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Romance and Royals with Nicole Burnham, Episode #29

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Award-winning author Nicole Burnham talks about romance and royals.

Nicole Burnham is the RITA Award-winning author of over twenty romance novels, including the popular Royal Scandals series. Romance and Royals is what it’s all about!

As an army brat, Nicole was raised moving around the world. She still travels abroad whenever she can score cheap airfare and loves that it feeds her writing. If Nicole isn’t at her keyboard, she is happiest spending time at Fenway Park or trail running.

We talked about identical twins, the appeal of romance and royals, the fictional setting of Nicole’s royals, a prince in hiding and more.
www.nicoleburnham.com  

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Nicole’s Readings (read by Hollis McCarthy):

  • Scandal with a Prince (Megan Hears a Voice) – 12:32
  • Slow Tango with a Prince (Emily Finds Vittorio) – 26:02
  • To Kiss a King (Expert Advice) – 45:31

Michael’s Beer Pairings: 

Interview Highlights: 

  • Struck by a voice – 14:10
  • What drew you to royalty? – 18:48
  • A man’s point of view vs. a woman’s point of view in romance – 30:04
  • Identical twins – 33:28
  • Law degree and writing romance – 35:35
  • Emotional focus of romance novels – 50:25
  • Fictional kingdom vs. a real kingdom – 53:02
  • Growing up military and writing – 54:58

COMING NEXT MONTH:

Christine Husom, mystery author

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Gabriel’s Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology

Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.

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Fun, Flirty and a Wee Bit Dirty with Melonie Johnson, Episode #25

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Fun, flirty and a wee bit dirty is Melonie's tagline. This was definitely a fun interview with a romance writer!

Fun, flirty and a wee bit dirty! How could we not have fun with this interview!

USA Today bestselling author Melonie Johnson―aka #thewritinglush―enjoys cheap wine, expensive beer, and sipping cocktails that start with the letter m. Declared a “writer to watch” by Kirkus and a “fizzy, engrossing new voice” by Entertainment Weekly, her smart funny contemporary romances include Too Good to Be Real and her award-winning Sometimes in Love debut series: Getting Hot with the Scot, Smitten by the Brit, and Once Upon a Bad Boy.

A former high school English and Theatre teacher, she spends her days in her Star Wars office, dreaming up meet-cutes. She lives in Chicagoland with her husband, their two redhead daughters, and one very large dog.
Meloniejohnson.com

Melonie’s Readings:

  • Too Good to be Real – 13:52
  • Getting Hot with the Scot – 27:05
  • Smitten by the Brit – 44:44

Michael’s Beer Pairings:

Beer Americano Recipe

  • 1.5 oz. Campari
  • 1.5 oz. Sweet Vermouth
  • 3 oz. Lager Beer

Fill a collins glass with ice. Add the Campari and vermouth. Froth the beer using an Aerolatteor immersion blender and pour into the glass. Garnish with an orange peel.

Interview Highlights:

  • Easter Eggs vs Tropes – 21:20
  • Boozy Book Broads – 22:42
  • Winks & Nods – 36:34
  • The author in the characters – 52:54

COMING NEXT MONTH:

Eugenia Fain, poet

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Gabriel’s Horn is accepting submissions for its anthology.

Our theme music is from www.bensound.com.

If you liked this episode, you might also like these Books and Brews episodes:

HELP US GROW

If you enjoy our interviews or have benefited from them, we invite you to help us continue our work. It takes a great deal of time and money to produce Books and Brews. We’ve been doing interviews since January 2017 as a free service to authors. We continue to promote those authors on our social media for years after their interviews.

  • Subscribing, following, liking, commenting and sharing all help us to keep doing what we do.
  • A $5 tip helps us pay for our many expenses: Libsyn hosting, web hosting, Google meets, providing the drinks for the interview and the many hours of preparation and editing that go into each episode.
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    https://www.zazzle.com/store/books_an… (more to come)
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