Illicit Liaisons: Dark Paranormal Romance with Eva LeClerc

Hello, romance readers.

Welcome to Illicit Liaisons with Tender and Tempting Tales, where each week we talk about the good, the bad, and the naughty of romance fiction.

I am Jenna Hart, a romance author of the Southern Heat contemporary romance series and the Sexy Valentine mysteries, as well as the managing editor of Tender and Tempting Tales, a steamy romance anthology for readers who like quickies.

I am Tera Lederman, social media manager here at Tender and Tempting Tales, and lore maven and main fiction writer for Starship Valkyrie, a science fiction game and story universe.

I write science fiction stories including sci-fi romance and urban romantasy, and you can often find me in our anthologies and on Substack.

And today we have as our g- a guest host Ava LeClerc.

She set out to write a dark mafia romance set in New- New York City.

Somehow that turned into a dark paranormal romance set in New Orleans, the Substack, and now published just this last week as Shadow of Betrayal, the first book in the Oathmark series.

If you like gothic paranormal fantasy, romance involving fated mates, swoony warriors, smart sassy women, you're at the right place.

Ava loves myths and folklore that involve magic and romance, and she's also intrigued by the city of New Orleans, a whole world of folklore and magic on its own.

She's working on a series of books and short stories in which she combines those loves, and you can find her not only in Kindle Unlimited and paperback, but also at SAS over the weekend in Richmond, Virginia, and in our upcoming anthology, Starlet and Spellbound.

And why am I introducing her? [laughs] Well, that's because Ava LeClerc is actually one of the many pen names of Jenna Hart.

Hi, Jenna.

Or should I say Ava?