This week, our guest host is Sierra Hill, with whom we discuss the controversial attempt by Ivory Chapters to trademark "Blind Date with a Book," the impact of AI in publishing, sports romance, and more!

Sierra Hill is a RONE Award-winning romance author of Game Changer and the award-winning college sports series Courting Love. She writes steamy new adult and sports romances, including the Vancouver Vikings hockey series, the Puget Sound Pilots, and the Clearview Falls University football series with her co-writing partner, S.E. Rose. She also writes award-winning LGBTQ+ romance under the pen name, K.C. Kassidy.

SIERRA'S LINKS

Website: https://www.sierrahillbooks.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sierrahillbooks
Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/4twzU9o

READING & RECOMMENDED

We All Live Here by JoJo Moyes https://amzn.to/4cDPoma
The Other Bennett Sister by Janice Hadlow https://amzn.to/4tqPiUD
Shadow of Betrayal by Eva LeClerc https://evaleclercauthor.substack.com/
Urna Semper on Substack https://urnasemper.substack.com/

TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

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Tender and Tempting Tales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tendertemptingtales/

Calls for Submissions: https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/p/write-for-tender-and-tempting-tales

ILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BY

Tara Leederman Substack: https://taleederman.substack.com/

Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/

Outline and Show Notes: T.A. Leederman
Editing: Jenna Harte

This week, our guest host is author Mariah Ankenman. We discuss hot takes around the author ARCs, disability representation in romance fiction, #authorapril, and book adaptations we'd love to watch.

Mariah Ankeman is a bestselling romance author living in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her two rambunctious children and loving spouse, who is her own personal spell checker when her dyslexia gets the best of her. Mariah loves to lose herself in a world of words. Her favorite thing about writing is when she can make someone’s day a little brighter with one of her books.

MARIAH'S LINKS

Website: https://mariahankenman.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariahankenman/
Mariah's Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/4t84Rjr

Backstage Night with the Billionaire by Mariah Ankenman https://amzn.to/3OIyk50

AUTHORS & BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Talia Hibbert https://amzn.to/48hKiJB
E.V. Mitchell https://amzn.to/4tX0HLN
In Death Books by J.D. Robb https://amzn.to/3Owa32f
Fox & O'Hare books by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg https://amzn.to/4mGckEw
Evelina by Frances Burney https://amzn.to/4cEfyUx

READING & RECOMMENDED

Lore Olympus Vol 9 by Rachel Smythe https://amzn.to/4tVxsZQ
The Other Bennett Sister by Janice Hadlow https://amzn.to/4tqPiUD
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley https://amzn.to/4cFOhRs
Shadow of Betrayal by Eva LeClerc https://evaleclercauthor.substack.com/

TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

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Tender and Tempting Tales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tendertemptingtales/

Calls for Submissions: https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/p/write-for-tender-and-tempting-tales

ILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BY

Tara Leederman Substack: https://taleederman.substack.com/

Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/

Outline and Show Notes: T.A. Leederman
Editing: Jenna Harte

This week, Tara and I share the tea, hot takes, and news from the romance book world, including Shy Girl drama, worst spicy writing, and more.

AUTHORS & BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
Paws & Peril from Tender & Tempting Tales

READING & RECOMMENDED

Shadow of Betrayal by Eva LeClerc
Urna Semper on Substack

TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

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Tender and Tempting Tales on Instagram

Tender and Tempting Tales Calls for Submissions:

ILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BY

Tara Leederman Website

Jenna Harte Website

Outline and Show Notes: T.A. Leederman
Editing: Jenna Harte

This week, we talk with book influencer Bea from Mama Needs to Read Romance about the state of historical romance, being a booktuber, and more.

LINKS TO BEA

Mama Needs to Read Romance YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mamaneedstoreadromance
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mama.needs.to.read.romance/
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/75674482-mama-needs-to-read-romance

AUTHORS & BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Joanna Shupe https://amzn.to/4m9lOYA
Kate Bateman https://amzn.to/4mb9qHE
Teresa Medeiros https://amzn.to/4sZ264y
Lindz McLeod https://amzn.to/4txFW9n
Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon https://amzn.to/3PSOBom
Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn https://amzn.to/41h9BHS

NOW READING & RECOMMENDED

Once Smitten, Twice Shy by Chloe Liese https://amzn.to/4c8PPDc
With This Ring I Thee Kill by Jenna Harte https://amzn.to/4vtSUa6
Thessaly Affair by Urna Semper https://urnasemper.substack.com/s/the-thessaly-affair
Shadow of Betrayal Eva LeClerc https://evaleclercauthor.substack.com/s/shadow-of-betrayal

TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

Tender and Tempting Tales Substack: Subscribe and get a FREE story! https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/

Tender and Tempting Tales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tendertemptingtales/

ILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BY

Tara Leederman: https://taleederman.substack.com/
Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/

Outline and Show Notes: T.A. Leederman
Editing: Jenna Harte

This week, we celebrate the release of Paws & Peril, a romance zine with stories, articles, games, and more around romantic suspense that include a dog.

