Shantel Tessier
Shantel is a USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author. She lives in Oklahoma with her high school sweetheart, who is a wonderful, supportive husband and their two daughters. She loves to spend time cuddled up on the couch with a good book. Although she has a passion to write, her family is most important to her.
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Bestselling Author of the Beautiful Series, Drawn and 47 Things, Lilliana has always loved to read and write, considering it the best form of escapism that the world has to offer.
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Clarissa Wild is a New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author with ASD, who was born and raised in the Netherlands. She loves to write Dark Romance and Contemporary Romance novels featuring dangerous men and feisty women. Her other loves include her hilarious husband, her cutie pie son, her two crazy but cute dogs, and her adorable kitties. In her free time, she enjoys watching all sorts of movies, playing video games, and cooking up some delicious meals.
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Sara Cate
Sara Cate is a USA Today best-selling author of steamy romance and sexy book boyfriends. Although she writes a wide range of tropes, Sara is best known for her age gap and taboo romances. One thing you can expect from her entire collection is heaps of steam and plenty of angst.
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Danielle Lori
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Danielle Lori's novels incorporate morally questionable heroes, electric hate to love relationships, and sometimes sweet but mostly sassy heroines. She has written in both the fantasy subgenre as well as contemporary, but will never stray from romance.
A normal day for her includes coffee, bodice rippers, and 1990s chick flicks. She lives in small-town Iowa with her husband, son, and too many dogs.
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Nikki St. Crowe
Nikki St. Crowe is a USA Today and No. 1 Amazon Bestselling Author specializing in dark, spicy romantasy where the villain gets the girl and the girl gets the power.
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Nikki considers the start of her professional career to be in the 4th grade when she placed 2nd in a Young Author’s Competition. Back then she crafted stories about magical mansions and lost treasure. She’s since ditched the treasure hunts, but she'll never give up on the magical mansions (or the morally grey men who inhabit them).
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Aubrey Dark
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HL Packer is a busy bee!
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An avid reader from childhood she went from a reader to a reviewer and then from a reviewer to a blogger. The exciting world of Romance books opened her eyes to book boxes and all the amazing goodies that come with them and her search for a UK one led to the creation of Romance Readers Book Box UK.
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Michele G. Miller
Michele loves words. Funny words, inspiring words, dirty words, sad words. All the words.
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Use them wisely and kindly. Spin stories with them, mend fences with them, heal with them. Words are powerful. Words are forever.
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K.E. Taylor
K E Taylor is a romance author with a passion for crafting swoon-worthy stories that tug at the heartstrings. Married for 15 years to her best friend, she’s the proud mother of five children, aged 11 to 22.
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Her love for books knows no bounds—if it’s romance, she’s all in! When not immersed in writing or reading, K E Taylor enjoys spending time with her two dogs, Sprig and Honey, both named after fictional characters. Her grand-fur-baby, Feyre, a pampered miniature Weiner, who rules the household with her sassy attitude.
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Rina Kent
Rina Kent is a New York Times, USA Today, and #1 bestselling author of all things dark romance.
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Better known for writing unapologetic anti-heroes and villains, Rina weaves tales of characters you shouldn’t fall for but inevitably do. Her stories are laced with a touch of darkness, a splash of angst, and just the right amount of unhealthy intensity.
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Katelyn Taylor
Katelyn Taylor writes dark and contemporary romance and is known for twisted love stories with toe-curling smut, heart-breaking angst & plot twists that keep readers up all night.
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Leigh Rivers
Leigh Rivers is a Scottish Biomedical Scientist who has ventured into the world of writing dark, morally gray characters with rollercoaster storylines to drive her readers wild.
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Carmen Rosales
Carmen Rosales is a best-selling Dark Romance and Latinx author. She loves to write in different genres of Romance and erotic horror under her alter ego, Delilah Croww. Beyond her writing, Carmen is a devoted mother who loves spending time with her loved ones. Join her VIP list to hear about her latest releases and giveaways at www.carmenrosales.com
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Chantae Oliver
Book 3 of The Dream Weaver Series - The Dream Redeemer - is now available for preorder on Amazon.
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Chantae writes how she reads - which is to mean that she likes to get to the exciting bits AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Her writing reflects that as her focus is on taking you on a fun ride. Writing motto? "I'm here to entertain you, not teach you."
Chantae Oliver has lived a life seeing the world with constant travel and interactions with different people and cultures. She has both a strong sense of wanderlust and a passion for writing stories and poems that readers around the world can relate to.
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Sophie Lark
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Harley Laroux
Harley is an author of Adult Romance and Erotica. They write kink-positive, steamy love stories with queer protagonists, dangerous stakes, and haunting atmospheres.
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Writer from the Levant on a hero’s journey toward truth. Exploring power dynamics in life and love, through fiction and philosophy.
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Lynessa Layne
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Melody Joanne
Melody is a Canadian author of dark romantasy novels, who loves to write about unhinged, strong FMCs that will have you laughing one moment and wondering if the author might need therapy the next.
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When she’s not wrangling her three young children, she’s either writing or binge-reading (because the PhD is finally done—WOO!).
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Dana Claire
Dana Claire is an award-winning author whose stories explore identity, fate and destiny in the crossroads of romance and adventure. But her writing career didn’t begin when she published her first book, The Connection, in 2020. It started when she was a young girl when her mother, an elementary school teacher, inspired her to create imaginary worlds between the pages.
