Ava Blackstone

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About Ava Blackstone

Though she was always an avid reader, Ava Blackstone didn’t discover her love for writing until she’d obtained her PhD in chemistry. As an alternative to the structured world of science, and with a little motivation from her husband, she began writing romance novels. Now she can’t imagine doing anything else.

Ava is a winner and two-time finalist in the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart® contest and has published five short romance stories in Woman’s World magazine. She is currently hard at work on the next contemporary romance in her Voretti Family series. You can find her at her website: http://avablackstone.com.

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Marriage: Impossible (Voretti Family Book 1) 11/01/2016

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Navy SEAL Sean Patterson didn't mean to marry his best friend's sister. But when he wakes up in a Reno honeymoon suite with a vicious hangover, a platinum band on his ring finger, and a mostly naked Keri in his bed, he knows the attraction he has spent half his lifetime repressing must've finally burst out of control—to disastrous consequences.

Keri MacKinnon has had a crush on her brother's best friend Sean since he rescued her from imaginary pirates when she was six. When he returns stateside after a harrowing tour of duty leaves him with a death wish, Keri will do anything to help—even pretend to be married. But as her crush blossoms into love, she must convince Sean to trust her with what really happened on the battlefield, or their fake marriage won’t ever grow into the real thing.

Each book in the Voretti Family contemporary romance series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. To laugh out loud as you watch Sean and Keri go from friends to lovers, try Marriage: Impossible today.

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Pretty in Ink (Voretti Family Book 3) 07/07/2016

by Ava Blackstone

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Liv needs a fake boyfriend whose name matches her tattoo. But can she survive a month with her brother's best friend without falling in love for real?

All Liv Voretti wanted was a small, tasteful butterfly tattoo. What she got was her (now ex-) boyfriend’s name—the worst goodbye present in the history of the universe. With the tattoo about to be revealed thanks to a strapless bridesmaid dress, there’s only one way for Liv to stop her uber-judgmental parents from pulling their loan for her clothing design business. She needs a boyfriend whose name matches her tattoo. A stable, responsible, pillar-of-the-community boyfriend her parents love.

The Vorettis are the closest thing to family Caleb has, and he doesn’t want to risk that relationship for a fling with Liv. She’d be bored with his predictable, color-inside-the-lines lifestyle inside a week. They’re just not compatible, even if she is the last person he thinks about before he falls asleep.

But when Liv comes to him for help, he can’t say no. As their fake relationship becomes all too real, Caleb must decide whether he’s going to stick to the plan, or take a chance on a woman who is his polar opposite, but might be exactly who he needs.

If you like heroes who’d do anything for you, heroines who speak their minds, and romances that make you laugh so hard you snort your Diet Coke, you’ll love PRETTY IN INK by Golden Heart® award winning author Ava Blackstone.

Each book in the Voretti Family series is a standalone contemporary romance that can be enjoyed out of order. Recommended for readers 18 and older.

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Two Truths and a Lie: A Buried Secrets Novel 20/09/2019

by Ava Blackstone

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Her whole life is a lie…

Nineteen-year-old Veronica Day learned to lie before she learned to talk. The only person she can be real with is her grifter mother, so when Tori disappears, Veronica isn't just afraid of losing her only parent. She’s afraid of losing herself.

He’s a professional lie detector…

A wealthy senator holds the key to Tori’s disappearance. It’s easy for Veronica to lie her way into a job on his staff. It’s not so easy to work with his nephew, Jared, who does cutting-edge research in deceit detection.

As Jared begins to see through her lies, Veronica struggles to adapt. For the first time, she wants to let someone in. Only, she’s not sure how. She has spent so much time pretending to be other people, she doesn’t know who she is underneath the layers of disguises.

But this lie is so big, neither of them see it coming.

Veronica isn’t the only one with secrets. Jared joined his uncle’s staff for a reason, and when Veronica discovers the secret he has been working so hard to uncover, she has to make a choice. Hide behind the safety of another convenient lie? Or trust that Jared will love the person she really is when all is revealed.

Like all books in the BURIED SECRETS series, TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.

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Royal Sucker: An Almost Royal Romance 25/11/2018

by Ava Blackstone

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If your Prince Charming seems too good to be true…

Callista Larson is addicted to bad boys.

