Bree Hayden
A lover of romances, it’s not unusual to find Bree Hayden curled up with a book, sobbing her eyes out. On the off chance she’s doing real-life things, she resides in Washington, tries to get birds to whistle along with her, and enjoys baking ancient recipes in the hopes one actually tastes good.
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Shann McPherson
Shann McPherson has been writing contemporary romance fiction for as long as she can remember, and she has no plans on stopping any time soon. Her favourite authors are those who write stories that provide an escape from the harsh reality of today's world; Lucy Score, Tessa Bailey, Anna Todd, Colleen Hoover and the likes.
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Living in sunny Queensland, Australia, when she isn't working her 9-5, or plotting her next story, Shann enjoys making memories with her husband and boisterous son, drinking wine and the occasional beer, and singing completely off-key to Taylor Swift.
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Saffron Brooks
Saffron Brooks writes contemporary romance full of heart, hope, and the kind of love stories that linger. A lifelong daydreamer who finally decided to put pen to paper, she’s all about crafting swoony plots, heartfelt moments, and characters who feel real; flaws, feelings, and all.
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In every story, you’ll find a world that reflects the one we live in: beautifully diverse, rich with different cultures, and always brimming with love in all its forms. And if you notice a little French sprinkled in, consider it her signature.
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Krista Swanson lives in New Jersey with her husband. They have three children, but only one is left to get out of the nest. Once they do, travel across the US and Europe is in their plans. She loves the beach, mainly the Jersey beaches, which she feels don’t get the love they deserve.
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Kyla Faye
Kyla Faye is a twenty-something author of dark, adult erotic, and contemporary romance. When she’s not reading about romance, she’s writing about it, trying to give a voice to the characters that live inside her head. She has a caffeine addiction and always has a candle burning.
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Nikita Slater
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Nikita Slater is the USA Today Bestselling Author of action-packed suspenseful romance. She writes dark romance, mafia romance, MC romance, fantasy shifter romance, and post-apocalyptic dystopian romance. She lives on the beautiful Canadian prairies with her son, her awesome dog, and her partner. She has an unholy affinity for books, wine, pets and anything chocolate. Despite some of the darker themes in her books (which are pure fun and fantasy), Nikita is a staunch femi -
R. Alexander
R. Alexander loves to write about bad men. Mafia men, to be exact. But all their power, all their ego, all their authority comes crashing down when they meet that one woman who brings them down to their knees. Power plays, mistakes, drama, plot twists, sacrifices, back arching spice - R Alexander's books will have you binging, screaming, laughing, and crying late into the night.
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Miah Onsha
Miah Onsha is a romance author and lover of books. She is dedicated to not only crafting stories of real love, but also to filling a gap she keenly felt in her own youth. Through her writing, she endeavors to provide the representation and affirmation that she yearned for as a young reader. As a registered dietitian with a passion for nutrition education, each story she writes holds a piece of that love through the eyes of real characters and real experiences. In each book, you will find healthy relationships, found family, and a whole lot of love.
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Marina Hill
Hi! I'm Marina. Thanks so much for stopping by!
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I grew up minutes from Philadelphia watching Eagles games and roughhousing with my plethora of older brothers. Writing stories has been a constant in my life with publications starting at sixteen under various pen names.
I write a variety of novels from historical fiction to contemporary romance with an eventual path into fantasy. However, all of my books have comfort, emotion, and fun.
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SeRaya
SeRaya is a hopeless romantic twenty-something living in one of her favorite places in the world. She loves writing swoony and steamy love stories about fierce and imperfect characters who find their happily ever afters. Her stories may be emotional rollercoasters and she does have a weakness for slowburns, but that never tempers the heat that comes when it ignites.
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She's always had a love for writing and is so happy that she gets to share her characters with you!
When she's not frantically trying to make her deadline, she loves being cozied up with a good romance book, rewatching her favorite shows, and discovering new food places.
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Katherine E. Webb
The epitome of a late bloomer, Katherine managed her near constant sexual frustration as an adolescent by writing spicy romance shorts to entertain herself and her close friends. This hobby continued into college, where she began posting her shorts to a blog no one visited.
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Many years later, when her mother lost her battle to cancer, Katherine inherited a Kindle fully loaded with romance novels. Katherine decided to read all the stories loaded onto the eReader to feel closer to her late mother, ultimately reigniting her passion for steamy love stories and inspiring her to write her own. Her work will always feature characters with experiences and viewpoints which are often underrepresented in mainstream romance.
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Ursula Sinclair
Ursula Sinclair is the alter ego of LaVerne Thompson a USA Today Bestselling Author and an award winning multi-published author.
