If Penelope Douglas and Karin Slaughter had a threesome with a Kurt Cobain

Tagline: A. Atkins writes angsty romantic suspense chalk-full of 90s nostalgia, and will be launching a dark western series under Violet Pearce this fall

Website: https://www.atkinswrites.com/

AR Lines is a daydreamer, crocheter, nerdy gamer, and avid romance reader. She has been reading the romance genre since she was a teen and has always been interested in writing. As a little girl, she even wrote a terrible children’s book and had it published in her elementary school library. AR Lines lives in Vancouver, Canada with her husband, enjoying the mild coastal weather, beautiful beaches, and mountainous nature hikes. She also has two demons masquerading as cats that she adores even though they are evil little gremlins that destroy nice things.

Tagline: Why choose, romantasy stories with an omegaverse twist.

Website: https://linktr.ee/authorarlines

As a self-proclaimed genre-raven, Allison’s characters may be escaping intergalactic forces, weilding ancient magic, or navigating the mysteries of small-town life, but they all seek one thing: to live on their own terms.

Tagline: Genre-bending stories full of heat, humour, and headstrong women.

Website: www.amartinbooks.com

Alli lives in Toronto with her very patient husband and a pack of rescue pets. She loves babbling about Kpop, listening to audiobooks and not cleaning the house.

Tagline: Come for the queer joy and laughter, stay for the feelings. Snacks for the author optional.

Website: allisontemplebooks.com

Aurora Palit grew up in rural Alberta, where she was the only South Asian student in class. Now, she filters all that trauma – and joy! – into writing romance with humor, unique perspective, and belief that people of colour deserve love stories too.

Tagline: Love stories that celebrate diversity with charm, wit, and spice.

Website: www.aurorapalit.com

Brinn lives on Canada's gorgeous east coast. When she’s not trying to wrangle her three dogs and cat she's working on her next writing and crochet project . . . or talking to her plants. 

Tagline: Cozy, feel-good romance with spice.

Website: https://linktr.ee/brinn.gllt.author?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=e1333449-6f96-46f2-8a9e-29315591b542

C.A. Fray is the author of the steamy, medieval romances, His Viking Captive, His Saxon Wife, and Her Reckless Revenge. Her latest release, Shred the Season, is a Y2K-inspired holiday novella perfect for those who grew up in the early 2000s. A mother to three, C.A. maintains her sanity by writing tension-filled romance. She has a house full of plants, drinks too much coffee, and when she's not writing or driving her kids to sports, has her face buried in a book.

Tagline: C.A. Fray writes steamy, character driven romances for readers who crave slow-burn tension, bloody battles and love that conquers all..

Website: cafrayauthor.com

Cathrine Swift writes multi-genre fiction, non-fiction and poetry  pulsing with cinematic emotion. Sometimes steamy, always richly infused with inclusive romance, responsible representation, and diversity, her books speak on found family, identity, empowerment, and healing. Passionate about crafting stories that reflect relationships and the beautiful, resilient complexity of the human heart, she fills her pages with characters of all religions, races, sexual orientations, and identities. Because love, in all its forms, deserves to be seen. When she's not lost in her fictional worlds, she is homeschooling her daughter, daydreaming about NYC, or indulging in her love of cinema and popcorn. She’ll never say no to a matcha latte, her favourite trope is enemies to lovers, and her heart beats swiftly—for stories, for the people and words that make life magic, and for love itself.

Tagline: inclusive and empowering multi-genre fiction and poetry

Website: https://cathrineswift.wixsite.com/authorcathrineswift

C.E.Boyle is a teacher, mom, wife and author trying to juggle it all. She started writing a darker magical fantasy with side plots of romance, which is turning into a larger romantasy series, but has paused to write her first hockey book. Even with a fully planned badass FMC series, she's been pulled to write strong FMCs in hockey romance as well.

Tagline: Halo of the Realms is a time jumping, origin story for the most powerful Queen. Halo is similar to the Winx saga and Reign combined into an easy Game of Thrones fantasy. The Ledger is a cozy, spicy, Edmonton inspired hockey romance with a green flag MMC, a sassy and strong FMC and a chaotic found family that will immediately make you laugh. (And pull on your heart strings)

Website: https://linktr.ee/ceboyleromantasy

Cheryl Terra writes about bi+ babes and body positive baddies making feral declarations of feelings they never asked for. Her books are full of heat, humour, and always a happily ever after, because every hot mess deserves a happy ending.

