Roaring Hot! A playboy motorcycle racer hires an aspiring actress when he is challenged by his grandmother to bring a real girlfriend to her birthday party. Audiobook link.
Intercepted by Love, A quarterback hiding from his Super Bowl losing interception meets a small town librarian with an active fantasy life. Audiobook link.
Club Cockburn (Steamy)
From the Heart of the Big Apple, a series of high-octane romances—not safe for work or play.
Leap, Laugh, Love, A pro surfer on holiday after being attacked by a shark gets tangled up with an Army Ranger on leave with a mission.
Triggered by Love, After her fiancé was shot, all Avery Cockburn has between her shattered heart and death is a cocky detective, Jason Burnett.
Blush of Love, A hot New Year’s Eve date with bad boy quarterback Matt Swanson leaves Safire wondering if it's love at first blush.
Men of Spring Baseball Series (Steamy)
Playing the Rookie, A rookie pitcher and a sports intern on the rebound connect to get over their exes. Audiobook link.
Playing Without Rules, A ballplayer's girlfriend hides his daughter from him because she fears he's like his abusive father. Audiobook link.
Playing Catch, A baseball catcher meets his match with a troubled bartender who can’t seem to keep her panties on. Audiobook link.
[Sassy] Playing for the Save, A veteran relief pitcher is attracted to a single mother with an autistic son while hiding a secret of his own. [Gold Award Winner, 2017 Readers’ Favorite]
Playing Fastball, An unusual friendship between a female ex-con and a billionaire widower divides family and friends, especially his son who is determined to split them up.
Sweet Romantic Suspense [Sweet]
Hide My Heart, Single mother Amber McKay must hide her baby from danger, and there’s only one man she trusts. Audiobook link.
Beach Reads
[Sassy] Lucky in Laguna, Scriptwriter Lucky Lenigan regrets writing dog walker Tally Tallahan into a reality show as another man’s love interest.
[Sweet] Jade: Perfect Match, A matchmaking agency matches a romance author with a Navy SEAL who is a big fan of her plagiarizing ex. Audiobook link.
[Sassy] Bride for Breakfast, Bad Girl Brides #1, Jane must complete the renovations of her Caribbean bed and breakfast in time for her wedding, but the entire island is intent on sabotaging her plans—unless the groom is the caretaker’s son.
Christmas Romances
[Sweet] Christmas Stray A couple grieving for their son is snowed in with a stray puppy and a little boy. Is there room in their hearts for a Christmas miracle? [Gold Award Winner, 2016 Readers’ Favorite] Audiobook link.
[Sassy] Seashells & Mistletoe, after you’re dumped by your groom and end up on a holiday cruise ship with a guy full of mischief who impersonates the Norse god, Loki.
Christmas Creek Romances
[Sassy] Deck the Hearts Can Holly’s jolly Christmas spirit help Grinchy Gordon Gills save the town of Christmas Creek? Audiobook link.
[Sassy] Her Christmas Chance A woman with cerebral palsy and her tomcat disagree about the attractive ex-con living next door. Will a dose of Christmas magic reach through his dark secrets? Audiobook link.
[Sweet] A Christmas Creek Carol A reclusive writer, Ebony Cruse, is given a one-star review on her life by characters in her past, present, and future. Audiobook link.
[Sweet] Kitty, It’s Cold Outside When mailman Mick Jolly delivers a kitten to an abandoned millhouse, he is ensnared by a beautiful Victorian woman caught in a Christmas curse.
[Sweet] A Christmas Creek Caper Someone’s stealing packages off the Christmas Creek porches. Sheriff Brad Wing is on the case—until he’s caught with his hands up and his pants down.
Sweet Romance: A Veteran’s Christmas Series [Sweet]
A Father for Christmas Sweet romance between a homeless veteran and a single mother whose daughter asks Santa for an unusual gift. [Gold Award Winner, 2015 Readers’ Favorite] Audiobook link.
A Pet for Christmas A veteran suffering from PTSD fights to return from Afghanistan and give his family their Christmas wishes. [Finalist, 2016 Readers’ Favorite] Audiobook link.
A Wedding for Christmas A Christmas wedding seemed perfect for Kelly and Tyler, until a female soldier from Tyler’s past and the man who fathered Bree make requests that cannot be ignored. Audiobook link.
Jingle Belles Christmas Series [Steamy]
Christmas Flirt, Bad girl Lacy Reed gets more than she bargained for when her naked selfies turn up on her boss’s phone. Audiobook link.
Santa’s Pet, Girl genius Brittney Reed plays elf to a substitute Santa and turns both their lives upside down when he is charged with a sex crime and she loses her company to hackers.
