Ep. 43 Tessa Dare: The Governess Game

Our guest this week is New York Times bestselling author, Tessa Dare, who writes fabulously witty and charming historical romances. We talk about her latest book, The Governess Game, historical lady scientists, and the mating practices of both lobsters and ducks!

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Highlights from our conversation include:

- - How we accidentally had Tessa play photographer for us without knowing it was her.
  - What it’s like to be readers’ “break in case of emergency author”
  - How authors who claim not to read reviews are lying.
  - Her marvelous new book, The Governess Game!
  - Awesome historical lady scientists.
  - Historical accuracy in historical romance and the concept of “historical rom coms”
  - How history is written by the Victors not the Victorias!
  - Her next book, The Wallflower Wager.
  - The backstory on her Girl Meets Duke series covers.
  - Her worst typo ever.
  - The specifics of lobster sex and why she felt it was the perfect fit for a romance.
  - Duck sex. More about duck sex and genitalia than you ever wanted to know.

Our favorite out of context quotes:

“I don’t know how to write a face eater!”

“Historical lube–how did we get here?”

“I want to tell a duck story that’s not about rape.”

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Governess Game by Tessa Dare

Books by Brenna Aubrey (Tessa Dare’s office mate)

When a Scot Ties the Knot by Tessa Dare

A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare

A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare

Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ward

Jenny Nordbak

About the Author

Jenny Nordbak earned a B.A in Interdisciplinary Archaeology from the University of Southern California. After graduating, she spent two years leading a double life, working in healthcare construction by day, while secretly working as a Dominatrix at a dungeon in LA by night. Her memoir, The Scarlett Letters: My Secret Year of Men in an LA Dungeon (St. Martin’s Press, 2017), is a candid look into that time in her life. Jenny is an advocate for sex positivity and female empowerment. She writes the Stocks and Bondage column for Penthouse and has been featured as a sex expert on The Doctors. She contributes to Men’s Health and has appeared in numerous publications including Newsweek, Women’s Health, Cosmopolitan, and Redbook. She is currently working on developing her memoir for TV and finishing her next book, a romance novel. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.