Research Romance

I hired a male escort to fix my romance novel. It was supposed to be professional. My debut novel is getting published. Mostly. My editor loves the plot. Loves the voice. Loved the twist in chapter fourteen enough to text me about it at eleven PM. What he does not love—what he delivered with devastating, surgical kindness—are the intimate scenes. Apparently, they read like someone who learned about kissing from an encyclopedia. In my defense: I’ve been divorced for eight years. I haven’t dated since the first iPhone. And my ex-husband spent eleven of those years making sure I forgot...

“Guide makes using AI seem easy” - Amazon Review “A Plotser’s Perfect Brainstorming Partner” - Amazon Review “Made me a romance writing AI ninja!” - Amazon Review Romance writers, take your romance writing to the next level with Artificial Intelligence and this guide from a USA Today Bestselling romance author of over 80+ romance novels. Hi, I’m author Rachelle Ayala, a prolific author and writing coach with my Romance In A Month method, and I’m here to lead you through the wonderful world of AI (Artificial Intelligence). I’ll show you the importance of prompting and how...

From a bestselling author of epic fiction comes the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge. A FLINT MINER WITH A GIFT Seft, a talented flint miner, walks the Great Plain in the high summer heat, to witness the rituals that signal the start of a...

A xenobiologist with a research grant and zero interest in dating. A seven-foot alien healer whose tail won't stop reaching for her. And a thirty-day cohabitation trial neither of them signed up for. Maisie Brennan flew across the galaxy to study Vraxian bonding physiology — not to experience it. But when a badly labeled intake form matches her with Chief Healer Daxen as her "compatible partner," she's stuck: leave the station and lose her entire PhD, or move in with the alien and call it research. She builds a pillow wall down the center of the bed. It lasts one night. Now they're ...

Will their love save the world, or end it? As the sole survivor of a doomsday cult, Willow Hawkins isn't easily rattled. It makes her well-suited for a security gig at a monster research facility. But Subject X-16 isn't a monster. Not yet, at least. Beneath his sprouting feathers and numerous...

Ordered to take over the Alpha Project, Evelyn knew she would be entering a whirlwind of political agendas, but it gave her a chance to complete her own research. When she arrived in Eden, Evelyn was faced with the daunting challenge of taking samples and observing the alphas in an environment she was completely unfamiliar with.

A harrowing memoir of one woman's extraordinary effort to save her husband's life—and the discovery of a forgotten cure that has the potential to save millions more. Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, were vacationing in Egypt when Tom came down...

In the aftermath of a significant personal tragedy, Cat Collier must find a way to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and move forward, not so much for herself, but for her children. Moving back to Heaton Valley, Ohio is the first step.

Romance isn’t about surprise. It’s about emotional promise. Every successful romance novel makes an unspoken agreement with its reader: this is the emotional journey you’re about to experience. Romance tropes are how that promise is made and kept. Hearts & Hinges: How Romance Tropes Work Across Every Genre is a deep-dive craft guide for romance writers who want to understand why tropes work, not just how to copy them. This book goes beyond trope lists and beat sheets to reveal the emotional architecture beneath the most beloved romance tropes including enemies to lovers, fake dating, ...

The boundaries are drawn. The university rules are clear. But this disciplined Dean is about to shatter every single one of them. Edward Vane is a forty-two-year-old silver fox who rules his academic department with an iron fist. Known for his clinical approach to history and flawless discipline, he has spent a lifetime avoiding chaos. He doesn’t tolerate surprises, and he never breaks the rules. Until he locks eyes with Isla Vance across a crowded high-society gala at the Obsidian Lounge. Isla is a twenty-one-year-old graduate researcher—innocent, breathtaking, and completely off-...

Tracking wolves in the winter backcountry was risky. Getting snowed in with the silent mountain ranger assigned to keep me alive? That was dangerous. I came to Harrow Peak for one reason. The wolves. Three months of fieldwork. One winter range study. No distractions. Then the pack moved above the treeline. And Colt Wren had to come with me. He’s a Forest Service ranger with broad shoulders, brown eyes, and the kind of quiet that makes every word count. He knows every ridge on this mountain. Every drainage. Every storm. And he looks at my curves like staying professional is starting to ...

The past never stays buried—and every family has another story waiting to be discovered. One year after inheriting a lakeside cottage in Beulah, Michigan, Grace Dorsch has finally found a place to call home. But when an urgent message summons her back to Detroit, a long-hidden branch of her family tree sends her on an unforgettable journey to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Joined by friends old and new, Grace travels north to Naubinway, where questions about her uncle's Chippewa family, a missing child sent to a Native American boarding school, and long-forgotten family ties await answers. ...

From the world’s foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. "This highly accessible audiobook is not only a love story, but also an...

When a ship laden with gold disappears in the Sea of Okhotsk, Travis and his team of Alpha adventurers are asked to locate and recover the priceless cargo. With his intrepid partner, Savannah, unable to work this case, Travis worries his remaining two partners aren’t up to the task. Indeed, now he must rely on Fiona, a loose cannon with a penchant for trouble, and Thyri, who has a keen business mind, but no investigative skills. Travis knows he must be out of his mind to go on a mission with these ill-equipped adventurers, but the payout for a successful gold recovery is a solid incentive...

Jeremy’s travel plans were simple. Number 1 - Follow the clues that he and the rest of his family had found, weed through the intentional deception, secrets, and mostly outright lies. Number 2 - With a little luck, solve the mystery about a royal family torn apart and ripped from their home hundreds of years ago in a long forgotten past. Number 3 - He was looking for the truth however dark and dismal it might turn out to be. Compared to his brothers, he might be an amateur detective, but he was surprisingly determined. No complications...or involved relationships...or love. Madeleine had ...

“Thrilling and romantic in equal measure—these hot nerds solving history crimes are an absolute delight.” —Jodi McAlister, author of An Academic Affair Perfect for fans of Jo Segura and Rachel Grant, You, Me, & the Conspiracy is an academic adventure romance that finds two history...

Unexpected Job Offer: When a limousine showed up at my door one afternoon and the driver invited me to get inside, I couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and mystery. Now, he's whisked me off to begin the adventure of a lifetime, working with shape shifters in a hidden preserve. For an animal behaviorist, it was a dream come true, but what I didn't expect was the intense attraction I felt for my boss. Bruin leaves my heart palpitating and my knees weak. Every time I hear his voice I long to throw myself into his waiting arms. There's just one hitch, though. I've never even seen his ...

An empathetic, accessible, research-backed guide to creating healthy, secure, attuned relationships by exploring the roots of your own emotional disconnection. Not only is deep, meaningful connection with others something we yearn for, research shows that connection has profound effects on our...

I never meant to catch his eye. For years, I’d perfected the art of invisibility—drowning my curves in beige cardigans, burying my desires between dusty pages of forbidden classics. As the rare books curator at Metropolitan Library, I was safe in my carefully constructed fortress of literature and loneliness. Then he walked in. Cael Blackwood. Six-foot-four of barely restrained power and dominance in an outrageously expensive suit. Security consultant. Alpha male personified. A man who looked at me—really looked at me—like he could see every filthy fantasy I’d ever dreamt up in ...

Sabrina never intended to fall in love with Tucker McCabe, the man she serves coffee to every morning at a Nantucket cafe - especially since he's unwittingly tied to a past she deeply regrets. A past that is so riddled with mistakes, it has separated her from God. But she's fallen hard and isn't sure how long she can hide her feelings.