Harper Bliss & Her Mrs

#140: Harper’s grand finale (part 3)

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We've decided to end this podcast for now, and for our grand finale, we're answering questions from our listeners, on a whole range of topics.    Th...

#139: Harper’s grand finale (part 2)

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We've decided to end this podcast for now, and for our grand finale, we're answering questions from our listeners, on a whole range of topics.    Th...

#138: Harper’s grand finale (part 1)

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We've decided to end this podcast for now, and for our grand finale, we're answering questions from our listeners, on a whole range of topics.    Th...

#137: Harper Is Sorry for This Podcast

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We were absent last week because the arrival of a dog in our home has caused quite the commotion. We had the deluxe edition of At the Water’s Edge r...

#136: Harper and Her Mrs Reveal a Massive Plot Twist

01 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The writing of Harper’s current work-in-progress is going very slowly. There will be a lot of drama before it’s done.   Harper has revealed her...

#135: Harper Guarantees a Happy Ending for the Women

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A Family Affair has had a great launch, so thank you to everybody who bought it or read it in Kindle Unlimited. We’re doing a lucky draw, and you c...

#134: Harper Was Robin Wrong

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Harper’s newest book, A Family Affair is out on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered, bought or borrowed it! And the Ger...

#133: Harper Can Only Achieve Shortness in Her Stature

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after a long hiatus, hurray! And Harper wrote a book while we were off the air: A Family Affair. It’s available to buy direct now, or w...

#132: Harper Thinks the Neighbouring Roosters Suffer from Toxic Masculinity

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is enjoying once-a-year flow in the writing of her new book and all she wants to do is write.    The audio of The Duet is back from Abby Crad...

#131: Harper Is Quite Cranky

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Duet launched without a glitch and even made it to number one in the Amazon lesbian fiction chart, so thanks to everyone who bought it!   Harpe...

#130: Harper Feels Like Her Soul Has Come Home

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after our moving-to-the-country hiatus. Turns out, we love living outside the city. Except maybe for the lack of food delivery services....

#129: Harper Was Inspired by Dr. Drake Ramoray

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Contrary to last week, this episode is rant-free! Thanks to everyone who bought And Then She Kissed Me and helped spread the word about it. For a cha...

#128: Harper’s Characters Don’t Want to Kiss

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s episode is kind of ranty again. Harper is back in writing mode, but she’s not sure she’s on the right track.  We’re grateful to e...

#127: Harper Has Been Punching Her Bag All Day

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today is launch day for And Then She Kissed Me! Not the joyous occasion we were hoping for because of an Amazon sales rank issue, so Harper is on a b...

#126: Harper Needs to Be Buttered Up

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is stressing out this week because of the upcoming launch of And Then She Kissed Me, which is available for pre-order from the Harper Bliss web...

#125: Harper Is Completely Smitten (with a puppy)

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back for a new year of neither professional nor profound podcasting.   Harper is working on a new book, but she’s finding it hard to get in...

#124: A Holiday Special With That Woman Next Door

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In our third and final holiday special, we bring you the first three chapters of Harper's latest novel That Woman Next Door. The narration is, once ag...

#123: A Holiday Special All About That Kiss

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In our second holiday special, we bring you the first two chapters of Harper's best-selling Hollywood romance About That Kiss. The narration is by les...

#122: A Once in a Lifetime Holiday Special

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode is a little different, as we're taking some time off recording for the holidays. But we don't want to leave you Bliss-less for tha...

#121: Harper Has a Bliss-mas Surprise!

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this (probably) last episode of 2021, Harper has a surprise announcement: she wrote a sequel to In the Distance There Is Light, a novella called T...

#120: Harper’s Bandwidth Is Like Dial-up

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode Harper’s Mrs is a bit loopy because of a painful back. Harper finished writing a short story and is ready to go on her next writing...

#119: Harper Is 10 Months Pregnant With Idea

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We record this on the first day of snow of the year! The big news of the day is that That Woman Next Door is now available on Audible! And Then She K...

#118: Harper Cracked the Flow Code

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Thanksgiving to our American listeners!   Harper is about to send her editor the manuscript of her next book, And Then She Kissed Me, which w...

#117: Harper Has Many Thoughts

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after an extended break! But we’ve been busy during the break: Harper wrote a book which will be called And Then She Kissed Me; we publ...

#116: Harper Fancies Herself a Comedian

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s big news is that That Woman Next Door is out now in ebook and print! The book is a slow-burn opposites attract with lots of lesbian ...