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Ursula's work will fall more under the new adult and romantic suspense/intrigue realm whereas LaVerne writes contemporary, fantasy and sci/fi romances that at times also have a touch of suspense.
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Whitney D. Grandison
A lover of words, Whitney D. Grandison has been writing since as far back as she can remember. Outside of writing, she is a lover of Asian dramas, all things John Hughes, and horror films. Whitney currently lives in Akron, Ohio with her cats.
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Allison A. Andrews
Allison A. Andrews is a wife and mother of one based in Brisbane, Australia.
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K.R. Smith
The adventures of the deliriously happy but slightly insane…but even insanity appreciates company. K.R. Smith aka onaya3 is a self-confessed writerholic, but rather than seeking help for her addictions, instead she indulges her obsessive compulsive disorder. The remotes must sit in order on the coffee table, as must her DVD collection which includes Star Trek, X-Files, Supernatural as well as British comedy. However her passions which come out as popular subjects in her sci-fi, supernatural, romance series are traveling (the world and through time), hauntings, werewolves, vampires, voodoo, ESP and always looking on the bright side of life (and death).
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S.L. Cokeley
Samantha Cokeley was raised in a small town in Oklahoma. Growing up, she always had an active imagination and an interest in crafting stories. She developed a love for writing after college when she discovered anime and fan fiction. If she isn’t spending time painting colorful sea creatures, you can find her with family, including her pug named Kylo. The This Blood that Binds Us series ends this year. But you can expect many more stories with vampires, heartwarming found family, and fluff to come.
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Tamisha Kuenee
Tamisha Kuenee was born in a small Caribbean island - a country called Haiti; she lived somewhere in port-au-prince for the first 11 years of her life. She currently resides somewhere in Florida complaining about the weather. She can be found planted in front of a TV consuming rom-coms, action movies, anime shows & k-dramas. Sometimes, she's stuck in a book. She loves cats, and laughs at her own jokes. She follows her imagination and doesn't confine herself to just one genre. Chasing A Starlight is her debut novel, living proof of her amazing imagination.
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Sophie Thomas
Londoner. Writer. Reader. Breaks the rules of grammar far too often for someone with an English degree. Enjoys getting idiots to fall in love and kiss each other (and get secret tattoos for one another).
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J.S. Jasper
Can we talk about love? I'm dying to talk about love.
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Giuliana Victoria
Giuliana Victoria is an author based in Pennsylvania who shares her readers’ deep love of all things romance. She’s a full-time physician assistant, whose passion lies in being there for her patients during their most vulnerable moments.
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M.K. Ahearn
MK Ahearn grew up in Massachusetts as one of three sisters. She now lives in Maryland with her husband and their three cats. She received her bachelor of arts in international relations and is now completing a master of professional studies in homeland security. When not writing or studying she can be found planning her next travel adventure.
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Clarissa Mae
Clarissa Mae is an indie romance author who graduated with an associate’s degree in Medical Office Administration and a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, magna cum laude, from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP).
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She loves steamy contemporary romances with all the banter and tension. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys learning dances at 2 a.m., trying out the latest makeup products, and filming content. She’s most likely binge-watching her favorite comfort movies and TV shows while stuffing her mouth with White Cheddar Cheez-Its. -
Lexi Monroe
Lexi Monroe is a small town girl living in a world surrounded by romance, witty characters, and adorable sidekicks. When she’s not writing or planning her next book, she can be found indulging in too many hours of Mario Kart, rewatching her comfort shows, indulging in an F1 race (or two), or curled up reading a book (romance, of course).
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Ruby Rana
Ruby Rana is an elder millennial who writes spicy, funny and heartfelt romance about sassy brown girls. She excels in sending messages where autocorrect has gone terribly wrong.
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Misti Wilds
Just a smut-lover listening to angsty love songs on repeat.
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Misti Wilds loves watching characters pine after one another from afar--until a tall, dark, and brooding alpha male says f*ck this and claims his woman. But one man isn't enough these days--Misti's got her hands full when it comes to writing multiple dark and delicious men with violence in their hearts and a declaration of love etched on the barrel of their guns.
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Ginger Walls
I grew up with stories always floating in my head. It took me forty years to finally be brave enough to share them.
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I write young adult, college, and adult contemporary romances.
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R. Phillips
R. Phillips loves to write romance stories full of angst, plot twists and a generous sprinkling of salacious scenes. Playing with timelines is one of her favorite things to do in her writing along with including a dash of mythology. She’s also a big fan of leaving your jaw on the floor.
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Rachael is a native Texan, reader first, and frequently imagines her book scenes to songs. She is a lover of coffee, tex-mex, and is probably too particular when it comes to her choice in red wine. She credits any success to the long line of strong women she comes from who gave her a steely spine, taught her to know her mind, and to always rise.
