Ep. 410 Romance Is Helpful When Times Are Scary with Jasmine Guillory
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Today on The Stacks, we’re joined by New York Times bestselling romance novelist Jasmine Guillory. We chat about her journey from high-powered attorney to successful contemporary romance writer, her favorite and least favorite tropes, and how people’s desire to escape through romance increases amid political unrest.
The Stacks Book Club pick for February is Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. We’ll be discussing the book with Jasmine Guillory on February 25th.
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| 0:00.0 | So when I first started writing, I wasn't writing romance. |
| 0:03.2 | I went through kind of a health crisis. |
| 0:05.5 | And during that time, I was reading a lot of romance novels. |
| 0:09.2 | And I realized, like, romance is so helpful when times are scary. |
| 0:15.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:16.3 | You go in knowing it's going to be a happy ending, and that was very soothing to me. |
| 0:20.7 | Yeah. And so I was reading a whole bunch of romance |
| 0:22.8 | and at first I was reading a lot of historical romance |
| 0:24.8 | and I loved reading it. |
| 0:27.0 | I was a history major so I love historical romance |
| 0:28.7 | but I thought like |
| 0:30.7 | this is so much fun to read |
| 0:32.3 | but I don't think I could write one of these. |
| 0:34.3 | And then I read a few contemporary romances |
| 0:36.2 | and I was like, oh, |
| 0:39.0 | maybe I did this. This. Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your |
| 0:50.3 | host, Tracy Thomas, and today we are joined by Jasmine Guillory. She is the New York |
| 0:55.2 | Times best-selling author of nine novels, including the wedding date, the proposal, and her |
| 1:00.8 | latest flirting lessons. Today we chat about the art of the romance novel, how she went from |
| 1:06.3 | being a high-powered attorney into writing romance novels, and some of the books that have excited her |
| 1:11.2 | and brought her comfort over the years. Our book club pick for February is Indigo by Beverly |
| 1:16.0 | Jenkins. Jasmine Guillory will be back on Wednesday, February 25th to discuss the book. |
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