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I write fun contemporary romances with geeky characters who love to read books, too!

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An image of a book cover for "His Road Home" by Anna Richland, showing a brown-haired man kissing the bare shoulder of an Asian-American woman. The background has a pattern of red and orange fall leaves, and a pull quote from Publishers Weekly saying "Tantalizing."

A fake engagement between a fisheries scientist and a wounded veteran becomes long distance yearning, until a cross-country road trip tests Rey and Grace's feelings.

A Smart B*tches, Trashy Books reviewer wrote, "In my heart, it's an A++++" and it won Romance Writers of America's 2015 RITA Award for Best Romance Novella. Also, my mother said it had too much sex (it really doesn't, it's a slow burn!)...so you can't go wrong starting here.

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Best friends move a couch together...and suddenly a grumpy football coach and a sunny waitress are risking eight years of friendship.

A novella that started as fan fic of a certain green ogre and a chatty sidekick became a "fun spicy read" perfect for an hour or two of summer escape.

An image for a New Male/Male Romance Coming soon. The background is orange, with silhouettes or two male athletes. One is a figure skater, the other is swinging a baseball bat. The heading reads: When your out-of-town hookup turns out to be town's newest librarian. Then, three paragraphs of body text from the first chapter read: Connor glanced up from his phone.

Two former athletes build new lives, but they're both missing someone to love.

Can a morning person with a secret craft room, a dog, and too many hobbies teach a cynical former figure skater to say "my boyfriend" without flinching? With a little help from an abandoned kitten, sure.

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