What happens when a feisty volunteer firefighter gets cheeky with her fire chief? Sparks fly, donuts melt, and cheeks burn.
★★★★★

"If you like hot, action-packed, firefighter romance, look no further. Danika puts you right on the front line in all the best ways."
~Cora Seton, NYT & USA Today bestselling romance author

SOPHIE
I was sure I had the fire chief job locked down. Until Nick West, AKA Mr. April from the hot fireman calendar, strode into the department. I can’t decide if he looks better in his uniform or in that picture wearing barely more than raindrops. I hate that he’s so attractive. I hate that he stole my job. But what I hate most is that what I feel for him may not be hate at all.

He gave me a paycheck. He gave me a purpose. And, I accidentally let him give me my first orgasm. Now things are messy because I'm wrecking his career and he's breaking my heart.

NICK
I’m used to women literally dropping their panties for me. What I’m not used to is having a woman be completely unaffected by my looks or my charm. I’d like to think that at least I have Sophie's respect, but she's clearly not happy having to call me her boss.

The surprising part? She sees the man beneath the looks and swagger—and that is addictive. Nearly as addictive as her sassy mouth and giant heart. Working so close together in tight quarters, I forgot why I took this job and I mixed work with pleasure. And now, it looks like I'm going to lose both.

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First In is a steamy, contemporary romance and the first stand-alone book in the Mixed Six-Pack series. If you like off-the-charts chemistry and enemies-to-lovers tales that end in a satisfying HEA, you'll adore Danika Bloom's emotional—and funny—love story.

What could possibly go wrong when a lawyer falls in love with a young woman whose reputation he was hired to destroy?

“Wow, what a breathtaking story! I'm simply blown away by the depth of emotions the author brought out in this book." ~Viper Spaulding

★★★★★
KAMA

I never expected to meet “the one” during my research dates for my thesis. And never, in a thousand free dinners, would I have guessed I’d fall for a smooth-talking, ridiculously hot lawyer with fingers that massage my common sense right out of me. The problem is, his career goals aren’t just at odds with mine—if he succeeds, he’ll destroy my reputation.

DYLAN

I’ve got a one-track mind and it’s set on becoming my law firm’s youngest partner ever. All I have to do is win a case the firm’s president hand delivered to me. Problem is, once I start researching the claim, I quickly realize that to get this promotion, I’ll have to crush the most intriguing, infuriating and attractive woman I’ve ever met.

Now I have to decide which I want more: the goal I’ve been focused on my entire adult life or the woman my heart tells me I can’t live without.

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Second Breath: Dazzled By My Blind Date is a stand-alone in the steamy, Mixed Six-Pack contemporary romance series, featuring smart heroines, hottie heroes, funny family dynamics and quirky, witty banter. No cheating and a guaranteed HEA.

Buy Second Breath to witness the justice of love today!

Turns out that old saying is true, that money can’t buy happiness. But it sure can ruin it.
★★★★★

“Wow! I ended up reading this book in one sitting—I could not put it down. … Danika Bloom books have now hit "don't need to know about the book, just need to get it" status in my TBR lists.” ~Kate A, Amazon

PAIGE

Josh Rhodes was the love of my life. We were all set to do the “til death do us part” thing. But when the video game he’d been working on for years sold for millions, I realized I wasn't prepared for the “for richer or poorer” part.

All Josh wanted to do was support me—because he finally could. But I’d seen what happens when a woman is financially dependent on a man. She gets stuck. Stays when she should leave. I just needed to prove that I could still support myself—if I had to. And now? Looks like I’ve made my fears come true.

JOSH

After years of surviving on ramen noodles, an investor threw me a bone and bought my family-friendly dog game for millions of dollars. With the promise of money in the bank, I was finally ready to make things official with Paige and put a ring on her finger.

But all the money scared her away. I supported her decision to take a job in London for four months, so she could prove something to herself. When months stretched into a year, I got mad. I told her not to bother coming back. So she didn’t.

