Let me tell you something about romance readers that the rest of the literary world has been slow to figure out.

We are not silly. We are not naive. We are not reading these books because we don't know any better or because we can't handle something more serious. We are reading them because we are smart enough to know that love is serious. That hope is serious. That a story about a woman who trusts herself at the exact moment it costs her the most — that is as serious as it gets.

I write romance because I believe in it. Not the Hallmark version where everything resolves in ninety minutes and nobody ever says the wrong thing. The real version. The kind where two people find each other in the middle of something difficult and choose to stay anyway. The kind where a woman's instincts turn out to be exactly right even when everyone around her has been telling her to doubt them her whole life.

That's the story I keep writing. In different clothes, with different characters, in different cities — but always the same story underneath. A woman who trusts herself. A man worth trusting. And something in between them that neither of them saw coming.

I published my first novel in November 2024. I have published three additional books since then and I am working on my fifth. I write under the name Lily Owens, which is my pen name, and I publish independently through Lily Owens Book Publications, which is a very official sounding name for me sitting at my desk making decisions about my own work and answering to nobody, which is honestly the best part.

My books are available on Amazon in ebook, Kindle Unlimited, paperback, and hardcover. They are also available on Waterstones UK and romance.io, because my readers are everywhere and I like that very much.

My fifth novel — The Best Worst Night — is coming in May 2026. It is a romance thriller about the worst blind date in New York City history, a SWAT officer who took his helmet off so a hostage could see his face, and a woman who almost canceled and thank God she didn't. It is the book I am most proud of so far, and I cannot wait to put it in your hands.

If you are new here — welcome. Browse around. Check out my books. Sign up for my mailing list if you want to be the first to know when The Best Worst Night goes live.

And if you have already read something of mine — thank you. You are the reason I keep showing up.

See you in the next chapter. 🖤