Tucson Festival of Books

Coming of Rage


Romantasy and second-world romance can offer great opportunities to let our darker urges free, especially when they're perfectly justified. Three romance authors dive into the joys of murder and vengeance, specifically on the page.


Panelists
Jaclyn Rodriguez

Forever drawn to magic and the impossible, Jaclyn Rodriguez is a biracial author of Puerto Rican heritage who has been madly in love with fantasy since before she could walk. If there are high stakes and intricate world-building, she’s in, and she adores a strong romantic subplot, the more complicated the better....

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Jessie Mihalik

Jessie Mihalik has a degree in computer science and a love of all things geeky. A software engineer by trade, she now writes full time from her home in Texas. When she’s not writing, she can be found playing co-op video games with her husband, trying out new board games, or reading books pulled from her overflowing bookshelves....

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Katee Robert

Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of spicy romances, including the wildly popular "Dark Olympus" and Wicked Villains series. Entertainment Weekly calls their writing unspeakably hot....

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Books:
A Vow in Vengeance
Jaclyn Rodriguez
Romance
Zando/Slowburn
October 2025
ISBN 9781638932543
368 pages
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Silver & Blood
Jessie Mihalik
Romance
HarperCollins Publishers
January 2026
ISBN 9780063411586
448 pages
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The Beast (Deluxe Edition)
Katee Robert
Romance
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
February 2026
ISBN 9781464228025
400 pages
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