Hello. I'm Dana.
Dana Velle writes college sports romance and dark contemporary romance for readers who want their heat earned and their men unhinged.
The sports romance line lives on the lacrosse field. The completed Grafton Lacrosse series and the ongoing Bramwell Boys series follow D1 athletes, their teammates, and the women who refuse to be sidelined by either. Slow burns. Fast hands. Strict captains and the women who break them.
The dark side opens with the Holy Orders series. Confession is Book 1: a fallen priest, a woman with secrets of her own, and a confessional that was never built to hold what they bring to it. Morally gray, heat 5, no clean absolution.
A contemporary women's fiction catalog under the Mid-Life Escapes umbrella rounds out the backlist for readers who want something quieter.
Off the page, Dana keeps a glass of something Italian nearby and a playlist that runs darker than the weather.
First-time reader?
If you want the origin story: The Prosecco Protocol. Where the whole thing began — three strangers, one terrible gala, and a pact that rewires four lives.
If you want emotional depth with a sunlit romance: Santorini Afterglow. The reader favorite.
If you want suspense with your romance: Nine Minutes Before. A standalone Montana romantic suspense that hits differently.
If you want the darker line: Echoes on the Sidelines or Man Acquired. Female-led BDSM, small-town and Manhattan, respectively.
If you want college sports romance: Short Side. Grafton Lacrosse, Book 1.
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