


Books in series

#1
Corrupting Kross
2018
Larrin Brenner
I know there is more to Kross than most people see. I mean, it's not like I've been stalking the guy, but I may or may not have happened by all the places my hand-to-hand combat instructor goes and possibly watched as he played with the kids at the daycare and helped at the animal shelter in his free time. I also may be obsessed with the man, but as long as my friends keep me from making drunken confessions that will only prove just how much Kross is not into me when he rejects me like a bad check, all will be fine. Until one of the other gargoyles on Terra Mortis falls asleep a real girl and is rubble only hours later. Suddenly, Kross' protective instincts are in overdrive and as it turns out, that's because I'm his mate. As a member of the regiulapis bloodline of gargoyles, I was born without the ability to scent my mate, but Kross is bellalapis and had known since the first time we met. Though his reason for not telling me immediately is solid and becomes more so once I meet the man who raised him, I can't help but be hurt. And it might not matter, if the unknown person using forbidden magic against me succeeds in their mission to get rid of me completely.
Kross McCabe
A century is a long time to train for something, only to find out it was never meant to be in my life anyway. And that's exactly the shock I get, when I find my mate facedown on the sidewalk in front of the castle that serves as a training facility for special factions of immortal warriors. Terra Mortis is an island in the Caribbean where that training facility is located, and it's supposed to be the last milestone before I'm sworn in as a master for the Praemani, a group of men who devote their entire life to the study of immortal history and hand-to-hand combat. The problem is, I can't have a mate and be a master. Full devotion is needed for both. I've chosen my mate, but before I'm ready to claim him, I have to figure out who I am outside of the only thing I've ever known. And did I mention that celibacy is part of the full devotion to Praemani? So, yeah. I'm a hundred-year-old virgin. Can I convince my mate to accept me when I'm still struggling with being myself? And what if I'm the reason a practitioner of forbidden magic is targeting him? Can I forgive myself if I trusted the wrong person and my mate suffers for it? Can he?
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#2
Forever Young's
2018
Young Blackburn
I have been head-over-heels in lust with one of my closest friend's dad since the very first time I met him. But how could I not? He's strong and beautiful and so, so commanding. His every statement is like a dare to the rebel inside me. But, he's Larrin's dad. Though he looks not a day over twenty-five, he's actually over four hundred years old. If the man were looking for a relationship, he'd be in one, right? And a twenty-year-old who regularly sends drunk/high texts, plays endless amounts of pranks on the people he holds near and dear, and weighs every bad decision on whether or not he can survive the punishment after is definitely not going to be his first choice. Right? But when Larrin is hurt and Shaw comes to stay on Terra Mortis to sooth his fatherly worries, I can't seem to keep myself away. And I'm starting to get the impression he might not want me to.
Shaw Brenner
How the hell am I supposed to ignore the temptation that is Young Blackburn? I should be annoyed by the drunk texting and constant innuendo from the young vampire, but all I can do is find it is oddly endearing and distractingly sexy. When another student loses their life because of the strange neon pills circulating the island, it's suddenly very important that Young is careful who he feeds from. And then there is the small matter of the fairy who is addicted to blood-letting stalking and attacking him in hopes of locking him up and using his hunger and need to feed as a drug. One kiss, unexpected and amazing, tells me Young is my mate, but in order to keep him, I'm going to have to fight a fairy, Young's rebellious streak, and possibly the sensibilities of my own son. I will though. Happily. Because now that I know Young is mine, I'm not letting him go.
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#3
Mating Martigan
2018
Martigan Phillips
In junior high, I was that kid. You know the one. The one that was somehow always on the outside looking in. The one that never understood why people made it their life goal to find everything that was wrong with me. I was that kid that kids picked on to fit in with other kids. Somehow that all changed when I moved to a different school and discovered my hardened personality and inability to trust anyone made me mysterious and cool to people who didn't previously know me. And then I met the group and suddenly I wasn't alone in the world. Too bad that doesn't always keep the demons at bay and I still have days when I'm that kid waiting for someone to pull some kind of prank on me that will inevitably bring all my hard work crumbling down around me. So imagine how leery I am when Miller Walt, the man I've been crushing on for months and I'm pretty sure doesn't even know my name agrees to be my fake boyfriend to fool my cousin. And when I hear him and his brother talking about me, of course I'm going to assume they are planning something to humiliate me.
Miller Walt
I'm pretty sure Martigan Phillips is my mate. How could I not know, you ask. Well, a shifter's ability to know their mate relies on being able to smell them and Martigan Phillips has no scent. There is another way, but we'll keep it PG. I agree to be his boyfriend for three reasons. ONE: His cousin is a nasty excuse for a human being and really needs to be knocked down a peg. TWO: The idea of anyone else stepping into that role pisses my wolf and me off. And THREE: I'm desperate for a good reason to get closer to Martigan and also to discover if he is, in fact, my mate. I'll just need to get the nineteen-year-old who is leery of everyone and everything to trust me. That shouldn't be hard, right? When his cousin's attempts to embarrass him turn dangerous, I get my chance to scent my dragon mate and I've never been happier. But Martigan has built up quite a shell over the years and breaking though isn't going to be easy. It's probably a good thing his friends are on my side.
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#4
Hearting Cast
2018
Cast Edwards
I'm in love with my roommate and best friend. I know, I know. It's been done before. It’s stupid. It's a terrible position to put myself in. There is just something that keeps pulling me in his direction and I can’t seem to break its hold. And I can't tell him either. Karney Hill is just too perfect and pure and all around WAY too good for me. So I’m content to just be his friend for the rest of forever and enjoy the perfection of Karney in the only way available to me. But when his brother comes to Terra Mortis claiming Karney is betrothed to someone else, I claim him as mine in the heat of the moment, outing my feelings and starting something I don’t understand.
Karney Hill
From the first moment I saw him, I had this feeling Cast was mine. Which didn’t make a bit of sense considering water nymphs don’t have mates. And I don’t know enough about my demon half to even guess, but I’ve never heard of anyone on my father’s side having mates either. I guess it doesn’t really matter anyway, because my father promised me to someone else before I was born and apparently, my time is up. But when a get a strange visitor, things suddenly start to make a little more sense and maybe the prospect of belonging to Cast isn't so out of reach.
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#5
Possessing Ragyn
2018
Ragyn (I just got freed. I don't have an effing last name yet but I'll probably be writing Wright in all my notebooks.)
I'm free. I don't know why my father has decided to let me off my tightly wielded leash when he has been so adamant about controlling my every move until now, but I wasn't going to argue, even if I do think it's too good to be true and he's going to change his mind eventually, I'm going to enjoy my taste of freedom and spend as much time as demonly possible in the sun. Logically, I'm going to visit my brother and his odd group of friends because I literally have no one else. The only problem is he seems to always be around. Grey Wright, king of the fifth kingdom of the demon realm. The ex fiancé of my brother and the man that has been my obsession since I nosily poked around to find out all I could about him when I thought he was going to take my brother from me. Obviously, since Karney is now mated to Cast, I don't have to feel guilty about wanting him anymore. Not that it really matters. How can a man who has nothing offer anything to a man who has everything?
Grey Wright
My mate. After over a thousand years, I've finally found my mate. And he's the brother to the man I was once engaged to. He's beautiful and sassy and a bit cagey and I truly adore all of those things about him. Now if I could just get rid of that vulnerability in his eyes. He's been through a lot and it's going to take some serious strength to convince him he is worthy of a loving mate who would burn worlds to the ground for him if necessary, but I'm a demon king, I definitely have the strength.
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#6
Hounding Camp
2019
Shepard Stone It's probably not a very well kept secret that Camp Walt drives me absolutely insane. He pesters me at every turn, shows up at my place of employment and touches all my stuff and finds my cold, sometime rude demeanor humorous. It's like he finds all my buttons and tromps all over them. And yet, I have the most ridiculous crush on the man. Can't get him out of my head. When a few bounties, little gremlin hunters whose sole purpose in life is to hunt and kill hellhounds, are brave enough to show up on Terra Mortis in my lab, I manage to get away and pop up in the only place I've always known I will feel safe. Camp Walt's arms. Camp Walt As a shifter, not being able to smell the person I feel in my heart is probably my mate, means many, many frustrating encounters with an unfriendly being that I find incredibly endearing. When I find out he is a hellhound, I just know he has to be my mate and all I have to do is talk him into letting me scent him. When I finally just ask him on a date, I'm actually surprised when he agrees. But before I even get the chance to take him out, he's attacked, and due to what these little beasts can do to him if they catch him, I'm going to become his bodyguard and shadow. When Shepard agrees, I don't think he quite understands just how thorough I plan to be at my job. Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!) Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama. Enjoy!! ::blowing you

