelines for independent creators.

We are sipping on mermaid-lore-inspired cocktails tonight: The Lunar Tide and The Meridian! 🌙🌊

📸 Head over to our Instagram Highlights for the full recipes so you can drink along with us!

✨ Connect with Heidi:

• 📸 Instagram: @heidi_adams_author

• 🌐 Website: heidiadamsauthor.com

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🏴‍☠️ Grab your compass and a glass of rum! Today on Two Girls, One TBR, we are joined by the absolute queen of seafaring romantasy, LJ Andrews!

We’re diving deep into her highly anticipated upcoming release, The Stolen Crown, the rich power of Norse mythology, and her incredible journey from indie success to traditional publishing. Whether you are obsessed with her Viking-inspired lore or her high-seas heist energy, this conversation covers the heart, the heritage, and the heat behind her stories.

🎧 In This Episode, We Discuss:

• The Stolen Crown: An exclusive look at the October 6th release.

• Norse Mythology: How family heritage and ancient lore shape LJ’s interconnected worlds.

• Indie to Trad: The evolution of LJ’s career and expanding her reach to new readers.

• World-Building Magic: LJ’s framework for building immersive, sensory-driven fantasy landscapes.

• Parenting & Publishing: The real-life balancing act of being a prolific creator and a mom.

⚓️ Connect with LJ Andrews:

• • Website: ljandrews.net
• • Instagram: @authorljandrews
• • Facebook Group: Wicked Darlings https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1H5xF34opm/

  
  

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The Potion: The One Where the Villain Wins.

​Pour a glass for this week’s Poison & Potions reveal as we toast to the characters who would burn the world down. This week, Rebecca and Heather are joined by dark fantasy author Parker A. Garner to deconstruct the art of building morally complex characters and interconnected worlds.

​From the hidden Easter eggs in the Entwined series to the subverted tropes in Magpie, we are digging into why the "bad guy" is often the most compelling part of the story. We also discuss why reality TV is the ultimate writer's palette cleanser and how to navigate mental health themes in fiction.

​What is in this episode:

• ​Villain Development: Writing morally complex characters readers actually love.
• ​World Building: How to craft dark fantasy landscapes and interconnected series.
• ​The Entwined Series & Magpie: A deep dive into Parker’s books and hidden Easter eggs.
• ​The Reset: Why reality TV is the ultimate writer's reset.
• ​Community: Book conventions and the indie bookstore scene.
• ​The Box Break: Heartwarming pet stories and Parker’s sweetest Velcro baby.

​Grab Parker’s Books:

• ​Magpie: https://a.co/d/02DVwPOR
• ​Your Path is Sorrow: https://a.co/d/03RFj9cW
• ​Connect with Parker: parkeragarnerauthor.com | IG: @parkeragarnerauthor

​Join the Coven:

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00:00 The Potion: Drink Reveal and Villain Tropes

05:15 Introducing Parker A. Garner

12:30 Writing Morally Grey Villains

22:10 The Entwined Series: Building Interconnected Worlds

34:45 Magpie and Subverting Romance Tropes

45:00 Mental Health Themes in Dark Fantasy

55:30 Indie Bookstores and Convention Culture

01:05:00 The Box Break: Sweetest Pet Stories