Now she’s home to see her mom for Christmas and I’ll do anything to keep her from leaving again.

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Third Party: Merry with the Millionaire is a stand-alone in the steamy, Mixed Six-Pack contemporary rom com series. If you like witty banter, a meddling grandma matchmaker, holiday weddings, quirky family dynamics and spicy romance, you’ll adore Danika Bloom’s emotional love story. No cheating and a guaranteed HEA.

I needed a job and he needed a fake wife for three months. How hard could it be? Turns out, deliciously, devilishly, dizzyingly hard... so hard...
★★★★★


"The story will tug at your heartstrings - there is passion, romance, friendship, facing your fears, communication, ups and downs, twists and turns, and family. Wonderful story with great characters!"

LIZZY

My mother taught me from an early age that kids will derail a woman's plans. Before I even consider settling down, I'm determined to see my number one dream accomplished: to travel through Europe—on my own.

A trip that expensive requires a chunk of money I haven't been able to save.

So when an opportunity falls into my lap to earn it all—and then some—in one summer, I jump.

The hitch ... well, I have to get hitched. Thankfully, it's a marriage in name only. Paris, here I come!


ADAM

I used to live my life chasing danger and the hard hit of adrenaline. But all of that changed two years ago.

Now I live my life for a flame-haired five-year-old named Olivia. Being a single dad to my best friends' daughter was not my plan, but I'll be damned if I let anyone swoop in and take this fire cracker from my big extended family, now that she's part of it.

Best way to combat the threat is to show the courts I'm not the free-loving, risk-taker I used to be. I need a wife. And avalanche fast!

Lizzy is the perfect choice because, like me, she doesn't want to be married. It's just the reminder I need to keep things light. Except nothing about the way my feelings develop for Lizzy feels temporary.
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Rhodes to Love: Daring with the Single Dad is the fourth stand-alone book in the new adult, contemporary romance series, The Mixed Six-Pack. If you like quirky, witty banter, smart & funny heroines, a grumpy single father, and a meddling family (especially Nana!) you'll adore Danika Bloom's steamy friends-to-lovers, fake marriage romcom.

"Frisky With My Bestie is classic Danika Bloom rom-com. Cue the interfering siblings, the adorable grandmother, and a grand gesture to be remembered." ~ Gabbi Grey, USA Today bestselling romance author

Morgan
You’ve heard the stories. Boy meets amazing girl. Boy gets friend-zoned. Boy realizes he’s in love with girl. The aforementioned friend-zone keeps him from making a move.

Okay, screw it, it’s me, I’m the boy… well, the man. I’m totally gone for my best friend, Tamara, but I haven’t made a move yet. I’ve been waiting for the perfect scenario to make her see how good we can be as a couple.

Getting stuck in a ramshackle–not to mention cold–cabin together just might be what I’ve been waiting for.

Tamara
It’s not that I haven’t noticed how hot my best friend is. I’m not blind. Morgan is eye candy and then some. He’s also the sweetest guy I know.

Friends since I was twelve, I’ve worked hard to not get too close, to not catch feelings. I don’t want to lose him as a friend. But when we’re forced to share body heat for survival, I can’t deny our connection.

When morning comes, will I be brave enough to take the leap and see what a future as lovers might look like?

If it weren’t for the squashed bug on the window, I wouldn’t be in this mess.

When my Neuroscience professor demanded to know the title of my thesis, I should have said, “undecided.” But knowing I’d be docked a grade point for not being prepared, I blurted out the first thing that popped into my head: “Mind Over Splatter.”

It was a joke. What can I say? The dead bug looked like a Rorschach inkblot.

Now I need to find an art major willing to be my research buddy.

So when a super cute guy with paint on his chin is tossed in my path, I pounce. After strongly suggesting I can guarantee him an easy A, he agrees to help. All he has to do is wear an EEG machine while he paints.

But the joke’s on me because the way my brain lights up when he kisses me is a data point I really wasn’t prepared for.

