Hi Smooches! It’s the last episode of 2022. Was it a delightful or dud year for you? Are we going into 2023 excited or terrified? We’re hoping it’ll be a fantastic year for you, but first let’s finish things off with some latkes. We’re recapping Hallmark’s “Hanukkah on Rye” with author Ieshia Wiedlin. Big spoiler alert: It’s “You’ve Got Mail” with delis instead of bookstores. Did it piss us off as much as that classic did, or did it have some redeeming qualities aside from the delicious-looking jelly doughnuts? Spoilers ahead.

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Where to find Ieshia Wiedlin:

Buy links for “Maybe This Christmas” https://tulepublishing.com/books/maybe-this-christmas/

Website: https://ieshiawiedlin.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ieshiawiedlin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iwiedlin

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/iwiedlin

Hi Smooches! 2022 is almost out the door, so we’re doing our podcast version of Wrapped. We’re going to reveal our most-read trope, shout out our favorite (and your favorite) episodes, and reminisce about memorable quotes in a game of Who Said It? On the subject of the inspiration for this episode, we do get our own Spotify Wrapped for the podcast. Our little podcast has reached 46 countries this year. It was in the top 10% most shared globally. And we had a 165% increase in listeners. And for 17 of you, we were your number one podcast! Thank you so much for being here and giving us so many reasons to keep showing up and to keep talking about things we love and find comfort in. We are so grateful to you and hope we can keep making stuff that makes you happy in 2023. More sappy stuff to come, but first let’s get into our 2022 Wrapped.

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Hi Smooches! On this episode, we welcome back author Courtney Clark Michaels to recap Lindsay Lohan’s triumphant return in “Falling for Christmas.” It checks all the Netflix Christmas cinematic universe boxes, with an amnesia plot and a rugged outdoorsman love interest thrown in (and we’re actually not talking about the guy Lindsay’s character falls for). Courtney’s next book “Game Changer” is out December 18 and available for preorder. Now, spoilers ahead.

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Courtney’s books

Game Changer https://amzn.to/3u6AI7R

Pregnant by the Prince https://amzn.to/3VhK1Oa

Pacific Passions Books 1-3 https://amzn.to/3gKzyvC

Valentines In the Vines by Courtney Clark Michaels, Stephanie Ruth and Esme Brett https://amzn.to/3gLlOkq

Hi Smooches! We’re getting the other side of the story in that whole Romeo and Juliet drama. We’re recapping the Hulu original “Rosaline.” Shakespeare was definitely a messy bitch, and we think he’d approve of this classic/modern mash-up. Spoilers ahead.

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Stuff we mentioned

Conde and Mary “Reign” edit for more Sean Teale hotness: https://youtu.be/ppaXfKU6FPw

Molly talks about about a Tinder date ending in a sewer (skip to 28 minutes in): https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uceUMcBWhL7PtfuPyFJib?si=QWCXgaVTRR21PtKxXh9ZSw

When You Were Mine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12022765-when-you-were-mine

Circe https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35959740-circe

Lola Carlyle’s 12 Step Romance https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/23014828

Falling Under https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2645603-falling-under

Wide Sargasso Sea https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25622780-wide-sargasso-sea

Amor Actually https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59342731-amor-actually?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Yke5j7ymNo&rank=1

Gifting Me to His Best Friend https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53408227-gifting-me-to-his-best-friend?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=GS7jnd67Pi&rank=1

All They Want for Christmas https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55683106-all-they-want-for-christmas?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=8dfMisNXpj&rank=2

Hi Smooches! Today we have a special guest, Katie, who recommended the game Arcade Spirits to us, about the visual novel and other romance-themed games. If you played The Sims just to get them to “woo-hoo!” your wallet might feel lighter after this episode. We talk console games, freemium phone games, and choose-your-own-adventure books. And Meg gives us a quiz to find a paranormal paramour. 

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All the games Katie mentioned (and links to their official websites) 

Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers (sequel) http://www.arcadespirits.com/newchallengers/

Katawa Shoujo https://www.katawa-shoujo.com/

Dream Daddy https://www.gamegrumps.com/dreamdaddy/

Coffee Talk https://www.togeproductions.com/project/coffee-talk/

Florence https://annapurnainteractive.com/games/florence

Life Is Strange (entire series) https://lifeisstrange.square-enix-games.com/en-us/

NeoCab https://neocabgame.com/

To be played/on deck: Vampire the Masquerade: Coteries… and Shadows of New York https://www.worldofdarkness.com/products/video-games; When the Past Was Around https://www.togeproductions.com/project/when-the-past-was-around/; Clannad https://store.steampowered.com/app/324160/CLANNAD/

Game centered on two characters' romance that Katie mentioned later that “may very well make you bawl your eyes out (I binge-played it with my partner on a snow day and OOF)”: To the Moon 

Games Liz Mentioned 

Lovelink https://www.lovelinkgame.com/

Episode https://www.episodeinteractive.com/

Excellent Episode stories by user Piccalilly: Reign, Counting Sheep, Competitive Edge, Think Twice

Switchcraft https://www.wooga.com/games/switchcraft

Books Mentioned

Fertile In My Ex-Boyfriend’s Dungeon by Amanda Clover https://amzn.to/3DQu2R3

Pretty Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pretty-little-mistakes-heather-mcelhatton/1128004534