Book List - Genres & Romance Tropes

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 BOOK LIST - GENRES & ROMANCE TROPES

Romancing the Phone (series, contemporary romance/romcom, seasoned romance, love over 50, small town, friendship, novellas, super-steamy)
Call Me...Maybe (book 1, menopause, single dad, older woman/younger man, insta-lust)
Characters: Scarlet Brinks (53) and Nelson Whitaker (48)
Word Count: 26,838
Available in e-book now!
Smooth Operator (book 2, menopause, single mom, older woman/younger man, former crush)
Characters: Rose Chambers (50) and Barton Holloway (46)
Word Count: 29,955
Hang-Ups (book 3, menopause, older woman/younger man)
Characters: Cerise Wethers (51) and Dixon Mayhew (45)
Coming in 2024!
Telephone Lines (book 4, menopause, older woman/younger man)
Characters: Poppy Garner (50) and Simon Cortez (44)
Dialed Up (book 5, menopause, older woman/younger man)
Characters: Carnie Burke (51) and Brandon Crane (47)
Mixed Messages (book 6, menopause, older woman/younger man)
Characters: Sienna Monroe (52) and Remington Holloway (45)

Nerds & Babies (series, contemporary romance/romcom, seasoned romance, small town, novellas, sperm-donor dads)
The Nerd Next Door (seasoned romance, reverse age gap, small town, twist of fate, reverse surprise baby, promotion to parent, neighbors)
Characters: Zinnia Trimble (43) and Carson Hines (38)
Word Count: 22,837
Available now in e-book!
The Nerd Upstairs (seasoned romance, reverse age gap, small town, twist of fate, twins, instant parents, one-night stand, second chances)
Characters: Beryl Drechsler (43) and Archer James (39)
Word Count: 21,011
The Nerd Downstairs (seasoned romance, older woman/younger man, small town, twist of fate, triplets)
Characters: Henley Langston (43) and Garrett Wells (40)
Coming June 2024!

Nerd Love (series, contemporary romance, seasoned romance, professors on the autism spectrum, novels)
Comma Kaze (seasoned romance, autistic hero, professor, speed dating, instant parenthood, marriage then love)
Characters: Beatrix Glouster (35) and Elijah Clayton (34)
Comma Sutra
Characters: Isadora Bell and Zane Donnelly
Comma Con
Characters: Nell Oglethorpe and Morley Dash
Comma Chameleon
Characters: Geneva Boatwright and Harrison Everett

The Jerk Series (series, contemporary romcom, seasoned romance, former one-night stands, short stories)
Jerk in the Box
Characters: Mae Williams (39) and Jackson Hammer (38)
Word Count: 5260
Jerk of All Trades
Characters: Jude Edwards (47) and Johann Zimmermann (45)
Word Count: 6184
Small Town Jerk
Characters: Rowena Stratten (56) and Jacques Chastain (54)
Word Count: 6783
Jerk the Ripper
Characters: Jessica Argent (41) and Joaquín Delgado (35)
Word Count: 7010
Coming in May in the Bad As Steel Volume 2 anthology!

The Naughty List Multi-Author Shared Series (series, holiday romance, spicy to steamy contemporary romance)
Sexy Claus (novella, single dad, second chances, coming home)
Characters: Christy Rime (45) and Sven Carlsen (45)
Word Count: TBD
Pre-order now! Releases December 6, 2024!

