Illicit Liaisons: Sci-Fi Romance Tara Leederman, plus book drama and more

This week, we chat with author T.A. Leederman about sci-fi romance, the book drama over whether book influencers are reading the books they recommend, hot takes in the bookish community, and more. Tara is a PhD in English and former writing teacher, one of our editors and all-around press gremlin here at Tender and Tempting Tales, and main fiction writer for Starship Valkyrie. Typically she writes science-fiction romance for our publications, though she’s branched out into urban romantasy for our most recent zine, Fantastical Foes. She’s also the editor of Sapphics of Saturn, which is open to submissions this month and will publish in November, and she’ll appear in our fall anthology, Starlit and Spellbound.T.A. Leederman Website https://taleederman.com/Starship Valkyrie on Substack https://taleederman.substack.com/Vox Protocol on Substack https://taleederman.substack.com/t/vox-protocolInstagram https://www.instagram.com/author_taleederman/Contact Unknown by Tara Leederman https://amzn.to/4wcCS3xMENTIONED ON THE SHOWFantastical Foes by Tender & Tempting Tales https://amzn.to/4z3LJHwSusannah Friesen YouTube: BookTok Biggest Creators AREN'T Reading the Books they Review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8FQxlWO1vcPeace Love Books XO https://www.youtube.com/@PeaceLoveBooksxoRead with Cindy https://www.youtube.com/@readwithcindyJust One Damn Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor https://amzn.to/4pYzNCGIce Planet Barbarians https://amzn.to/4xcQg8GTENDER & TEMPTING TALESTender 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-talesCalls for Submissions: https://tenderandtemptingtales.substack.com/p/write-for-tender-and-tempting-talesILLICIT LIAISONS PRODUCED & HOSTED BYTara Leederman Substack: https://taleederman.substack.com/Jenna Harte: https://jennaharte.com/Outline and Show Notes: T.A. LeedermanEditing: Jenna Harte