{"id":6569,"date":"2026-02-23T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6569"},"modified":"2026-02-22T20:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:58:24","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-283-lawless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-283-lawless\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 283 &#8211; Lawless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading\u00a0<em>Lawless<\/em>\u00a0by Nora Roberts. Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-283-lawless\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dusted.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dusted-143x220.webp\" alt=\"Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dusted-143x220.webp 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dusted-195x300.webp 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dusted-664x1024.webp 664w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dusted.webp 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kitmcbride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kitmcbride-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Kit McBride Gets a Wife (McBrides of Montana series) by Amy Berry\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kitmcbride-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kitmcbride-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kitmcbride-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kitmcbride.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/legendary.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/legendary-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories edited by Cynthia Letich Smith\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/legendary-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/legendary-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/legendary-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/legendary.jpg 794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593732427\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Done and Dusted<\/em> (Rebel Blue Ranch series) by Lyla Sage<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593335574\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Kit McBride Gets a Wife (<\/em>McBrides of Montana series) by Amy Berry<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780063314269\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories<\/em> edited by Cynthia Letich Smith<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/warsong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/warsong-143x220.jpg\" alt=\"Love is a War Song by Danica Nava\" width=\"143\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/warsong-143x220.jpg 143w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/warsong-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/warsong-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/warsong.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/montana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/montana-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Montana Sky by Nora Roberts\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/montana-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/montana-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/montana-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/montana.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/prairie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/prairie-150x213.jpg\" alt=\"Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park\" width=\"155\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/prairie-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/prairie-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/prairie.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593642627\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Love is a War Song<\/em> by Danica Nava<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780593641729\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Montana Sky<\/em> by Nora Roberts<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780358454632\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Prairie Lotus<\/em> by Linda Sue Park<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stalks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stalks-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stalks-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stalks-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stalks-662x1024.jpg 662w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/stalks.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wildlove.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wildlove-137x220.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Love (Rose Hill series) by Elsie Silver\" width=\"137\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wildlove-137x220.jpg 137w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wildlove-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/wildlove.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stardew.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stardew-136x220.webp\" alt=\"Stardew Valley\" width=\"136\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stardew-136x220.webp 136w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stardew-186x300.webp 186w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/stardew.webp 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 136px) 100vw, 136px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250354921\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>What Stalks the Deep<\/em> by T. Kingfisher<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781464242878\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Wild Love<\/em> (Rose Hill series) by Elsie Silver<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stardewvalley.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Stardew Valley<\/em> (video game)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading\u00a0Lawless\u00a0by Nora Roberts. Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2668,2667,2666,2664,2663,1952,2669,405,48,30,2665,1804],"class_list":["post-6569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-amy-berry","tag-cynthia-letich-smith","tag-danica-nava","tag-elsie-silver","tag-lawless","tag-linda-sue-park","tag-lyla-sage","tag-nora-roberts","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-stardew-valley","tag-t-kingfisher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6579,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6569\/revisions\/6579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}