103 | A Study in Sparkling with Romance Pop Culture Expert, Jodi McAlister

Podcast: My Perfect Romance · Valerie, Courtney & Lisa

Opublikowano: 2026-09-02

Val, Lisa, and Courtney welcome romance scholar and author Dr. Jodie McAllister to discuss her upcoming novel A Study in Sparkling. The conversation covers how embarrassment, secrecy, and trust shape Fiona and Satoshi’s relationship, plus the research behind the novel’s wine world. Jodie also shares how her academic work and fiction writing inform each other, and why love in romance is as much about intimacy and effort as it is about passion. Key topics In this episode, Jodie McAllister explains the academic roots of her romance expertise, including her PhD research on female virginity loss and narr...