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Jeré Anthony
Jeré Anthony (pronounced like hooray with a J) writes steamy, swoony, and hilarious romantic comedies with depth.
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She is a mental health advocate, a lifelong anxiety warrior, and is ADHD AF. Her quirks bleed out into her stories making for an exciting group of characters. Because of her undiagnosed ADHD, growing up she always felt different from everyone around her. Now she strives to create stories that give readers an escape from reality while also helping them feel seen.
She loves a strong cup of coffee and thinks beer + buffalo wings are a delicacy that is unmatched.
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Arianne Nicks
Hi there! I'm Arianne Nicks, a coffee-fueled self-published author who loves writing romance woven with magic ✨
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My debut work is a paranormal romance trilogy, the "Soul Erosion" series, completed in 2024.
My upcoming book, "Sweets and Sycamores," is a cozy witchy slow burn romance releasing in September 2025!
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D.J. Murphy
D.J. Murphy is an author of contemporary romance and romantic comedy, with plans to sprinkle a little magic into future stories. She enjoys crafting flawed, messy, utterly lovable characters and throwing them headfirst into the chaos of love, laughter, and life. When she’s not writing, you can find her tangled in a crochet project, lost in a video game, or soaking up quality time with family. If there’s a way to make storytelling even more fun, she’s probably already dreaming it up!
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J.J. McAvoy
I’m a twenty-year-old something born in Montreal, Canada but currently living in Virginia for school. I would tell you want my major is however after two years I still have no idea what I’m doing.
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So I’m a writer (duh that’s how you found me), movie enthusiast, and self-proclaimed chef. I love music even though I can’t sing or dance to save my life. (That doesn’t necessarily stop me but you’ve been warned.)
I started Ruthless People the summer of 2013 in hopes of giving myself a new type of love and crime drama. I never knew so many people thought like me! I feel truly blessed to have fans like you all! Writing is my true love and having you all enjoy my words is a dream come true.
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Honey Mavryck
Romance author. PhD in HEAs. Minor in Smirks. Writing hot love tales that'll make your e-reader blush. Current obsessions: Ex-SEAL hunks, hockey hotties, & perfecting eating spaghetti seductively (Spoiler: impossible, still I persist).
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Amal Kimal
An avid reader for as long as she can remember, Amal has perpetually resided in a world of literature. When not found in a research lab or in classes, she can be found holed away reading or writing about swoony MMCs. Amal writes in the romantic contemporary, sci-fi romance, and romantasy genres, with her debut, A Light in the Arcane, being a romantic contemporary. To stalk her, she suggests her instagram via @author_linguisticsaddict
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Irina Semikop
Irina Semikop writes psychological thrillers that go beyond crime and mystery, diving into the complexities of human behavior. Her debut novel, Voluntary Pain, explores not just danger and secrets, but the choices, contradictions, and hidden sides of the people who make them.
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Evelyn Ward
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Katie Bailey
Katie Bailey is an Amazon top 25 bestselling author of rom coms with relatable characters and tons of chemistry. Her aim with every new love story she writes is to give readers a good laugh, maybe even a bit of a cry, but definitely leave them with a new book boyfriend.
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When she’s not busy writing, Katie spends her time chasing twin tornado littles, cursing the cold Canadian winters she endures each year, chugging coffee by the bucketload, and crushing on her husband, who’s the real life inspiration behind all of the fictional men she’s written.
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Shann McPherson
Shann McPherson has been writing contemporary romance fiction for as long as she can remember, and she has no plans on stopping any time soon. Her favourite authors are those who write stories that provide an escape from the harsh reality of today's world; Lucy Score, Tessa Bailey, Anna Todd, Colleen Hoover and the likes.
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Living in sunny Queensland, Australia, when she isn't working her 9-5, or plotting her next story, Shann enjoys making memories with her husband and boisterous son, drinking wine and the occasional beer, and singing completely off-key to Taylor Swift.
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Cala Riley
Cala Riley, better known as Cala and Riley, are a pair of friends with a deep seated love of books and writing. Both Cala and Riley are happily married and each have children, Cala with the four-legged kind while Riley has a mixture of both two-legged and four. While they live apart, that does not affect their connection. They are the true definition of family. What started as an idea that quickly turned into a full-length book and a bond that will never end.
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Ellie Hall
Ellie Hall is a USA Today bestselling author. If only that meant she could wear a tiara and get away with it. ;) She loves puppies, books, and the ocean. Writing sweet romance with lots of firsts and fizzy feels gives her joy. Oh, and chocolate chip cookies are her fave. Ellie believes in dreaming big, working hard, and lazy Sunday afternoons spent with her family and dog in gratitude for God’s grace.
