Steamy Spotlight: Interview with Vanessa Vale

Summary:
USA Today bestselling author Vanessa Vale joins Kelly to discuss her latest release (Book #3 in the Two Marks series, co-authored with Renee Rose), branding herself as the "Queen of Steamy Cowboy books" and of course, hypothetical threesomes with fictional characters. They also make plans to write a mafia romantic comedy (or at least manifest one into existence).

Guest:
Vanessa Vale
IG: @vanessa_vale_author
Twitter: @IamVanessaVale

Show Notes:
- NaNoWriMo in November, 12 Days of Boobsmas in December
- Introducing today’s Vanessa Vale, bestselling author of “steamy cowboy romance”
- Instant pot vs. pressure cooker vs. crockpot
- Launching your romance writing career on a “dare” (00:05:52)
- How the pandemic changed our reading interests
- Where are all the comedic mafia and MC romances?
- Misconceptions about the romance genre… from a romance author (00:12:28)
- Writing historical vs. contemporary cowboys
- The “honorable” cowboy hero (00:26:04)
- Romance in the time of... dysentery
- The process of co-writing a book/series (00:29:26)
- The appeal of reading and writing ménage romances
- The benefits and challenges of writing a single-POV vs. multiple POVs
- A ménage relationship with your characters? (00:41:10)
- Vanessa's latest release - Desired (Book #3 in the Two Marks series)
- What's up next for Vanessa
- Creating a world that other authors can write in (00:48:30)

Other work, podcasts, etc. mentioned:
The Bridgewater series (Vanessa's historical cowboy series)
Vanessa's interview with No Shelf Control Podcast
Strong and Steady (More than a Cowboy #1)
Rough and Ready (More than a Cowboy #2)
Teach Me the Ropes (Bachelor Auction #1)

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