We’re celebrating Bookstore Romance Day all month long! Join us at Good Girl Cafe and Bookstore, on Saturday August 29th from 1pm to 3pm to meet and get personally signed books by some of your favorite authors! You can also enter a raffle to win a bundle of books by Romance Writers of the Rockies authors (valued at over $100).
You’ll have a chance to meet:
Bestselling author Mariah Ankenman lives in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her two rambunctious children and loving spouse who is her own personal spell checker when her dyslexia gets the best of her. Mariah loves to lose herself in a world of words. Her favorite thing about writing is when she can make someone’s day a little brighter with one of her books.
Candice Bundy is a rock-climbing, earl-grey-powered word nerd living along Colorado’s Front Range with her partner and four cats named after sci-fi characters (Newt, Pike, Amos, and Mal). Part romance author, part workflow automation nerd who can’t stop building systems. she writes spicy paranormal romance and angsty fantasy, plus why choose adventures with Piper Fox and the occasional sci-fi romp as CR Bundy. Expect sharp-tongued heroines who leap before they look and heroes quick enough to catch them.
Helen Hardt - JUST ADDED!
#1 New York Times, #1 USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt’s passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime. She wrote her first story at age six and hasn’t stopped since. In addition to being an award-winning author of romantic fiction, she’s a mother, an attorney, a black belt in Taekwondo, a grammar geek, an appreciator of fine red wine, and a lover of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. She writes from her home in Colorado, where she lives with her family. Helen loves to hear from readers.
Jean Jacobsen writes sweet American historical romance stories that transcend the heart with strong female characters, roguish heroes, and 19th-century adventure tales and always a happy ending.
Katherine Matzen has always wanted to meet some nice aliens and maybe stow away on their ship for a vacation. She'll pass on the bad guys out to destroy the universe, thank you very much. She creates science fiction and paranormal romances, loving the power to make characters dance to her tune. Just kidding. Her characters really pull the strings. But she creates the worlds and fills them with hope, love, and the understanding that no matter how dire the circumstances look, there will be a happy ending. Second Chances, hope, and the unexpected. Because life is far more interesting that way.
Maelana Nightingale writes emotionally immersive, open-door romance that cuts deep and heals slow. Her stories unearth what we bury—grief, trauma, longing, desire—and lay it bare across the page. If a scene doesn’t ache a little, she probably hasn’t written it yet.
Jennie was born in southern California, where she wrote her first love stories. She moved around the western United States frequently in her life but currently considers Colorado home, and thanks to the irresistible Rocky Mountain high, she probably always will. As a neurodivergent mental illness warrior who also battles multiple chronic illnesses, Jennie isn’t a stranger to overcoming obstacles, which is why she writes about complex characters who rise from adversity and fall in love on the way.