Tagline: Happily ever afters for bisexual disasters

Website: cherylterra.com

Dani Collins thrives on giving readers happily ever afters that they can believe in. She writes Harlequin Presents, small town, historical and erotic romance. When she’s not writing—just kidding, she’s always writing. 

Tagline: Happily Ever Afters you can believe in

Website: https://danicollins.com

I’m Danielle A. Lincoln, a Canadian author who finds beauty in the places most people turn away from. My stories live where shadows and emotion meet, where love is both a weapon and a refuge, and every scar  tells the truth of survival.  I write for those who feel too much, for the ones still learning that darkness does not mean brokenness. Through the Echoes of the Veil series and beyond, I explore grief, resilience, and the fragile  hope that flickers in ruin.  When I’m not writing, you’ll find me with a mug of coffee, walking through the quiet wilds of Alberta, or dreaming up new worlds for readers to lose and find themselves in.

Tagline: Bound by shadow, temptation, and fate, Echoes of the Veil is a dark journey where love is dangerous, power has a price, and the truth may unravel everything.

Website: https://www.authordaniellelincoln.com/

Elizabeth Kelly was born and raised in Ontario, Canada.  She moved west as a teenager and now lives in Alberta with her husband and too many pets.  She believes that a person can survive solely on sushi and coffee, and only her husband's mad cooking skills prevent her from proving that theory.

Tagline: Stories with heart, heat, and humour.

Website: www.elizabethkelly.ca

Emily Rose is the bestselling author of steamy, funny romances. Since 2020, she’s published 20+ books. A proud Canadian and dog mom, she loves books, animals, and annoying her husband.

Tagline: Sometimes Dark. Sometimes Sassy. Always Dirty.

Website: www.emilyroseauthor.org

G.M. Chmilar is a Filipino-Canadian author who wants to make magic. Her stories are filled with the truths of heartbreak, love, and belonging while expoloring the fantasy of dragons, unicorns, and legends. When she isn't writing she is doing yoga, reading, narrating, and enjoying life the only way she knows how. Her books are inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, and Charmed.

Tagline: Fides Parit Fortis Familia. Loyalty Breeds a Strong Family. What would  you sacrifice for magic and power?

Website: https://www.amazon.ca/stores/G.M.-Chmilar/author/B0F42LKTQ4?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Hannah Brixton writes contemporary romance on Vancouver Island. A self-proclaimed “word nerd”, she has a long-standing love of language, especially how it evokes emotion, humour, and human connection.

Tagline: Hannah's books champion neurodiversity and mental health, and seamlessly blend emotional depth with snarky banter and scorching spice.

Website: https://www.hannahbrixton.com/

Hillary Bowen is an author, swoon advocate & romance evangelist. Her debut historical romance, Out with Lanterns, was named one of Shelf Unbound's 100 Notable Indie books and is available everywhere. Her novella, The Thing With Wings, is available free to newsletter subscribers.

Tagline: Historical romance with swoon and steam

Website: www.hillarybowen.com

After (barely) surviving a career in the music industry, Hunter Snow now tells its tales from the Pacific Northwest. Any resemblance to real people, places, or events is entirely coincidental. Mostly.

Tagline: Hunter Snow writes witty, heartfelt romances set in the music and entertainment world, where strong women, complicated men, and second chances collide.

Website: https://linktr.ee/huntersnow

Isla lives with her husband and their furry family in Southwestern Ontario. When she’s not writing, she enjoys playing video games, reading, and tending to her zucchini and tomatoes (not a euphemism!). 

Tagline: Paranormal romance with heat and heart.

Website: www.islawinter.com

Jacqueline Parrish is an Indigenous writer from Treaty 8 territory who lives in Toronto. Her work has appeared in international print magazines, online magazines, and peer-reviewed journals. She enjoys writing chick-lit, rom-coms, and satire, and often borrows inspiration from friends, family and bizarre situations she frequently finds herself entangled in.