It doesn’t matter that every good-looking, sweet-talking one of them has screwed her over. The second she sees that dangerous smile and troubled gaze, she’s hooked.

Until now. Her engagement to a genuinely kind, mature man (who also happens to be a handsome, wealthy prince) is the perfect opportunity to kick her unhealthy habit and find her happily ever after.

…you might have to write your own happily ever after.

Then Calli finds out her perfect prince is gay and his country is on the verge of civil war.

Goodbye happily ever after. Hello running for her life. At least she’s not alone. Her bad-boy bodyguard—former Marine Owen McCadden—is determined to keep her safe.

Years of heartbreak tell her not to fall for his smoldering, you’re-the-only-one-who-can-heal-my-pain gaze, but it’s hard to ignore the way he puts his life on the line to protect her.

Calli doesn’t want to make another big mistake. But if she can stop the civil war and show Owen she wants to be his partner, not his responsibility, this bad boy might be the key to her own happy ending.

If you like sexy, good-at-heart bad boys, princesses who know how to rescue themselves, and romances that make you laugh so hard you snort your Diet Coke, you’ll love Royal Sucker. Buy a copy today, and get swept away to happily ever after.

Like all books in the Almost Royal contemporary romance series, Royal Sucker is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Recommended for readers 18 and older.

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Free Falling in Love (Voretti Family Book 5) 27/11/2017

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FBI agent Alex Voretti just had the hottest kiss of his life. With a woman who thinks he’s his twin…

Alex is done pretending to be someone he’s not. Especially when it means posing as his love ‘em and leave ‘em identical twin, Matt, so he can let Matt’s girl-of-the-week down easy. And especially when that girl is Alex’s partner, Nikki. But when the plan to let her down easy turns into one sizzling night after another, it’s not long before Alex realizes that coming clean to Nikki is the only move he has left.

Nikki Church thought twin switches only happened on TV—until she finds herself staring into the eyes of fellow adrenaline junkie Matt Voretti…only to discover he’s actually her mild-mannered coworker, Alex. Horrified, she takes off, hoping she’ll never see either Voretti brother again. But when her undercover job turns dangerous, there’s only one person she can ask for help—if she can convince her heart to trust Alex one last time.

Start with a case of mistaken identity, throw in mind-blowing kiss, add a strong heroine who (thinks she) knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to take it, and you have the adventure of a lifetime. Fall in love so fast and hard you can't stop it—read Free Falling in Love today.

Like all books in the Voretti Family contemporary romance series, Free Falling in Love is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Recommended for readers 18 and older.

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Voretti Family: Books 1-3 (Voretti Family Boxset Book 1) 20/06/2017

by Ava Blackstone

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Need a break from real life? Fall in love with the Vorettis—the craziest family you'll ever meet.

For your binge-reading pleasure, this volume includes the first three standalone contemporary romances in the Voretti Family series. From an accidental trip to a Reno wedding chapel to a life-changing mistake in a tattoo parlor, you'll fall in love with these sexy, laugh-out-loud, friends-to-lovers stories.

Book 1: Marriage: Impossible

Navy SEAL Sean Patterson didn't mean to marry his best friend's sister. But when he wakes up in a Reno honeymoon suite with a vicious hangover, a platinum band on his ring finger, and a mostly naked Keri in his bed, he knows the attraction he has spent half his lifetime repressing must've finally burst out of control—to disastrous consequences.

 Keri MacKinnon has had a crush on her brother’s best friend Sean since he rescued her from imaginary pirates when she was six. When he returns stateside after a harrowing tour of duty leaves him with a death wish, Keri will do anything to help—even pretend to be married. But as her crush blossoms into love, she must convince Sean to trust her with what really happened on the battlefield, or their fake marriage won't ever grow into the real thing.

 Book 2: Love and Learn

Navy SEAL Tyler MacKinnon is that guy. The one who pitches a no-hitter in the big game even though he skipped practice. The one who can get any girl into bed with a funny story and a grin. But when Ty is hit by an IED, his charmed life is blown straight to hell. 

