Illicit Liaisons: Author and SaSS event planner Amy Marie

This week, we chat with author and book event planner Amy Marie about whether romance books need more yearning, Amy's success with SaSS while other book signing events seem to be imploding, the internet's policing of dark romance, and more. About Amy MarieAmy Marie was born and raised in the northwest suburbs of Chicago (Go Cubs Go!) until she married the red-headed love of her life in 2005 and made the move to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where she currently resides with her two teenagers and a mini-Australian Shepard, who chases after the four cats!In 2014, she published her first book in the Unexpected Series and hasn’t looked back since. As a contemporary romance and romantic suspense author, she loves to tell everyone about her books and attend as many signing events as she can.Not only did her dream of becoming an author come to life, but so did her love of event planning when she started the Sexy and SaSSy Signing (also known as SaSS). SaSS is an annual romance author book signing held in July, with some mini events held in St. Louis and Savannah. Every year she brings over 500 people together to celebrate their love of books and welcome them into the SaSSy Family!You can find her on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Threads, all under either Author Amy Marie or The Sexy and SaSSy Signing. BTW… SaSS27 tickets are on sale now!Amy Marie's Books https://amzn.to/4xaztm0Amy Marie Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amy.marie.679521/Amy Marie Instagram https://www.instagram.com/author_amy_marie/Amy Marie TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@authoramymarieAmy Marie Threads https://www.threads.com/@author_amy_marieSaSS27 Richmond, VA Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sass27-unforgettable-nights-richmond-signing-event-tickets-1993293205636SaSS Attendees Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/sassysigningMENTIONED ON THE SHOWAdriana Locke https://amzn.to/4gWHB3NMelanie Harlow https://amzn.to/4gLsnOICollide by Gail McHugh https://amzn.to/4cBlK0hEncore in Death by J.D. Robb https://amzn.to/4r0SgyYUrna Semper on Substack https://urnasemper.substack.com/Come Away with Me by Kristin Proby https://amzn.to/3TemlhYCome Away with Me on Passionflix https://watch.passionflix.com/watch/16e9a261-3fc9-4f0f-bb46-338d78032db2TENDER & 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