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June 23, 2015

FAQ

In what order should I read your New Hope/Love Unbound books?

I created each of my series to stand on its own. However, the Love Unbound books are set in the same New Hope world. If you prefer to start at the beginning, this is the reading order I recommend:

Love Unbound: Splintered Hearts

Unbreak Me (Maggie’s story)

Stolen Wishes: A Wish I May Prequel Novella (Will and Cally’s prequel)

Wish I May (Will and Cally’s novel)

Or read them together in the omnibus edition, Splintered Hearts: The New Hope Trilogy

Love Unbound: Here and Now

Lost in Me (Hanna’s story begins)

Fall to You (Hanna’s story continues)

All for This (Hanna’s story concludes)

Or read them together in the omnibus edition, Here and Now: The Complete Series

Love Unbound: Reckless and Real

Something Wild (Liz and Sam’s story begins)

Something Reckless (Liz and Sam’s story continues)

Something Real (Liz and Sam’s story concludes)

Or read them together in the omnibus edition, Reckless and Real: The Complete Series

Love Unbound: Mended Hearts

Playing with Fire (Nix’s story, coming summer 2015)

What advice do you have for aspiring authors?

The best advice I have for new or aspiring authors can be summed up in four points:

Read a lot.

Write a lot.

Analyze what you read and what you write.

Persist far beyond when all reason would indicate you’ve failed.

Unfortunately, the journey from writer to successful novelist isn’t one I can outline because it’s different for everyone. However, if you follow the overly simplified advice above and surround yourself with people who believe in you, I believe you can do anything.

I read the Here and Now Series with Hanna, Max, and Nate. Does the guy who didn’t end up with Hanna get a happily-ever-after?

(Spoilers ahead!!)

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Yes, I’m thrilled to say that Max gets his happily-ever-after in Playing with Fire.

Series Descriptions:

Splintered Hearts

Splintered Hearts is the first of several Lexi Ryan series set in the fictional town of New Hope. These characters find love after heartbreak in Unbreak Me (Maggie’s story), Stolen Wishes: A Wish I May Prequel Novella (Will and Cally’s prequel), Wish I May (Will and Cally’s novel).

Here and Now

A spin-off of the Splintered Hearts series, the Here and Now series is a sexy amnesia love triangle. After a mysterious accident, Hanna can’t remember the last year of her life, and finds herself torn between the man she’s always wanted and the rocker she can’t remember…yet can’t let go. Hanna’s story is told across three novels: Lost in Me, Fall to You, and All for This

Reckless and Real

Return to New Hope and dive into a world of scandal, secrets and temptation in the sizzling Reckless and Real series. Lizzy and Sam’s journey is told over three titles: Something Wild (prequel novella), Something Reckless, and Something Real.

Mended Hearts

Lexi Ryan takes readers back to the fictional town of New Hope for this all-new series of standalone romantic suspense novels. Fans of New Hope will enjoy returning to the characters they love, but each of the books in the series can be read on its own. The series includes: Playing with Fire, Holding Her Close, and Running from Yesterday.

Decadence Creek

This collection of sexy and emotional erotic romance short stories and novellas is set in the fictional town of Decadence Creek and follows members of the Duval family as they fall in love.

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Published on June 23, 2015 06:05

Indy Unmasked

September 10, 2016

Indianapolis, IN

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Published on June 23, 2015 05:52

Four Brits and a Bookfest

June 10-12, 2016

Birmingham, UK

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Published on June 23, 2015 05:50

RT Book Lovers Convention

April 13-16, 2016

Las Vegas, NV

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Published on June 23, 2015 05:49

Signing

April 2, 2016

Ft. Wayne, IN

(Details TBA)

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Published on June 23, 2015 05:47

Authors in the OC

October 2-4, 2015

Anaheim, CA

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April 25, 2015

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Published on April 25, 2015 02:09

Media Room

Short Biography

New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance novelist Lexi Ryan is a former college English professor turned full-time writer. Author of over a dozen novels, her books have been translated into German, French, and Italian and produced in audio. She lives in rural Indiana with her husband and two children. When not writing, she can be found enjoying yoga, reading copiously, hanging out with her family, and thanking her lucky stars.

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Contact

All questions regarding subsidiary rights, inquiries regarding foreign translation and film rights should be directed to Dan Mandel of Sanford J. Greenburger and Associates

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Published on April 25, 2015 02:09

April 1, 2015

NEW Cover for TEXT APPEAL

Almost three years ago, I was working full time as an English professor and learning how much a one- and five-year-old could keep me on my toes. I knew my life was full and that I was a lucky duck who had all she ever needed (and most of what she wanted), but I just couldn’t let go of this dream of “making it” as a writer. I had a couple books published with a small press but my low sales numbers were never going to help me to become a full-time writer, and that was my dream.

