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40 and Fabulous
Series · 3 books · 2024

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Fashion and Passion

2024

Blame it on the chardonnay. Newly divorced, forty-five, and desperate for a reboot, Carly drops the last of her cash on a self-help seminar that promises to empower her to achieve her dreams. Although the seminar turns out to be a bust, Carly finds it wasn’t a complete waste when she walks out with three new besties and a newfound feeling of rebellion. As they soak away their troubles at the hotel bar, a surprise from Carly’s past walks in. It’s Andrew, a thirtysomething finance nerd with irrepressible dimples, disarming vulnerability, and stormcloud-gray eyes that have worshipped her from afar for years. He makes a shocking proposal - which her new friends urge her to accept. Can Carly let go her inhibitions to enjoy a no-strings night with a sexy younger man? And if she does, what happens when they return to the real world? Crush on this FREE spicy age-gap one-night novella featuring new friendships, bubbly barroom banter, and fantasies come true. Pairs well with sparkling wine and a fizzy bath bomb.
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Frenemies and Lovers

2024

Fake partnership, real attraction, and one hilariously haute disaster waiting to happen...buckle up for this age-gap rom-com. Carly Rose, forty-five and fiercely independent, is rebuilding her life. Newly divorced, she's determined to make her stylist business blossom, even with the thorn in her side: Audrey, her frenemy with a tongue sharper than her designer stilettos. Enter Andrew, Audrey's son, a charming blend of geek energy and fierce loyalty. Who happens to be Carly’s completely off-limits secret one-night stand. When a chance for Andrew's dream promotion hinges on a polished public image, he makes an unexpected proposition: a mutually beneficial charade. Carly, facing the gauntlet of her ex's destination wedding in Barcelona, agrees to become his pretend girlfriend. What starts as a carefully curated act evolves into stolen moments whispered over tapas, kisses in front of Gaudi fountains, and feelings as warm as a cashmere scarf on a crisp autumn day. Caught between ambition and a forbidden yearning, Carly and Andrew navigate a minefield of sabotaged styling appointments; cringeworthy encounters with exes, bosses and disapproving mothers; plus the undeniable truth that attraction doesn't follow age brackets. Swoon for this steamy standalone romantic comedy featuring fabulousness after forty, making friends with enemies, and finding love with a wildly inappropriate fake date. (Shh, don't tell Audrey, but Andrew's dimples are definitely the hottest accessory this season.)
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Books and Hookups

2024

It’s all fun and games until someone gets knocked up. At forty, Lucie has the life she’s always wanted. Except for her chauvinistic boss. And the book she can’t seem to finish writing. And the fact that she might have a teeny, tiny addiction to spending time in the bar downstairs from her apartment. Though that might be less about her wine habit than about Danny, the long-haired, soulful-eyed younger man behind the bar. Who also happens to be her neighbor. And the kind of nice person Lucie isn’t. Whom she may have accidentally taken to bed a time or three. Who wants to cuddle after. Ugh. If she wants to keep her job, finish her book, and create the literary legacy she’s always dreamed of, Lucie can’t spend time on the silly things Danny cares about, like feelings and family and sleep. Until she sees the plus sign on that plastic stick. Fall for this steamy, standalone age-gap romantic comedy featuring a swoony, caretaking hero, raging pregnancy hormones, and neighbors who swap more than a cup of sugar.

Author

Michelle McCraw
Michelle McCraw
Author · 14 books

Michelle, a real-life information technology geek, writes steamy contemporary romance featuring characters who unashamedly love science, engineering, and technology and also lots of sex. Her novels have been finalists in the RWA Vivian Contest, the Contemporary Romance Writers' Stiletto Contest, and the Windy City Romance Writers' Four Seasons Contest. A native Texan, she now lives where her family considers her a Yankee, but she'll never stop saying y'all. For updates about her upcoming books and free reads - plus guaranteed puppy pics - subscribe to her newsletter at https://michellemccraw.com/joinme.

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