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Contemporary Romance

 

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There are three things that I know about myself:

1. I am a woman of no importance at all.

2. I am a woman who, one day, fell in love with the least likely person.

3. I am a woman who faced the worst aspects of herself—and vows to never
go back.

Briseis Cunningham—plain and ordinary!

After the 2024 Presidential Election, Briseis, a patriotic tour guide, felt
like she wanted to take a tour of her own city of Philadelphia, looking for
resolution in the past. While sitting on the tour bus, she has flashbacks of
the last three summers, and what was occurring in her country at the time.
Weighted down by the worries of the choice her nation just made, she undergoes
a great deal of soul searching.

Beginning with one summer, in 2022, she accepts a job, working at the
Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival. While there, she meets all the talented
performers, but one stands out the most: Jin Chang, a Face Changer.

From there, it all begins!

Follow the tale of an American woman who stumbles on love for a man from
another side of the world… and while also having to come to terms with
what has just happened in the United States, her fear of the loss of the
American Experiment, and her worries of where her country is headed.

 

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 Hello, readers! My name is B. J. Quander, and I am an American Revolution
history enthusiast, who has always been compelled to learn about the origins
of the United States of America, as well as the countries that created it,
that have inspired it, and the native nations that this land belongs to.

I also have a great respect for the constitution, the law, and strictly
upholding it. After all, many of my fellow Americans, along with other nations
who have helped us, have died for the American Experiment to live. Being a
native Philadelphian, I have felt the tie that connects us back to the
foundations of a war that was fought on principles of a free government and
defiance against unchecked authoritarianism. Did we fail? Plenty of times. But
the dream still was there, and it felt real. Or it did once. This book I wrote
is about a heroine who worries about the sun setting on our nation, as opposed
to the sun rising on it, while also being willing to fall in love. Thank you
for stopping by.

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Contemporary Romance, Romantic Drama, Women’s Fiction

Date Published: 11-21-2025

 

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With a national lockdown looming, a Southern journalist flees north,
determined to jumpstart her career in the safety of a Minnesota wilderness,
feisty and wary of entanglements, she piques the interest of a bored Native
American rock star.

A pandemic is spreading across the globe. A national lockdown looms in the
United States. A Southern journalist sees a chance to protect her health and
jumpstart her career by escaping north to a Minnesota wilderness. Feisty and
wary of entanglement, she piques the interest of a bored Native American rock
star on his way home.

Robby Song’s career may be on hold, but Grace Wheeler is on a mission to
build hers. To Robby, she’s an intriguing challenge. To Grace,
he’s a distraction she’s not ready to handle. But the brutal
Northwoods winter is coming. Grace flees back south . . . to soul-searching
isolation and a puzzling middle-of-the-night call.

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“Interesting.” He looked out at the lake. “This is so different.”

“Different from what?”

“What I’m used to . . . when I come home. I’m not used to having conversations anymore with people I don’t know or who don’t know who I am. I’ve been away for sixteen years . . . living a totally different life. Normally, when I’m here, I have a sort of agenda. I know who I’m going to see — family and old friends. This time, I have no schedule, no pending dates, nothing to make me leave. I hadn’t realized I’ve been so isolated from dealing with people . . . with strangers . . . like you.” He leaned forward to get up and looked over at Grace. “And the women I’m around don’t treat me like you do. They’re much more agreeable.” He stood up. “I need food. You want to come or not?”

Grace looked up at him, pulling her hair back away from her face with her right hand. “I can imagine how the women you meet act, now that I know who you are. You’ve been living in a bubble, but who you are doesn’t mean a thing to me. And if you think I’m disagreeable, you’re in for a bad time if this pandemic lasts. In the real world, women have lives, and they’re not all focused on stroking . . . male . . . egos.” She stood up. “Not every woman is interested in being your groupie. The world has changed while you’ve been in your bubble.”

“Well, if you’re any indication, I should invest in a suit of armor.”

“Probably not a bad idea.”

About the Author
Jan Merritt
Jan Merritt is passionate about teaching both in the classroom and on
horses, but brain cancer changed her life. Surgeries and treatments have left
her with a new brain, one that does not have skills to teach middle school
English or balance to ride horses . . . but loves to create stories.

Jan lives on the coast of South Carolina with strong ties to northern
Minnesota. Growing up was filled with rich but conflicting narratives. Her dad
told stories about his pioneering Minnesota family, egalitarian values, and
the importance of self-reliance. They made annual trips to family cabins on a
lake north of Duluth. But in her friends’ homes back in Charleston, she
was immersed in plantation lore, tales of the Confederacy, and exclusive
traditions of a social set that she was not born into. She is married to a
musician who is also a mental health therapist. They have three children.

 

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Contemporary Romance, Romantic Drama, Women’s Fiction

Date Published: 11-21-2025

 

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With a national lockdown looming, a Southern journalist flees north,
determined to jumpstart her career in the safety of a Minnesota wilderness,
feisty and wary of entanglements, she piques the interest of a bored Native
American rock star.