#7
Having Ripley
2019
Ripley Wilder
I came to Terra Mortis looking for my brother when nobody in the family could get ahold of him, I stayed to find the dealer that has been giving a dangerous drug to immortals. I've been looking for answers for months and all I have is more questions. Not one description of the guy that I'm looking for matches up to another. And then I find out about a race of people who are basically shape shifters, the nulla. Knowing what I'm dealing with helps a little, but hunting one down isn't going to be easy… until Traylor Townsend, the grown version of a little boy I used to live next door to over fifteen years ago volunteers to teach us all how to hunt the enigma that is a nulla. How does this gorgeous man that I can't get out of my mind and want so desperately it's like an ache in my entire body know how to hunt nulla? Because he is one.
Traylor Townsend
I've never told anyone what I am because it is one of those things that people tend to freak out about. So, I've been hiding behind an amulet that makes me smell like a bobcat shifter. When Ripley shows up smelling like mine and needing help, I help, but though I can tell right away that I'm his mate, he doesn't seem to feel the same… not even after I allow him to smell my true scent. When I help them find the man they are looking for, I'm confronted with information about my own life and why my family was always on the run when I was younger. Throughout the whole thing, Ripley stays by my side, and as I fall harder and harder for him, I learn one more thing that might turn out to be the most important.
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.

