Today’s Author Spotlight is with the awesome Erika Kelly! Learn some fun facts about Erika in this short Q&A and read about her Calamity Falls Series!
What genre(s) do you write?
I write Women’s Fiction, and that includes YA and contemporary romance.
Coffee or tea lover?
Vanilla chai tea latte—every day!
Name one thing on your bucket list.
I’d like to take a cooking class in Paris.
Do you have pets?
We have 2 rescue cats—Fifi and Zsa Zsa
When I wake up every morning I… I try desperately to remember all the brilliant ideas that hit me right before I fell asleep and woke me up at 3 AM.
Weirdest or unique thing you own.
A bobblehead Chihuahua.
Do you have any hobbies or particular skills?
I love photography and baking.
What do you hope readers will experience or gain when reading your stories?
I want them to swoon. When they close my book, I want them to wish they never had to leave my story world. I want them to feel good, happy, and full of love.
What inspired you to write Keep on Loving You?
Second chance romance is my favorite trope–it’s filled with passion and charged with emotion–so I knew I wanted to write one in my next series.
The Bowie brothers were raised by an eccentric dad and uncle in the Wild West town of Calamity Falls, considered the western capital of whoop-ass. The residents are known for their wild hearts.
The brothers didn’t have a maternal hand growing up, so they’re not really oriented toward romantic love. Except one of them, the youngest. He loves with his whole heart and holds nothing back–which makes it difficult for his older brothers to understand him and enables them to give him the wrong advice. Which creates problems, because he admires them so much and wants to please them–but his heart belongs to Callie Bell.
Keep On Loving You by Erika Kelly
A Calamity Falls Novel Book 1
✔️ Second chance romance
✔️ Sexy athlete hero
✔️ Hot, passionate–all the feels!
Six years ago Fin Bowie made a decision that cost him the love of his life. Now his ex is coming back to town for her brother’s wedding, and he can finally make things right. Except, right before the event, a text he sent goes viral. Overnight, he becomes an international meme. And it’s hard to win your woman back when the whole world’s calling you The World’s Worst Boyfriend.
The last thing on Calliope Bell’s mind is getting back with Fin. Not when her life’s just gone sideways, forcing her to spend the summer in Calamity, Wyoming. She can’t be away from the New York art world this long, so she comes up with the idea to turn the hottest pop culture event of the moment into a museum exhibition.
The two have every intention of avoiding each other–until the county judge sentences Fin to community service…helping her exploit the meme he’s trying to make go away.
Six years ago Fin Bowie made a decision that cost him the love of his life. Now his ex is coming back to town for her brother’s wedding, and he can finally make things right. Except, right before the event, a text he sent goes viral. Overnight, he becomes an international meme. And it’s hard to win your woman back when the whole world’s calling you The World’s Worst Boyfriend.
The last thing on Calliope Bell’s mind is getting back with Fin. Not when her life’s just gone sideways, forcing her to spend the summer in Calamity, Wyoming. She can’t be away from the New York art world this long, so she comes up with the idea to turn the hottest pop culture event of the moment into a museum exhibition.
The two have every intention of avoiding each other—until the county judge sentences Fin to community service…helping her exploit the meme he’s trying to make go away.
Previously published as The World’s Worst Boyfriend
A Calamity Falls Novel (7 book series)
*All of Erika’s books are standalones. It’s nicer to read books in order, since it is a series, but each book can absolutely stand on its own.
Erika Kelly’s latest release is in the Calamity Falls series is book 5
CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas…
The moment Beckett O’Neill retires from professional sports, he swears off schedules and commitments. His new gig has him hopping from one exotic location to the next. No strings, no responsibilities. Nothing that will tie him down.
At least not until a chance encounter with the woman who stole his heart for a night in Vegas delivers the shock of a lifetime. He’s got a five-year-old daughter, one who believes wholeheartedly she’s a fairy. What’s he supposed to do with that? It’s not like he even knows what being a good father looks like.
Life didn’t go exactly as Coco Cavanaugh planned. Her big dreams of launching a business are derailed when a one-night stand with a charming stranger results in a surprise pregnancy. As a single mom, she manages to find a happy balance raising her adorable and hilarious little girl, while mastering the art of chocolate-making. It’s a good, safe life. One she’s proud of.
When fate brings them together again, Coco remembers exactly why she fell into bed with the irresistible Beckett. But she’s not that free-spirited girl anymore. And his jet-setting lifestyle isn’t conducive to raising a child.
Is this a second chance at another one-night stand or the beginning of something real?
They’re everything he never wanted.
And he’s everything she didn’t think they needed.
About Erika Kelly
Award-winning author Erika Kelly has been spinning romantic tales all her life--she just didn't know it. Raised on the classics, she didn't discover romantic fiction until later in life. From that moment on, she's been devouring the genre and has found her true voice as an author. Over three decades she's written poems, screenplays, plays, short stories, and all kinds of women's fiction novels.
Married to the love of her life and raising four children, Erika lives in the northeast, drinks a lot of tea, and is always waiting for her cats to get off her keyboard.