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My first Urban Fantasy, The Cult Queen, is now LIVE, exclusively as part of the Prophecy of Magic anthology.

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🐐 💘Gabby and Rhett and the goats are out there in the world for you to have in your very own hands. Who's ready for some hilarious, steamy RomCom with a side of swoon??

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BLURB:
I’m fake dating my ex’s brother…all on national television.

Gabby
I just needed a fake boyfriend to be on the reality show Desperate Househusbands with me to prove once and for all I was over my evil ex and living my best life.
Too bad the only guy willing to do the job turned out to be my ex’s half-brother.
Dimples are my kryptonite and he’s got two of them.


Rhett
I was intrigued by her before I knew who she was.
And I admit, I signed up for the fake boyfriend position because I was curious how someone so successful could have dated my asshole brother.
Maybe it’s the way her edges soften at night when she cuddles up to me.
Or maybe it’s watching her rebuild her confidence brick by brick.
Maybe it’s just the goats stirring up repressed sexual desire.
Either way, I have feelings. Real ones.
Which is a bummer when my brother, the wrecking ball, comes back through the door, ruining everything we fought so hard for.
Where’s a goat to rekindle the flames when you need one?

EARLY REVIEWS:
✮✮✮✮✮"What a wonderfully hilarious read! I could not stop smiling and giggling to myself while reading; SO GOOD! Rom-Com at it's finest!" - Megan, Goodreads Reviewer
✮✮✮✮✮"Oh my gosh, I haven't laughed this hard while reading a book in quite some time!" - Jenifer, Goodreads Reviewer
✮✮✮✮✮"I laughed so hard throughout the entire story. Marika really has that magical balance of making a book funny, yet still romantic and sexy. Add in some reality TV craziness and adorable goats, and how can you go wrong? Spoiler alert: You can't. I loved everything about this book." - Laura Lee, USA Today bestselling author
✮✮✮✮✮"OMG, I thought the first book was funny, I don't know how she did it but this had me giggling a lot and I mean a lot. To the point my kids were giving me funny looks, stuff them I say!" - Deanna, Goodreads Reviewer
✮✮✮✮✮"This is a rom-com must read!" - Jennifer, Goodreads Reviewer
✮✮✮✮✮"If you're looking for a sexy rom com with a strong heroine, a swoon worthy book boyfriend, and a cast of supporting characters who are both whacky and real, this is the book for you." - Brenda St. John Brown, Author
✮✮✮✮✮"I LAUGHED SO FREAKING HARD!!! Like tears rolling down my face hard!" - Molly O'Hare, Author
✮✮✮✮✮"Can Desperately Seeking Househusband be a real reality TV show?? Because I would totally binge this epic craziness the same way I did this book." - Alley Ciz, Author

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📚 💘Releasing Sept 19th
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BLURB:
I’m fake dating my ex’s brother…all on national television.

Gabby
I just needed a fake boyfriend to be on the reality show Desperate Househusbands with me to prove once and for all I was over my evil ex and living my best life.
Too bad the only guy willing to do the job turned out to be my ex’s half-brother.
Dimples are my kryptonite and he’s got two of them.

Rhett
I was intrigued by her before I knew who she was.
And I admit, I signed up for the fake boyfriend position because I was curious how someone so successful could have dated my asshole brother.
Maybe it’s the way her edges soften at night when she cuddles up to me.
Or maybe it’s watching her rebuild her confidence brick by brick.
Maybe it’s just the goats stirring up repressed sexual desire.
Either way, I have feelings. Real ones.
Which is a bummer when my brother, the wrecking ball, comes back through the door, ruining everything we fought so hard for.
Where’s a goat to rekindle the flames when you need one?

📚 💘For a chance to get your hands on a signed paperback: smarturl.it/GRHousehusband

***Winner will be chosen randomly on 9/13/19. Desperately Seeking HousehusbandGoodreads not responsible for giveaway. Only open in countries where Goodreads giveaways are available. Purchase not necessary.

I'm so excited to share a new sweet romance with you, perfect for getting your summer started! Home Run Fiancé is a best friend's sister/baseball/fake romance standalone novel in the Faking Its series. Early feedback has been incredibly positive and I couldn't be more honored. Get ready for guaranteed swooning and for cheering on your new favorite couple.

It’s all home runs and after parties until your sports agent-slash-best friend tells you to get a new image STAT or you won’t get that trade you desperately need in order to be there for your family. So what’s a guy to do except hire a fake girlfriend and go on pretend dates and then ask her to marry him in front of millions of fans? 

In hindsight, I shouldn’t have hired my agent’s little sister.

And I definitely shouldn’t have kissed her, or taken her to meet my family, or envisioned an actual life with her.

Three strikes I’m out. Now she wants nothing to do with me and there’s nothing fake about how I feel.

I’m in love with my best friend’s sister.

Download now on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited ➤  smarturl.it/HomeRunF

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I'm so excited to share Austin and Elle's spicy story with you! The Missing Ingredient is the first standalone novel in the Reality of Love series. Early feedback has been incredibly positive and I couldn't be more honored. Get ready for some laughs and guaranteed swooning.

Who knew a cooking show could get so messy?

