Illicit Liaisons: Contemporary Fantasy Romance with Author Mara Heath

This week, we're joined by author Mara Heath to talk about romance books, bookish drama and hot takes, romance categories, and more.Mara fell in love with the romance genre when she first started reading the Sweet Valley High and Sweet Dreams series as a teen. Decades later, after working as an English teacher and taking time to be a mother, she's finally become the romance writer she always wanted to be. She's the author of the New Adult Contemporary Romance series The Secrets of Brownhill, with book one, Caged in Silver, releasing last year, and book two, Harnessed in Gold, coming out in August. In her stories, there's nothing Mara enjoys more than matching a soul-searching young woman with the man who truly "sees" her, especially in a setting where the supernatural collides with the real world. Mara lives in Maryland with her husband, son, and elderly cat. When she isn't writing, she enjoys reading, sipping hot drinks, and binge-watching shows from the early 2000s.Mara's website https://maraheathauthor.com/ Mara's Substack https://maraheathauthor.substack.com/Mara's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maraheathauthor/CURRENTLY READING & RECOMMENDATIONSRedeeming 6 by Chloe Walsh https://amzn.to/3QHCxXTFilthy Rich Fae by Genva Lee https://amzn.to/4oVEyMwA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas https://amzn.to/4ecqR6ZValentine Mysteries by Jenna Harte https://amzn.to/4ff6wifLion in the Garden https://urnasemper.substack.com/TENDER & 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