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Lydia Michaels

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Lydia Michaels is the bestselling and award-winning author of more than forty novels. She writes heart-clenching, unpredictable romance with dark elements and high heat. Her work is character-driven and bursting with broken heroes and badass females. With a sweet spot for overbearing, territorial types, her deeply emotional books are spicy, emotionally satisfying, and guaranteed to leave readers with many book hangovers.

Lydia is the consecutive winner of the 2018 & 2019 Author of the Year Award from Happenings Media and the recipient of the 2014 Best Author Award from the Courier Times. She has been featured by USA Today, Romantic Times Magazine, the Women in Publishing Summit, and more.

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Lydia Michaels Thank you, Tierra! I loved your review! I'm so glad you enjoyed The Surrender Trilogy. As of right now, I have a character named Abigail who has actua…moreThank you, Tierra! I loved your review! I'm so glad you enjoyed The Surrender Trilogy. As of right now, I have a character named Abigail who has actually seen rougher times than Evelyn, but that's because her story takes place long ago. She's tough as nails and sweet as pie. It's a work in progress and I can't give away too much, but when her story's finished I think you'll love her. As far as wealthy heroes go, yes, I have a story that will be coming out in the next year. He is a man with many names, but prefers to be called "Mr. Stone". That's all I can say on that ;)
Thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoy some of my other stories as well.
Take care,
~Lydia(less)
Lydia Michaels Hi Astraycat,
There is going to be a 7th McCullough Mountain book centered on Frank and Maureen's story. It will be an anthology and touch on each McCu…more
Hi Astraycat,
There is going to be a 7th McCullough Mountain book centered on Frank and Maureen's story. It will be an anthology and touch on each McCullough couple. You can expect more of Sammy & Colin there. Thanks for reading!
~Lydia(less)
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We Came. We Read. We Came Again.

WE SURVIVED. BARELY. 🍷📖🔥

This year? Absolute chaos—in the best possible way.

We laughed. We cringed. We trauma-bonded over morally gray men with anger issues and magical d**ks. We said “just one more chapter” and looked up four hours later, emotionally wrecked, mascara on our pillows, questioning our

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“Life, when it was good, was indeed pink. La vie en rose.”
Lydia Michaels, La Vie en Rose: Life in Pink
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“All of my life I’ve had one cardinal rule: the only person I can trust is myself. I’m the only person I can count on to truly look out for me without ulterior motives. That’s what I’m doing now, looking out. I don’t need your hotel. I don’t need your damn limo to give me a ride. And I don’t need you.” He stared at her, a blank expression on his face for a long moment. Finally, he whispered, “But I need you.”
Lydia Michaels, Coming Home

“And it will be a great boon to your friend. He’ll get the security he’s been searching for, the

confidence he never had, and I’ll get the rest of my life with you. Sometimes victory is won by

surrendering something great. And in surrender, we unburden ourselves so clarity can come through.

We’re all just men hiding behind curtains and impressive toys, Evelyn. He can have whatever trinket

validates his struggles, but he’ll never have your heart. That’s mine. I’ll surrender everything, except for you.”
Lydia Michaels, Coming Home

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“LOVE is much larger than a four letter word. It is an emotion that takes pages and pages to portray."
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“Grief was the counterpoint of love. The more a person loves something, the more painful sorrow became when that something disappeared. She loved Nash with every ounce of her being, so when he went away he took her entire soul with him." ~Lydia Michaels WAKE MY HEART (Jasper Falls 1)”
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“The man could make stone malleable. Somehow he was changing her without fully breaking her. Perhaps that was how he obtained his power. Shatter the victims right from the start, so the slightest show of kindness felt like the greatest relief.”
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Lydia Michaels Victoria wrote: "Oh Lydia...ha. Just finished reading Breaking Perfect and holy hell...I thought I was going to combust. I mean that was seriously HOT! Loved it! I don't know how I haven't read any of your books be..."
Victoria,
You just made my day! Thank you! Happy reading :)
~Lydia


Victoria Oh Lydia...ha. Just finished reading Breaking Perfect and holy hell...I thought I was going to combust. I mean that was seriously HOT! Loved it! I don't know how I haven't read any of your books before but I am now a FAN! Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the book. Can't wait to see what other books you have!


Basia Rose Thanks for the friendvite!


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