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RTF 25 Authors

A.D. Wilde is a Canadian author who writes dark, gritty stories in hopes of providing survivors a safe space to process their traumas and find peace within the darkness. She's a mental health advocate and enjoys reading, hiking, road tripping, and cooking... but only if there's wine involved.

When she's not doing any of that, she can be found binge watching serial killer documentaries while snuggling her dog, Norbie.

A.D. Wilde

Dark Romance

A Canadian mom who lives happily with her husband and two teen boys north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Andrea Marie

Instalove, Small Town, Paranomal

Cassidy London is an Amazon Bestselling Author who has been in love with scandalous steamy romances ever since she can remember. She loves the unique combination of romantic escapism and women's empowerment that they provide. Cassidy has published 15 romance books since 2017.

In 2023, Cassidy published the charity anthology called FIGHT LIKE A GIRL: A Charity Romance Anthology to Benefit Breast Cancer Research. As a breast cancer survivor, this is a cause that is very close to Cassidy's heart. 100% of the royalties were split equally and donated to the US Breast Cancer Research Foundation & the Canadian Cancer Society-CIBC Run for the Cure, both charitable organizations dedicated to funding breast cancer research.

When she's not writing or reading spicy books, Cassidy can be found masquerading as a wine drinking, yoga practicing, suburban mom in Montreal, Canada.

Cassidy London

Contemporary Romance: Small Town, Rock Star, Dark Romantic Suspense

Danielle M. Hill is a fantasy romance and contemporary romance author based in a small town in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Her stories are drama filled, swoon worthy, and magical that transport readers to new worlds and introduce them to unforgettable characters.

Danielle M. Hill

Fantasy Romance and Contemporary Romance

Born in Toronto, Frances Everly is a prolific daydreamer and romantic. Her love of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien led to a pursuit of an education in Anthropology and two University degrees.

When she isn’t writing, she’s working as a medical administrator or busy teaming up with her husband and chasing after their two children and best dog friend Duke.

Frances (F.D.) Everly

Contemporary Romance, Romantasy

Jennifer Rose, author of The Pulse Series, The Eternity Series and more, in essence, eats, sleeps and breathes all things romance. Writing for 20+ years, it's hard to find her doing much else at her home in Ontario, Canada unless it's spending time with her family and four granddaughters. It's the little things in life that mean the most, like a glass of cheap wine and an assortment of fine chocolates...and of course, cozying up with a naughty romance.

Jennifer Rose

Romance/Gay Romance

Kristie is a romance and romantic fantasy author who is a mental health, domestic abuse, and body empowerment advocate through her writing and in everyday life.

She spends most of her time reading, chasing two toddlers around, cuddling with her two golden retrievers, deep diving into romance, and mystery binge-worthy shows.

When Kristie's not writing, reading, mom'ing, and solving mysteries - you can find her podcasting (That Scared the Crap Out of Me), attending concerts, running, and baking (she once owned a bakery!).

Kristie Price

Romance, Romantasy

Award-winning author Niccoyan Zheng is a Canadian wife and mom to an amazing little guy. She loves traveling, but you'll find her asleep en route. A lifelong reader, she loves great mysteries and epic love stories.

Dubbed the 'Queen of Second Chance romances'. Niccoyan is a firm believer in letting the characters guide the story. (As if, they'd allow her not to) Her stories are rich in diversity and culture. While evoking a wide range of intense emotions.

Niccoyan Zheng

Romance, Queen of Second Chance Romances

USA Today bestselling author Regine Abel is a fantasy, paranormal and sci-fi junkie. Anything with a bit of magic, a touch of the unusual, and a lot of romance will have her jumping for joy.

She loves writing hot alien warriors meeting no-nonsense, kick-ass heroines. Her novels are steamy, action-packed, and with the twists and turns you never saw coming.

Before devoting herself as a full-time writer, Regine had surrendered to her other passions: music and video games! After a decade working as a Sound Engineer in movie dubbing and live concerts, Regine became a professional Game Designer and Creative Director, a career which has led her from her home in Canada to the US and various countries in Europe and Asia.

Regine Abel

Alien, monster, and paranormal romance

Shiloh Walker is an award-winning writer...yes, really! She's also a mom, a wife, a reader and she pretends to be an amateur photographer. She published her first book in 2003.

She writes romantic suspense and contemporary romance, and urban fantasy under the name J.C. Daniels.

Shiloh Walker/J. C. Daniels

Romantic suspense, Contemporary, Urban Fantasy

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Tricia Daniels was born and raised in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario. 30 years ago, she moved to a small town in the Hills of the Headwater where she raised three sons as a single mother. The happily-ever-after she thought she would never have took her by surprise when she met her one great love, later in life. Love changes everything and Tricia Daniels strives to bring you love stories you can relate to with just a pinch of help from the universe and things that make you go... hmmm.

Tricia Daniels

Romance With a Spooky Twist

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A.R. Williams was born in Montreal and spent my time growing up in Barbados, Boston, Ottawa, and Montreal before deciding to live in Toronto now. Her passion is reading all types of English literature. But her number one love, which began in her early teens, was reading her mother’s romance novels.

