Anastasia Wilder
Anastasia Wilder is a dark romance author whose passion for storytelling and reading began at a young age. With a love for dark romance, suspense, and romantasy, she weaves a unique blend of intensity and emotion into her stories. Anastasia's writing journey began with a spark of inspiration from a dress, leading her to craft a captivating plot about a conservator at the Met Museum. However, after an unexpected plot twist in her own life, she pivoted to writing small-town romances in her Silver Rapids series- a project that quickly captured her heart. She is the author of Midnight Heatwave, a steamy small-town romance novella that explores themes of love and redemption and the upcoming release, Chasing Snowfall, is a dark, small town, roman
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Nomi Palmer
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Willa Drew’s contemporary slow-burn romances are full of feels, playful banter, and high-stakes emotions. Their globetrotting characters fight for love as they discover who they are and where they belong.
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M.Z. Rylan
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MZ Rylan writes powerful, complex love stories where strength, vulnerability, and overcoming our pasts collide. Her female characters are fierce, fearless, and unapologetically in control of their destinies. At the heart of her stories is the unshakable belief that women can and should claim their own power, even in worlds designed to keep them in the shadows. In her debut novel Bound by Her, releasing in May 2025, Adria Fedorov is an iron-willed woman who inherits her father’s violent and secretive position within the Nine, an underground organization where trust is a weakness and power is the ultimate currency.
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Emma Kate
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There is nothing I enjoy more than weaving narratives about strong, intelligent women and the irresistible men they love. If you enjoy books that are real, smart, and endlessly entertaining, you're in the right place!
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L.M. Allen
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'Northampton was the capital of England in medieval times. Then we must have pi***d someone off.'
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Micah Riley
Micah Riley, a former photographer who once captured love stories through her lens, has traded her camera for a pen–or more accurately, a keyboard. ♡ Now, she brings small town romances to life, creating characters you can’t help but root for as they navigate life’s twists and turns, only to discover love when they least expect it.
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Alta Hensley
Alta Hensley is a USA Today bestselling author of dark romance where the villain always gets the happily ever after.
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Twisted, clever, and occasionally unhinged, her books deliver morally gray anti-heroes, sharp-tongued heroines, and happily ever afters that taste even sweeter after a little ruin. With a signature blend of grit, wit, and heat, Alta’s stories prove one thing: Villains deserve love too.
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Micah Riley
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She loves to write—and read—flawed bad-boys and strong heroines. You can expect dark elements, a dash of suspense, and a lot of steam.
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Penelope Black
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Claire Wilder
USA Today bestselling author of spicy small-town romance featuring
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A romantic at heart, Jenn has always been a lover of books, and is constantly dreaming up heart-wrenching stories that will have you reaching for tissues and make you blush.
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She writes the kind of romance she loves to read—full of quick-witted banter, undeniable chemistry, and just the right amount of chaos. For her, there’s nothing better than a love story that keeps you laughing, swooning, and maybe yelling at the characters to just kiss already.
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Dark gritty mafia romance
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Aleia Kane writes gritty, emotionally charged mafia romance with lots of spice, humor, drama, and big feels. Readers love her work for her engaging storytelling, relatable characters, steamy romance, and emotional depth. She has a soft spot for angst-filled, forbidden romances, second chances, and dominant, grumpy bad boys with sweet centers that are impossible not to love.
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Jolie Dunn
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Lilah Lance
Lilah Lance is a contemporary romance novelist with a passion for crafting stories that seamlessly blend romance, suspense, and multicultural dynamics. She writes for all the girls who dream of being seen, being accepted, and being loved for who they are.
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Raised under the shadow of a volcano in provincial New Zealand, she now lives on the edge of Auckland, the City of Sails with stunning beaches and good coffee (and surrounded by more volcanoes, fortunately extinct).
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Katelyn Brehm
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Marilyn Don
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Bethany Rosa
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K. Garrod
K.Garrod is an Indie Romance Author from the Gold Coast, Australia. She loves to write emotional angsty stories that will pull at your heartstrings and remind you what it feels like to heal and feel again.
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She wanted to write something that would leave you gripping the pages, on the edge of your seat, as you live in the world she created. E.J. LOVES love; that heart wrenching, time-stopping, soul finding love. She wants you to yearn for the kind of love that our MMCs shower on our FMCs; and have you realize that you deserve that too. (and all the spice with it!)
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Aleia Kane
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Mimi Francis
Mimi Francis is a sassy romance writer known for her steamy tales of passion that leave readers breathless. When she's not crafting what she hopes is the perfect happily-ever-after, you can find her sipping margaritas and binge-watching Marvel movies or the TV show Supernatural. But her true loves (after her husband, of course) are her four Shih Tzus who keep her company as she spins stories that will make your heart race and your toes curl. Get ready to fall in love with her characters and get lost in the worlds she creates. You can connect with Mimi on Instagram and Facebook at @author.mimi.francis or on her website mimifrancis.com.
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