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Kris went to Women's Week and Tara got knocked over by a couple of vaccines, so no new episode this week. 

We didn't want to leave you totally hanging, so we're rerunning one of our faves: last year's conversation with Melissa Brayden, popular author of sapphic romances. We may have recorded it for Valentine's Day, but this is a fun listen any time of year. 

We’re talking love this episode, people! Kris, Tara and Melissa compare their fave fictional couples, kisses, and romances that they love to reread. We also find out if Kris has a low bar for kissing in media (Melissa thinks so), Kris thinks out loud about Charlize Theron’s mouth, and Tara recounts her Summer of Steel at the tender age of twelve.

Works/People Discussed

  • Chapters: Interactive Stories – App
  • Imagine Me & You (2005)
  • Atomic Blonde (2017)
  • Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Tricky Wisdom by Camryn Eyde
  • And Playing the Role of Herself by K.E. Lane
  • Wynonna Earp (Syfy)
  • The Red Files and Under Your Skin by Lee Winter
  • Star by Danielle Steel
  • Paradise by Judith McNaught
  • Too Close to Touch by Georgia Beers
  • Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran
  • Turn Back Time by Radclyffe
  • Fated Love by Radclyffe
  • Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon
  • Winter Jacket by Eliza Lentzski
  • Leave Yesterday Behind (1978)
  • Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman (CBS)
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  • All that Matters by Susan X. Meagher
  • Didn’t Stay in Vegas by Chelsea M. Cameron
  • Truth and Measure by Telanu

If you want to check out more from Melissa, you can find her on:

  • Twitter: @MelissaBrayden
  • Instagram: @mbraydenbooks
  • Facebook @melissabrayden

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