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Emily Silver
After winning a Young Author’s Award in second grade, Emily Silver was destined to be a writer. She loves writing strong heroines and the swoony men who fall for them.
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A lover of all things romance, Emily started writing books set in her favorite places around the world. As an avid traveler, she’s been to all seven continents and sailed around the globe.
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M.K. Ahearn
MK Ahearn grew up in Massachusetts as one of three sisters. She now lives in Maryland with her husband and their three cats. She received her bachelor of arts in international relations and is now completing a master of professional studies in homeland security. When not writing or studying she can be found planning her next travel adventure.
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Tamisha Kuenee
Tamisha Kuenee was born in a small Caribbean island - a country called Haiti; she lived somewhere in port-au-prince for the first 11 years of her life. She currently resides somewhere in Florida complaining about the weather. She can be found planted in front of a TV consuming rom-coms, action movies, anime shows & k-dramas. Sometimes, she's stuck in a book. She loves cats, and laughs at her own jokes. She follows her imagination and doesn't confine herself to just one genre. Chasing A Starlight is her debut novel, living proof of her amazing imagination.
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Drea Scott
Drea has been a hopeless romantic for as long as she can remember. She became an avid romance reader in 2015 when the Fifty Shades of Grey craze broke out, and never looked back since.
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Stories written by Jennifer Hartmann and Mia Sheridan are her absolute favorite, inspiring her to give writing a shot in 2022 when she settled down in her career. No, writing is not her full-time job, but a side project for now.
With the relentless support of her husband, Drea found a passion that's been buried for quite some time. Her only wish is to touch people the way romance books have impacted her. Full-circle moments, symbols, love that crawls through the trenches....give her all the high stakes.
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Celeste Briars
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Celeste Briars is an indie author who specializes in spicy hockey romances. She’s a UC Davis alumnus with a bachelor’s in psychology. She loves creating memorable meet-cutes and happily ever afters. When she’s not writing, you can find her binge-watching horror movies, playing with her cats, or dancing the night away with her friends. If you’re looking for books with spice hot enough to question your religious values and feel-good moments that make your heart sing, please cuddle up with a Reapers novel and stay a while!
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Giuliana Victoria
Giuliana Victoria is an author based in Pennsylvania who shares her readers’ deep love of all things romance. She’s a full-time physician assistant, whose passion lies in being there for her patients during their most vulnerable moments.
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Alexandra Lee
Alexandra Lee is a mid-twenties Canadian born and raised in Central Ontario. She's an avid romance reader & loves listening to her favourite music. Writing gives her a way to combine what she loves most: books & music. She writes for an escape—from poetry to songs to novels, she loves being able to share her stories with you.
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When she's not writing, you can find her studying to become a communicative disorders assistant, designing book covers for other authors, rewatching her comfort TV shows & movies, listening to Taylor Swift or Daughtry, reading her way through her TBR, or spending time with her boyfriend & their witchy black cat, Salem.
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Katherine E. Webb
The epitome of a late bloomer, Katherine managed her near constant sexual frustration as an adolescent by writing spicy romance shorts to entertain herself and her close friends. This hobby continued into college, where she began posting her shorts to a blog no one visited.
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Many years later, when her mother lost her battle to cancer, Katherine inherited a Kindle fully loaded with romance novels. Katherine decided to read all the stories loaded onto the eReader to feel closer to her late mother, ultimately reigniting her passion for steamy love stories and inspiring her to write her own. Her work will always feature characters with experiences and viewpoints which are often underrepresented in mainstream romance.
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Sorena Graves
Sorena Graves is your go-to author for spicy romance, where alpha males and shy nerds are welcome — as long as they have a dirty mouth.
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She lives in the US with her husband, daughter, and dog but fantasizes about making Australia her home.
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Nikki Callan
Nikki writes romance, blending heart, heat, humor, and hockey players. She lives for swoon-worthy moments, flawed but lovable characters, and happily ever afters that leave you giggling and kicking your feet. When she’s not crafting her next book boyfriend, she’s diving into her never-ending TBR, hanging out with her dogs, or roping her partner into another DIY project.
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I.M. Wraith
I.M. Wraith writes Southern dark romance with heat & humor.
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R. Alexander
R. Alexander loves to write about bad men. Mafia men, to be exact. But all their power, all their ego, all their authority comes crashing down when they meet that one woman who brings them down to their knees. Power plays, mistakes, drama, plot twists, sacrifices, back arching spice - R Alexander's books will have you binging, screaming, laughing, and crying late into the night.
