Tracy Brody

Tracy Brody’s heroes wear camouflage and combat boots. She began writing spec movie and TV scripts before switching to writing novels. She’s a two-time winner of RWA’s® Golden Heart® for romantic suspense. She’s published five single-title romances featuring the Bad Karma Special Ops team whose love lives are as dangerous as their missions and uses her sense of humor to write sweet with some heat romantic comedies in the Faking It series.

She lives in North Carolina where she volunteers at the USO. You may spot her dancing in the grocery store aisles or talking to herself as she plots books and scenes while walking in her neighborhood or at the beach.

DK Marie

I’m DK Marie, an Amazon #1 bestselling author of nine published works—seven swoon-worthy romance novels and one poetry collection that lets me bare my soul in a different way.

My stories are all about those unexpected connections and second chances that make life beautiful, with plenty of heart, heat, and humor mixed in. I’ve navigated both traditional and self-publishing worlds, and I’m incredibly grateful for my amazing readers who connect with my relatable characters and emotional storytelling.

When I’m not typing away at my next steamy scene, you’ll find me capturing nature through my camera lens, feeling the freedom of the open road on my motorcycle, or curled up with a good book (and either coffee or bourbon, depending on the day!).

Home is where my heart is—with my supportive husband of over 20 years, two wonderful kids, and my feline writing buddy who supervises my creative process with judging eyes and occasional keyboard walks.

Carol Van Den Hende

CAROL VAN DEN HENDE is an award-winning author who pens stories of resilience and hope. Her Goodbye, Orchid series draws from her Chinese American heritage, and has won 40 literary and design awards, including the American Fiction Award, IAN Outstanding Fiction First Novel Award, and Royal Dragonfly Awards for Cultural Diversity and Disability Awareness.

Buzzfeed, Parade, and Travel+Leisure named Carol’s books a most anticipated read. Woman’s World and Glamour Magazine recommended her “modern, important take on the power of love.” The International Pulpwood Queens selected Goodbye, Orchid, Orchid Blooming and Always Orchid as Books-of-the-Month in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Carol’s mission is unlocking optimism as a writer, speaker, strategist, Responsible AI Chair, and Board member. One secret to her good fortune? Her humorous hubby and twins, who prove that love really does conquer all.

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Lara London

Lara London writes short and steamy romance about men who fall first and fall hard, frequently instantly. From small-town mountain men, to OTT possessive billionaires, her books bring the heat and humor in equal measure. She has three kids and is married to her real-life book boyfriend husband who can’t understand why she loves Supernatural and Vampire Diaries, but won’t watch a horror film.

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.

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.

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.