Courtney Milan
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Oct 14, 2026
Danielle BezalelHOST
Ooh.
Emily NagoskiGUEST
And that is Courtney Milan-
Danielle BezalelHOST
Okay
Emily NagoskiGUEST
... who writes mostly historical romance.
Emily NagoskiGUEST
Um, exactly.
Danielle BezalelHOST
[laughs]
Emily NagoskiGUEST
And not only does Courtney Milan actually figure out a way to do it, she also has, her character is a woman, so the fact that the hero recognizes her ability and hires her and pays her fairly and gives her a staff and supports her, it, like, it is competence porn-
Danielle BezalelHOST
Oh my [laughs]
Sandra WongHOST
Thank you, too, for contributing to Romancing the Vote, which is, uh, for those of you who don't know in the, um, audience here, it is an auction that happens every couple years, uh, originally put together by Bree Bridges, who is half of the romance author juggernaut Kit Rocha.
Sandra WongHOST
Um, and then the other romance author is Courtney Milan, and the two of them are friends, and they put together this auction to raise money for democracy and voting rights.
Sandra WongHOST
And 2026 version, I... [clears throat] Excuse me.
Sandra WongHOST
Am I getting verklempt? Maybe I'm getting verklempt.
JaimeHOST
Now I get to do it in my big fancy chair.
JaimeHOST
I have been re- I, I think I've talked about Courtney Milan before.
JennHOST
Oh, yeah.
JaimeHOST
I just read her book The Duke Who Didn't, which I, I feel like is kind of the one that I see people talking about the most from her.
JennHOST
Right.
JaimeHOST
"I never wanted to be a duchess." [laughs] Lots of fun.
JaimeHOST
Courtney Milan's books are all wonderful.
JennHOST
Nice.
Michelle SpencerGUEST
Yes.
Michelle SpencerGUEST
And so during, like, the time that my mom passed away, I had made friends with Heidi Bond, which I believe you had her on your show recently.
Michelle SpencerGUEST
[laughs]
SilkHOST
Yeah.
Michelle SpencerGUEST
...
Michelle SpencerGUEST
I had a friend, a mutual friend had connected us.
Michelle SpencerGUEST
And then, um, Heidi Bond had connected with someone named Susanna Shiel, who had been in the, um, a volunteer for The Vaxxed I documentary.
Michelle SpencerGUEST
So she had contact with RFK, and, um, when- When my mom died, I got to know Heidi.
speaker_4HOST
If you listened to this deep dive and your greatest pleasure was the idea of intellectual sparring, watching two people verbally dismantle each other until they realize they are equals, then stay in the neighborhood of Jane Austen
AC WilsonHOST
Look for authors like Evie Dunmore, Courtney Milan, or the lighter historicals of Julia Quinn
speaker_4HOST
If the element that hooked you was the melancholic ache, the heavy passage of time, and the confrontation with mortality, then you belong in the second chance in women's fiction aisles
AC WilsonHOST
And I wanna emphasize this.
CarrieGUEST
She had not actually provided all the evidence to support her claims.
CarrieGUEST
Now, this is going through Courtney Milan, who is the authority that I am referring you to, and she probably could ethically advise you on your plagiarism lawsuit.
CarrieGUEST
Was a distinguished attorney.
CarrieGUEST
I'm not sure if she's still practicing, but was a distinguished attorney and became a popular author of romance and other genres.
CarrieGUEST
So imagine, like, I feel like there's got to be some kind of jurisprudence award for reading four Crave books and like six or seven worse than Crave books.
CarrieGUEST
So, you know, Good job for the people who are out there upholding the justice system.
CarrieGUEST
Good job for Courtney Milan for keeping an eye on all of this.
CarrieGUEST
And sorry, Tracy, for those things I said that may not have been true.
Rachel GriffithsGUEST
I just read The Very Definition of Love, which by Sophia Benoit, which is a debut this year, as you know, and it was fabulous.
Rachel GriffithsGUEST
Sarah McClain, Joanna Shoup, like all of them, you know, Courtney Milan, just Liana De La Rosa.
Rachel GriffithsGUEST
So like it just every time you read these, you realize the completely different approach that someone could take to it.
Rachel GriffithsGUEST
I definitely fall into the lighthearted, but I love that the genre encompasses everything.
13 MINS LATER
Katherine GrantHOST
If you had to choose, would you add more real history or more romance scenes to a story?
Rachel GriffithsGUEST
More romance scenes for me.
Rachel GriffithsGUEST
I think of Courtney Milan, who does beautiful real history.
Rachel GriffithsGUEST
I think of your writing and beautiful real history.