Elle Fierro

All I have to do is appear as a judge on this cooking show in Hollywood and my restaurant will open to rave reviews. Pretty much my lifelong dream. What I absolutely shouldn’t do is sleep with one of the contestants and ruin everything I’ve worked so hard for. But he gives good hugs, makes me laugh, fills out a simple T-shirt like nobody’s business, and is sweeter than the maple syrup he dripped all over my naked body last night…

Austin Cox

I may have been drunk when I applied to be on that reality cooking show, which is why it’s hard to believe I’m here. What’s even harder to believe is that Elle, with her painted red lips and fiery disposition, is in my bed and making me forget I need to win this damn show to get my little sister out of the foster care system.

When Elle throws me under the bus to realize her dream, will our love burn out or will we find the missing ingredient to happiness?

Download from your favorite book platform now! 

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I’m so excited to share Frances and Fen’s story with you! The Marriage Sham is one of eight novellas in the Lover’s Landing series. Early feedback has been incredibly positive and we couldn’t be more honored.

We invite you to visit Lover’s Landing an (almost) famous coffee shop. Lover’s Landing is an anthology novella series about a fictional town called Love, GA. 

Eight romance authors have come together to bring you eight separate love stories set in a town where, to quote the town motto, “Everyone here is in Love”.

Follow eight standalone novellas that center around a coffee shop in town called Lover’s Landing.

The owners, Harold and Betty Connelly, have been caring for the townspeople like their own children for years. But watch out: rumor has it they put a love potion in their coffee. What else could be responsible for all the romance that seems to happen there?

Grab any of the eight novellas and work your way through them all. Meet our couples, fall in love, and get ready to wish you, too, could travel to our new favorite little town…

Now, without further ado, check out the blurb for The Marriage Sham: 



Sometimes pretending to be married is the only way to make your family happy…even when it means faking it with the guy who broke your heart in high school.

Fen

When the girl that got away ten years ago comes back to town and needs help, sometimes you have to throw yourself in her path in order to be seen. Even if it means pretending not to have any feelings for her. Oh yeah, and pretending to be blissfully married to her. Maybe while we’re busy pretending, I can show her what she really means to me and convince her to stay.

Frances

I have no intention of settling back home in Love, Georgia. But when Granddaddy gets sick, I drop everything to take care of him. When I’m forced to marry someone to make him happy in his last days, I think twice but I do it anyway. Unfortunately, the only man willing is the guy that caused me to run away from this small town in the first place. And if I’m really being honest, pretending to be married won’t be simple when he’s easy on the eyes and sweeter than Granddaddy’s sweet tea.





Available for FREE to Kindle Unlimited subscribers!

We’re so excited to share Allison and Mateo’s story with you! Early feedback has been incredibly positive and we couldn’t be more honored. Reviews are an indie author’s lifeline–they help increase visibility so we may continue bringing you stories for a living, and they validate all of the hard work and sacrifice that goes into our book babies. So, THANK YOU to all those who have taken the time to share your opinion! Now, without further ado, check out the blurb: 



Ten resolutions. Two friends. One shot at love.

I’ll admit, having nine New Year’s resolutions makes me twitchy. After all, I’m Allison Gottlieb; overthinker, overachiever, hot mess extraordinaire. I’ve spent my entire life trying to be the best but for some reason, I’ve always fallen short. When a near meltdown (and maybe too much champagne) lands me in front of an old friend, things finally start looking up.

If Mateo Ramirez, personal trainer, self-discipline junkie, and the Internet’s favorite smoothie-making underwear model, offers to help you, you say yes. We haven’t seen each other in years but if anyone can help me turn my life around, it’s him. His smokin’ hot body is cold, hard proof of that.

Don’t judge me; I’m a lawyer. I like proof. A lot.

Mateo promises to test my limits and help me face my fears. He’s even feeding my neurosis by giving me that wonderfully even-numbered tenth resolution. But what I don’t know is that, in the midst of helping me check each item off my agenda, he has some resolutions of his own. And they all lead to one thing: becoming more than friends.

Eleven romantic comedy authors have teamed up to bring you HAPPY NEW YOU, a sexy, funny, heartwarming story about friendship, perseverance, and finding love in this crazy thing we call life. Oh, and the magic of onesie pajamas.




Available for FREE to Kindle Unlimited subscribers!

Release Day – Beach Bum Billion-Heiress
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Happy first day of SUMMER!!! To help you celebrate, I released a perfect beach read called Beach Bum Billion-Heiress.

The fourth stand alone novel of the Beach Squad series is here: Beach Bum Billion-Heiress, the story of Sage & Jax…

This enemies to lovers romance is the fourth stand alone novel in the Beach Squad series featuring a wealthy heiress and an alpha hero on opposite ends of the negotiating table.

Can an heiress get down and dirty with a local lifeguard…for longer than one night? 

When a hippie girl with a free spirit grows up in an “old money” conservative family, arguments are sure to ensue. Right before her thirtieth birthday, Sage’s father, sick of her bohemian lifestyle, gives her an ultimatum – tear down The Surf Shack in Huntington Beach and build a five-star restaurant, or lose her trust fund AND his multi-billion dollar company. 

Jax, the owner of The Surf Shack, has vowed to keep his late father’s shop running while juggling his full-time job as a beach lifeguard…even if the hot little thing in a business suit tempts him with her conflicting personalities. Is she a business shark in a designer suit? Or a Mother Earth loving hippie who wants to get dirty with him?

Ultimately, they’ll have to decide what’s worth fighting for: love or legacy.