Christmas in the City
Corinne Michaels is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance. A former Navy wife, she began writing during her husband's deployments, using reading and writing as an escape from the loneliness. She has since published multiple bestselling series, including the Salvation Series, the Return to Me series, and the Willow Creek Valley series. She lives in Virginia with her husband and their two children.
Elle Kennedy is a Canadian author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. She grew up in the suburbs of Toronto and holds a BA in English from York University. She has written more than fifty books, and is best known for the Off-Campus series, which begins with The Deal and follows the hockey players and students of the fictional Briar University; the world extends into the Briar U, Campus Diaries and Avalon Bay series. She also writes romantic suspense, including the Killer Instincts ser...
Helena Hunting is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author from Canada. She writes contemporary romance ranging from new adult anxiety to romantic sports comedy. Her titles include: Pucked Off, Pucked Under, Pucked Over, and Forever Pucked.
Kennedy Ryan is an American romance novelist known for contemporary fiction centering social issues and diverse characters. In 2019 she became the first Black author to win a RITA Award, for Long Shot, and in 2022 the first Black author to win an Audie Award in Romance, for Reel. A New York Times and USA Today bestseller, she studied journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before working as a ghostwriter and nonprofit writer. Her Skyland series, including *This Could Be...
L.H. Cosway is an Irish author of contemporary romance based in Dublin. Known for the interconnected HEARTS series and standalone novels including The Hooker and the Hermit, she draws inspiration from music and is drawn to writing imperfect, distinctive characters.
L.J. Shen is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author of contemporary and new adult romance, known for dark, angsty stories with morally grey alpha heroes. She lives in a coastal town in the United States with her family and pets. Connect with L.J.: Website: https://www.authorljshen.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorljshen/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorljshen/ Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13531492.L_J_...
Melanie Harlow is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. Raised in Michigan, she worked as a high school English and social studies teacher and dance instructor before turning to writing full-time. She began with a young adult novel before moving into romance, publishing her Frenched series starting in 2014. She lives near Detroit, Michigan, with her husband, two daughters, and a pet rabbit.
Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance, with more than two million books sold and over thirty titles translated into a dozen-plus languages. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent her twenties as a television news anchor before turning to fiction; her novel "Stepbrother Dearest" became the top-selling independently published Kindle ebook of 2014. She lives in Rhode Island with her family.
Penny Reid is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of the Winston Brothers and Knitting in the City series. She used to spend her days writing federal grant proposals as a biomedical researcher, but now she writes kissing books. Penny is an obsessive knitter and manages the #OwnVoices-focused mentorship incubator / publishing imprint, Smartypants Romance. She lives in Seattle Washington with her husband, three kids, and dog named Hazel.
Sarina Bowen's contemporary and LGBT romance novels have hit the USA Today bestsellers list twenty times. Formerly a Wall Street derivatives trader, Sarina holds a BA in economics from Yale University. She lives in New Hampshire with her family, nine chickens, and far too much hockey gear.
Sierra Simone is a USA Today bestselling American author of romance, best known for Priest and the American Queen trilogy. A former librarian, she has also worked firing ceramics and teaching living-history lessons in a one-room schoolhouse. Her novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and she has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, and People. She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, children, and dogs.
Vi Keeland is an American author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels. A practicing attorney before turning to writing full-time, she published her first novel, First Thing I See, in January 2013. Fourteen of her novels have reached the New York Times bestseller list, and Bossman (2016) topped both the Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. She has co-authored several novels with Penelope Ward, beginning with Cocky Bastard (2015). Her books have been translated into more...