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✨ Meet Blue Room Author Services! ✨

Blue Room, created by Bells, is a new author service offering pre-made Canva bundles for indie authors.

💖 She live with a rare skeletal condition called Spontaneous Epiphyseal Dysplasi and lost the ability to walk at 10 years old. She spent over a decade relearning how to walk without mobility aids, purely through willpower. She also lives with CPTSD

💖 Her lived experience shapes how she show up in her work with empathy, patience, and an understanding that everyone is carrying unseen struggles.

💖 She started her journey in the bookish space two years ago as an ARC reviewer and a member of multiple street teams, and was lucky enought ot work with several international indie authors

💖 She wanted to give back to the community that welcomed her with so much kindness which was so different since her family didn’t value reading.

💖 She loves supporting authors behind the scenes.

💖 If she could she’d date Ghost from Ghost by Eva Simmons, Aiden O’Conner from Until Death by Nichole Blanchard, and Jamie from Paaws on the Playbook by Jennifer J. Williams

💖 She wishes clients knew being a service provider means juggling creativity, strategy, time, and real life all at once. Clear communication, kindness, and trust go a long way, and when those exist, the work becomes a true collaboration instead of just a transaction.

Thank you so much again, Bells. It was wonderful getting to know you and the ways you show up for yourself. I’m so excited to see Blueroom Author Services thrive!

Show her some love at @bluerooomlit and if you want to read the full interview check out “the love list” on my website!

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✨ Roses are red, here's a preview ✨

Playing Cupid is coming, and Everett is too. 🤭

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Secrets of the Heart is a billionaire romance about a single dad and nanny who have this bright idea to fake an engagement, him to become a billionaire heir and her for revenge, and end up finding in love.

Things you may find inside…
💎 single dad billionaire heir
🇵🇷 spanglish on page
🥵 tension that can cut
👧 cute daddy-daughter moments
😈 a bit of danger and drama
🩵 nicknames
💍 fake engagement that feels a little more real

This is the first book in a stand-alone billionaire novella series. It’s available now on kindle unlimited, ebook + paperback on Amazon!

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Tattooed Hearts is a college romance about a tattoo artist and his disabled roommate learning to allow themselves to open up and accept being loved for who they are.

Things you may find inside…

🥹 he falls first and hard
☔️ dancing in the rain moment
😍 tattoo artist who’s sweet on her
🫚 low spice
☁️ soft romance
👯‍♀️ found fammily
💪 mental health & disability rep
🌙 cute nicknames Available now on Kindle Unlimited + Amazon!

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Tattooed Hearts is a college romance about a tattoo artist and his disabled roommate learning to allow themselves to open up and accept being loved for who they are.

Things you may find inside…

🥹 he falls first and hard
☔️ dancing in the rain moment
😍 tattoo artist who’s sweet on her
🫚 low spice
☁️ soft romance
👯‍♀️ found fammily
💪 mental health & disability rep
🌙 cute nicknames Available now on Kindle Unlimited + Amazon!

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Tattooed Hearts by Darlene Rodriguez on Kindle Unlimited

What to expect:
❤️ roommates
❤️ disability rep
❤️ cinnamon roll
❤️ one night stand (flashback)
❤️ HEA

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✨Meet Molly McCarthy ✨

Molly writes contemporary romance for readers who love comfort, connection, and swoon-worthy stories.

A little about her:

💖 She lives with Sjögren’s (autoimmune disease), anxiety, and more.

💖 The ideas in her head wouldn’t let her rest, so she writes them down and shares them with us.

💖 She’d happily date Fletcher (More Beautiful Than Before) or Caleb (In Your Eyes)—because sweet caretaker characters are everything.

💖 She hopes her books make us feel seen, understood, and a little less alone.

Give her some love at @mollymccarthybooks and read the full interview on The Love List!

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Negative self-talk is something I'm working on. So I'm turning "Why would anyone like/read my books" into a reread as a reminder as to why "I" wrote it in the first place.

I recently read Reckless Sin, and now I'm on Irresistible Desire (one of my personal favorites that I've written). Haven't gotten too far in, but I'm already kicking my feet with just reading the first chapter.

✨If you want to read, here's a little more about the book:

Irresistible Desire is an opposites-attract romance about two people who swore off love, but find each other and end up falling hard.

Things you may find inside…

🇵🇷 a confident Puerto Rican baddie
🥵 “get on the hood of the car” moment
🤭 they hear eachother 💦
💃 they dance on each other
🖤 two idiots who become friends with benefits
🧍brothers there for eachother
👀 familiar faces
🔥 jealous mmc moments

This is the second book in an interconnected contemporary series. It’s available now on kindle unlimited, ebook + paperback on Amazon! #

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