What inspires her stories... Her over imaginative mind and what she sees in everyday life, whether from just walking outside or seeing something on TV. She enjoys writing love stories that are not quite conventional and that either the heroine or hero are not perfect but deserve to find love too. How they get to finding their happily ever after, is the journey that you will have to take with them.

What you can expect from her going down the road is more love stories that she hopes you will enjoy and maybe write a serious piece or two that might make you cry. She loves making new characters and places come to life and hearing from readers that enjoy the books.

A.R. Williams

Contemporary, Dark, RomCom, Paranormal, later in life, billionaire, ranch/cowboy

Bridget L. Rose is a sports romance author mainly known for her Formula One books in The Pitstop Series. So far, she’s self-published 10 books with two more already on the way. Some of Bridget’s most well-known books are Jump-start and Reserved.

Bridget L. Rose

New Adult Contemporary Romance (Sports, Cowboy, Band)

Crystal St.Clair leaped over the boundaries of contemporary romance and extended the heat her readers loved. Her dirty alter-ego, uncaged and unsupervised, dominated her sweet side and couldn’t wait to give readers the steamy, raunchy fantasies they hunted through stories published as Crystal Lynn.

When Crystal isn’t writing, she’s busy with her legal career, organizing and hosting the Ignited By Books Author Event with her Co-Hosts, and dreaming up more fantasies to bring you more of her favourite strong and sassy female characters to dominate the book world with inspiring stories in the contemporary and erotic genres.

Crystal St. Clair/ Crystal Lynn

Contemporary Romance, Erotica

Darcy is an erotic romance writer who loves to write more risqué stories. She loves her heroines sassy and her alpha males sexy and a little snarky. If you’re looking for steamy reverse harem, ménage, and BDSM romance books, look no further! She has been writing all her life, but, after years of reading erotic romance, decided to give that a shot. She lives her life with a healthy dose of kink, so it only made sense that she’d do the same with her books.

She was born in one of the top tourist locations in the world, Niagara Falls, Ontario. If she’s not writing, she’s reading any steamy story she can get her hands on. She has two grown children, a granddaughter, and an adorable French bulldog named Stella.

Darcy Hayes

Erotic Romance/BDSM Erotic Romance

After writing since 2013 as JL Madore in Paranormal and Fantasy Romance and as Auburn Tempest in Urban Fantasy, Jenn Madore is my new pen name for the Contemporary Romance stories which are bumping around in my mind.

With over 100 novels written, in spec-fiction and the real world, I live to entertain readers.

JL Madore

Romance

Rarely seen in the wild without flashy notebooks and colourful pens, Jodi Kendrick lives in Eastern Ontario Canada with her Favourite Person.

As a romance author, she writes in paranormal, fantasy, steampunk & gaslamp subgenres, delving into urban fantasy and paranormal women’s fiction.
Her characters are often quirky, sometimes cranky, but they all woman-up and get the job done while their partners ensure they survive with all their bits and bobs attached.

Jodi Kendrick

Paranormal Romance

Madeline Sheehan is a USA Today bestselling author known for her Undeniable series—unfiltered, unapologetic love stories that challenge conventions, shatter comfort zones, and linger long after the last page.

Born and raised in the wilds of Buffalo, NY, she’s equal parts storm and storyteller, and living proof that emotional damage can, in fact, be monetized.

Madeline Sheehan

Romance/Dark Romance/Dystopian Romance

Pebbles Lacasse is an International Best-Selling Author who leans toward spinning tales of bad boys with big hearts desiring women who don’t realize they have a kinky side. However, she’s also known for her stories of dominant women with hardened hearts and a secret yearning to be loved.

Her emotionally driven contemporary romance books drip with steam and often take her readers into the BDSM lifestyle while revolving around real-life day-to-day issues.

As someone living with Porphyria, Pebbles stays indoors to avoid UV light. It’s not all bad since this allows her plenty of time to write and cuddle with her mastiff and two cats. That’s not to say she doesn’t love glamping, fishing, kayaking, and swimming; she simply does it with protective clothing. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” she always says.

Pebbles is very family oriented. She and her loving, patient husband raised their two adult children in southern Ontario, Canada where she was born and remains to this day.

Pebbles Lacasse

Erotic Romance / Romantic Suspense

Renée Gendron is a multi-genre author. She enjoys pushing the limits of her writing by twisting tropes, rich world building, and building series in which each book and character is unique.

Renée Gendron

Western Historical, RomCom, Romantasy

Stephanie Julian is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of contemporary romance and romantasy.

Stephanie Julian

Contemporary Romance

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AW Clarke is a Toronto raised author who is a husband and father of three. By day, AW works his secret day job, while at night, he writes stories of contemporary romance and dabbles in the action/mystery genre.

He and his family reside in Hamilton, Ontario with their three cats, two budgies, lively golden, and a good set of noise cancelling headphones- his secret to staying productive.

A.W. Clarke

Romance

USA Today Bestselling & Award Winning Author, C.A. King, was born and raised in Oakville, Ontario, and is currently residing in Hamilton, Ontario, with her two sons and daughter-in-law. Her writing career began after the tragic loss of her parents and husband. Redirecting her emotions through writing became therapeutic in an intense battle with depression and, after some soul-searching, she decided to publish some of her works.

