This week, we talk with author Natalina Reis about Blind Date with a Book, scams targeting authors, her new and upcoming release, and more.

Natalina usually has two or three books going at the same time. She might be reading a physical copy of a romantasy, listening to a rom-com during her commute, and carrying an e-reader with her just in case. That of course explains why you’ll find such a variety of romance subgenres under her name. She loves writing all kinds of rebels and outcasts into her stories, and she always roots for the underdog. She speaks five languages (six, if you count sarcasm), unwisely keeps adding books to her towering TBR pile, and doesn’t believe in a life without coffee. She could easily live on bananas and lobster (probably not at the same time), and she has an irrational love for technology, puzzles, and crochet. When she’s not writing, reading, or crocheting a chicken (don’t ask), you’ll find her watching British mysteries or Chinese period fantasy shows.

Natalina's Website https://natalinareis.com/
Natalina's Amazon page https://link.amazon/B08I3usbh
Natalina's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/reisnatalina
Natalina's Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authornatalinareis/

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Stinky Sardines & Roses by Natlina Reis https://link.amazon/B00dFOVPq

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/

Tender and Tempting Tales ARC Team https://booksprout.co/reviewer/team/56782/tender-and-tempting-tales

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, we talk with author Lizzy Hartwell about cliffhangers, writing what you know, and her upcoming new release and advent romance on Substack.

Lizzy Hartwell writes witty, warm romance about competent women who've spent years doing everything right and are finally ready to do something deliciously wrong. A former NASA employee married to a test pilot (for real), she knows a thing or two about smart women in dangerous situations—and the men brave enough to love them. When she's not crafting page-turners, she's reading in sweatpants with her Instant Pot doing the heavy lifting. She lives in Southern California and is a recovering children's book author who finally let her characters kiss.

Lizzy's Substack https://substack.com/@lizzyhartwellauthor

Lizzy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzyhartwellauthor/

MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon https://link.amazon/B0cfXMqUG

Not Another Love Song Julie Soto https://link.amazon/B079RogFg

Naked in Death by J.D. Robb https://link.amazon/B0gqmWwqv

Cordials Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold https://link.amazon/B0ihqT3sj

The LOVE Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood https://link.amazon/B0eiWpgUp

The LOVE Hypothesis TV show https://link.amazon/B01gLUH03

The Deal by Elle Kennedy https://link.amazon/B048wYlAG

Off Campus (The Deal) https://link.amazon/A02JrltGo

Tommy & Tuppence by Agatha Christie https://link.amazon/A0gdwWfGU

Partners in Crime (Tommy & Tuppence) (1980s TV) https://link.amazon/A0aRQyHQn

Tommy & Tuppence (new show) https://link.amazon/A0gdwWfGU

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/

Tender and Tempting Tales ARC Team: https://booksprout.co/reviewer/team/56782/tender-and-tempting-tales

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, 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 chatting with Suzy Langevin and Lynne Solisse about audiobook narration, red-flag characters, New Adult/later-in-life romance, and more!

Suzy Langevine: Suzy Langevin loves love, even though she forgot how to say it in Latin when she was a contestant on Jeopardy! And she channels that love into writing happily-ever-afters where people are loved because of, not in spite of, the things they see as their flaws. She is the winner of the 2024 RWA Golden Heart Award for her novel The Plus-One Pact, and her short fiction has been featured in several anthologies and magazines. Suzy lives and writes in central Massachusetts, and does, in fact, run on Dunkin'. For information on available titles and upcoming releases, visit

Suzy's Website: https://www.suzylangevin.com/
Suzy's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/suzylangevinwrites/

Lynne Solisse: Writing found Lynne Solisse later in life, and never let go. She writes romance that doesn’t flinch, centering on women who are fierce, loyal, and unafraid to demand more out of life. Women who want to reclaim passion on their own terms.

Whether contemporary, fantasy, or even proving that love can still burn bright in a gritty post-apocalyptic world, her stories are raw but sweet, fun and emotionally charged, threaded with just enough tension to keep your heart racing.

She lives in the Southern US with her three boys and two spoiled cats, and believes it’s never too late for a second chance. Or a plot twist.

Lynne's Website: https://lynnesolisse.com/

Lynne's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynne_solisse

BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Starlit & Spellbound https://link.amazon/B05WqBMrH

Misbehaving at Cactus Lanes by Patricia Santos Marcantonio (later in life romcom) https://link.amazon/B06FA7nV1

Learning Curves by Rachel Lacey https://link.amazon/B09eSAhLj

Falling Into Fiction by Victorine E. Leiske https://link.amazon/B06DxwNsK

The Pumpkin Spice Cafe by Laurie Gilmore https://link.amazon/B07lpTedp

Crew of Hunters Series by Heather Graham https://link.amazon/B0jljO2EA

The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer https://link.amazon/B04f98I11

Black Dagger Brotherhood Series by J.R. Ward https://link.amazon/B0jljO2EA

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/

Tender and Tempting Tales ARC Team: https://booksprout.co/reviewer/team/56782/tender-and-tempting-tales

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