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 metaphorical language from their story to avoid being accused of using AI
• With the popularity of MM romance, where is the love for sapphic romance?
• Plus a whole lot more.

Suzy Langevin writes 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, and her short fiction appears in anthologies and magazines. Suzy lives in Massachusetts, and does, in fact, run on Dunkin'.

Marissa Marinello writes urban, high fantasy, and cozy-romantasy. A TTRPG nerd who grew up on Tolkien, musical theater & comics, she's inspired by finding the fantastical in the mundane. Her work can be found in several anthologies, and she is an active participant in fandom and her writing group in Southern California.

LINKS TO SUZY AND MARISSA

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

Marissa's Website https://marissamarinello.com/
Marissa's Books https://marissamarinello.com/books/
Marissa on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mmarinello_author/

BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW

Fireworks & Flirtation https://amzn.to/4uacLtQ

BEACH READ RECOMMENDATIONS

Moonlight & Margaritas: Steamy Romance Anthology https://amzn.to/4tNokqt
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume https://amzn.to/4u7XuJO
Chesapeake Bay Series by Nora Roberts https://amzn.to/42tZksA
Persuasion by Jane Austen
It's About Damn Time (Skullhaven Bay) Free at https://tenderandtemptingtales.com/free-romance-story/ or https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/
Urna Semper on Substack https://urnasemper.substack.com/
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson https://amzn.to/49GJsGQ
Paws & Peril: Steamy Romantic Suspense Stories with a Dog (Tender & Tempting Tales Magazine) https://amzn.to/4nmxg3M

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/

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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