Hear us out: An awkward sex scene can actually be better than a frictionless one. Take the examples Sanj and Tyler cite from Business or Pleasure and Act Your Age, Eve Brown! Then, Riss M. Neilson shares her experiences writing chronic illness and disability and delivering romance to characters who deserve love and steam. Plus, a what-we’ve-consumed-this-month roundup ending with a wildly bad Italian accent courtesy of a rewatch of The Wedding Planner.
Most-memorable sex scene mentions: Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon and Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert.
Riss M. Neilson is the author of A Love Like the Sun and The Bridge Back to You. Her rec: Reel by Kennedy Ryan.
What we’ve consumed this month: The Invite, Lisa Kleypas’s The Wallflower series, Fossil Feud by Maggie North, Chase Me If You Can by Heather Francis, and The Wedding Planner.

Hear us out: An awkward sex scene can actually be better than a frictionless one. Take the examples Sanj and Tyler cite from Business or Pleasure and Act Your Age, Eve Brown! Then, Riss M. Neilson shares her experiences writing chronic illness and disability and delivering romance to characters who deserve love and steam. Plus, a what-we&rsquo;ve-consumed-this-month roundup ending with a wildly bad Italian accent courtesy of a rewatch of The Wedding Planner.
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<li aria-level="1">Most-memorable sex scene mentions: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/business-or-pleasure-rachel-lynn-solomon/b6cfc1d47fa5b453?ean=9780593548530&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon</a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/act-your-age-eve-brown-talia-hibbert/9a40f711a4beddeb?ean=9780062941275&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1">Riss M. Neilson is the author of <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-love-like-the-sun-riss-m-neilson/f357aa98de46936c?ean=9780593640494&amp;bkshp-astro=t">A Love Like the Sun</a> and <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-bridge-back-to-you-riss-m-neilson/31332896060be59a?ean=9780593640517&amp;bkshp-astro=t">The Bridge Back to You</a>. Her rec: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/reel-kennedy-ryan/43d150e8e49c7005?ean=9781538769621&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Reel by Kennedy Ryan</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1">What we&rsquo;ve consumed this month: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ19I9q_hOQ">The Invite</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/beta-search?bkshp-astro=t&amp;keywords=Lisa+Kleypas%E2%80%99s+The+Wallflower+series">Lisa Kleypas&rsquo;s The Wallflower series</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/fossil-feud-a-novel-maggie-north/09caff6f5dc23acf?ean=9798217299089&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Fossil Feud by Maggie North</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/chase-me-if-you-can-heather-frances/320f161f2485552e?ean=9780593956434&amp;bkshp-astro=t">Chase Me If You Can by Heather Francis</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCwSR3hMl_c">The Wedding Planner</a>.</li>
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A weekly discussion of everything romance—from the novels and the tropes to the book-to-screen adaptations and, of course, the drama of it all—with hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall. Brought to you by the romance publisher 831 Stories.

A weekly discussion of everything romance&mdash;from the novels and the tropes to the book-to-screen adaptations and, of course, the drama of it all&mdash;with hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall. Brought to you by the romance publisher 831 Stories.

Radio 831: A Romance Podcast

The Case for Bad Sex Scenes, Riss M. Neilson on Disability in Romance, and What We’ve Consumed This Month

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