the books:

NOT READY TO MAKE NICE

Women’s Fiction/Upmarket

“They say bad habits die hard. But no one tells you they return like grace. ”
— Who Could Stay

  • Forgiveness isn’t earned, it’s shredded. When a nomadic artist is called home to the town that broke her, she’s forced to reconcile the anger she wears like battle armor against the unconditional love of her childhood best friends who are determined to tear down her walls and teach her that the risk of a broken heart is far less painful than a life lived alone.

    • Second Chance Romance

    • Friends to Lovers

    • Dual Timeline

    • Hurt/Comfort

    • Anxiety Rep

    • Found Family

    • Angry, “unlikeable” FMC

    • Atmospheric setting as a character

    • Healing & Forgiveness

  • MEET ME AT THE LAKE / Carley Fortune / May 2023 / Berkley (Penguin)

    THE MARSH QUEEN / Virginia Hartman / September 2022 / Gallery (Simon and Schuster)

    WELCOME HOME, STRANGER / Kate Christensen / December 2023 / Harper (HarperCollins)

    WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens / August 2018 / Putnam (Penguin)

MUST LOVE GOATS

Contemporary Romance/Women’s Fiction

“Like bloodhounds, journalists sense secrets like currency. ”
— Must Love Goats

  • Branded a “homewrecker” and exiled from her illustrious journalism career, a young news producer moves her life to the sticks of Tennessee, hoping to cut it at a goat farm while she plots her redemption—as long as she can avoid the hot as sin farmhand determined to unearth her secrets and ban her from his barn.

    • Enemies to Lovers

    • Fish out of Water

    • #MeToo Rep

    • Grumpy/Sunshine

    • Forced Proximity

    • Dual POV

  • Part of Your World - Abby Jimenez

    The Long Game - Elena Armas

    As Seen on TV - Meredith Schorr

STEAL IT WITH A KISS

Adult Romcom

“This woman just held me at fake-gunpoint and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. This is a federal crime. A literal felony—and she’s unbothered, screeching Taylor Swift.
”
— STEAL IT WITH A KISS

  • When a self-proclaimed trailer park beauty queen impulsively robs a bank to pay for her grandmother’s debts, she doesn’t expect the teller to be her straight-laced ex-boyfriend. Determined to stay incognito, she kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape. If they make it to the border, they may get away with more than just a literal felony—but another chance at a love story that should be (maybe, actually is) criminal.

    • Second Chance Romance

    • Only one Bed (and getaway car)

    • Slutty Little Glasses

    • Opposites Attract

    • She saves herself

    • He falls first

    • Dual POV

    • Fake dating to stay undercover

    • THE UNHONEYMOONERS Christina Lauren

    • MRS NASH’S ASHES Sarah Alder

    • THE BLONDE IDENTITY Ally Carter

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