EMERGENCY EXIT
Book 3 of The Valkyrie Brothers Trilogy
One bad ex. One fake relationship. Sometimes the only way out is the Emergency Exit.…
Tech investor Asher Valkyrie hired Harper Smoak to be his fake girlfriend for stress-free social events, but the faux-relationship quickly sends real sparks flying. What began as a simple arrangement soon turns into a high-stakes game of love and survival when Ash’s lies begin to unravel.
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Genre: Rom-Com Mystery
Release Date: Sept. 22, 2025
12 Knights of Christmas Anthology
The halls are decked, the cocoa’s hot, and romance is in the air! Join twelve knights (and the women who love them) for a holiday anthology filled with charm, laughter, and love. Featuring stories from: Deborah Cardillo, Melissa Cate, Maryanne Edwards, Mason Fox, Charleigh Fredrick, Hope Grietzer, Justine Gunn, Katherine Longshore, Bethany Maines, Francesca McBell, L. Meredith, Carisa Simpson, and Jean A. Smith.
Featuring Carol of the Bells from Bethany Maines
Retired hockey player Riley Blakewell just body-checked singer Misty Monroe into the snow, and now he’s scrambling to dig his way out of trouble and into her heart!
Genre: Holiday Romance
Release Date: Oct. 1, 2025
About the Books
Bethany Maines is the author of romantic action-adventure and fantasy tales that focus on women who know when to apply lipstick and when to apply a foot to someone’s hind end. Whether you like modern-day tales of daring-do, or far-flung speculative fiction, you’ll find each story contains a heroine who will fight for truth and true love.
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San Juan Islands Mysteries
Deceit, deception, spies and murder? Include a dog, and that’s everything we love.
When Seattle native Tish Yearly found herself fired and evicted all in one afternoon, the 26 year old ex-actress headed for the one place she knew she’d be welcome – the house of her cantankerous ex-CIA agent grandfather, Tobias Yearly, in the San Juan Islands. Now Tish and Tobias are teaming up to solve mysteries… and keep the dog from getting diabetes.
The Supernaturals
The Three Colors Trilogy & Beyond…
The Supernaturals have always been with us—all manner of fairy tale creatures walk this earth. While not all humans want to share our world, sometimes destiny can make a wolf can meet just the right girl down a lonesome path on their way to save the world. Some things are fate and some things are just… Supernatural.
The Deveraux Legacy
The Deveraux Family: wealthy, glamorous, powerful… and in a lot of trouble.Â
Senator Eleanor Deveraux lost her children in a plane crash, but she has a second chance to get her family right with her four grandchildren – Evan, Jackson, Aiden and Dominique. But second chances are hard to seize when politics, mercenaries, and the dark legacy of the Deveraux family keep getting in the way.
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Carrie Mae Mysteries
These make-up ladies aren’t just selling lipstick – they’re packing heat and saving the world.
Join Nikki Lanier and her team of kick-ass friends as they take on gangs, drug smugglers, arms dealers, and internal politics, all while looking fabulous or at least trying to remember clean underwear.
Shark Santoyo Crime Series
The criminals are savage, the stakes are high and even the suburbs hide secrets that can kill.
When Shark Santoyo got out of prison and made a deal with Geier, the boss of his old gang, he knew he’d be walking into trouble, but he never expected to meet Peregrine Hays. The knife-wielding beauty may fuel his dreams, but Peregrine has secrets of her own, and soon Shark is swept up in a whirlpool of murder, revenge, and love.
Galactic Dreams
Welcome to the universe of Galactic Dreams, where fairy tales are reimagined for a new age—the future.
In each Galactic Dreams novella you’ll find an old tale reborn with a mixture of romance, technology, aliens and adventure. But beware, a perilous quest awaits behind every star and getting home again will depend on a good spaceship, true love, and maybe just a hint of magic.
Romance & Romantic Suspense
Kisses, killers, and killer kisses. Everything dangerously romantic all in one place. These romantic adventure novellas will leave you laughing and hungry for more.
News
Award Winner
Suzy Makes Cupcakes – the short film with a script by Bethany Maines picked up three awards from the Next Gen Indie Film Awards, including Best Comedy Short, Best Production Design, and Best Editing. Learn More…
Award Winner
The Shark’s Instinct screenplay was awarded Best TV Script in the Fox International Film Festival.
Award Winner
The Second Shot Audio Edition picked up a Maincrest Media Award!