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Dana’s love of romantic tension, the supernatural and non-stop action has elicited very positive feedback from many readers, as their online reviews reveal her flair for spine-tingling action and unforgettable characters. But it’s not just readers who love her; literary critics have also taken note, and Dana was given the Children’s Moonbeam award for The Connection in 2021, a -
Samantha Amstutz
Samantha Amstutz is the author of the Aelfyn Archives based in South Carolina with roots in Indiana. She is inspired by Wheel of Time, World of Warcraft, The Elder Scrolls Online, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, Star Trek, and the entire romantasy genre. In her novels, you can expect (multiple) immersive magic systems, different races, plot and intrigue, slow-burn romance, diversity and inclusion, and believable characters with flaws.
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Charlotte Chaos
Author of paranormal romance that trends toward the dark, Charlotte likes tackling hard topics but also the absurd. She has always day dreamed and made up stories in her head, now she just writes them.
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She describes herself as a closet eccentric, fooling people into thinking she is normal until she writes. An old soul with a coffee addiction you can find her curled up with a good book, spending time with her family or off on an adventure.
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J.L. Kenna
J.L. Kenna is an emerging author of steamy romance of all subgenres.
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She's an avid reader, which is what sparked the embers of her love for writing. And when she’s not writing all the words or has her nose stuck in a book, she’s dancing with her family in the living room; snuggling with her kids and husband under a mountain of cozy blankets in front of a movie; or talking about music, movies, and books with her husband over a hot cup of coffee or a chilled glass of wine.
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Vyk Peters
Vyk is a lover of cheese, sparkling water and reading - not necessarily in that order.
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She loves to laugh, surrounded by good food and great company.
Mostly, she can be found in the thick of the chaos which comes with raising two children, working and trying to survive the wild ride of life. All of which wouldn't be possible without the coffee and cooking of her amazing husband.
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T.M. Polak
T. M. Polak writes spicy, swoony, and emotionally layered romantic comedies that embrace both the magical and the meaningful. Her stories are not limited to one theme, and explore anything from arranged marriages, unexpected inheritances, rock stars, billionaires, and newly imagined magical worlds—all woven together with inclusive representation, disability awareness, and just the right dose of fantasy.
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As a neurodivergent parent raising a young daughter and a son with Autism alongside her amazing husband, T. M. believes in writing love stories that reflect the world she knows: beautifully imperfect, wildly creative, and full of unexpected joy. Her career in HR project management by day and her work as a community volunteer and parent advoca -
A.R. Hall
Born and raised in the beautiful Texas Hill Country was a little girl with wild, curly hair and a growing imagination. Storytelling began at an early age as an only child who loved to use her imagination and make up stories. As she grew, she could never decide on what she wanted to be once she was grown up. Her love of making up stories didn’t stop, and it was with that imagination she realized she could live all of those realities and dreams, in stories.
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A.R. Hall is a USA Today Bestselling author who lives in Texas with her almost high school sweetheart husband, daughters, dogs, and a growing collection of crafting hobbies. She claims to be an extroverted introvert, but every Pisces likes to keep their head in the clouds. Her other intere -
Anna J. Evans
Anna J. Evans started writing sexy books in her mid-twenties.
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Within a year, Anna published her first books with Ellora's Cave and received her first Recommended Read. She has gone on to publish over a dozen books with Ellora's Cave, Samhain, NAL Heat, and Signet Eclipse.
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Beck Knight
Beck Knight, the savage and gritty alter ego for a USA Today Bestselling author, immerses herself in the dark and twisted psyches of the rich, damaged, and corrupt while bleeding their secrets and twisted desires onto paper with voyeuristic amusement.
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She writes every tale of destruction with no rules, no bullshit, and no fucks to give.
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Desiree Lafawn
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KT Grant is a self-proclaimed eccentric redhead who not only loves to read a wide variety of romances, but also loves writing it. KT has a bad coffee and LEGO set addiction, and doesn’t shy away from voicing her opinion A proud native of New Jersey, KT is multi-published and writes Gay, Lesbian and Straight romance. KT has also been a top ten best-selling author at Amazon.
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Tara Hodgson
Tara has called herself a teacher of teenagers for 17 years, and is now thrilled to call herself a published author as well.
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When she isn't teaching or writing, she is reading. She loves all genres of books, but especially YA Contemporary, Fantasy, and Dystopian.
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Rachel Scotte
Rachel Scotte is a New Zealand author writing her debut paranormal romance novel Untraced Magic, the first installment in the Cutters Cove Chronicles. Think small town gothic vibes, magic, curses and sexy alphas.
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Rachel writes between running her full time accommodation business and looking after her 2 daughters. While making motel beds, she is creating her next book and its characters in her head, a coffee never too far away.
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Selena Moore
Selena Moore is an Amazon Best Selling erotic fiction author. Married to the man of her dreams and living on a small island in the Mediterranean sea, she writes unapologetic erotic romance with strong alpha men and sassy, strong-willed women and also writes erotica under the pen name Fiona Lust.
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Inez Ocon
Inez Ocon is drawn to dark romance. The intensity, passion, and rawness of the genre are what drew her in. She resides in the heart of Las Vegas, Nevada, sharing her lively home with her beloved family and a bunch of adorable fur babies. Inez is not just a homebody though. Traveling is another passion that she holds dear. She loves to soak up new experiences which inspire her stories.
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Jessica Carriere
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