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Jess and Trisha talk about the end of Audible Escape and why the “all you can read” model is a challenge in romance, and they recommend books with bisexual characters. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot’s mystery thriller podcast, Read or Dead; TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; and The Return by Nicholas Sparks. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter! News Audible Escape is ending and romance readers aren’t pleased about the new option supposedly replacing it. [Distractify] But according to The Digital Reader, many romance authors had been frustrated with the service for some time. And if all of this sounds familiar, you might be remembering when this happened at Scribd. [The Guardian] Books Discussed Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon Better Than People by Roan Parrish Just Like That by Cole McCade From Scratch by Katrina Jackson Out on the Ice by Kelly Farmer Let us know if you have feelings about the end of Audible Escape or favorite romances with bi characters. As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.