Though his leg heals, that naive certainty that the universe is on his side is gone forever. And it's like everyone knows it. Everyone except Annabelle Voretti, the sweet, studious girl Ty left when he made the spur-of-the-moment decision to join the Navy right out of high school. When Ty is with Annabelle, he feels like himself again. But winning her back is going to take a fight, and Ty is used to going with the flow instead of battling the current. 

Annabelle has only ever taken one risk in her life—and it sent the most popular boy in school running straight from her arms to the Navy, leaving her with a raging case of sexual insecurity. Now Ty wants a second chance, but Annabelle has learned her lesson. Except what if? What if the only way for Annabelle to heal her sexual scars is to go back to the source? Some one-on-one tutoring from Ty might be just what she needs—if only she can find the courage to take one more crazy risk.

 Book 3: Pretty in Ink

Never close your eyes while you're getting a tattoo—even if you have a pathological fear of needles. 

All Liv Voretti wanted was a small, tasteful butterfly tattoo. What she got was her (now ex-) boyfriend's name—the worst goodbye present in the history of the universe. With the tattoo about to be revealed thanks to a strapless bridesmaid dress, Liv comes up with a desperate plan to keep her judgmental parents from pulling their loan for her clothing design business. Convince the stable, responsible, incredibly hot family friend—who happens to have the same name as her ex—to pretend to be her boyfriend. 

Even with your eyes open, sometimes it's hard to see what's right in front of you. 

The Vorettis are the closest thing to family Caleb has, and he's not about to risk that relationship for a fling with Liv. She'd be bored with his predictable, color-inside-the-lines lifestyle inside a week. They're just not compatible, even if she is the last person he thinks about before he falls asleep.

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Catching Cleo (Voretti Family Book 4) 21/03/2017

by Ava Blackstone

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Bounty hunter Matt Voretti just had the best night of his life—with the woman he’s supposed to arrest...

Cleo McCall is out of time, out of funds, and desperate to get out of the country. The last person she expects to thwart her escape is her childhood crush, Matt Voretti, all grown up and hotter than ever—even as he slaps a pair of handcuffs on her. Cleo has learned the hard way never to let people see the real woman hiding behind her well-tailored suits, but if she doesn’t let Matt in she’s going to end up in prison. Or worse.

Matt might be the best bounty hunter in the business, but he’s tired of living in the shadows. All he has to do is track down one last bail jumper and he’ll have the money he needs to change his life for good. But one look into the familiar eyes of his skip is all it takes to know that his last job just got a whole lot more complicated. Cleo is the only woman who has ever seen beyond Matt’s irresponsible facade to the steady, principled man he truly is. He sees her just as clearly, and he knows there must be more to her story than it says on the arrest warrant. But can he get Cleo to trust him with the truth before it’s too late?

Each book in the Voretti Family contemporary romance series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. If you like your romances with a unique premise, a smart, independent heroine, and a swoon-worthy hero, you’ll love Catching Cleo. Buy the book today to see Matt and Cleo get their second chance at love. Recommended for readers 18 and older.

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Love and Learn (Voretti Family Book 2) 08/04/2016

by Ava Blackstone

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Ty needs a second chance with his first love.

Navy SEAL Tyler MacKinnon is that guy. The one who pitches a no-hitter in the big game even though he skipped practice. The one who can get any girl into bed with a funny story and a grin. But when Ty is hit by an IED, his charmed life is blown straight to hell.

Though his leg heals, that naive certainty that the universe is on his side is gone forever. And it’s like everyone knows it. Everyone except Annabelle Voretti, the sweet, studious girl Ty left when he made the spur-of-the-moment decision to join the Navy right out of high school. When Ty is with Annabelle, he feels like himself again. But winning her back is going to take a fight, and Ty is used to going with the flow instead of battling the current.

Annabelle has only ever taken one risk in her life—and it sent the most popular boy in school running straight from her arms to the Navy, leaving her with a raging case of sexual insecurity. Now Ty wants a second chance, but Annabelle has learned her lesson. Except what if? What if the only way for Annabelle to heal her sexual scars is to go back to the source? Some one-on-one tutoring from Ty might be just what she needs—if only she can find the courage to take one more crazy risk.

Each book in the Voretti Family contemporary romance series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. For a second chance at first love, try Love and Learn today. Recommended for readers 18 and older.

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