[Sassy] Christmas Con,Two ex-cons pose as stellar success stories to swindle a grandfather to change his will for Christmas.
Sapphire Falls World: My Country Heart Series [Steamy]
Going Haywire, Vampires, zombies, and wolves, oh my! Honey’s vacation with her ex-husband goes haywire when he tries too hard to get her back. Audiobook link.
Going Toe to Mistletoe, Candi’s fed up with love and down on her luck. Troy gives advice to the lovelorn, but it hasn’t done his love life much good. Will a small town Christmas wedding open their hearts to love? Audiobook link.
Going Hearts over Heels, A city girl trades places with a country boy over Valentine’s Day. Audiobook link.
[Sweet] Going Gets Hot, A shy bookworm and a geeky scientist get makeovers and a new start in Sapphire Falls. Audiobook link.
Paranormal Romance [Sweet]
Black Tied: Love Charmed Romance When ordinary you and the Son of the Kitchen God stand up to a playboy apocalypse.
The Fae Legacy [Sassy]
Lucky Like Love, Clare Hart finds it hard to separate fantasy from reality when she swipes a piece of Fae magic from a stranger who claims to be a thousand years old.
Desiring Danger [Dark Romantic Suspense, Steamy]
Love Will Stay, Blackmailer Salem Pryde wants to be a bad girl gone good, but a fling with Fire Chief Scott Colson forces her to be gone for good.
Taking Me Back, Linx Colson fights fire with fire on smokejumper Grady Hart while a deranged arsonist targets their most precious secret.
All You Want, Town busybody, Tami King, has her sights set on Sheriff Todd Colson while a creepy stalker has her in his sights.
Club Cockburn [Romantic Suspense, Steamy]
Triggered by Love, Avery Cockburn dodges bullets, but she cannot dodge determined detective Jason Burnett who stalks her as he investigates a trail of death starting with her firefighter boyfriend and a string of male models.
Contemporary Romances: Sánchez Sisters [Steamy]
Taming Romeo, Medical student Evie Sánchez is recovering from heartbreak when she runs into the boy she left behind.
Claiming Carlos, Restaurant manager Choco Sanchez finds herself caught between two hot men, an epic food fight, and a war to save the restaurant.
Jewells in Love [Steamy]
Whole Latte Love, What’s a business-minded woman to do when she finds herself rooming with a hot, delectable barista with a heart for the homeless?
Romantic Suspense: Chance for Love Series
[Sassy] Broken Build, Build engineer Jen Jones falls in love with the man whose life she ruined. Audiobook link.
[Sweet] Hidden Under Her Heart, A young nurse, Maryanne Torres, struggles with a difficult decision over an unwanted pregnancy. Audiobook link.
[Steamy] Knowing Vera, Playgirl Vera Custodio belatedly discovers that her father might have killed her boyfriend’s mother many years ago. [2015 Angie Ovation Award Winner]
Historical Romance
[Sassy] Michal’s Window, The young Princess Michal loves her father's enemy, the upstart David who becomes king.
Non-Fiction
Your Daily Bible Verse Bible verses organized by Month and Day, for example, the verse for August 28 is Romans 8:28. G
ood for looking up birthday verses or verses of the day.
Romance In A Month Consistent method of writing a romance in a month or on a regular basis.
366 Ways to Know Your Character Character insights through asking and answering questions. Helps with brainstorming, busting through writer’s block, and taking surprising directions.
Love Stories Guide to writing a romance novella. Step-by-step method, schedule, tips and tricks.
Meet Rachelle
Rachelle Ayala is a USA Today bestselling author of dramatic romantic suspense and humorous contemporary romances. Her heroines are feisty and her heroes big-hearted. She writes sweet and funny stories, and believes in the power of love and hope. She is the winner of multiple awards, including the 2015 Angie Ovation Award for best Multicultural Romance with Knowing Vera and the 2015 Readers’ Favorite Gold Award for best Christian Romance with A Father for Christmas. In 2016, Christmas Stray won a Readers’ Favorite Gold Award and A Pet for Christmas got an Honorable Mention. Another gold award came in 2017, with Playing for the Save, in Realistic Fiction.
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Christmas Lovebirds (sweet)
A Father for Christmas (sweet)
Going Haywire: Sapphire Falls (steamy)
Bad Boys for Hire - Ryker (steamy)
Playing Without Rules (steamy)
Broken Build (romantic suspense)
Intercepted by Love: Part 1 (steamy)
Hidden Under Her Heart (sweet)
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