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Athena Hawthorne
Athena Hawthorne is a contemporary romance author whose stories blend lyrical prose with emotional intensity. In her world, love is consuming, characters ache beautifully, and devotion runs deep.
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She writes about obsessive heroes who fall hard—and often first—for the women who undo them. Her heroines are complex, self-possessed, and quietly strong—the kind of women who bring powerful men to their knees—and keep them there.
Athena aims to craft love stories that linger long after the last page, where sensuality meets emotional resonance and every happily ever after is hard-won.
Athena writes under a pen name and keeps her identity tucked quietly away—after all, isn’t every love story better with a little mystery? -
Julie Archer
Author of contemporary romance featuring rock stars, small towns, a healthy dose of angst, some steamy times and always a happy ever after!
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When not writing, I can usually be found binge watching teen drama series on Netflix, or supporting Spurs from my armchair, and running around after my two feline children, Corey and Elsa.
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Avery Keelan
Avery Keelan is a sports romance & adult contemporary romance author who writes hot hockey heroes you'll swoon for.
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Her stories contain happily ever afters with lovable characters, snarky banter, and enough steam to fog up a mirror. Plus, of course, a hefty dose of drama and angst along the way.
When not writing, she's spending time with her family, watching hockey (obviously), or enjoying the great Canadian outdoors.
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Alexandra Lee
Alexandra Lee is a mid-twenties Canadian born and raised in Central Ontario. She's an avid romance reader & loves listening to her favourite music. Writing gives her a way to combine what she loves most: books & music. She writes for an escape—from poetry to songs to novels, she loves being able to share her stories with you.
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When she's not writing, you can find her studying to become a communicative disorders assistant, designing book covers for other authors, rewatching her comfort TV shows & movies, listening to Taylor Swift or Daughtry, reading her way through her TBR, or spending time with her boyfriend & their witchy black cat, Salem.
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Marie Annilla
Marie Anilla's novels are packed with complex, electric, and tantalizingly spicy characters. Her stories have audacious female leads and men who will ignite your wildest fantasies and linger in your dreams.
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She writes with one purpose: to ensure every girl finds the man she never knew she craved.
Marie has always dreamed of being a writer, weaving tales that bring her wildest imaginations to life. Living in a quaint village in England, she spends her time reading, writing, or enjoying her garden. When she's not lost in her stories, you'll find her teaching tricks to her mischievous cat, Tiger. -
Layna James
Layna James lives in Texas with her family, an anxiety-ridden Rottie named Ruby, and way too many ideas about future projects.
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A romantic at heart, her stories feature diverse characters who navigate the complexities of life while falling in love. Witty banter and swoon-worthy moments are her favorite things to write.
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Laura M. Drake
My name is Laura M. Drake, and I'm the youngest of five kids. I grew up in Arkansas and moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young University. After spending three summers abroad in France, Japan, and China, I graduated with a degree in Elementary Education and began teaching 4th grade near Salt Lake City. A few years later I moved back to Japan to fulfill a life-long dream of living there. When Covid got bad, I came back to America and have been living in Arkansas and writing full-time ever since. I'll soon be moving to UT and look forward to the new adventures that await me there. When I'm not writing (which isn't very often--I should probably get a life haha) I love playing ultimate frisbee, board games, writing in my journal, and spending ti
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Drea Scott
Drea has been a hopeless romantic for as long as she can remember. She became an avid romance reader in 2015 when the Fifty Shades of Grey craze broke out, and never looked back since.
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Stories written by Jennifer Hartmann and Mia Sheridan are her absolute favorite, inspiring her to give writing a shot in 2022 when she settled down in her career. No, writing is not her full-time job, but a side project for now.
With the relentless support of her husband, Drea found a passion that's been buried for quite some time. Her only wish is to touch people the way romance books have impacted her. Full-circle moments, symbols, love that crawls through the trenches....give her all the high stakes.
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Liberty Stowe
Liberty Stowe is a Contemporary Romance Author who hit the map with her debut Small Town Romance, Steady Now.
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Somewhere dancing at The Pink Pony Club or home, visiting... rocking on her grandparents' porch swing. With a heart split between the Piney Woods and the Hill Country, her mind often wanders to the footprints she left across West Texas, and the nails left in the walls of all her Manhattan, Birmingham and LA apartments. Love life: A Lana Del Ray song about Video games and Diet Mountain Dew, and a handmade spoon ring that could never truly be misplaced. If her Small Town Contemporary romance books had a voice… Yola or Sierra Ferrell. And there's never enough time to throw the dog his ball as many rounds as he wants or to water all the -
Camilla Stevens
Camilla Stevens is a romance author focusing on IR, BWWM romance, usually humorous or suspenseful.