#8
Tempting Blalock
2019
Lexic
I'm a minion. Most of my kind don't venture out of their comfort zone to do anything beyond what the king they serve asks. It's just not in our nature. But I've never been like the rest of my kind. Though we have a king, even Grey would tell you I basically run the fifth kingdom. And I'm good at it. Really good. Unfortunately, my confidence in my abilities as an assistant to the king is really the only confidence I have. I know next to nothing about relationships. My comfort zone might be big for a minion, but it's still a zone with barrios I'm too scared to cross. And that is why I will never tell the man I want how I feel about him. There is just too much risk and I unfortunately know nothing about the possible reward.
Blalock
I'm old, I'm cranky and I've been pining for a man that can never be mine. I'm not good enough for him. All this time, I'd thought what I felt for Lexic was crazy. What normal person misses a man like he hasn't seen him in years when he literally just walked him to his bedroom door? That kind of obsession isn't normal, right? That's what I have thought these last four years. But then one night, Ragyn starts talking about his feelings for Grey and how all-consuming they are, and suddenly, I understand why I've been acting so crazy. Lexic is my mate. Unfortunately, it doesn't change anything. He's still way too good for me. He needs someone as extraordinary as him. Not a man whose life is predictable, but definitely not set in stone. Too bad I'd kill anyone who even though about touching him. So… I guess I'll just spend the rest of my life following this precious minion around, scaring off all the men that try to come into his life… and basically making him as miserable as I am.
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#9
Riling Cagney
2019
Cagney Wilkins
Strange or not, I'm starting to fall for the invisible presence that follows me around, picking on me. He's funny, he's kind and he's protective. Every day I grow more and more attached. Even with the complication of him being invisible, things seem to just fit. When I start seeing a beautiful blond man around Terra Mortis, I'm devastated to realize I'm attracted to him. How can I be so drawn to two men, especially when it becomes clear that my invisible friend is my mate.
Guthrie Bourne
I'm beautiful. I'm not bragging. It's what I am. If my brother is to be believed, it's all that I am. The best part about being an elf for someone like me who hates being the center of attention is the ability to be invisible whenever I want. And I always want. The gargoyle Cagney intrigues me. I didn't set out to mislead him, but I don't want him to be like everyone else, so distracted by my looks, he doesn't see the person I am beneath it all. Unfortunately, staying invisible all the time takes a lot of energy and when I accidentally reveal myself a few times, I inadvertently hurt the man I'm falling hard for. Will he understand my reasons?
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#10
Trolling Seeley
2019
Seeley Walt
I've been obsessing with the troll that owns the little trinket shop across the street from my brother in-law's café. I watch him whenever I can from the window at Bentley's and try to find anything I can on him on social media, especially pictures of his big, sexy, capable hands. When I take advice from a friend and send the guy a message, we start chatting quite regularly, and he is absolutely perfect, bringing things out of me that I never even knew was there. Unfortunately, he just doesn't seem all that interested in meeting me in person. Even worse, when I go a bit too far with a message, he stops talking to me all together. When he finds out who I am by accident and comes close enough for me to actually catch his scent, it becomes a lot more important that I patch things up with him and make him see that I'm not the type of guy I portrayed myself to be.
Maddon Burris
Sometimes being different in the looks department means you spend more time worrying about how people are going to react to the way you look then actually dealing with bad reactions. Being a troll and living around people who are considered "normal" looking and constantly worrying about whether or not I will be accepted when I walk into a room, makes it to where I'd just rather not leave my shop and my home more often than I need to. But it's hard to meet people like that and I get more and more lonely every day. When a man starts sending me messages saying sweet things and making me laugh, I almost can't believe it. And then he sends me a message that proves in my head that it's all way too good to be true, especially when I find out it's Seeley Walt. How can I possibly believe that a man like Seeley would want to be with someone as different and as boring as me?
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#11
Bending Ridge
2019
Hanson Rodgers
My dad's best friend is big and burly and gorgeous and has the ability to make my harpy's blood––yes, I'm a male harpy––boil. When he offered my brother and I a job on Terra Mortis, I knew it was probably a bad idea, no matter how much I wanted to live on the island and be a part of a world where everyone was as much different as they were the same. It was just too much temptation to live and work with a man I had wanted as mine since I was a teenager. And boy was I right. Now that I'm grown up, all I want is for Ridge to see me as something other than his best friend's son. Too bad Ridge is nearly two-hundred years old and completely set in his ways. Once a son of his best friend, always a son of his best friend. It's enough to make me want to smoke all the cigarettes on Terra Mortis. And I just might… because it makes Ridge growl when I poison my lungs.
Ridge Burris
Once a son of my best friend, always a son of my best friend. The fact that Hanson Rodgers is a full grown man with full grown man parts does not change the fact that he is the son of my best friend, no matter how blown away my antavros beast and I are by him. Unfortunately, when it comes to the little blond beauty who likes to smoke just to make me growl and drink just to hear me cuss, I have little to no control over my reactions and I just know one of these days he is going to push me to do something incredibly stupid, like kiss his brains out. Yeah… kiss.
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#12
Harassing Mitch
2019
Spence Rodgers
Being bodyguarded by a gorgeous, enormous, slightly terrifying police officer might sound like fun and games, but there is a real live serial killer running around targeting blond haired, blue eyed boys… and I happen to be blond haired and blue eyed and a boy. With me not having a big strong mate of my own, my brother has pawned me off on the unflappable Mitch Arborrow. Like seriously, I can't flap him. But I sure love to try.
Mitch Arborrow
The beautiful bartender that I've been trying to figure out for a while now and failing completely is suddenly in my care and I honestly don't even know exactly how that happened, but now I've got to figure what to do with him… besides all the things I'm tempted to do with him. He needs me to keep him safe, but my beast keeps pushing me for more. I can't afford to be distracted while there is a serial killer on Terra Mortis, but the idea that his protection be left to anyone else makes my beast and me agitated enough to want to scoop him up and run. I'm going to have to figure it out, because the bodies keep piling up.
Warning: Mpreg elements! (Though the MCs in this book aren't and cannot get pregnant, this is a spin-off series from my Chosen series. Occasional Mpreg characters might have cameos. You've been warned!)
Also, my books have little to no angst, and lots and lots of fluff! They are better read in order, because I kind of write them like a continuation of a story, and I don't like to repeat explanations over and over if I can help it. No cheating, because that makes my heart hurt, and I try to avoid things that make me sad like I SHOULD be avoiding carbs. Sorry, I just don't want anyone being disappointed if they like the angst filled heart-rippers. These read more like a romantic comedy than a romantic drama.
Enjoy!! ::blowing you kisses::