A pandemic is spreading across the globe. A national lockdown looms in the
United States. A Southern journalist sees a chance to protect her health and
jumpstart her career by escaping north to a Minnesota wilderness. Feisty and
wary of entanglement, she piques the interest of a bored Native American rock
star on his way home.

Robby Song’s career may be on hold, but Grace Wheeler is on a mission to
build hers. To Robby, she’s an intriguing challenge. To Grace,
he’s a distraction she’s not ready to handle. But the brutal
Northwoods winter is coming. Grace flees back south . . . to soul-searching
isolation and a puzzling middle-of-the-night call.

About the Author
Jan Merritt
Jan Merritt is passionate about teaching both in the classroom and on
horses, but brain cancer changed her life. Surgeries and treatments have left
her with a new brain, one that does not have skills to teach middle school
English or balance to ride horses . . . but loves to create stories.

Jan lives on the coast of South Carolina with strong ties to northern
Minnesota. Growing up was filled with rich but conflicting narratives. Her dad
told stories about his pioneering Minnesota family, egalitarian values, and
the importance of self-reliance. They made annual trips to family cabins on a
lake north of Duluth. But in her friends’ homes back in Charleston, she
was immersed in plantation lore, tales of the Confederacy, and exclusive
traditions of a social set that she was not born into. She is married to a
musician who is also a mental health therapist. They have three children.

 

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Grad or Die Romance, Book #1

Romance, Contemporary Romance

Date Published: February 14, 2026

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Two fake-dating mathematicians create all kinds of chemistry in this
forced proximity STEMinist romance for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Abby Jimenez.

Mathematician Daisy Zhang-Wainwright’s fiancé Ethan
unceremoniously dumps her 29 days before she’s due to move cross-country
to be with him and start a new university job. But Daisy’s always been
stubborn, and she’s not about to turn down a postdoc at MIT over a
failed relationship, so here she is, in a last-minute apartment with minimal
furniture, no friends, and a dumpster fire of a bank account.

To make matters worse, her new downstairs neighbor is Professor Lars
Berg-Anderson, Ethan’s academic rival, infamously cold and notoriously
antisocial. Daisy has barely settled in when she discovers that not only is
Ethan in a new relationship, it’s with Daisy’s new potential
colleague… who is pregnant. Daisy doesn’t need her math PhD to
work out that the two relationships overlapped.

So when the happy couple arrives at Daisy’s house-warming party, what
can she do but impulsively suggest Lars kiss her? Lars might be MIT’s
ice man, but he’s also objectively hot. But, the more time they spend
together, the harder it is for either of them to maintain appropriate
boundaries. Daisy’s not ready for anything serious and Lars believes
relationships have an “unfavorable benefit to effort ratio”, so
these two are definitely way too smart to get emotionally entangled in a
for-show, completely fake, rebound. Right?

 

 

About the Author

Parker Elling

 

I’m a blessed (but often exhausted) mother of four. I learned English by
reading regency-era romances by the bagful, and when I ran out of escapist
fiction that was exactly the type I wanted (usually lower stakes, usually
lighter on the angst though sometimes I lean in), I started to write my own. I
also publish children’s books under Marie Chow.

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Whirlwind Romances, Book 1

 

Contemporary Romance

 

Date Published: November 20, 2025

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A fifty-something divorcee, an aging movie star, and a ruse worthy of a
romcom.

Eleanor Marshall is the worst kind of cliché—a fifty-something
divorcee thrown over for a younger woman. Her best friend thinks it’s
time for a reset, and she has just the thing. She enters Eleanor in a contest
to win a dream date in Paris with a real life romcom heartthrob.

Aging actor, Geoffrey Harrison, is struggling to resuscitate his flagging
romcom movie career—turns out romantic heroes are only getting younger.
So, when his agent cooks up a social media contest, Geoffrey agrees to a
romantic dinner with the winner . . . the unexpectedly attractive Eleanor.

When the publicity stunt blows up the internet, Geoffrey talks Eleanor into a
ten-day fake romance, complete with handholding, candlelight dinners, and, of
course, kissing. It’s like something straight out of one of his movies.
And just like in the movies, it isn’t long before their fake romance is
anything but. However, before Eleanor can admit her feelings for Geoffrey, her
fragile trust is shattered.

Can Geoffrey script a Hollywood ending and win Eleanor back? Or will she deny
herself a second chance at her own happily-ever-after?

 

 

About the Author

Rebecca Heflin

 I’ve dreamed of writing romantic fiction since I was fifteen and my older
sister sneaked a copy of Kathleen Woodiwiss’ Shanna to me and told me to read
it. Now I write women’s fiction and contemporary romance under the name
Rebecca Heflin.

In case you’re wondering, Rebecca Heflin is an abbreviated version of my
great-great grandmother’s name: Sarah Anne Rebecca Heflin Apple Smith. Whew!
And you wondered why I shortened it.

I’m a member of Romance Writers of America (RWA), Florida Romance Writers, RWA
Contemporary Romance, RWA Aged to Perfection Seasoned Romance Writers, and
Florida Writers Association. My mountain-climbing husband and I recently
located to central Virginia.

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