A press release for a new romance book, Fires of Siberia, notes the story of the female protagonist — “full of firebrand pluck and red state sex appeal” — was “inspired by the life of Tea Party leader and Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann.”
Bachmann Was Inspiration for New Romance Book
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