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THE ACCIDENTAL SWIPE
Accidental Lovers Series, Book 1
Release Date: July 25, 2023
Plus-sized Fortune Edwards is a boss. Well, everywhere except her love life, in which she’s reduced to stalking her crush Graham at the grocery store he manages. So, when her best friend suggests she use the body-positive dating app SwipeMatch to find an escort for his charity gala, she reluctantly agrees. When Fortune swipes right on a profile with a group photo that includes Graham and matches, she couldn’t be happier. But the profile belongs to construction manager–and hottie–Jason Reed. Could he be the perfect gala escort? Or is he like every other guy she’s dated–ashamed to be seen with her?
Jason Reed goes through first dates like water, dating an endless string of women since his last failed long-term relationship. How can he manage a team of rowdy construction workers but can’t find the right woman? To stop his “emo” ranting, his friends dare him to find, match, and date a woman off some plus-size dating app. When he finds Fortune, he thinks he’s won the dare and maybe won at love. But she’s hung up on some ball, and he’s thinking long-term. Not to mention, she had a crush on his best friend, Graham. “Operative word ‘had’,” she says. Okay.
If Fortune doesn’t raise her “low expectations” of men, and Jason can’t overcome past hurts and caution, they may lose a chance at a real connection.
Between spicy ramen, arcade games, and bar fights, online dating has never been this complicated. Or this fun.
Published by: One Creative Summer Press
Release Date: July 25, 2023
Pages: 270 (pback) 258 (kindle)
Paperback ISBN13: 9780998783765
eBook ISBN13: 9780998783758
Secret Second Chances
An Owen & Makayla Retelling
Coming Soon!
Owen and Makayla’s love is on the line when a former business partner threatens to sabotage their second chance.
Owen Maubry is a part owner of an IT service business. Scratch that: was a part owner. Now he’s locking horns with his ex-partner Devon and fighting for his reputation and his freedom. But when Makayla, his college bestie and former flame, walks back into his life, he’s reminded of the fire that still burns between them.
Makayla Stanford’s life hasn’t been all rainbows and unicorns, either. She’s been on a fruitless quest for love and career fulfillment, all the while suppressing her feelings for Owen. She insists her singledom isn’t because her friendship with Owen ended with unresolved feelings and resentment at his ex-fiancée Veronica. Even though they’ve gone their separate ways, memories and secrets of her time with Owen continue to echo in her mind, coloring every date she’s been on since then.
As their twenty-year college reunion approaches, they have a chance to rekindle their friendship and explore love once again. But Owen’s battle with Devon is getting in the way of pursuing things with Makayla. With Devon breathing down their necks and threatening their lives, Owen must decide whether to give in or fight for his heart’s desire.
For fans of:
- friends to lovers romance
- second chance romance
- romantic suspense with a little bit of comedy
- a clumsy rescue of a not-so-helpless “damsel in distress”
- steamy love scenes
- forty-something singles being … forty-something
“STAR DATE”
Star Date (not too distant future)
Brandon is a diehard Trekkie. He’s watched every Star Trek movie and franchise episode multiple times, he has several collectible cosplay uniforms in his closet—Will Riker’s being his favorite, and he’s been to dozens of conventions. But he’s never met—or fought with—anyone like Phoenix before.
Phoenix is looking forward to her first Star Trek convention—until she meets Brandon. He’s nothing like the Riker character she loves to hate: he’s combative, socially awkward, and off-putting. But he’s so adorable.
Phoenix and Brandon keep running into each other, each time more heated than the next. With three days of convention to get through, will they get past the hostility and find what they know is there—attraction and perhaps even love?
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When college friends Owen and Makayla reconnect before their 15th reunion, they wonder why they stopped being friends in the first place. And when Owen is sequestered at Makayla’s house pending an arrest, they realize they may have more than friend feelings for each other.
But this is not Owen’s first arrest, and it’s no trivial matter. Devon, Owen’s former business partner is gunning for him. He wants to take Owen out any way he can to keep Owen quiet. Standing up to Devon is an easy choice for Owen. But when Makayla gets caught in the middle, he could risk not only his freedom, but Makayla’s life as well.
- Friends-to-lovers
- Second chance Romance
- Romantic suspense
Published by: One Creative Summer Press
Release Date: February 2019
Pages: 77
ISBN13: 9780998783727
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