Fast forward to today:

C.A. King’s awards & titles include:
USA Today Bestselling Author
Hamilton Spectator Readers' Choice Award in the Best Local Author category 2017 & 2018 & 2019
Brant News Readers' Choice Award: Best Local Author 2017
Readers' Favorite International Book Awards: Best Novella/Short Story 2017 Silver medal
2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards: Gold Medal in the Fiction, Supernatural genre
2018 Readers' Favorite International Book Awards: Bronze Medal in the Fiction, New Adult genre
2019 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Fiction, Supernatural genre
2019 Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner in the Young Adult, Fantasy, Urban genre
City of Brantford Featured Artist February 2020
Burlington Post Readers' Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020
Toronto Star Readers' Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020
Cambridge Times Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2020
Burlington Post Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Local Author Category 2021

Carol Ann King is proud to have her name join the list of Canadian born authors. She hopes her writing will help inspire another generation of Canadians to continue adding to the literary heritage and rich culture Canada already has to offer.

C.A. King

Romance

Dakota Willink is an award-winning USA Today Bestselling Author from New York. She loves writing about damaged heroes who fall in love with sassy and independent females. Her books are character-driven, emotional, and sexy, yet written with a flare that keeps them real. With a wide range of published books, a magazine publication, and the Leave Me Breathless World under her belt, Dakota's imagination is constantly spinning new ideas.

Dakota often says she survived her first publishing with coffee and wine. She's an unabashed Star Wars fanatic and still dreams of getting her letter from Hogwarts one day. Her daily routines usually include rocking Lululemon yoga pants, putting on lipstick, and obsessing over Excel spreadsheets.

Two spoiled Cavaliers are her furry writing companions who bring her regular smiles. She enjoys traveling with her husband and debating social and economic issues with her politically savvy Generation Z son and daughter.
Dakota's favorite book genres include contemporary or dark romance, political & psychological thrillers, and autobiographies.

Dakota Willink

Romance

Erin Cristofoli resides in Ontario, Canada, with her busy little family. She loves to write stories that depict down-to-Earth people and passionate love stories.

Her publishing career began with her debut novel, Starting Over. She loves the thrill of making characters come to life and diving into each new world. When Erin is not writing, she thrives on many creative ventures, including photography, painting and crocheting.

Erin Cristofoli

Contemporary romance

January Rayne is a paranormal fantasy romance author who lives in Buffalo, NY with her husband, son, two dogs, and two leopard geckos. Buffalo is freezing, but January loves when it snows as it gives her the perfect atmosphere to write a book for you to get lost in. She created the world Shallow Cove Dimensions so she could write anything she could ever want.

January Rayne

Paranormal Fantasy Romance

By day, a kickass truck saleswoman.
By night, a woman in need of a straight jacket.
So, who am I?

I love long walks with my ball loving dog, tequila and bourbon, and figuring out how to blow the minds of my readers. Actually, I love crushing the hearts of my readers and I'm thankful that they enjoy it. I began writing in 2010 but didn't publish the first until 2015. My characters are diverse. I don’t shy away from a Yakuza princess that will rock her bean in a parked car, or an all African American Motorcycle Club trying for the legit life. Their stories showcase their beauty, their flaws and all. I can guarantee that between the pages you'll find sarcasm, devious villains, dangerous situations, and twisted endings, because it's fun. After all, nothing in life is easy, so why should I be easy on those I write?

Kerri Ann

Romance

USA Today Bestselling author, Michel Prince, graduated with a bachelor degree in History and Political Science. Michel writes new adult and adult paranormal romance as well as contemporary romance.

Michel Prince

Romance

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Quinn Slater grew up in the Midwest of the United States and still lives there with his wife and two dogs.

He writes steamy stories, is a gym rat, and is an avid traveler. Check out his doppelganger, Kane Daemon (also on Amazon).

Quinn Slater/Daemon Kane

Romance, MC, Erotic Suspense, Fantasy

USA Today Bestselling Author S.L. Sterling was born and raised in southern Ontario. She now lives in Northern Ontario Canada and is married to her best friend and soulmate and their two dogs.

An avid reader all her life, S.L. Sterling dreamt of becoming an author. She decided to give writing a try after one of her favorite authors launched a course on how to write your novel. This course gave her the push she needed to put pen to paper and her debut novel "It Was Always You" was born.

When S.L. Sterling isn't writing or plotting her next novel; she can be found curled up with a cup of coffee, blanket and the newest romance novel from one of her favorite authors.

S. L. Sterling

Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance, Small Town Romance

Tori Samuels, author of the Holi-FATE series, can be found sipping peppermint mochas, snuggling with her dogs, and dreaming up the next perfect contemporary romance novel.

Samuels uses her hometown Bolton, Canada as the backdrop for her witty and swoon worthy cast of characters.

Looking for your next holiday-themed read, then grab your favourite dessert coffee and get cozy!

Tori Samuels

Contemporary Romance

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