Shannyn Schroeder

Shannyn Schroeder is the author of The O’Leary Family series, The
O’Malley Family series, and The Doyle Family series, contemporary
romances centered around large Irish-American families in Chicago. The
Hot & Nerdy series is about nerdy college friends finding love. And her
Daring Divorcees series follows a group of middle-aged divorcees getting
back into the dating scene.

Under the pen name Sloane Steele, the Counterfeit Capers series released
in 2021. This Leverage-inspired heist romance series follows a group of
criminals who come together as a team to right some wrongs. They
accomplish this by stealing art from criminals worse than them and
replacing it with forgeries.

When this editor and former English teacher isn’t hanging her three
mostly-grown kids or drawing from her own Irish heritage for writing,
she watches a ton of TV and loves to bake cookies.

T.L. Russ

T L Russ, or Tiff to her readers, is the author of over two dozen spicy contemporary romances. Her books are filled with heart, heat and a whole lot of banter. Each story features a strong, swoon-worthy hero. Think sexy alpha men with soft cinnamon roll centers, who fall fast and hard. Her women are strong, relatable, determined, and maybe just a bit stubborn, but they each have big hearts and are the kind of girls you’d want to hang out with on a Saturday night. One of her favorite parts of crafting stories is creating towns that make you want to move right in. In essence, she writes about men she wants to date, women she wants to be friends with, and families she wants to be a part of. With a T L book you know you are getting diversity, romance, HEA, a little fun, and characters that might make you want to laugh, scream, or curse. Sometimes all at the same time.

Mica Kennedy

“Mica Kennedy lives in the wet and rainy Pacific Northwest — the perfect inspiration for steamy paranormal romance! She is obsessed with sexy, demanding shifters finding the mates who not only bring them to their knees, they make them like it.
When not writing about things go bump in the night, she’s plotting…something. Could be a book, could be world domination… but most likely, it’s her next meal.”

Nicole Craig

At ten years old, Nicole Craig snuck into a secret box of her mother’s books filled with mysteries and romances. Since that day, she has a book (or five) available at all times. At the age of thirty, her husband encouraged her to try her hand at writing. It only took another twenty-five years of teaching high school and a pandemic to do it, creating the types of books she found in that magical box. Living in southeastern Wisconsin, she is a devout Milwaukee Brewers fan, mother of three furry feline children, and married to The One. After twenty-five years as a high school English teacher, she decided to retire to spin fantastic tales, travel, and live the ultimate fantasy: reading a book a day until the end of time.

Loren Sorenson

Loren Sorensen is an emerging contemporary romance baby author who hails from Austin, Texas. A consummate word nerd, Loren has always been fascinated by finding the right words and story telling. She loves cultivating sweet, swoony romance that’s grounded in the hard realities of love that have satisfying happily ever afters. Ever the persistent mood reader and writer, Loren thrives in building creativity with music.
When she’s not writing or reading, she’s hoarding a tea collection like a dragon, enjoying the small, joyful moments with her family, and baking in the kitchen (and perhaps sneaking cookie dough in the process).

Emma Alisyn

Emma is a Black/white Muslim American mom of five, ages 6-22, in her mid-forties just trying to live her best life…which usually includes coffee, wine, and an unfortunate habit of one-clicking any pretty special edition that winds up in her feed. (If you DM it, she will come.)

She likes K-pop (#army, #moa) cultivation dramas (Till the End of the Moon,) precioussss silence, and collects more makeup than she uses.

She bends knee to Michelle Sagara West, Anne Bishop, N.K. Jemisin, Grace Draven, J.D. Robb, and Nalini Singh—a nod to Sanderson, Goodkind, Eddings, McCaffrey, and McKinley.

If you are looking for romantic epic fantasy set in complex, diverse, sex positive worlds with morally gray societies, powerful anti-heroes with THAD energy, multi-racial heroines at least 35—if not 350—coming into power, and a central theme of family, both dysfunctional and supportive, then you will binge her stories.

Phoebe Alexander

USA Today Bestselling Author Phoebe Alexander writes romance about characters like her: with extra curves and life experience. Her stories often include themes of ethical nonmonogamy, such as polyamory. She believes love is love, and everyone deserves a happily ever after, no matter your size, shape, age, or color.

Phoebe lives near the beach on the East Coast with her husband and multiple fur babies. When she’s not writing, she works as an editor and consultant for indie authors. She owns Indie Author Support and co-owns Lucky Mountains Events, which hosts Royal Book Bash.

Phoebe enjoys hanging out with her three adult sons, as well as travel, Broadway musicals, dark chocolate, swimming, hiking, college basketball, and making Seinfeld references whenever possible, especially in her books. Her single greatest fantasy is just having some free time.

Cynthia Ann

Cynthia Ann is a writer of kissing books inspired by music. Her romances are infused
with humor, suspense and of course, music. She’s a wife and mother of 4 who lives with
her family in Southern California. Cynthia has been an elementary school teacher for
the last 27 years and finally decided “enough!” with decades of self-doubt when she
finally picked up the pen (aka keyboard) to write her first novel. Putting the words to
paper, she opened a floodgate of stories and has since created a universe of plots and
characters. With 19 novels now under her belt, she is making her debut in Kindle
Unlimited with her Hollywood Stories series, featuring bodyguards, pop stars, up and
coming actors all under true love’s spell.
Music is her most reliable muse, kicking off her preferred writing method: plantsing with
a playlist. From Mozart to Metallica, an inspired soundtrack (available for your listening
pleasure on Spotify) keeps the plot, and the romance, dynamic.

Carla Luna

Carla Luna writes contemporary romance with a dollop of humor and a pinch of spice. A former archaeologist, she still dreams of traveling to far-off places and channels that wanderlust into the settings of her stories. Her books have been called “escape reads,” ideal for perusing during a beachside vacation, a long flight, or a relaxing weekend at the lake. She is the author of two romantic comedy series: the Blackwood Cellars books, which feature destination weddings, and the Romancing the Ruins books, which take place in the world of archaeology. When she’s not writing, she spends her time reading, baking, and taking long walks while listening to pop culture podcasts. Though she has roots in Los Angeles and Vancouver Island, she currently resides in Cedarburg, Wisconsin with her family and her feisty Siberian cat.

Siera London

USA Today Bestselling & Award-winning author Siera London pens contemporary and paranormal romance, romantic suspense, and crime fiction. She crafts stories of diverse characters navigating their journeys to love with intelligence, wit, and heart-gripping emotion. When away from the literary scene, Siera travels the world with Mr. Awesome and a color patch tabby named Frie. Siera is represented by Latoya Smith, LCS Literary Services.