Hi Smooches! We’ve been truant, and we’re sorry, OK?! Life is just like really really hard. But we have so many books to talk about, including my new MMF short story, And They Were Roommates, and all the very informative and depressing books Me

We Heard You All Like Poetry: “Just Another Epic Love Poem” by Parisa Akhbari

Apr 30th, 2024 51m 33s

Hi Smooches! On this episode, we recap a gorgeous YA sapphic romance told partially through poetry, Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari. It’s about two friends who have passed notebooks back and forth for their entire friendship, writ

For the Love of Monsters with Researcher Ella Gallego

Apr 9th, 2024 59m 16s

What makes monsters so erotic? On today’s episode, we talk to writer and researcher Ella Gallego about her Monstrous Desire study. We talk about the increasingly vocalized attraction many of us feel for monsters, our first monster crushes, and

Serving C*nt with Courtney Clark Michaels and Eve Dangerfield

Mar 26th, 2024 1h 27m

Smooches, get your headphones and your wallets. This episode is about to load up your TBR with heroines who are not to be messed with. We’re talking about heroines who serve the most see-you-next-Tuesday with Courtney Clark Michaels and Eve Dan

Mothman 2: Bigger, Sexier, Mothier! “I’m Engaged to Mothman” by Paige Lavoie

Mar 12th, 2024 49m 15s

Hi Smooches! On this episode, we're recapping I'm Engaged to Mothman, the second book in Paige Lavoie's Mothman in Love series. We previously recapped the first book with our friend and Mothman groupie Molly, so go listen to that episode if you

"Say the Thing" and Read that Romance with Kami Orange!

Feb 27th, 2024 1h 2m

Hi Smooches! On this episode, we’re chatting with boundary coach Kami Orange, author of the new book Say the Thing: Boundary-Setting Scripts and Phrases to Communicate Directly and Speak Up with Kindness. Meg and I have both separately followed

Roasting the Canon and Making Bookish Content with AndreaRaeReads!

Feb 27th, 2024 52m 40s

Hi Smooches! We’re talking about sooo many books today with Anne, also known as andrearaereads on TikTok. She is such a wealth of knowledge about incredible books across multiple genres, and she’s writing a vampire romance that sounds scrumptio

Would You Rather? Singles Retreat Edition with Tanvier Peart

Jan 30th, 2024 39m 51s

Hi Smooches! Today we have a really fun, dishy episode with debut author Tanvier Peart. We’re playing Would You Rather? in honor of her second-chance forced proximity romance, The Seven Month Itch. It’s about a couple that’s been separated and

All Things Austen with Melodie Edwards

Jan 16th, 2024 1h

Happy New Year, Smooches! Today, we’re talking All Things Austen with author Melodie Edwards, who has written a beautiful contemporary reimagining of Persuasion. It’s got Stars Hollow vibes with its setting of Niagara-on-the-Lake and riotous ca

Top 3 Rewatchable Holiday Movies with Annie Rains

Dec 19th, 2023 46m 14s

Hi Smooches! On today’s episode, which we recorded way back in September, we talked with author Annie Rains about her wonderful book Through the Snow Globe. It’s women’s fiction (because the hero is in a coma for most of it) described as It’s a

Holiday Gift Guide: Harm Reduction Edition

Dec 5th, 2023 1h 3m

Hi Smooches! This year’s holiday gift guide isn’t going to be business as usual. We’re discussing ways to spend less money and consume more ethically this holiday season if you choose to give gifts. We talk about how even if there’s no ethical

One Episode, Four Romance Subgenres!