#13
Frustrating Leighton
2019
Holt the ME is a socially awkward, highly distrustful kangaroo mouse shifter who takes one look at Leighton, who seems to like him, and knows he's being played. A man like that doesn't fall for the big-eared weirdo that spends more time with dead people than live ones.
Leighton, a harpy who has never done anything the easy way takes one look at the cutie with the oversized ears and evasive attitude, and feels something he's never felt before. But if he's going to get the cautious man to take him seriously, he's going to have to break down some walls.
More details coming soon!

#14
Convincing Jensen
2019
Jensen and Oakley are idiot best friends who both want what they don't think they can have. But lately Jensen has been having dreams... very vivid dreams.

#15
Claiming Wright
2019
Wright can't help it if he's holding a grudge. These are the annoyances people have to put up with when they basically run you off on the very day you were about to confess your love and then proceed to pop up every offing where!

#16
Bewitching Laramy
2019
It's been nearly a year since Briec met Laramy and started her campaign to win the woman. At first, it had seemed like she just might convince the hard-edged, over-literal beauty to be hers… but almost overnight, things changed. Laramy stopped returning her texts and seemed to be avoiding her at all costs. It didn't deter her. She had a goal and that goal was to be mated to the gargoyle. So, she changed tactics, showing up at during the classes Laramy taught at the training facility, each time working harder and harder to gain her attention… until Laramy told her if she wasn't serious, then to leave her alone. So, apparently, Briec was going to have to act like a grown-up. Should be too hard, right?
A misunderstanding when angry words are spoken causes Briec to change everything about herself, leaving Laramy feeling responsible and sad. She never wanted Briec to change. She loved the crazy garnet witch just the way she was. Now she has to figure out how to convince Briec of that, while dealing with feelings she's never had to deal with before… like jealousy.
Bewitching Laramy is a Terra Mortis short. It would help if you've read the Terra Mortis series for the sake of knowing the background characters, but not knowing them won't take away from the romance.