Tagline: Warm, witty rom-coms that feature chaotic situations, happy endings, and heart.

Website: jacquelineparrish.com

Jenn Burke has loved out-of-this-world romance since she was a preteen reading about heroes and heroines kicking butt and falling in love. She’s been called a pocket-sized and puntastic Canadian on social media, and she’ll happily own that label. 

Tagline: Epic adventures and happily ever afters

Website: jennburke.com

Since meeting Mr. Darcy in English 101, Kate Cole hasn’t managed to shake her obsession with all things happily ever after. A sucker for romance, Kate is a woman in construction on the street, spicy romcom writer in her desk seat. When she isn’t reading or writing, she’s also a wife and mom in suburbia who can’t get enough of Duran Duran or pedicures that match her current reads.

Tagline: Sex and the City in steel-toed boots. 

Website: www.katecoleauthor.com

KL Donn is a USA Today Bestselling Author of dark contemporary romance, a genre she has made her own with series such as the Adair Empire/Legacy, King of Her Heart, Kings of the Underworld and many more. As a Canadian author Krystal plans to write a brand-new series called Don’t Blame Me, based in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of her home province, Alberta. 

If you like romance books with age gaps, high spice, a hint of darkness, and epic HEA's, then KL Donn is the author for you.

Website: https://www.authorkldonn.com

Leigh Carron is a Calgary-based indie author of diverse, body-positive, spicy romance. Her stories center on strong, relatable women navigating the complexities of love, life, and the men who are truly worthy of them. Leigh is a mom of one and married her former high-school sweatheart, which she describes as a real-life second-chance, grumpy/sunshine trope. She says the best thing about writing, aside from the creative process, is connecting with readers and other authors, and honing her craft.

Tagline: Spicy, diverse, body positive romance

Website: www.leighcarron.com

Leonor writes feel-good contemporary romance. Her slow burn, open-door stories will make you swoon, in a world where yearning cinna/dom heroes worship their driven, plus size latina heroines. Leonor lives in Edmonton, Canada, where she works as a therapist during the day. Fun fact: she makes her own covers!

Tagline: Low conflict, slow burn sports romance that will make you swoon… and will reward you with great spice. 

Website: leonorsoliz.com

Luna Day is a contemporary romance author writing fiery, feel-good books that empower women’s sexuality and normalize desire. Originally from Saskatchewan, she now makes Alberta her home with her husband and little girl. 

Tagline: Fiery, feel-good romance. 

Website: www.lunadayauthor.com

Lynsey Harper is a Scottish-turned-Canadian romance author. She writes small-town love stories filled with banter, tension, and a little spice. Her special interests include grumpy men, cowboys, and daddies - so, if that's what you're into, you know what to read next!

Tagline: Stories that feel like home. 

Website: lynseyharper.com

Nikki Jewell is an Ontario contemporary romance author. She writes green flag MMCs who are sweet on the inside & spicy in the bedroom. They fall hard & fast for their strong but chaotic women. She’s currently writing sports, celebrity & cowboy romances.

Tagline: Star-studded romance with heart and heat.

Website: https://authornikkijewell.com

Nisha J Tuli is a USA Today and international bestselling author of glittering fantasy worlds, steamy rom-coms, and kissing scenes full of angst. Her book, Trial of the Sun Queen, went on to become a BookTok hit, selling over a million copies and finding its way into readers' hands around the world. Her book Storm Breaker is currently in development as a TV series with Amazon MGM.    When she isn’t writing or reading, she can be found in the gym or the kitchen (to eat, not to cook) or maybe knitting scarves to survive a Canadian winter. She lives in Manitoba with her husband, their two kids, and their fluffy Samoyed.

Tagline: Nisha J Tuli is a USA Today and international bestselling author of glittering fantasy worlds, steamy rom-coms, and kissing scenes full of angst. 

Website: https://www.nishajtuli.com/

Olivia is a neurodivergent, bisexual author who has always been a disorganized, chaotic, but ambitious dreamer. Olivia is a lover of heart-wrenching twists, stomach-dropping adventure, and the belief that everyone, even the hero, can be a little bit bad.