#115: Harper Had to Choose Between Angelina and Padma

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There is lots of audio news this week! About That Kiss (narrated by Abby Craden) is now available everywhere, and At Your Most Beautiful (narrated by...

#114: Harper Is Pregnant With Idea

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, Caroline has tooth ailments. Harper is still on a writing break, but working on the final edits on That Woman Next Door, whi...

#113: Harper Dies of Embarrassment During the Episode

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Apologies for skipping last week. Visiting friends and cat sitting duties made it impossible to record an episode.   That Woman Next Door is availab...

#112: Harper Was Followed by One of Her Characters

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after a relaxing holiday in Brittany. We’ll be going back soon!   About That Kiss, narrated by the great Abby Craden, is out in aud...

#111: Harper Has Stuck Her Head Even Farther Up Her Own Behind

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

About That Kiss is out now everywhere! It could be your feel-good read of the summer :-) Harper is feeling the launch stress. Another new release is t...

#110: Harper Will Be an Easier Woman Tomorrow

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We record this episode on our National Holiday and also the 21st anniversary of our first meeting. Harper is feeling the stress of finishing her curre...

#109: Harper Likes It When Things Are About Her

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Caroline’s birthday was celebrated profusely which led us to not be able to record a podcast last week, for which we apologise.   The Village Roma...

#108: Harper Is Toppling the Patriarchy One Punch At a Time

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, Harper talks about her Difficult Women (working title), but she doesn’t know yet how they’ll get together. This book may...

#107: Harper and Her Mrs Are Annoying Middle-Aged Lesbians

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after a short getaway in the countryside, which was so nice. We even went for an outdoor run early in the morning! In other fun news: we ...

#106: Harper Felt Like Such a Cat Lady

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harper celebrated her birthday over lunch with the ladies from Ylva Publishing, which was lots of fun. And thanks to Carrie for the unexpected prezzi...

#105: Harper Is Her Own Favourite Author

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We were absent for two weeks for the best possible reason: Harper wrote a new book! And she had so much fun doing it. She has also discovered the joy ...

#104: Harper Is Smitten With Her New Niece

12 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after our absence last week, brought on by Harper’s current at-home writing retreat. She’s going all-out on writing a Hollywood roma...

#103: Harper Has Been Overly Sex-Educated

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week we talk about our little glamping break in the woods. Before the break, Harper made a difficult choice about her work-in-progress.   We’...

#102: Harper Was Discovered Thanks to Drag Queen Fanfic

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is over the launch stress of At Your Most Beautiful and is very grateful to everyone who bought it.  Some unusual events are disrupting her w...

#101: Harper Had an Easter Bunny That She Used to Know

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

At Your Most Beautiful is out and some reviews have been quite amusing! Launches are still stressful, even after so many books.   We had a sedate Eas...

#100: Harper Forgot All Her Jokes

01 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is our 100th episode, hurray! You’d think we would have got better at it by now.   Harper has found her groove again in her work-in-progress. ...

#99: Harper Is All Loungewear and Long Hair

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode comes with some unplanned ASMR courtesy of the cat.   The big news of the week is that Caroline got a haircut! Harper is confused by h...

#98: Harper Is Her Own Humour Machine

18 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With spring on its way, Caroline has developed some green fingers, but is hoping for some listener advice. Harper has been experiencing some existent...

#97: Harper Is Having the Period From Hell

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after a short break. Harper has started writing her new book, which features an unexpected but not unknown main character.   In audio ne...

#96: Harper Sometimes Forgets Straight People Exist Too

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We record this episode as spring is in the air in Brussels! Harper finished the first draft of At Your Most Beautiful and is almost done with the th...

#95: Harper Lost Monday to Hormones

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is trying to finish the first draft of At Your Most Beautiful, because the notes for her next book are starting to pile up. She’s changed her...

#94: Harper Was So Annoyed, She Had to Drink Two Beers

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is having an excellent writing week. At First Sight is out in audio. We also have an early Valentine’s Day treat: No Strings Attached (ebook...

#93: Harper Hopes She Gets Another Email from Her Spirit

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s podcast is a bit cryptic because of projects we can’t talk about yet. Harper does have a Bliss-dom of the week brought on by the nine-...

#92: Harper Wants Good Contemporary Lesbian Movies

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harper’s current book is progressing nicely, but she’s already thinking about the next one she’ll write. The audio of At First Sight is availa...

#91: Harper Should Be a Barrel of Raging Hormones

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, Harper talks about her new Bliss-dom and her slower pace for life. Work on At Your Most Beautiful is progressing, both the ...

