Hello, this is Kate. Sorry I sound like a monster. I have a cold. But we want us to just leave a quick note before we start the show to let you know that the book that we're discussing in this episode has a protagonist who survived a public mass shooting. We recorded the episode prior to the February 14th Parkland School Shooting, and we understand that a lot of people look to this podcast as more lighthearted entertainment.

So if you don't want to hear us discussing fictional gun violence, totally understand if you want to skip this episode forever or for the time being.

We also apologize if any of our discussion seems lighthearted.

Our hearts are definitely with the very real people who were affected by gun violence, and we

stand with the Parkland students and everyone else rallying for stricter gun control, but timing

is a bitch. Finally, on a more administrative note, we've shuffled the order of our

episodes a little bit to accommodate some scheduling issues. So the next episode will be Wonder by

RJ Polakio, and having it all will instead air later this month. So thank you and enjoy the

episode.

Hello and welcome to worst bestsellers, where we reconvened Nora Roberts Book Club,

so you don't have to, although you should.

I'm Renata.

And I'm Kate.

And for this episode, we read Angels Fall by Nora Roberts.

Joining us to discuss this paragon of literature is publishing lackey slash internet recluse, Christine.

Hi, and I just want to have a full disclosure here that I am Kate's secret cousin Nicole's lesser half,

which of course makes me and Kate absolutely nothing.

Is Nicole a secret?

I mean, that's what you said on your first time she was on the show, so.

Oh, right, right, right. Yes. Correct.

This is, we need to start drawing like a family tree for the podcast just like I bet Nora Roberts

has for some of her book series is oh she absolutely does so see we're just seamlessly on brand here

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