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A.L. Jackson is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, writing emotional, sexy stories often centered on "boys who like to be a little bit bad." She began writing as a young mother and college student in Southern Arizona, where she still lives with her husband and three children. Her series include The Regret Series, Closer to You and Bleeding Stars.

Aly Martinez is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance. Originally from Savannah, Georgia, she now lives in South Carolina with her four children.

Blair Babylon writes the exciting "The Alien Chronicles" series, known for its blend of science fiction and romance. Her stories transport readers to new worlds with compelling characters.

Carrie Ann Ryan is a go-to author for readers who love paranormal romance. She's best known for her Dark Fates series, where magic and passion collide.

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...

Julia Kent writes humorous contemporary romance novels. Her bibliography includes titles such as Hasty, Ten First Dates, Tasty, Feisty, and Little Miss Perfect.

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.

K. Webster is a USA Today bestselling American romance author from Oklahoma who debuted in 2014 with Broken. She has since published more than 100 novels spanning dark romance, taboo romance, contemporary romance, historical romance, and paranormal romance, with titles translated into multiple languages and adapted into audiobooks.

Kate Canterbary is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance, known for the Walsh Family series and other small-town, humor-driven love stories. She began her career as a reporter for an independent arts and entertainment newspaper before publishing her debut novel, Underneath It All, in 2014. She lives on the New England coast with her husband and daughter.

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...

Rebecca Yarros is an American novelist, born 13 April 1981 in Washington, D.C. She grew up in a military family — both of her parents served as lieutenant colonels in the U.S. Army — and studied history and English at Troy University, graduating in 2008. She began writing while her husband was deployed to Afghanistan. She is best known for the Empyrean series, which opened with Fourth Wing (Red Tower Books, 2023) and continued with Iron Flame and Onyx Storm; the series is being adapted for tele...

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.

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Texas where she lives, but this all American girl has also spent the last fourteen years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana. She's married to a retired Army man who now gets to follow her around the country. She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up with the SEAL of Protection Series, which solidified her love of writing and creating s...

Willow Winters is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance, romantic suspense and dark romance, based in Middletown, Delaware. She began writing in January 2016, shortly after the birth of her daughter, and her novel Broken reached the top 10 on Amazon's Kindle bestseller list later that year. She has since published more than 50 titles — some solo, some co-written with other romance authors — and has sold more than a million copies of her books.