The summer romance anthologies are coming out on a daily basis now, and today I have two that I’m in that I want to share. The first is a charity anthology, Summer Heatwave, where all the proceeds support the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonprofit dedicated to protecting free expression. This anthology includes my story Their Forever Summer, a new novella in my Kingsmill Courtships series.
The second romance anthology coming out today is Mending Hearts, an enemies-to-lovers collection that includes another new novella in my Kingsmill Courtships series, Her Reckless Outlaw. All the details of both anthologies are below. 🙂
Summer Heatwave
A beach read charity anthology to benefit free speech
Eight authors. Eight unforgettable stories. One collection that refuses to stay quiet.
Summer Heatwave delivers a powerful mix of romance that is bold, emotional, messy, and real. From unexpected connections to relationships pushed to the edge, these stories explore what happens when people stop playing it safe and start telling the truth.
No two stories are the same. Every one of them will leave a mark.
This special anthology supports the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonprofit dedicated to protecting free expression. Because great stories don’t come from silence—and neither does love.
Authors included: Grace Maxwell, Darah Lace, Sharon Wray, Lenore Ashwood, Jennilynn Wyer, Mia Augustine, Debbie Charles, & Janna Roznos
Mending Hearts
A Contemporary Enemies-to-Lovers Anthology
What happens when enemies are forced a little too close…and the line between hate and desire starts to blur?
Mending Hearts is a Contemporary Enemies-to-Lovers Anthology packed with sharp banter, emotional wounds, steaming hot tension, and that “oh no, I’m in love with a person I can’t stand” moment we all live for.
From grudges to stolen glances, from heartbreak to healing, these stories prove that sometimes the people who challenge us the most are the ones who change us forever.
Authors included: Melanie True, Arianna Barton, Roison Visser, Destiny Storm, Julie Halperson, & Sharon Wray
Their Forever Summer
Some summers change everything… then bring you home.
After years apart, Lily and Gage found their way back to one another. But love was never the hardest part. Now, in the heat of summer, they’re learning what it means to stay.
Between restoring a once-forgotten inn, rebuilding a home filled with complicated memories, and caring for a young girl who’s already lost too much, Lily and Gage are faced with a different kind of challenge: creating something lasting out of lives that were once shaped by leaving.
Building a future isn’t as simple as deciding to love someone. It takes trust, patience, and the courage to believe that this time, nothing—and no one—will be left behind.
But when a child who needs more than promises disappears, Lily must confront the question she’s been avoiding: What does it really mean to stay?
Her Reckless Outlaw
He shattered her heart… now she’s his only hope.
Tess Rutledge built her life around control. As a speech therapist, she helps others find their voice, but she’s spent years ignoring her own, especially when it comes to the boy who broke her.
Damian Fawkes was once everything to her. Then he became the man everyone in Kingsmill feared. After a brutal accident leaves him struggling to speak, Tess is assigned to help him recover. It should be simple—clinical, professional, temporary. Except nothing about Damian has ever been simple.
As old wounds resurface and dangerous secrets begin to close in, Tess is pulled into a world she thought she’d escaped. A world of loyalty, betrayal, and a motorcycle club that still claims Damian as one of their own.
When a violent threat crashes into a family wedding, lines blur between past and present, truth and deception. And Tess is forced to question everything she thought she knew about the man standing in front of her. Because Damian isn’t just fighting for his voice. He’s fighting for redemption.
And trusting him again might cost her everything.
