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

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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 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

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 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

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

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/

This week, our guest host is romance author Stephanie R. Caffrey, where we discuss books we're afraid to read, romantic suspense, and more!

LINKS TO STEPHANIE R. CAFFREY

Stephanie R. Caffrey: https://srcaffrey.com

Stephanie's Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Stephanie-R.-Caffrey/author/B0CXNBGX1Z

Strings of Deception: https://amzn.to/3MXD85S

Profiling the Heart series: https://amzn.to/4cswIpF

London Detective Agency series: https://amzn.to/3NizZ0x


BOOKS & RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Song of Achilles BY Madeline Miller: https://amzn.to/40NTCk5

Queens of 90s Romantic Suspense (articles): https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/p/queens-of-90s-romantic-suspense

Dangerous Personalities by Joe Navarro: https://amzn.to/4rOtLVb

A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang: https://amzn.to/4laKwr5

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

Chasing Shelter by Catherine Cowles: https://amzn.to/3N2LTvt

Deadly Valentine by Jenna Harte: https://amzn.to/4tNYtPM

Old Flames Never Die by Jenna Harte: https://amzn.to/4rL5KhH

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage https://amzn.to/46ggtbn


TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

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

This week, our guest host is Parrish Baker writing as Urna Semper, and we discuss:
* Book Bullying
* Romantansy vs Romantic Fantasy vs Fantasy Romance
and more!

LINKS TO URNA SEMPER

Parrish Baker writing as Urna Semper on Substack: https://urnasemper.substack.com/p/copy-the-lady-of-birzeta

Urna Semper's Amazon Author page: https://amzn.to/4rn86TO

The Pearl Crucible by Urna Semper: https://amzn.to/4tRJmVy

Olava: Sold into Bondage by Urna Semper: https://www.amazon.com/Olava-Bondage-Science-Incidents-Iphigenia-ebook/dp/B0CLL1Y3Z7

"The Case of the Unnatural Sister" in Pinup Noir: Sultry Murder Jazz from Raconteur Press: https://amzn.to/40qjr9G

"The Miss" in Uncanny Valet from Raconteur Press: https://amzn.to/4cFYqPL

"Montara Sierpento Snows" in Midnight, Mischief, and Mistletoe from Tender and Tempting Tales: https://amzn.to/4tMUXVN

"Kandiers Summer" in Moonlight and Margaritas from Tender and Tempting Tales: https://amzn.to/4qJoLQx

BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Rumors of Spring by Richard Grant https://amzn.to/3OAxfMg

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

Heroine of the World by Tanith Lee https://amzn.to/46mwM6C

Leucippe and Clitophon by Achilles Tatius https://amzn.to/4tRKeti

South Wind: A Mediterranean Masterpiece of Love, Lust, and Intrigue by Norman Douglas https://www.amazon.com/South-Wind-Mediterranean-Masterpiece-Intrigue/dp/B0DJ1VVBSF

Deadly Valentine by Jenna Harte: https://amzn.to/4tNYtPM

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage https://amzn.to/46ggtbn

That Time I got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming https://www.amazon.com/That-Drunk-Saved-Demon-Mishaps/dp/0316570273

TENDER & TEMPTING TALES

Free Romance: It's About Damn Time: https://tenderandtemptingtales.com/free-romance-story/

Tender and Tempting Tales Substack: https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/

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

Guest Host Suzy Langevin, 2024 RWA Golden Heart Award for Excellence In Pre-Published Romance, for the Plus One Pact.

We discuss hot takes on romance, including our thoughts on epilogues and bonus chapters, is cheating okay in romance, depictions of mental health in romance, and more!

Check out Suzy at https://www.suzylangevin.com/
Suzy's Books https://www.suzylangevin.com/team-3
Suzy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/suzylangevinwrites/

Books/Authors/Book Influencers Mentioned on the Show:
Peace, Love, Books XO https://www.youtube.com/@PeaceLoveBooksxo
Dead But Not Forgotten by Jenna Harte https://www.amazon.com/Dead-But-Not-Forgotten-Valentine-ebook/dp/B0GKZF2HYK
Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse book 4) by Charlaine Harris - https://amzn.to/4td9oCp
American Royalty by Suzy Langevin https://amzn.to/3MngFyQ
Sound of Summer Series (Martha's Vineyard) by Suzy Langevin https://www.suzylangevin.com/copy-of-christmas-in-the-city-collection-1
Reel by Kennedy Ryan https://amzn.to/4kBMalp
Score by Kennedy Ryan https://amzn.to/4bLNAr7
Can't Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan https://amzn.to/4kBLYCH
Devil Wears Tartan by Katia Rose https://amzn.to/4twV6fX
Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown - https://amzn.to/4aewY91
Moonlight & Margaritas Steamy Romance Anthology - https://amzn.to/3ZhtfCG

Illicit Liaisons brought to you by Tender & Tempting Tales
Free ebook: It's About Damn Time - https://tenderandtemptingtales.com/free-romance-story/
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Write for Us - https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/p/write-for-tender-and-tempting-tales

Hosts:
Jenna Harte https://jennaharte.com/
TA Leederman https://taleederman.com/