This is a stand-alone novella, featuring a quirky heroine and a nerdy hero. It is part of a shared world, multi-author, new adult, steamy contemporary romance series set on a college campus in New England where twelve couples will fall in love at first kiss.

The chemistry between Stirling & Magdalena sizzles throughout this wonderfully hot, quick read! This story is like gourmet take-out for your Kindle!

Magdalena Stephens

All I had to do was make it through the last two months of my so-called ‘geriatric’ pregnancy and it would have been smooth sailing from there. Bedrest? That was not part of the IVF treatment contract. Nor was the clam smoothie craving that only one restaurant in the city could satisfy—but refused to blend for take-out or delivery. These twins are going to eat me alive before they even have birth certificates.

Stirling Cox

Some kids are born with a silver spoon in their mouth—I was born with a silver spatula in my hand, the namesake of three generations of executive chefs in the only Michelin star-rated restaurant in Canada. But one lousy heart attack took that all away. Now I’m richer than Colonel Sanders with as much purpose in life as a broken wish bone. Until a gorgeous woman with a desperate desire for a secret recipe, and someone to make it for her, virtually lands in my lap.

Her Seasoned Delivery is a spicy, later-in-life rom com between a grumpy chef who needs a kitchen and a quirky single mom-to-be who needs to be fed. This laugh-out-loud stand-alone novella has an HEA guaranteed to make you swoon.

Why call this collection of two novellas that are connected by one secondary character, The Billionaire's Bagpipes?

Because the connection is Will Power, a larger-than-life billionaire, whose ability to fade into the background is as unlikely as bagpipes being played in a library going unnoticed. So, being cast as a secondary character in not one, but two other heroes' stories, forced Will to blow his bagpipes and demand his own story.

This boxset contains the two romantic comedy novellas that introduce the grumpy, sleep-deprived Will Power before he meets his sunshine-y foil, Virginia in The Billionaire's Shrubbery.
The Billionaire's Bagpipes contains:
Her Seasoned Delivery
When Magdalena's so-called geriatric, IVF pregnancy forces her to bedrest, Stirling, a man forced into early retirement from his executive chef position, delivers the food that sates Mags's craving. This man cook with spice—even in the kitchen!

Her Best Bet

When Catherine, a world-renowned sculptor who creates controversial art pieces, bets Eric, the engineer she's forced to report to on her installation in the Will Power & Bros. company's lobby, that she's better at math than he is, he's convinced he'll win. Turns out, some bets are worth losing.


Her Seasoned Delivery was originally published in the Eat Your Heart Out 2 charity anthology (2022). Her Best Bet was originally published as The Billionaire's Brouhaha in Resolve: A New Year's Anthology for Choice (2023).

When Will Power brings his day-long, Come Into Power seminar to my city, I spring on the opportunity to absorb his billionaire tips to grow my shaky business.

I feel like I’ve won the lottery when he picks me from the crowd to do on-stage coaching. Until he humiliates me. In front of a thousand people.

So when a coveted ticket for his elite Power Broker Program accidentally drops into my lap, do I return it? Darn right, I do! Right into the hand of my brand new executive coach.

When Mr. All Powerful learns the truth, instead of tossing me out like an invasive weed, he makes me an offer I can’t refuse: I can stay in the program if I work my charms on all the plants at Will Power & Bros., his family's empire.

The one thorn? He insists I deliver my plant pep talks while he watches.

He’s arrogant. He’s entitled. He’s as gorgeous as a fiddle-leaf fig tree in bloom—and just as difficult to keep happy.

Still, it’s going to take every ounce of my willpower to keep from falling roots over sunflower for this grumpy billionaire.

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If a heroine who’s superpower is talking to plants and a hero who’s approach to conversation is barking motivational quotes sounds like your kind of couple, you’ll love meeting Virginia Beach and Will Power in this steamy, grumpy-sunshine, opposites attract, workplace billionaire rom-com.

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