Anthologies
Stud Finder (multi-author anthology, contemporary romance/romcom, moderately hot to super-steamy)
Includes No More Mr. Gneiss Guy (seasoned romance)
Characters: Lydia Bauer (48) and Corbin Stein (48)
Flirty and Thirty (multi-author anthology, contemporary romance/romcom, moderately hot to super-steamy)
Includes Jerk in the Box (seasoned romance)
Characters: Mae Williams (37) and Jackson Hammer (36)
Forty and Feisty (multi-author anthology, contemporary romance/romcom, moderately hot to super-steamy)
Includes Jerk of All Trades (seasoned romance)
Characters: Jude Edwards (47) and Johann Zimmermann (45)
Love on the River (multi-author WOTR24 charity anthology, assorted romance genres, heat levels, and tropes)
Includes MILM/Mom I'd Love to Marry (spicy seasoned romcom, single mom, divorced hero, she rescues him)
Characters: Kenner Goodwin (42) and Ambrose Landry (41)
Nifty and Fifty (multi-author anthology, contemporary romance/romcom, moderately hot to super-steamy)
Includes Small Town Jerk (seasoned romance)
Characters: Rowena Stratten (56) and Jacques Chastain (54)
Between the Sheets (multi-author anthology, contemporary romance/romcom, moderately hot to super-steamy)
Includes G Marks the Spot (seasoned romance, best friend’s older sister, wedding meet-cute, he falls first, snowed in, only one bed)
Characters: Gretchen Pane (40) and Geoffrey Reston (35)
Love and Espresso (multi-author anthology, contemporary romance/romcom, moderately hot to steamy)
Includes Karma-lized (seasoned romance)
Characters: Evelyn Cane (48) and Rick Porter (44)
Pre-order e-book now! Releases September 3, 2024!
Let's Get Naughty 3 (multi-author holiday anthology, contemporary romance, steamy to super-steamy)
Includes Mistletoe Miscalculation (seasoned romance)
Characters: Ingrid Larsen (42) and Dirk Wagner (38)
Pre-order e-book for 99¢! Releases October 22, 2024!

The Homegrown Café Book Club (series, contemporary romance/romcom, seasoned romance, small town, novellas, moderately hot)
Makin' Bacon (book 1, younger brother’s best friend, sperm donor, older woman/younger man)
Word Count: 25,527
Characters: Tate Madison (42) and Jimothy Cochon (35)
Available in e-book and audiobook! Get the e-book for only 99 cents!
The Farmer Takes a Husband (book 2, marriage contract, stepmother, older woman/younger man)
Word Count: 30,750
Characters: Riley Fenniman (47) and Deacon Jeffries (39)
Available in e-book and audiobook!
The Butcher and the Baker (book 3, accidental marriage, friends to lovers, older woman/younger man)
Word Count: 25,300
Characters: Petra Lochsley (43) and Auggie Hofmeier (37)
Available in e-book and audiobook!
When Harry Met Wally (book 4, friends to lovers, single mom, older woman/younger man)
Word Count: 27,696
Characters: Wallis Danforth (50) and Harry Kreiger (40)
Available in e-book and audiobook!
And Baby Makes 2½ (book 5, fake relationship, enemies to lovers, older woman/younger man)
Word Count: 32,454
Characters: Georgina Swofford (45) and Oscar Banyan (38)
Available in e-book and audiobook!

Love on the Menu (series, contemporary romance, foodie romance, full-length novels, hot)
Available in e-book and print!
Love Served Hot (family, coming home, friends to lovers, matchmaker)
Word Count: 95,221
Characters: Lilith Montgomery (32) and Flynn Hastings (31)
Buy it now!
Red Hot Pepper (family, single mom, single dad, second chances, snowed in, matchmaker, facing the past)
Word Count: 94,647
Characters: Pepper McCann (37) and Drew Fulton (38)
Buy it now!
Hot Tamale Nights (family, second chances, enemies to lovers, former lovers, older heroine, older hero, single mother, adoptive family)
Coming in 2023!
Word Count: TBD
Characters: Isabel Valero (42) and Kyle Morton (41)
Love on the Menu…Extra Hot (standalone, contemporary romance, foodie romance, short novels, super steamy)
Available in e-book and print!
Just Desserts (small town romance, coming home, first love returns, coming home, second chances, matchmaker, family, broken engagement, blackmail)
Word Count: 46,217
Characters: Meg Graham (33) and Aidan Rourke (33)
Buy it now!
Iced Latté (small town romance, family, starting over, instant attraction, arson, merger, matchmaker, second chances, romantic suspense)
Word Count: 41,421
Characters: Calais Shepherd (30) and Kane Hardesty (30)
Buy it now!
A Little Appetizer (older heroine, strong heroine, older hero, phone sex, conflict of interest)
Word Count: 42,260
Characters: Lucie Reiter (38) and Nash Granger (39)
Buy it now!
The Main Dish (enemies to lovers, instant attraction, broken engagement, marriage contract, marriage of convenience, planned baby, second chances)
Word Count: 45,834
Characters: Ginger Elcott (36) and Mason Hughes (37)
Buy it now!
Dressing on the Side (small town romance, second chances, surprise baby, instant attraction, family, single dad)
Word Count: 46,923
Characters: Sahara Whitney (38) and Trace Dennison (40)
Buy it now!
Flavor of the Day (small town romance, enemies to lovers, older heroine, strong heroine, older hero, damaged heroine/hero, second chances, coming home, family, rape survivors)
Word Count: 41,632
**includes bonus content link**
Characters: Roma Denata (39) and Lucas Calloway (38)
Buy it now!

