Jess Lee

Jayce Interview with Jess Lee

Our conversation centered around diversity and DEI in romance. As seasoned romance readers, it has been beautiful to watch the evolution over the last 2+ decades. Go to your library!!!

Books and Authors we mentioned:

• Ilona Andrews

• Danielle Steel

• Julie Garwood

• Shannon McKenna

• Susan Elizabeth Philips

• Outlander by Diana Garbaldon

• Sarah J Maas

• Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. First book is: Moon Called

• JR Ward. First book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series is: Dark Lover

• Karen Marie Moning

• Christine Feehan

• Beverly Jenkins

• Adrianna Hererra. I loved A Caribbean Heiress in Paris. Jess recommends Finding Joy & On the Hustle

• Kresley Cole

• Emily Henry

• Kate Clayborn

• Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

• Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli

• Ramón and Julieta by Alana Quintana Albertson

• Sinner’s Isle by Angela Montoya

• Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

• Captive in the Underworld by Lianyu Tan

• Lisa Kleypas

• Black Love Matters edited by Jessica P. Pryde

• Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. And Queen Move

• Synthia Williams’s Peach Tree Cove series. First book is: The Secret to a Summer Wedding.

• Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake *Ya’ll! She shamed me into rereading it….and I've completely changed by tune. Go read it.

• Ever After Always by Chloe Liese

• Ninja Ever After by Penny Reid. The prequel novella is Ninja At First Sight.

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Find Jess on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads @literaryintersections. For her DEI consulting work: https://intersectionalimpactconsulting.com