Nov 21st, 2023 55m 55s

Hi Smooches! On this episode, we're recapping some recent reads: a sci-fi/dystopian romance; a paranormal romance; a lit fic title that's actually a romance; and a sports romance by one of our besties. Spoilers ahead!Books recapped:The Spir

NaNoWriMo Treat: "In On The Action" by Elle Diaz, Chapter One

Nov 7th, 2023 32m 4s

Hi Smooches! Today we’re doing something a little different. In honor of NaNoWriMo, I’m going to read the first chapter of my work in progress. This is from my draft of In On the Action, which is Book 2 in the Seducing Steel City series. If I w

Live Laugh Lurk: "I'm In Love With Mothman" by Paige Lavoie with Molly

Oct 24th, 2023 1h 11m

Hi Smooches! We couldn’t close out spooky season without some monsterfucking. So we brought our senior cryptid correspondent Molly on to recap “I’m In Love With Mothman” by Paige Lavoie. What happens when a burnt out lifestyle influencer moves

After Midnight with our Horror Wh*re Deanna

Oct 10th, 2023 45m 4s

Hi, friends! We are embarking upon spooky season with the 2019 indie horror/romance After Midnight. It's eerie, it's funny, it's cute, and it's just the right amount of scary. Stay tuned for a mimosa-fueled review of the movie with our horror s

Kayloring on Main: The Lore, Speculation, and General Clownery

Sep 26th, 2023 1h 16m

Hi Smooches! On this episode, I am risking it all by going Gaylor on main more than I ever have. I tell Meg, not for the first time but for the first time in this much detail, all about the maybe love affair between Taylor Swift and Karlie Klos

A Very Wide-Ranging What We've Been Reading

Sep 12th, 2023 1h 17m

Hi Smooches! We hope you had a lovely Labor Day off last week and that you’re staying healthy, supporting striking workers and drinking whatever seasonally inappropriate pumpkin beverage your heart desires. On this episode, Meg and I talk about

'Cause I Don't Want You Like A Best Friend: "Funny Guy" by Emma Barry Recap

Aug 22nd, 2023 44m 37s

Hi Smooches! This is Liz, and you’re listening to Make Out Already. On today’s episode, we’re recapping “Funny Guy” by Emma Barry. It is a delicious slow burn contemporary about a famous comedian hiding out at his lifelong best friend’s apartme

Great Value Fabio and Other Swoontastic Delights with Shantel!

Aug 8th, 2023 1h 14m

Hi Smooches! This episode we were thrilled to welcome back Shantel to the podcast! Chantel won the bidding for the second year in a row to be a guest on this pod in the Romance for Reproductive Justice Auction. It's a damn shame that we need su

Our Fav Retellings of Classic Tales with Courtney Clark Michaels!

Jul 25th, 2023 1h 16m

Hi, Smooches! Liz is back, baby! And so is our author bestie, Courtney Clark Michaels! This episode we are giving our top recommendations for retellings of classic stories, from Greek mythology to Arthurian legend to Jane Austen to Disney class

YA Flashback: The Princess Diaries & Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging

Jul 11th, 2023 1h 6m

Hi Smooches! It's the return of Liz! But this is more like a time-capsule-Liz. We recorded this episode very shortly before she went into labor a few months ago, so some of our topical references are already a bit dated and there's a tiktok we

Rom Com Roundup: You People, Ghosted, & Your Place or Mine -- with Bryson!

Jun 27th, 2023 1h 20m

Hi Smooches! I'm Meg and this is Make Out Already. While my co-host Liz is out of office taking care of brand new Baby Liz, I invited our friend Bryson on to talk about a trio of rom-coms: You People, Your Place or Mine, and Ghosted. All three

Happy Place: Emily Henry, BFFs, & Mimosas

Jun 13th, 2023 56m 51s

Hi Smooches! This is Make Out Already and I'm Meg, here to take you on a mimosa-fueled journey through Emily Henry's latest release, Happy Place, which came out in April of this year. I invited my bff and fellow Emily Henry lover, Leslie, onto

Finally, Austen That Fux: Emma of 83rd Street with Authors Audrey and Emily

May 30th, 2023 31m 21s

Hi Smooches, this is Meg and you're listening to Make Out Already. While Liz is out, tending to her wee babe, I've invited two new friends onto the podcast--co-authors Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding. Their new book is Emma of 83rd Street, a

Build Your Own Monster: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White

May 16th, 2023 1h 6m

Hi Smooches! This is Meg, and I am continuing my solo hosting stint while Liz is on maternity leave with a special guest-visit from Deanna, our spooky season correspondent and horror wh*re! We chat about Hell Followed With Us, the debut novel f