Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter by R. Cooper

> Title: Wrong to Need You (Forbidden Hearts #2) > Do you have an ideal friends to lovers equation? Do they have to be friends from childhood? Or are adult friends better? Or do you just go with the flow? > Have you read a romance where the female MC ditches the guy for the mom? Will someone please write us this romance? Pretty please?! > “Melinka” is Meka and Melinda’s cute portmanteau

NOTE: This episode was recorded in late July during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 NOTE: These notes include affiliate links to and to support the RBP transcript project PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR EPISODE TRANSCRIPT You can visit Mina’s website at or follow her on Twitter 202 DISCUSSION MINA WAHEED (she/her) Mina grew up on TV and K-pop like many in her generation, and is a romance reviewer, sensitivity reader, and occasional writer. Melinda spends her time doing puzzles, listening to podcasts, and helping as admin for When she’s not busy with all of that, she’s a freelance editor or talking about books as 202 GUEST After getting sick of ‘important’ books in her English degree classes, she turned to romance and HEAs and hasn’t looked back since.

and checking out stacks of books from the library every week. You can follow Meka on Twitter MELINDA UTENDORF (she/her) was that child reading Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High books with a flashlight until 2 a.m. When she’s not reading, Meka also enjoys singing and exploring the Pacific Northwest with her guide dog, Treble.

Meka loves pushing books and can’t wait to share her favorites with you. > MEKA WHITE (she/her) is the voice behind where she writes about her adventures in reading romance and being visually impaired. This week Meka and Melinda, aka Melinka, continue our Friends to Lovers theme with special guest author Mina Waheed and introduce the F2L spinoff trope “My Ex’s Mom”

Hottie Scotty and Mr. Porter by R. Cooper