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The Original Series β€” Mid-Life Romance for Women Over 40

The Mid-Life Escapes Series

Three best friends. Three crises. Three chances to rewrite the rulebook of love, desire, and self-worth.

The Prequel

The Prosecco Protocol

Best Friends Origin Crisis Bonding The Pact
Vibe: Cheap Wine, Unbreakable Friendship, The Oath that Changes Everything.
"When the world gets too heavy, pull the Prosecco Protocol."

8 years ago, one pact changed everything. Meet Sarah, Chloe, and Jessica at the moment their friendship was forged in fire (and sparkling wine). The origin story of the Green/Yellow/Red system.

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Book 1

Santorini Afterglow

Age Gap Competence Porn Submission
Vibe: Sun-warmed Skin, The Relief of Surrender, Finally Being Seen.
"Green for go. Yellow for slow. Red for trust."

Divorced, discarded, and invisible. Sarah flees to Greece for a quiet reset but crashes into Leoβ€”a charter captain who sees everything she's tried to hide. A masterclass in surrender.

Book 2

Costa Rican Bloom

The Fixer vs. The Guide Forced Proximity Caretaking
Vibe: Tropical Rain, Letting Go of Control, The End of "Fixing".
"Channel the water. Don't dam it."

Chloe, the group's "Fixer," reaches her breaking point. Sent to a remote rainforest sanctuary, she meets Mateo, a man who challenges her need to control everything. It's time to stop fixing and start feeling.

Book 3

Manhattan Lockdown

Snowed In Bodyguard Romance Grumpy / Sunshine
Vibe: Whiskey, A Blizzard Outside, Feeling Safe Enough to Break.
"Break the manacle of optimization."

Jessica, the "Iron Fortress," is trapped. A historic blizzard seals her in her penthouse with Liam Cross, a security specialist. Forced proximity cracks her armor, revealing the terrifying vulnerability of trust.


New Series β€” Later-in-Life Romance

The Rose Rescue Protocol

Five women. One wine-glass signal. The reckoning begins when you stop performing your own life.

Releasing weekly starting March 12, 2026. Pre-order now!

Big Sky Reckoning β€” a forced-proximity romance by Dana Velle set on a Montana cattle ranch March 12
Book 1

Big Sky Reckoning

Forced Proximity Grumpy-Sunshine Escape to the Wild
Vibe: Montana Sky. Barbed Wire. The First Crack in Everything.
"The RosΓ© Rescue Protocol isn't about wine. It's about the women who refuse to let you disappear."

Brooke has the perfect La Jolla life β€” and a marriage so controlled she's forgotten what her own voice sounds like. A Montana cattle ranch, a stoic rancher who doesn't need her to be small, and the RosΓ© Rescue Protocol change everything.

January Thaw β€” a slow-burn healing romance by Dana Velle set in Newfoundland March 19
Book 2

January Thaw

Slow Burn Healing Journey Emotional Awakening
Vibe: Atlantic Cold. Whale Songs. The Courage to Feel Again.
"Some places don't heal you. They just stop letting you pretend you're not bleeding."

Maren is still cleaning the wreckage of a man whose love turned out to be a performance. Diane hasn't felt anything real in twenty years. Newfoundland in January strips them both down to what's left.

The Saudade Season β€” a dual romance novel by Dana Velle set in Lisbon, Portugal March 26
Book 3

The Saudade Season

Getting Lost on Purpose Dual Romance Vulnerability as Courage
Vibe: Cracked Tiles. Portuguese Longing. The Courage to Be Seen.
"Saudade isn't sadness. It's the ache of loving something enough to miss it β€” even while it's still here."

Sloane has spent her whole life in control. Tess has spent hers making everyone laugh. Lisbon, with its cracked tiles and fado music, cracks them both open. Two romances. One city. No more hiding.

Standalone Novels

Beyond the series β€” stories that stand on their own.

Standalone Romantic Suspense

Nine Minutes Before

Billionaire Romance Romantic Suspense Single Mom
Vibe: Snowy Montana Highways, Dangerous Secrets, A Love That Rewrites Everything.
"I see what's missing, Nathan. It's what I do."

When widowed graphic designer Emily Larson pulls over to help a stranger on a frozen Montana highway, she doesn't expect him to be a billionaire with a vendetta eighteen years in the making β€” or that her dead husband's fatal crash was no accident.

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