Despite my insane to-do list and already full plate, I decided to dive into self-publishing. Text Appeal was my first self-published novel and it was originally released in June of 2012. It was the first big step in a journey that truly changed my life.

Although I loved the original hot guy cover, it was time to give the book a fresh look that better matches my brand. I love this cover so much and the book even more. Who can resist a bad boy poker player who’s determined to get his girl?

Adult Contemporary Romance

Originally published June 2012

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Charlie ‘The Devil’ Singleton is the face of professional poker. Notorious for playing cards and women, Charlie’s ready to change his ways, and the surprisingly sexy texts he’s getting from Riley are making him bet everything…on her.

Riley Carter is nothing like the hotel heiresses who make the news. A girl who’s determined to run her father’s hotel empire can’t share many traits with women who fill the gossip rags. But ‘The Devil’ has a way of tempting even the best behaved girls.

When Riley discovers the naughty messages on her cell have been coming from Charlie, not her would-be fiancé, she falls into a hot affair with the last man she expected. But consorting with the notorious bad boy puts her hard-won reputation on the line. Is Charlie worth more to her than a little TEXT APPEAL?

Excerpt:

They were in the elevator. And it was moving. They were in a small, moving elevator. They were in a very small, moving elevator and she didn’t know how long they’d been here and how much longer it would take. Had they stalled?

Charlie cleared his throat and loosened her grip on his jacket. “Not that I’m complaining about having you this close to me,” he whispered, his breath hot against her ear. “In fact, I could get used to it.”

She was glued to him, she realized vaguely, but she couldn’t contemplate moving. Not until those doors opened.

“It’s just, Riley, baby, if you’re going to have your body this close to mine, I want you to be looking desperately at me, not a pair of elevator doors. Do you have any idea what that does to a guy’s ego?”

She frowned. “I’m not worried about your ego,” she muttered.

“Hey.” He was stroking her back, soft circles between her shoulder blades. “You’re shaking.”

“I prefer the stairs,” she whispered.

“Close your eyes.”

She shook her head, staring at the doors. Like Charlie had promised, the elevator was glass, and that relieved a little of her claustrophobia. If they got stuck, people would be able to see they were inside. They’d be okay. Someone would come help them.

The elevator’s second ding signaled their arrival, and the doors slid open to the famous bustling kitchen of the French restaurant she’d always been curious about but never visited.

The maître d’ smiled. “Reservations?”

“Singleton,” Charlie said. And just like that, they were being led out of that death trap of an elevator and to their table.

When the concierge pulled out a chair for her, Riley gasped at the view. Their seats were right next to the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the eleven-story-high view of the fountains at the Bellagio.

“Will the heights bother you?” Charlie asked in a whisper.

She shook her head and slid into her chair, angling it strategically so she wouldn’t miss a second of the vision outside the window. “It’s beautiful.”

The concierge placed a leather-bound menu before her. She opened it and gaped. Quick mental calculations told her a basic meal here could more than pay for her next shopping spree at Fredrick’s. When she looked up, Charlie was studying her.

“You’re doing it again,” she said, feeling her cheeks warm.

“Doing what?” Charlie asked, eyeing her over his menu.

Flames of heat licked higher in her cheeks. She wished she was one of those women with a cute flush, but hers pinkened her whole face. She leaned forward and lowered her voice to a whisper. “You’re looking at me like I’m the sprinkles on a brownie sundae.”

His gaze dropped to her mouth, then the little of her body not hidden behind the table. Though she was covered by a black, high-necked number she’d chosen for modesty, the heat in his eyes made her feel exposed. His focus shifted back to her mouth before he said, “Sweetheart, you’re the whole damn sundae, and I am more than ready for dessert.”

Reviews:

From Barnes & Noble’s LOVE ROCKS Indie Review column: “Text Appeal is smart, sexy, filled with great writing and memorable dialogue, and features characters you won’t easily forget.”

From InD’Tale Magazine: “Readers will find themselves cheering for Riley and Charlie both. Lexi Ryan writes her dialogue with wit, humor, a bit of sarcasm, and throws in some wonderful chemistry!”

Designated “A True Gem” by Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews. “With some elevator rides that will make you blush, and a kink for lingerie that will have you running for the closest corset, “Text Appeal” will have you smiling and blushing from beginning to end.”

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Published on April 01, 2015 06:55

March 16, 2015

LOVE UNBOUND

If you’ve enjoyed reading about Hanna, Liz, Cally, or Maggie, I think you’ll also enjoy the other books in Love Unbound, the series of books set in New Hope and about the characters you’ve come to love. Each mini-series can be read on its own, but here’s the reading order for those who’d rather start from the beginning:

Love Unbound: Splintered Hearts

Unbreak Me (Maggie’s story)

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