We discuss romantic suspense and why dogs make a perfect side character, and more.

Hosts this week include zine editor Rachel Young; zine copyeditor, social media manager, and contributor Tara Leederman; author Marissa Marinello; and managing editor and contributor Jenna Harte.

LINKS TO PAWS & PERIL

Paws & Peril (in KU): https://amzn.to/3NYe9j8

Rachel Young: https://www.facebook.com/rachel.young.1023

Marissa Marinello: https://marissamarinello.com/

Tara Leederman: https://taleederman.substack.com/

Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/


TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

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Tender and Tempting Tales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tendertemptingtales/

ILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BY

Tara Leederman: https://taleederman.substack.com/

Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/


Outline and Shownotes: T.A. Leederman
Editing: Jenna Harte

This week, our guest host is romance author Annie R McEwen where we discuss the hubbub around the new adaptation of Wuthering Heights, classic romance novels, and more.

LINKS TO ANNIE R MCEWEN

Annie's Website: https://www.anniermcewen.com/

Bound Across Time https://amzn.to/4bIJ9M9

The Corset Girls Unlaced https://amzn.to/4uPC84S

Annie's Books on Amazon https://amzn.to/487lqnE

BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole: https://amzn.to/4tqzdOH

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: https://amzn.to/47VhlTx

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: https://amzn.to/4c3ZYlS

Wuthering Heights (2009 TV Serial): Masterpiece | Wuthering Heights | PBS https://amzn.to/4bMd5XI

Carmilla by Joseph Le Fanu: https://amzn.to/4swAW4U

Villette by Charlotte Brontë: https://amzn.to/4suNYjb

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë: https://amzn.to/4t3Qdd9

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/4t5ELxx

Cecilia by Frances Burney: https://amzn.to/4t7r0i1

Evelina by Frances Burney: https://amzn.to/4lOWmYb

A Simple Story by Elizabeth Inchbald: https://amzn.to/3PEec4c

Pamela by Samuel Richardson: https://amzn.to/4buMKhZ

Clarissa by Samuel Richardson: https://amzn.to/4bHNIpR

Persuasion by Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/4bSpVUu

Persuasion (2008) https://amzn.to/4dMEPxM

Persuasion (1996) https://amzn.to/488c3Ef

The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox: https://amzn.to/4dHVvqd

The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry: https://amzn.to/4v79Wuz

Castle Rackrent Maria Edgeworth: https://amzn.to/4bEE1sk

Belinda by Maria Edgeworth: https://amzn.to/4svOa1P


TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

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Tender and Tempting Tales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tendertemptingtales/

ILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BY

Tara Leederman: https://taleederman.substack.com/

Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/

Outline and Shownotes: T.A. Leederman
Editing: Jenna Harte

This week, our guest host is romance author Aubree Valentine where we discuss Heated Rivalry, hockey romance, the why-choose trope, and more.

LINKS TO AUBREE VALENTINE

Aubree's website: https://authoraubreevalentine.com/

Aubree's social links: https://authoraubreevalentine.com/social/

Aubree's author's page: https://amzn.to/4bglzHF

Pucking Tangled: https://amzn.to/4uwdaY0

Christmas at Mistletoe Bay: https://amzn.to/4bgBWnz

Saving Sadie (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha - Susan Stoker-verse): https://amzn.to/4dpM2nh

BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Ried(Game Changers Series): https://amzn.to/3NnhS9W

Moonlight & Margaritas: https://amzn.to/4cXLa9z (Aubree's story - More Than a Margarita)

Sweetest Lie (Duet) by Gwyn McNamee: https://amzn.to/47AvGVg

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser https://amzn.to/473UrZM

With This Ring, I Thee Kill by Jenna Harte: https://amzn.to/4lC10J8

TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

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Tender and Tempting Tales Submissions Information: https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/p/write-for-tender-and-tempting-tales

Tender and Tempting Tales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tendertemptingtales/

ILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BY

Tara Leederman: https://taleederman.substack.com/

Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/

This week, our guest host is romance and mystery author Jenna Harte (yes, me!), where we discuss passionate sleuthing couples, fan fiction, the amnesia trope, and more!

LINKS TO JENNA HARTE

Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com

Jenna's Author Page: https://amzn.to/4b39fKF


BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Valentine Mysteries (7 books in KU): https://amzn.to/40tacWv

New Release: Dead but Not Forgotten: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GKZF2HYK

Deadly Valentine by Jenna Harte: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008TGH622

Old Flames Never Die by Jenna Harte: https://amzn.to/4bkIX5C

Naked in Death by JD Robb: https://amzn.to/4lo4u1z

An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn: https://amzn.to/4lty7Po

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë: https://amzn.to/3Nh6V9C

Pamela by Samuel Richardson: https://amzn.to/46WroY9

That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming: https://www.amazon.com/That-Drunk-Saved-Demon-Mishaps-ebook/dp/B0BTZ2MDLL


TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

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Tender and Tempting Tales on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tendertemptingtales/