Sarah MacLean interviews Adriana Herrera on the Fully Booked Takeover.

This week, we’re thrilled to share the second installment of the Fully Booked Takeover. In this new regular feature at the podcast, a beloved bestselling author invites an author whose work they admire for an in-depth conversation—writer to writer. The questions they ask and the subjects they explore are all up to them.

On this Fully Booked Takeover, we welcome Sarah MacLean as our special guest host. The bestselling romance author, Washington Post columnist, and Fated Mates podcast co-host’s forthcoming novel, Knockout (Avon/HarperCollins, Aug. 22), is the third installment in her Hell’s Belles series­. Kirkus calls it simply “sensational” (starred review). Sarah is in conversation with bestselling author Adriana Herrera, whose latest novel is making waves: An Island Princess Starts a Scandal (Canary Street Press, May 30) is a vibrant, queer, belle epoque romance Kirkus calls “empowering and exhilarating” (starred review).

Then editors Laura Simeon, Mahnaz Dar, and Laurie Muchnick share their top picks in books for the week.

Editors’ picks:

Wolfpack by Amelia Brunskill (Little, Brown)

Big by Vashti Harrison (Little, Brown)

Cutting Teeth by Chandler Baker (Flatiron Books)

Also mentioned on this episode:

Yellowjackets (TV series)

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Beautifully Me by Nabela Noor, illus. by Nabi H. Ali

Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Thanks to our sponsors:

Beneath Caaqi’s Wings by Rich Shapero

Fully Booked is produced by Cabel Adkins Audio and Megan Labrise.