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She lives in New York by way of Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Seattle and a few stints elsewhere. And yes, she loves to travel.
Tulips. Read my books for more on that. ;)
VIsit my website for preview chapters and more!
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Maureen Smith
pseudonym Naomi Chase
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Maureen Smith is a USA Today bestselling author who has garnered critical acclaim for her sensual romances and heart-pounding romantic suspense. She has won a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award (nominated for seven total) and numerous Emma Awards. She also writes sexy women’s fiction under the award-winning pen name Naomi Chase.
Before becoming an author, Maureen interned with a former U.S. presidential candidate, worked at the famous Watergate complex, and enjoyed a stint as a reporter and freelance writer. She is married to her college sweetheart and they have two children.
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Katie Duggan
Katie Duggan is a New England transplant currently living in Northern Virginia. She writes romances that give fat, neurodivergent, and queer characters spicy happily-ever-afters. When Katie’s not writing or being kept up at night by her characters, she can be found drinking iced chai lattes, going to therapy, convincing people to read her favorite books, and doing whatever hobbies give her neurospicy brain the most dopamine at the moment.
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I.M. Wraith
I.M. Wraith writes Southern dark romance with heat & humor.
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Wraith is fueled by strong coffee, kinky smut, and dog cuddles. She loves nothing more than a cozy night in with her hubby to watch a movie together. -
Kay Red
Kay Red writes romance quickies with heat and heart. She lives with her husband wherever their passports can take them. When she’s not writing she can be found consuming books in any format known to woman.
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Elsie Bea
Elsie Bea is a contemporary romance author from Richmond, Virginia. She lives 'out in the sticks' with her incorrigible husband, two crazy kids, and gaggle of dogs, ducks and chickens. When she isn't writing inappropriately steamy romcoms, you can find her dancing and singing in her kitchen or spending time with family.
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Isla Stelmark
Isla Stelmark is an author of contemporary romance novels. Born and raised in a coastal town in Massachusetts where she currently resides, Isla has been an avid reader throughout her life. When she’s not spending her time writing love stories with untamed hearts and sexy book boyfriends, she can either be found with her nose in a book and a hot cup of coffee (or sometimes iced) or enjoying the nature around her.
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Mala Scott
Mala Scott is a contemporary romance author who writes steamy, emotional love stories featuring resilient heroines and the men who fall hard for them. When she’s not writing about the messy, gritty side of love, Mala can be found lost in a book or experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen. She lives in California with her husband and kids, where she finds inspiration in everyday moments and the beauty of imperfection.
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Athena Hawthorne
Athena Hawthorne is a contemporary romance author whose stories blend lyrical prose with emotional intensity. In her world, love is consuming, characters ache beautifully, and devotion runs deep.
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She writes about obsessive heroes who fall hard—and often first—for the women who undo them. Her heroines are complex, self-possessed, and quietly strong—the kind of women who bring powerful men to their knees—and keep them there.
Athena aims to craft love stories that linger long after the last page, where sensuality meets emotional resonance and every happily ever after is hard-won.
Athena writes under a pen name and keeps her identity tucked quietly away—after all, isn’t every love story better with a little mystery? -
Allie Maddox
Allie lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two children and two dogs. She is a lover of all books, especially romance, sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal and thriller books. A Tale of Love & Bones is her debut novel and the first in the Daughters of the Keeper series.
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Kristen Vail
Welcome!
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I write spicy romances with realistic characters and plenty of delicious tension.
I live in the Midwest with my husband, kids and rescue pup.
When I'm not writing, you can find me in the garden (give me all the dahlias
and peonies!), cooking (pasta for the win) or planning my next hike.
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Koko Brown
Koko Brown is the pseudonym for a quintessential erotic romance junkie who once read over 200 Zebra Club novels the summer before her senior year in high school.
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Koko’s writing career began at the tender age of nine when she self-published and distributed a newspaper to her fellow classmates. Unfortunately, her grade school school principal didn’t appreciate the competition and put her out of business after one best-selling issue.
Undaunted, Koko continued to write and read everything she could get her hands on. She honed her writing skills as a staff writer on her college’s newspaper, writing obituaries for the local newspaper, and teaching English to high school students.
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Rachael Stewart
Rachael Stewart adores conjuring up romance stories for her readers, from the sweet to the sexy, but always with a happy ever after.
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She's been writing since she could put pen to paper but believing publication to be a pipe dream, she pursued a sensible career in business and spent many years in the corporate world where she never truly belonged. Eventually, she found her way back to her happy place i.e. her stories. Writing is now her full-time job and passion. A dream come true.