Love on the Menu…Steamed (trilogy, contemporary romance, foodie romance, small town romance, novellas, super steamy)
Boxed Set Total Word Count: 82,306
Available in e-book and print!
**includes Egging Her On bonus content link**
Egging Her On (enemies to lovers, older heroine, strong heroine, older hero, single dad, instant attraction, second chances, marriage contract, family, friendship)
Word Count: 25,041
Available in e-book!
**includes bonus content link**
Characters: Lindie Brewster (40) and Blaine Stockwell (39)
Sweetening Her Up (former lovers, family, older heroine, older hero, surprise baby, second chances, secret sister, friendship)
Word Count: 29,705
Available in e-book!
Characters: Layla Krause (38) and Erik Fielding (39)
Buy it now!
Reeling Her In (friends to lovers, family, secret sister, second chances, older heroine, older hero, friendship, abuse survivor)
Word Count: 27,563
Available in e-book!
Characters: Lee Anne Terrell (38) and Russ Novotny (40)
Buy it now!

Two Forks Hollow Christmas (short stories, small town, holiday romance, steamy)
Snowballed (seasoned romcom, steamy, enemies to lovers, rivals, forced proximity, snowed in)
Word Count: 10,661
Available in e-book!
Characters: Robin Rockwell (38) and Jay Jacoby (38)
Buy it now!
Two Nights Before Christmas (seasoned romance, reverse age gap, neighbors, crush, fake dating)
Word Count: 8543
Available in e-book!
Characters: Laurel Street (41) and Bull Walters (35)
Buy it now!
Mistletoe Miscalculation (seasoned romance, reverse age gap)
Word Count:
Characters: Ingrid Larsen (42) and Dirk Wagner (38)

Standalone Short Stories & Novellas
Kiss My Sass (contemporary romance/romcom, steamy, short story, crush, workplace romance)
Word Count: 9555
Available in e-book!
Characters: Eleanor Lipswich (40) and Ford Wheeling (36)
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Divorce Actually (contemporary romance/romcom, steamy, short story, former lovers, workplace romance)
Word Count: 9077
Available in e-book!
Characters: Harper Larabie (44) and JD Trenton (40)
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Behind the Mask (contemporary romance, moderately hot, short story, second chances, healing, rescuer)
Word Count: 4265
Available in e-book!
Characters: Russell James/RJ Adams (40) and Dana Adams (39)
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Frostbite (contemporary romance/romcom, steamy, short story, workplace romance, rivals, fake relationship/engagement, holiday romance)
Word Count: 13,890
Available in e-book!
Characters: Kellie Doyle (38) and Anderson Frost (37)
With Bells On (seasoned romance, steamy, small town, former lovers, second chances, forced proximity)
Word Count: 11,004
Characters: Audrey Summerlin (58) and Nolan Beckett (57)
Not Quite Cupid (contemporary romance/romcom, steamy, short story, crush, neighbors, Valentine's Day)
Word count: 11,253
Available in e-book!
Characters: Daphne Hart (42) and Linus Fuller (37)
No More Mr. Gneiss Guy (seasoned romance, small town, empty nesters, divorced, nerdy characters)
Word Count: 8506
Available in Stud Finder in e-book and print!
Characters: Lydia Bauer (48) and Corbin Stein (48)
You Had Me at Goodbye (contemporary romance/romcom, steamy, short story, dating app, forced proximity, opposites attract)
Word Count: 18,689
Available in e-book!
Characters: Ellis Campbell (42) and John Walton (39)
Diner 49er (contemporary romance/romcom, steamy, short story, fake dating, single parents, grandpa, small town)
Word Count: 18,967
Available in e-book!
Characters: Emery Cole (50) and Titus Franklin (49)
G Marks the Spot (seasoned romance, best friend’s older sister, wedding meet-cute, he falls first, snowed in, only one bed)
Word Count:
Characters: Gretchen Pane (40) and Geoffrey Reston (35)
Buy it now!
Death Benefits (paranormal romance, moderately hot, short story, death, ghosts, second chances, reunited lovers)
Word Count: 5517
Available in e-book!
Characters: Genesis Blacke (38) and Logan Blacke (40)
Mad About You (romantic suspense, super steamy, short story, second chances, reunion, danger, marriage, wedding)
Word Count: 4087
Available in e-book!
Characters: Jessamine Youngblood (late 30s) and Maddox Youngblood (late 30s)