Tagline: "An enchantment of Ravens", some Sarah J. Maas, and other books I've enjoyed in the past led me to this one.”  - Quinn on Goodreads - 4 Stars

Website: https://linktr.ee/oliviamgeib

Rhea Ryan is a spicy writer of romance on the edge of dark and twisty. Each of her stories delves deep into matters of the heart and explores the darker side of human nature. After writing in the corporate world, she realized she had a desire and compulsion to write creatively. She lives in Western Canada with her husband, two children and a fur baby

Tagline: Psychological mind games, dangerous obsession, and forbidden desires.

Website: www.rhearyan.com

Author and artist Samara Knight delivers romance forged through danger, desire, and mind-bending twists.  Her stories cut across eras and worlds, but they always centre on intense chemistry, moral complexity, and the thrill of secrets unraveling under pressure. Samara resides in the Canadian prairies with her found family. In her previous life, she was a journalist, a travel writer, and a manga artist.

Tagline: Romance with danger, desire and mind-bending twists

Webite: linktr.ee/samaraknight

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Sarah Castille has written over 20 books under two pen names. As Sarah Castille, she writes sizzling contemporary romance and romantic suspense. As Sara Desai, she writes fun, sexy, diverse romantic comedy

Tagline: Sexy romantic comedy with heart

Website: www.saradesai.com

Scarlett Moro writes paranormal romance filled with love, magic, and occasionally murder. Her books vary from sugary sweet to weird and scorching—featuring strong heroines, flawed companions, endless banter, and the kind of slow-burn tension that (usually) ends in spice. Sober and a big mental health advocate, Scarlett loves to have her characters face both fictional spookums and real-life demons. Her favorite story elements include vampires, age gap romance, cannibals, enemies to lovers, ghostly shenanigans, and exorcisms. Based in Alberta, Canada, she lives with three chaotic kids and three needy fur-babies, and fuels her stories with love, laughter, and way too much coffee.

Tagline: Paranormal romance filled with love, magic, and occasionally murder!

Website: www.scarlettmoro.com

Born and raised on paperbacks snuck from her mother, Canadian author Sia Morgan has been creating stories for as long as she can remember. Having spent childhood summers between library stacks being swept away by romances, it’s no surprise that she found her way back to the genre she holds dearest. Her character-driven works range from comedic and sweet to taboo and erotic, and everything in between. Sia enjoys writing stories that resonate emotionally, and sometimes hurt a little, before delivering the happily-ever-afters her characters deserve. When she’s not writing or catching up on her TBR list, you can find her trying a new recipe, on a run, or binging reality TV. 

Tagline: Romance that delivers hard-wrought happily ever afters. 

Website: siamorgan.com

Sophia Karlson writes sensual, emotional, and evocative contemporary romance, often set in far-flung settings. She used to work in the travel industry before turning to full-time writing. Her first book, Perfect Mistake, was a finalist for the Daphne Award for Romantic Suspense and won the Kathryn Hayes award in 2019. All her novels can be read as standalone, although she tends to write about siblings because family dynamics are so intriguing.

Tagline: Steamy, forbidden, page-turning romance.

Website: http://www.sophiakarlson.com

Tamara lives with her cocker spaniel, River, in the beautiful city of Calgary, Alberta. When she’s not busy writing the stories of sexy firemen, she can be found with River at the river, writing in her journal, biking, doing yoga, or collecting butterflies and unicorns. She’s a poptart, through and through (think classic Britney, Christina, and NSYNC), a Swiftie, and enjoys country, rock, and a little piano instrumental when she’s trying to focus. Give her a hot man to look at, a book boyfriend to swoon over, and friends to laugh with and she’s set. 

Tagline: Books my grandma wants to burn.

Website: tamararenebooks.com

Tanisha Headley is a Canadian romance author whose stories—whether light or dark—always centre broken characters learning to feel whole again. 

Tagline: Small-town romances where the spice is delicious, the feelings are inconvenient, and falling in love is unavoidable.

Website: tanishaheadley.com

Writing steamy small town and cowboy romance as Zoe York and spicy hockey romance as Ainsley Booth

Tagline: Modern, sexy small town romance with "he falls first" MMCs and FMCs you want to be besties with

Website: https://www.zoeyork.com