Illicit Liaisons
Episodes
54 episodes
Illicit Liaisons: Starlit & Spellbound with Urna Semper and T.A. Leederman
This week, we continue celebrating the release of Starlit & Spellbound, our first fall anthology featuring 10 spellbinding romances with witches, ghosts, fated mates, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden love, curses, fate & more!We're ...
Illicit Liaisons: Starlit & Spellbound with Marissa Marinello and Miranda Tamrakar
This week, we celebrate the release of Starlit & Spellbound, our first fall anthology, featuring 10 spellbinding romances with witches, ghosts, fated mates, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden love, curses, fate & more!We're c...
Illicit Liaisons: Author and SaSS event planner Amy Marie
This week, we chat with author and book event planner Amy Marie about whether romance books need more yearning, Amy's success with SaSS while other book signing events seem to be imploding, the internet's policing of dark romance, and more.
Illicit Liaisons: Romance Book Recs for New Romance Readers
This week, I'm solo (Jenna) with an update to a blast-from-the-past episode from 2021 on what romance books I'd recommend to people who've never read romance but are willing to give it a try, with my updated picks for 2026.BOOKS MENT...
Illicit Liaisons: The Butterfly Effect with author Suzy England
This week, we chat with author Suzy England about the impact of the butterfly effect on building a writing career, as well as learning about her new and upcoming women's fiction and romance novels. Suzy England is an Amazon Charts bests...
Illicit Liaisons: Tropes & Love Triangles with Suzy Langevin
This week, we chat with author Suzy Langevin, discussing tropes, love triangles, and Suzy's new release, The Plus One Pact. Suzy Langevin writes happily ever afters where people are loved because of, not in spite of, the things they see...
Illicit Liaisons: Romance authors Mara Heath & Annabella Lowe
This week, we chat with authors Mara Heath and Annabella Lowe about the cosy romantasy debate, AI art scams, as well as their own works and upcoming releases. Mara fell in love with the romance genre when she first started reading ...
Illicit Liaisons: Sci-Fi Romance Tara Leederman, plus book drama and more
This week, we chat with author T.A. Leederman about sci-fi romance, the book drama over whether book influencers are reading the books they recommend, hot takes in the bookish community, and more. Tara is a PhD in English and former wri...
Illicit Liaisons: Dark Paranormal Romance with Eva LeClerc
This week, we chat with author Eva LeClerc, who has a secret. We discuss hot takes around slow-burn romance, use of pen names in romance fiction, and what happened in the finale of Outlander. Eva LeClerc set out to write a dark maf...
Illicit Liaisons: Paranormal Romance with Author Annabella Lowe
This week, our guest host is author Annabella Lowe, and we're talking about bookish overconsumption, paranormal romance, Summerween, and more! About Annabella Lowe: Books have always been a passion for Annabella, who was rais...
Illicit Liaisons: Book Chat with Laura Solar from Laura Rae Says
This week, we chat with Laura Solar, a booktuber who covers news and drama from the book community on her channel, Laura Rae Says. We discuss book piracy, bookish drama, and questionable editors.Laura Solar is a book lover and the host ...
Illicit Liaisons: Fantastical Foes Enemies to Lovers Romantasy Celebration
This week, we're celebrating Fantastical Foes, an enemies-to-lovers romantasy zine. We're chatting with the editor, Parrish Baker, and contributing authors Marissa Marinello, Lynne Solisse, and Tara Leederman.Parrish Baker/Urna Sempe...
Illicit Liaisons: Contemporary Fantasy Romance with Author Mara Heath
This week, we're joined by author Mara Heath to talk about romance books, bookish drama and hot takes, romance categories, and more.Mara fell in love with the romance genre when she first started reading the Sweet Valley High and Sweet ...
Illicit Liaisons: Bookish News, Drama, and Hot Takes
This week, we discuss bookish news, hot takes, drama and more. Join us and let us know your hot takes.BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOWThe Pearl Crucible by Urna Semper https://amz...
Illicit Liaisons: Sports romance with Allie Lasky
This week, we're joined by author Allie Lasky to talk about romance books, including what it means to be well-read, sports romance, and more.Allie Lasky is a queer and AuDHD writer with a hyper-fixation on inclusivity and representation...
Illicit Liaisons: Sci-Fi Romance with Urna Semper & Tara Leederman
This week, we're still celebrating the release of Fireworks & Flirtation by chatting with Tara Leederman and Urna Semper, where we discuss:- Anti-intellectualism in reading- Follow-up from Romanstasy-gates- Plus, we ...
Illicit Liaisons: Fireworks & Spice Levels with Lynne Solisse and Miranda Tamrakar
This week, we're still celebrating the release of Fireworks & Flirtation by chatting with Lynne Solisse and Miranda Tamrakar, where we discuss:- Spice levels in romance and what each chili pepper means- Plus we learn about L...
Illicit Liaisons: Fireworks & Flirtation with Aline Francoure and Jenna Harte
This week, we're celebrating the upcoming release of Fireworks & Flirtation by chatting with Aline Francoure and Jenna Harte. We discuss:- The Romancestasy controversy- What inspired Aline's story, Back to Us, a second chanc...
Illicit Liaisons: Fireworks & Guy Fawkes with Annie R McEwen
This week, we're celebrating the upcoming release of Fireworks & Flirtation by chatting with Annie R McEwen. We discuss:- Publishers ending their historical romance lines- The future of publishing- Plus, we ...
Illicit Liaisons: Celebrating Summer Romance with Suzy Langevin and Marissa Marinello
This week, we're celebrating the upcoming release of Fireworks & Flirtation with our authors, Suzy Langevin and Marissa Marinello. We discuss:Bookish drama over an editor asking an author to remove similes and other met...
Illicit Liaisons: MM Hockey Romance with Jason Wrench
This week, our guest host is author Jason Wrench, and we discuss:* Face Off cover controversy* Jason's appearance at BookCon* Hockey romanceand more! Jason Wrench writes. He writes a lot. With his publisher, Pride Publis...
Illicit Liaisons: Sports Romance with Sierra Hill
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-winnin...
Illicit Liaisons: Mariah Ankeman & Disability Representation in Romance
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 ...
Illicit Liaisons: Bookish Tea, Hot takes, News and More in the Romance World
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 SHOWThe Other ...