#90: Harper Is Distracted by Caroline’s Mullet

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This week’s podcast episode is slightly different from our usual blabbing as it focuses on answering a listener’s questions about starting out in ...

#89: Harper’s Word of the Day is Pointless

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is first episode of 2021 is slightly longer than usual, but definitely not more professional nor profound. Harper is back to writing after some t...

#88: Harper Has Not Come Out Publicly as a Celine Dion Fan

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This last episode of 2020 was recorded at an unusual time: in the evening, after a drink.   Harper revealed her fantasy casting for At First Sight on...

#87: Harper Had to Be Scraped Off the Floor

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This episode starts with a little excerpt of Harper’s piano playing. She decided to be active on Instagram for a day and it wiped her out. She also ...

#86: Harper’s Brain Works in Instagram Captions

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pink Bean 10, At First Sight, is out! Luckily Launch Week did not coincide with PMS week this time.    Harper has a new-found respect for social med...

#85: Harper Was Never into TiBette

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we’re preparing for the launch of At First Sight, and we have some good news for people who preordered it from the Harper Bliss web shop....

#84: Harper Has Been Preheating the Oven for Three Weeks

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harper thought she was having an existential crisis last week, but turns out it was just PMS. She’s back to writing now and all she wants to do is ...

#83: Harper Looks Forward to the Day She’s Sick of People Again

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is struggling a bit this week, and hasn’t been writing, but she’s been taking a trip down the Pink Bean memory lane on her socials.    We...

#82: Harper Knows Where Her Bread Is Buttered

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Harper started on her new book, which is a quintessential Harper Bliss age-gap romance.  She has also found her walking Bliss by going on...

#81: Harper Will Do the Small Shop

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back from an unexpected hiatus (caused by life being sub-par and too tense) on a special day in our relationship.   Pink Bean 10, which will ...

#80: Harper Is Becoming a Cougar

15 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back from a nice holiday, but have some trauma to process in this episode. As a result, Harper is having trouble finding her writing flow.   ...

#79: Harper Comes With a Disclaimer

01 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re recording this episode on the day before we leave on holiday, and the day our country finally gets a government, so things are possibly even l...

#78: Harper Fancies Herself the Celine Dion of Lesfic

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re recording this episode on the launch day of A Breathless Place, and Harper is feeling the stress. The book is out, at last; all info can be fo...

#77: Harper Is a Descendant of the Ginger Brute

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is slightly hungover in this episode after a weekday date night, so she’s not feeling the writing flow today. This comes after a bad writing ...

#76: Harper Is Allergic to People Who Have Not Evolved

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re recording this episode on our 10th wedding anniversary! Harper Bliss did not exist yet at the time.   Harper has a theory about lesbians and ...

#75: Harper Is Not Up to Breast

03 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Caroline does a reading of the blurb for A Breathless Place. Harper’s editor gave the book a rave review!    Harper is still havin...

#74: Harper Is Medium-Brow

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Harper is starting on her two-month launch plan for A Breathless Place, with the cover reveal and announcing the narrator of the audiobook...

#73: Harper Forgot About Being Harper Bliss

20 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back after our break! Our week of staycation at home during a heatwave was great and Harper managed to zen out completely. So much so that she...

#72: Harper Mistook the Podcast Notes for Her Journal

06 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode Caroline has to do a walk of shame.   Harper finished A Breathless Place and had trouble saying goodbye. We’re also asking...

#71: Harper Is the Worst Person to Give Advice

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back in semi-lockdown and have had to cancel our holiday, unfortunately. We will attempt to take time away from working, but are not sure we’...

#70: Harper’s Mrs Is So Middle-Class

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is a bit sad because she was not able to do her annual singalong for the 21st of July. We did have a great weekend in Paris where we drank lots...

#69: Harper Has Upgraded Herself

16 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Next week we'll celebrate meeting 20 years ago, so we’re off for a weekend in Paris to celebrate.   Our co-write A Swing at Love is on sale for a f...

#68: Harper Can Passive-Aggressively Boss Caroline Around

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode, we talk about our little trip to Normandy for Caroline’s birthday. Harper reveals the fantasy casting for If You Kiss Me L...

#67: Harper Can’t Wait for Menopause

01 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We record this on the first day of the second half of the year. This is also Caroline’s last podcast as a 44-year-old. Caroline replies to a questio...

#66: Harper Wants a Threesome

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode coincides with release day! Harper’s newest novel If You Kiss Me Like That is out everywhere in ebook and paperback, so we spend s...

