Love Letters and Books

Welcome to Love Letters and Books, a podcast for anyone who loves a good story. This is a soft space to explore romance and books, where no topic is too taboo. Join me for weekly conversations where we'll drop between the pages of everyone's favorite fiction, nonfiction, short stories, essays, and novellas to talk plot twists, real-life inspiration, and the craft of storytelling. Follow this podcast for candid conversations with your favorite authors and creatives. TikTok: @lovelettersandbooksInstagram: @lovelettersandbooksWrite me a love letter: lovelettersandbookspodcast@gmail.com

Love Letters and Books is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 68 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Love Letters and Books, a arts show with 68 episodes published.

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  Episode #67

  67: Allie Lasky Returns to Talk Instigator: ADHD, Caretaking, Trust, and an Online Friendship Turned Romance

  Aug 17, 202642 min

  Sports romance author Allie Lasky joins the Love Letters and Books podcast to discuss Instigator, book six in the Boston Grizzlies Hockey Club series, centered on a grumpy, misunderstood team captain and longtime caretaker who discovers he’s autistic while confronting years of romantic relationship trauma and learning to receive support. The FMC is a 43-year-old billionaire tech genius with ADHD navigating perimenopause and a lifelong pattern of seeking validation through work and attention. Today we’re touching on joy, therapy, disability representation, and the book’s heightened spice, plus Lasky’s busy release and event schedule, with Instigator out August 14, followed by One Timer in September and Delay of Game in December to finish the series. Connect with Love Letters and Books TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovelettersandbooks Threads: https://www.threads.com/@lovelettersandbooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovelettersandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovelettersandbookspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveLettersandBooksPodcast Write me a love letter: lovelettersandbookspodcast@gmail.com Connect with Allie Lasky TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@allielasky Threads: https://www.threads.com/@allielasky Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allielasky/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allielasky/ Website: https://www.allielasky.com

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  Episode #66

  66: Allie Martina on Zipless and Romance Without Shame

  Aug 10, 202651 minS1

  Allie Martina, host of the Zipless podcast and an audiobook narrator of more than 75 novels, joins Love Letters and Books to share the origins of Zipless and how romance reading and narration helped her embrace women’s desire without shame, tracing the term “zipless” back to Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying and the “zipless” concept that shaped her understanding of women’s sexuality and feminism. The conversation explores curiosity, community, and how romance can be healing, especially for trauma survivors, through the promise of a happy ending and being seen and believed. Allie discusses her voice-acting background, including DC Universe Online roles under the name Kelly Houston. We perform a cold-read duet from When the Smoke Clears by Steffanie Blais, and Allie closes with a love letter to her younger self about self-worth, consent, and choosing joy. Connect with Love Letters and Books TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovelettersandbooks Threads: https://www.threads.com/@lovelettersandbooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovelettersandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovelettersandbookspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveLettersandBooksPodcast Write me a love letter: lovelettersandbookspodcast@gmail.com Connect with Allie Martina and Zipless Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allie.martina.narrator/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ziplesspodcast Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/ziplesspodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3lnlPYUm6cmzFnMIVn5R8T?si=2ef880d9747e4b8c Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zipless/id1783404985 Website: https://www.ziplesspodcast.com/

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  Episode #65

  65: Valentina Burns on The Rose City Series, Found Family, and Writing Our Own Happy Endings

  Aug 3, 202652 minS1

  Romance author Valentina Burns joins the Love Letters and Books podcast to discuss her debut four-book Rose City series. She explores the romance genre’s healing promise of a happy ending as a way to challenge the belief that happiness is only for certain people, and explains how she writes messy, human characters navigating trauma, survivorship, fear, and the courage to believe you deserve more. Valentina describes the Rose City world—two “matchmaking” apartments above Bowie's bar in Portland—blending Friends-style banter with This Is Us emotional nuance through an interconnected found-family arc. She outlines the series (Finding Home, Finding Freedom, Finding Forever, and Finding Redemption) then reads a love letter to her younger self about surviving darkness, letting love in, and walking towards that happy ending she used to read about. Connect with Love Letters and Books TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovelettersandbooks Threads: https://www.threads.com/@lovelettersandbooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovelettersandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovelettersandbookspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveLettersandBooksPodcast Write me a love letter: lovelettersandbookspodcast@gmail.com Connect with Valentina Burns TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@valentinaburnswrites Threads: https://www.threads.com/@valentinaburnswrites Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valentinaburnswrites Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valentinaburnswrites Website: https://valentinaburns.com/

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  Episode #64

  64: Hopecore and Romance Books: Exploring Regret, Starting Over, and One More Round with Amber Palmer

  Jul 27, 202641 minS1

  Ceilidh of @Yourhopefulromantic is back for another Hopecore chat on regret—how it surfaces, changes with time, and can become a teacher rather than a life sentence. We’re discussing societal pressure, “shoulds,” identity shifts, and trusting intuition versus fear. The conversation pivots to Ceilidh’s book pick for this episode, One More Round by Amber Palmer, which explores grief, mental health, single parents, and a message that it’s never too late to start over. Amber also joins us with a love letter! Connect with Love Letters and Books TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovelettersandbooks Threads: https://www.threads.com/@lovelettersandbooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovelettersandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovelettersandbookspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveLettersandBooksPodcast Write me a love letter: lovelettersandbookspodcast@gmail.com Connect with Ceilidh aka @yourhopefulromantic TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@yourhopefulromantic Threads: https://www.threads.com/@yourhopefulromantic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourhopefulromantic/

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  Episode #63

  63: Ronnie Mathews on Melody Whispers: PTSD, Vulnerability, and Cozy Small-Town Romance

  Jul 20, 202645 minS1

  Author Ronnie Matthews joins the Love Letters and Books podcast to discuss Melody Whispers and her approach to cozy, nostalgic small-town romance that balances witty banter with emotionally raw, character-driven healing arcs. Ronnie explains her “emotional damage” philosophy—taking readers from point A to point B by feeling every emotion with flawed characters—and pushes back on misconceptions that romance is poorly written or defined only by sex, emphasizing how the genre teaches empathy and connection. She unpacks Melody Whispers as a story of PTSD and accountability through Warren’s ongoing self-work and Harriet’s parallel journey through accidental pregnancy and holding onto her identity as a songwriter. Ronnie shares how her own mental health experiences and belief in vulnerability as bravery shape her books, reflects on debuting Those Two Words, previews a grittier secret project and her next book, Country Vows, and reads an emotional love letter to her younger self about surviving darkness, asking for help, and trusting your journey. Connect with Love Letters and Books TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lovelettersandbooks Threads: https://www.threads.com/@lovelettersandbooks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovelettersandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lovelettersandbookspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LoveLettersandBooksPodcast Write me a love letter: lovelettersandbookspodcast@gmail.com Connect with Ronnie Mathews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@author.ronniemathews Threads: https://www.threads.com/@author.ronniemathews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/author.ronniemathews Website: https://www.ronniemathews.com/

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