A Welsh lass at heart, she now lives in Yorkshire with her husband and three children, and if she's not glued to her laptop, she's wrapped up in them or enjoying the great outdoors seeking fresh inspiration. -
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Valentina Iania
Valentina Iania writes scorching cowboy romance packed with heat, heart, and just the right amount of sass.
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Set in small towns and sprawling ranches, her stories feature stubborn cowboys, sassy heroines, and explosive chemistry. Her books are high-heat, emotionally intense, and unapologetically spicy.
When she’s not writing, she’s out at the ranch—riding horses and dreaming up her next obsession-worthy cowboy.
You can find her on social media @valentinaianiaauthor. Saddle up, it’s gonna get hot. -
Lila de Luna
Lila de Luna likes enemies that turn into lovers and romances that deserve a second chance. She writes heroes in shades of gray and heroines who can hold their own.
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Fix It In Post is her debut romance. -
Jada West
Jada is a 20-year-old book lover with a passion for all things book-related. She has an undeniable love for cinnamon rolls and Alfredo pasta—they’re her ultimate comfort foods! Along with caramel coffee, they make her happiest on even the busiest days. Her faith is a cornerstone of her life, and when she’s not reading or writing, you’ll probably catch her rewatching The Vampire Diaries or The Chosen. A hopeless romantic at heart, Jada is known for her warm, caring nature and her ability to make everyone around her feel special.
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Rebecca Wrights
Rebecca Wrights is a romance author writing stories about swoon-worthy men and the women they adore. She is all about creating stories and characters that her readers can connect and relate to, while also falling madly in love with them. Small-town romances and steamy love scenes can be expected in each of her stories.
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When she’s not writing, Rebecca is playing with her pups or spending time with her very own, swoon-worthy guy. She is based in Charleston, SC which inspires the setting in her debut novel, Feels Like Coming Home which is set to release in early 2024! -
Rowan Croft
Rowan Croft is an American-born romcom enthusiast now thriving in picturesque Cornwall after finding her own happily ever after in the UK. When she’s not chasing caffeine-fuelled inspiration, she’s busy in the publishing world as a graphic designer, diving into a good book, or simply enjoying day-to-day life alongside her hunky British husband, bubbly daughter, and Milo, her delightfully moody Jack Russell.
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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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Amanda Nelson
Amanda and Lisa-Marie are an award-winning, co-writing team of best friends who share imaginary worlds, including Men In Books Aren't Better (September 29, 2024), Just What the Doctor Hired (July 9, 2025), and a short story, Shivers, published in Moments Between (February 28, 2022). Lisa-Marie Potter (BIPOC) is a mom of four who grew up in Nottingham, England, and now resides in Alaska with her husband and golden retriever. Amanda Nelson grew up in Maryland and moved to Arizona, where she attended ASU and currently lives with her husband and four kids. Both women are hopeless romantics, but Lisa-Marie also enjoys suspense novels, while Amanda's second go-to genre is romancy. The duo review books on their socials, hike the Olympic National P
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Zela Bedrick
Zela Bedrick is the author of the epic fantasy duology Sorcery’s Reign.
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Zela Bedrick left a successful career in media and marketing to pursue a more creatively fulfilling path. After honing her skills in interactive storytelling for video games and apps, she turned to long-form fiction—where her love of immersive worlds and layered characters could truly take root.
Today, she brings that same sense of immersion and emotional depth to her sweeping fantasy novels, crafting tales of courtly intrigue, ancient magic, and characters whose destinies are earned, not given.
When she’s not writing, she shares her home with a lively family of rescue cats, who are more than happy to keep her company while she works. -
Aimee Vance
Fueled by peach tea and chaos, Aimee Vance writes heartwarming and hilarious romance stories. She holds a B.S. in Public Relations from Texas Christian University and has always been an avid fantasy and romance reader.
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Residing in Texas with her husband, two young daughters, and Labrador Retriever, Aimee loves to transport readers to worlds hidden between the pages where magic and love intertwine. She prefers sassy heroines, grumpy heroes, and enough humor to keep you chuckling with every page.
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Nikki Callan
Nikki writes romance, blending heart, heat, humor, and hockey players. She lives for swoon-worthy moments, flawed but lovable characters, and happily ever afters that leave you giggling and kicking your feet. When she’s not crafting her next book boyfriend, she’s diving into her never-ending TBR, hanging out with her dogs, or roping her partner into another DIY project.
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Victoria Liiv
Victoria Liiv is a writer, reader, nature lover and traveler at heart. She has been traveling through magical worlds since a very young age and wants more than anything to share the wonder with everyone else eager to escape from all things mundane. Let it be a magical adventure through slowly darkening Earth or a soul crushing fight for survival and love while the world burns. Sometimes all it takes is a little bit of romance.
