Dear Tessa Bailey, Beat Dawkins and Melody Gallard are the (adult) children of the two women who made up the Steel Birds, an iconic band in the 1980s and 1990s. When the Steel Birds broke up in something known as “the Incident” both Octavia and Trina were pregnant with their ... more >
Dear Tessa Bailey, Anyone who knows me knows that enemies to lovers is a trope that’s more miss than hit for me. I don’t enjoy love interests being cruel and that seems to happen often with enemies to lovers. In this case, I was aided by your acknowledgements at the ... more >
Dear Ms. Bailey, It’s no secret among your many fans that you are known as the ‘Queen of the Dirty Talkers’. In a romance world awash with billionaire heroes, your blue collar men are down to earth, ‘tell it like it is’ kind of guys, alpha heroes to the core. ... more >
Dear Ms. Bailey: I don’t know of another author that does steamy scenes as well as you do. This is the third in the Broke and Beautiful series. I read the first one and don’t really have any good excuse for why I skipped the second. The first one was a ... more >
Dear Ms. Bailey: I saw some twitter discussion from readers who had obtained an ARC and then Mandi from SmexyBooks emailed me that I needed to get a copy of this book. Roxy Cumberland is a college drop out from New Jersey who is in New York pursuing her dream of ... more >
Dear Ms. Bailey: This is one of the books where I wish I didn’t have to assign a grade. Part of the book I really enjoyed and other parts, not so much. Bowen Driscol has inherited the territory of Southern Brooklyn from his recently deceased father. He is taken in and ... more >