Dana Velle

Dana Velle writes romance that doesn't apologize for itself, across the range from the field to the confessional.

The Grafton Lacrosse series (Men's and Women's, now complete) is college sports romance with the sport rendered right and the heat turned all the way up. Competitive, physical, unapologetic.

Holy Orders is the dark line, a forbidden contemporary series that opens with Confession, for readers who like their romance with teeth. In the same darker register sit two standalones: Man Acquired, a femdom contract romance that puts the power exactly where you don't expect it, and Nine Minutes Before, a billionaire protector romantic suspense that runs on a clock and doesn't slow down.

For readers who want the slower burn, the Mid-Life Escapes books follow women in their second acts who already know exactly who they are.

Off the page, Dana keeps a glass of something Italian close and a playlist that runs darker than the weather.