Winner of the 2018 Stiletto Award 2019 Sexy Scribbles Finalist TV chef Cella journeys to an idyllic seaside town to write an Italian cookbook. She's also mourning a failed restaurant project, dodging her predatory agent, and finding respite from soul-crushing fame. When she learns that her new neighbor, Max, is the nephew of a late, famed Italian restaurateur, she convinces him to teach her authentic touches that will help her write the book. This is a mixed blessing for guilt-ridden Max, who botched his own attempt to become a chef—a failure that's left his aunt's restaurant sitting empty for years. No one's challenged Cella in the kitchen in ages. Max's fiery disposition sparks her intuition and reminds her how to feel the food. But the heat between Max and Cella may be hotter than the flames on the stove. Max's gentlemanly nature and Cella's professionalism stop being enough to keep them apart. With Max's...

Awards and Accolades for Chrysalis and for Kilby Blades:2018 Emma Award for Diversity in Romantic Literature Finalist - Interracial Romance2018 Emma Award Winner for Best Debut AuthorNine-time award-nominee for Snapdragon, the prequel to Chrysalis, and three-time award winner for honors including the IPPYs, the Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize For Fiction, the Foreword Indie Award, the HOLT Medallion, the New England Reader's Choice Award and the OKRWA National Reader's Choice awardWhat Reviewers Have to Say..."Chrysalis is the very satisfying culmination of an epic romance. Kilby Blades' ability to develop the characters and their relationship, and to carry you along with them, is as evident here as it was in Snapdragon."-Laurie K, Amazon Verified Reviewer"The two book series is the best I've read since finishing Sylvia Day's Crossfire series. Not only are the protagonists compelling, their story is a...

When their parents foil their plan to attend the same college, Jag and Roxy have a choice: try the long-distance thing and risk a messy ending, or let go and hope for a "someday" second chance. Jag hates the friend zone, but bides his time as Roxy's next-best thing: her biggest cheerleader, a shoulder to cry on and her best friend. Six years later, when they've earned what their sacrifices were meant to achieve, Jag is a prodigious composer and Roxy writes for Rolling Stone. But it's hard to revel in their own success when they've lost the one thing they were always meant to be: together.

1st Place Winner: 2019 RSJ Emma Award | Best Interracial Romance Finalist: 2019 CRWA Stiletto Contest | Best Novella Finalist: 2019 Toronto RWA Northern Hearts Contest | Best Novella Finalist: 2019 OCCRWA Book Buyer's Best Contest | Best Novella Finalist: 2019 RSJ Emma Award | Best Novella Marsh has spent ten years trying to spit out the silver spoon he was born with. When his octogenarian grandmother summons him home for an urgent family dinner, he dreads being force-fed every embarrassing truth about his family he's tried to forget. Nevermind that Thanksgiving weekend was when he planned to propose to Jada, who knows nothing of his nine-figure fortune, and that Marsh has hidden her away for years. But the money may be the least of it—there's a reason why he's never brought her to Connecticut. The Brewsters are the special brand of crazy reserved for the ultra-rich. Subjecting his woke black girlfriend to his stuffy old...

Levi left New York because of his crush on his best friend, billionaire hotelier Adam. Can Levi survive with his heart unscathed when Adam needs his photography skills for a very special PR campaign?