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She self published her debut novel Through Hell & Highwater on 2020 when the pandemics keeping her isolated gave her the reason to follow her dream of becoming an author. She hasn’t looked back since.
Afterworld: Road to Redemption is Victoria’s second novel. She is grateful for the opportunity to be able to co-write it -
Hana Meadows
Hana Meadows is a dark romance author from the UK. She loves anime, horror and metal music; all of which inspire her to write the most deliciously unhinged book boyfriends. Her books are packed full of smut and angst, and they’ll leave you questioning your morals.
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Piper Anne
Piper Anne is the author of mini erotic romance. She’s an avid outdoor enthusiast who figures it is better grab life with both hands than sit on the couch. She approaches writing her sexy books the same way she does life—by going all in, no-holds-bared, and loving every moment. She resides in the United States where you’ll find her plotting her next ‘get to it’ romance while throwing darts at a map to see where she’ll venture off to next.
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You can find Piper on Facebook: www.facebook.com/authorpiperanne
Or drop her a love letter at authorpiperanne@gmail.com
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Raven Rage
Raven is a dark romance author who writes about unhinged, possessive love interests and the BIPOC leads they are obsessed with. She favors the dark, demented and the deviant. Say her name three times on a full moon, and she might materialize in your room holding a copy of a half-written manuscript.
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Krysta Pa'e
Krysta Pa’e is a Hawai’i born, Los Angeles-based romance author.
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When she’s not writing relatable and lovable characters getting their happy endings, she spends her time reading with her book club, playing video games, and visiting Disneyland. -
Shar Stevens
Shar Stevens writes steamy heartfelt, contemporary romance with a little twist of darkness and that forever love.
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The Desired Series is a Billionaire romance based around three best friends that own a not so by the book security company, Its fast-paced, packed full of twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat. The series is now complete and Available on Kindle Unlimited or Amazon.
She also has Goldfield Springs a series of four books in the works.
Finding Mine (Book 1) Out now
So Mine (Book 2) Out now
Truly Mine (Book 3) Coming Nov 2025
It revolves around the billionaire Maddox siblings, bringing small town, slow burn vibes with heartfelt love that will leave you swooning and wanting more.
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N.C. Barton
Nicole Barton received a BFA in mixed media studio art. With a degree in the arts and no solid plan, Nicole has had the opportunity to hold many different jobs; video store manager, barista, photographer’s assistant, toy store clerk, and yoga instructor at a retreat in Puerto Rico are just a few. Hands on research for her books.
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Currently, when Nicole’s not writing, you can find her working at a title one elementary school library, crafting with her little girl, or hosting the podcast, So I Wrote a Book…Now What, where she interviews fellow authors about their revision process. -
M.J. Huxley
M.J. Huxley strives to tell authentic stories of raw, unfiltered, and imperfect love. She writes emotional romances with banter & spice. M.J.'s books will always have a happily ever after, but that doesn't mean her characters won’t have to work hard to get there.
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She currently lives in Arizona with her husband and her tiny humans.
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Sorena Graves
Sorena Graves is your go-to author for spicy romance, where alpha males and shy nerds are welcome — as long as they have a dirty mouth.
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She lives in the US with her husband, daughter, and dog but fantasizes about making Australia her home.
When Sorena isn't busy writing steamy love stories, she's either on horseback or reading with a glass of rosé.
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Noor Sasha
✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* I’m Noor Sasha, a twenty-something-year-old, and I write arranged marriages, forced proximity, desperate pining, second chance romances, nemesis to lovers, and heated sports romance ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*
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Dominique Davis
No matter the genre or time, Dominique Davis writes affectionately about unapologetic out-of-the-box women and the people who love them. From a mother-daughter con artist duo to a revenge-driven college student, there’s always something special about her characters, as she believes that all great stories should feature remarkable yet flawed female leads. Writing has been her passion since she could hold a pencil, and nowadays she divides her time between devouring books, fine-tuning manuscripts, and embracing her love for all things pop culture. You can learn more about her by checking out her website and following her on social media.
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Anya Elizabeth
I write heartfelt, romantic fiction with all the things I love most: slow burns, found family, emotional depth, and a little bit of spice. My romance motto is: flirt first, kiss later.
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My debut novel, The Imperfect Plan, released in 2023. My upcoming novel, Six Summers Apart, is the first in The Summer Hearts Series—a swoony, sun-drenched romance about old friends, missed chances, and unforgettable summers.
When I’m not writing, you’ll probably find me daydreaming about beach picnics, rereading my favourite love stories, or working on a third-act twist in a café somewhere.
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