Ready for Happily Ever After? Now, it's in your pocket! Dive into these guaranteed HEAs and get a dose of love in your pocket.

Long before Carrie Bradshaw penned a column about Sex and The City or Bridget Jones had a diary, New Yorker and hopeless romantic Melissa Braverman was writing about the search for love. In this limited series podcast, the acclaimed Single Gal In The City blogger shares excerpts from 100-plus personal diaries. From high school crushes to heartbreak, Melissa bares it all.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳

What happens when a hopeless romantic who believes in love no matter what struggles experienced in the past meets a realist full of skepticism about love and questions it’s mere existence? They become best friends. The realist would say they might even be soulmates if she believed in such things. Follow along as our unlikely pair laugh at each other, share their experiences and try to tackle the tough questions like “who pays on the first date?” and “why is online dating so hard?” In the end ...

Amanda Jean delights in wrestling manuscripts for her day job, worships at the altar of tropes, and has never met a villain or sexy alien she doesn’t like. Austin Chant writes books about gay magic and toxic masculinity, likes his queer stories with a slice of anguish, and kinda wants to be a pirate. Together, they discuss queer romance fiction and the broader world of queer media.