#65: Harper Is Her Own Self-Help Book

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode we briefly talk about Harper’s upcoming release, of which she published the first two chapters on her blog.   Harper refl...

#64: Harper Has Not Used the Lockdown to Improve Her Cooking Skills

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harper had a quiet birthday last weekend which we spent bingeing Baron Noir and all its hot women. She did get a message from someone special. :-) In ...

#63: Harper Feels Judged by Her Television

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We took another day off and Harper thought it was horrible. Caroline has started second-drafting Harper’s work in progress. An unsolicited complimen...

#62: Harper Combed the Rug

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we took a day off, but Harper got sucked into the DC controversy in the UK. She's making good progress on her current book, but she still ca...

#61: Harper Has to Plan Her Release Around Her PMS

21 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harper finished her upcoming book, If You Kiss Me Like That and has started writing on her next book already! But she finds herself unable to talk ab...

#60: Harper Just Wants a Shout-Out from Robin

14 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Facebook Live last Saturday went great and may be repeated in future.   Harper is trying to finish her book but it’s so hard! It will be her 29...

#59: Harper Needs to Reacquaint Herself with People

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is in the last part of her work in progress. She’s taking her time with the ending. And we’ve settled on a title.   The French Kissing Al...

#58: Harper Is Keen to Get Caroline Out of The House

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This past week, Harper has been in her writing cave, avoiding social media and making progress on her work-in-progress. Caroline revamped the cover fo...

#57: Harper Was Falling Apart (Not Literally)

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode we discuss our Facebook Q&A, which was fun, but technically glitched. We’re considering doing a Facebook Live in future.  ...

#56: Harper Is Not Sure She Can Ever Deal With People Again

16 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this week’s episode we talk about how we’re experiencing the lockdown.   This Saturday we’re doing a Q&A with the Mrs in the Harper Bliss ...

#55: Harper Is Difficult but Worth It

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to our first episode in 4 months! We’re in lockdown in Brussels, like most of the world. Not much change for us. But our hair is getting out...

#54: Harper Will Not Use the Word Lazy

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is an inbetweenisode because we are under a strict deadline. Harper had a cold and slow start to the year and we’re going on holiday to Portuga...

#53: Harper Doesn’t Want To Be a Tina

19 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is in a sweary mood and Caroline is feeling a bit off after a tumultuous week. Many emotions because of the launch of Next in Line for Love, wh...

#52: Harper Was Aglow With Love for The L Word

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Harper is already stressed with launch energy, even though Next in Line for Love only comes out on Amazon next week. It will be in KU and thus exclusi...

#51: Harper Made Eggy Balls

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The big news this week is that Harper cooked! In writing news, Harper’s work in progress will be a novella instead of a novel because of time const...

#50: Harper's Characters Have Many Emotions

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back from our hiatus for our 50th episode. And it’s Thanksgiving, so happy turkey day to our US listeners! We start by discussing our first ...

#49: Harper Had to Journal About a Compliment

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the last episode before our four-week hiatus.   We’re approaching the end of Harper's current work-in-progress. Caroline reveals the secre...

#48: Harper Suffers from Self-Importance

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  The podcast is day late this week, for which we apologise. Harper's current work-in-progress is simultaneously at the first, second and third draft...

#47: Harper Isn’t Going to Comment on Her Parents’ Marriage

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is extra long because we spend way too much time processing our cat’s great escape from the garden.   Harper wrote 4000 words two days...

#46: Harper Is the Face of Harper Bliss

02 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  This episode sounds a bit self-helpy (and self-congratulatory) at times when we talk about how lucky we've been. Apologies! Harper did a survey thr...

#45: Harper Was As Close to Radclyffe As She’ll Ever Come

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  We're recording this episode in Paris, France! We came to satisfy Harper's ego, but the weather's pretty bad. Harper's current work-in-progress loo...

#44: Harper Has to Rethink the Last Twenty Years of Her Life

18 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  In this episode, we discuss our middle-aged morning date and low-brow anniversary celebration. Harper devised an epic publication schedule, but she...

#43: Harper Is Ambivalent About Her Marriage

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  We record this episode on our ninth wedding anniversary. According to Harper, 8 of the 9 have been good. Her work in progress is going well, she wr...

#42: Harper Will Always Be Last in the Hierarchy

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's September and that means the end of the summer, which means La fin de l'été is out! Harper gives an update on her work in progress and we reve...

#41: Harper's Sister Had a Luke Perry Pillow

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're back after more than a month, hurray! Caroline talks about the trip she took to Costa Rica. Harper really enjoyed the solitude. Last week's high...