The Sextet Presents (standalones, novellas, super steamy)
Playing in the Raine (ménage, MMMF, sex toys, older heroine/younger men, personal ad)
Word Count: 25,583
Available in e-book!
Characters: Raine Michaels (38), Vince Niccolo (28), Rafe Leonard (27), and Matt Augustine (25)
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Bound by Voodoo (ménage, MMMF, friends to lovers, sex therapist, light bondage)
Word Count: 31,192
Available in e-book!
Characters: Aurora Bond (31), Barrett Cunningham (31), Miles Parrish (28), Winston DeLong (27)
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Bewitching Desires (series, paranormal romance, novellas, ménage, witches, curses, super steamy)
Available in individual e-books and 2-book print volumes!
Two if by Sea (mermaid, spells gone wrong, brothers, stranded in a painting)
Characters: Kata Macska (21), Adam Waters (23), and Aaron Waters (21)
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Two Knights of Passion (medieval heroes, strong heroine, time travel, dragon)
Characters: Lujza Macska (21), Ranulf Ward (25), and Amalric Ballard (24)
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Two Fated for One (single mom, second chances, warlocks, elementals, secrets)
Characters: Rebeka Macska (28), Sandor Horvát (26), and Konrad Asztalos (28)
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Two Pirates to Treasure (witch in training, pirates, shipwreck, time travel)
Characters: Orsolya Horvát (21), Ethan Whitmore (24), and Grant Templeton (23)
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Two Times the Trouble (half brothers, construction workers, danger)
Characters: Jolán Macska (21), Ivan Janakov (21), and Liam Pattison (22)
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Two Roped and Ready (Old West, Texas, cowboys, time travel)
Characters: Ilona Macska (21), Quayde Gallagher (22), and Paxton Campbell (23)
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Two from the Triangle (Bermuda Triangle, time travel, pilots, stranded on an island)
Characters: Heléna Macska (21), Heath Ulrich (23), and Owen Vance (24)
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Beyond Bewitching (horse shifters, evil triad, Salem witch, time travel, gangsters, serial killers, redemption)
Characters: Patience Wyndham (31), Tanner Vale (30), and John Grey (32)
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The Sextet Anthologies (romance, short story collections, assorted genres, super steamy)
Available in e-book and print!
Sharing – Two Many Chefs (ménage, MFM, nerdy heroine, competition vs. cooperation)
Characters: Wren McCoskey (26), Dane Fletcher (26), and Spencer Andrews (27)
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Dirty Dancing – Learning Curve (ménage, MFM, brothers, friends to lovers, jealousy)
Characters: Julayne Donahue (29), Brand Hilliard (30), and Reese Hilliard (30)
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Occupational Hazards – Wet Her Whistle (ménage, MMF, friends to lovers, science nerd heroine)
Characters: Jonnalyn Petit (32), Randy Atlas (33), and Jason Delian (34)
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Entanglements – String Theory (MF, light bondage, science, nerds, co-workers, research)
Characters: Andromeda Fetter (32) and Gunnar Keyes (31)
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Mistletoe & Ménage – A Little Elfin Magic (ménage, MFM, friends to lovers, Christmas)
Characters: Noelle Merriweather (27), Nick Slater (28), and Christopher Greene (27)
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