Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Friday, December 26, 2025
Stuff Your E-Reader is BACK! Free romance books today only!
Merry Christmas, lovely readers!
I did a thing.
For the first time ever...
ARCW is FREE!
But ONLY through December 29th!
That means you can read ALL of Dylan and Jen's love story for absolutely free.
Zilch. Nada. Zero pennies.
Start with The Bassist Gets Snowed In (always free) and continue to the HEA with A Rockstar Christmas Wedding.
Are you a voracious romance reader?
Stuff your Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple Books, or Google Play device now.
I cannot promise these books will be free past today, so please act quickly. Amazon, especially, has a habit of reverting them to paid at the worst timing for the author and readers.
A Rockstar Christmas Wedding
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Blurb:
Organizing a Christmas Day wedding in two weeks is insane.
Dylan proposed the week of Thanksgiving and suggested a Christmas wedding. We met on Christmas Eve, but he means this year. It’s a private argument I’m winning—until he tells his rockstar friends and their wives who are my best gals. Now everyone’s excited!
Complicating things? I took a pregnancy test the day before that proposal, Dylan lives in L.A., and I live in Big Bear. That baby’s coming in six-ish months, so we need a house, which I have on the mountain—we met in a snowstorm—but he doesn’t want the two-hour commute.
It’s the first big test of our relationship and it scares me.
Which will win—my practical side or the magic of the season?
This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.
A Rockstar Christmas Wedding:
*Sequel to The Bassist Gets Snowed In
*Very steamy
*Found family
*Rockstars
*Big city vs small town
*HEA
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Get My Book for Free During Ream Raid!
Get My Book for Free During Ream Raid!
Dear Readers,
I’m thrilled to announce that my book, The Bassist Gets Snowed In, will be available for free on Ream as part of the Ream Raid promotion! From December 14–25, 2025, you can get my book and many others for free or for followers only.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to discover new stories and support your favorite authors. Check out the full list of books here: https://reamstories.com/shelf/mbv7i9h9Bylj
Happy reading!
Best,
Carla Krae
Monday, December 1, 2025
Love in the Limelight release day!
LOVE IN THE LIMELIGHT is live!! 
Eighteen rock star romance authors.
Sixteen full-length series starters.
One scorching boxed set.Start reading: https://books2read.
Get
ready to fall hard for the rockers who rule the stage and the lovers
who bring them to their knees! From smoky backstage secrets to
arena-worthy love stories, these rock gods play for keeps—and the
passion is off the charts. Whether you crave bad boys with guitars,
tortured lyricists, or the ultimate redemption arc—LOVE IN THE LIMELIGHT
has your next rock star obsession waiting in the wings.
Turn up the volume. Fall in love. Repeat. Featuring stories from:
Jessalyn
Jameson • Jade C. Jamison • Gillian Archer • Madelynne Ellis • Heather
E. Andrews • Carla Krae • Susan Griscom • Jenna Galicki • TL Travis +
Ann Lister • Layla Dorine • Tami Lund • C.D. Gorri • Kacey Shea • S.R.
Watson + Ryan Stacks • Kella Campbell • M.J. Schiller
Grab your front row seat to love—before the curtain falls!
FREE for a limited time!
Friday, November 28, 2025
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Cover Reveal - Love in the Limelight anthology!
Surprise Cover Reveal!
LOVE IN THE
LIMELIGHT
18 Rock Stars. 16 Full-Length Romances. 1 Explosive Collection.
Get ready to fall hard for the rockers who rule the stage and the lovers who bring them to their knees! From smoky backstage secrets to arena-worthy love stories, these rock gods play for keeps—and the passion is off the charts.
Eighteen rock star
romance authors.
Sixteen
full-length series starters.
One unforgettable
boxed set.
Whether you crave bad boys with guitars, tortured lyricists, or the ultimate redemption arc—LOVE IN THE LIMELIGHT has your next rock star obsession waiting in the wings.
Turn up the
volume. Fall in love. Repeat.
Featuring stories from:
Grab your front row seat to love—before the
curtain falls!
Add LOVE IN THE LIMELIGHT to your GoodReads TBR here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243337264-love-in-the-limelight
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Help me name Ellie and Mac's romance!
What do we call this book?
I'd LOVE if you all would help me finalize the title for Ellie and Mac's romance.
My current working title is The Neighbor's Window to Love.
But I'm not 100% sold on it yet.
It's The Guy Next Door #3.
Previous books in the series are:
The Roommate’s Secret Crush (describes both characters)
The Best Friend’s Christmas Confession (describes both characters)
The Roommate’s Secret Crush (describes both characters)
The Best Friend’s Christmas Confession (describes both characters)
So this book also needs to fit the titling convention.
One suggestion has been - The Neighbor's Stolen Glances...
One suggestion has been - The Neighbor's Stolen Glances...
But what do you think?
Thanks in advance!
If there's a winning suggestion, you'll get thank you credit when the book releases, so get brainstorming.
Thanks in advance!
If there's a winning suggestion, you'll get thank you credit when the book releases, so get brainstorming.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
The Romance Book Blast is back! #romancebookblast #freeromancebooks #romancereaders
Free Romances Today Only!
The Romance Book Blast is back with free books!
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
RELEASE DAY! The Best Friend's Christmas Confession - A Friends-to-Lovers Holiday Romance novella
The Best Friend's Christmas Confession
A Friends-to-Lovers Holiday Romance
(The Guy Next Door #2)
The Best Friend's Christmas Confession:
*Next-door neighbors
*Friends to lovers
*Secret feelings
*He fell first
*Found family
*Holiday romance
*Steamy
*HEA
It's release day for my NEW stand-alone novella, just in time for Half Christmas!
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Two lonely friends. One holiday movie. A little whiskey and wine.
It’s the recipe for truths and revelations that will change our lives forever.
Christmas is my favorite holiday and I love hosting my friends. This holiday is building to be as fun as always—until the last bit of family I have makes it clear I’m not wanted in the most callous way possible.
My first thought is to seek comfort from my next-door neighbor and best friend Kell, but I never expect to end the night in his bed with secret feelings laid bare. This could be an epic mistake, or the start of something amazing with a man I trust more than anyone else.
Have I unwrapped the best Christmas present a woman could ask for?
This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.
Friday, June 20, 2025
Stuff Your Ereader day is BACK! Free romances today ONLY!
Stuff Your Ereader Now!
Are you a voracious romance reader?
Stuff your Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple Books, or Google Play device now.
I cannot promise these books will be free past today, so please act quickly. Amazon, especially, has a habit of reverting them to paid at the worst timing for the author and readers.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Here's another sneak peek of The Best Friend's Christmas Confession, releasing June 25!
Sneak peek snippet #2:
The Best Friend's Christmas Confession
The Guy Next Door #2
The Guy Next Door #2
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Two lonely friends. One holiday movie. A little whiskey and wine.
It’s the recipe for truths and revelations that will change our lives forever.
Christmas is my favorite holiday and I love hosting my friends. This holiday is building to be as fun as always—until the last bit of family I have makes it clear I’m not wanted in the most callous way possible.
My first thought is to seek comfort from my next-door neighbor and best friend Kell, but I never expect to end the night in his bed with secret feelings laid bare. This could be an epic mistake, or the start of something amazing with a man I trust more than anyone else.
Have I unwrapped the best Christmas present a woman could ask for?
This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.
The Best Friend's Christmas Confession:
*Next-door neighbors
*Friends to lovers
*Secret feelings
*He fell first
*Found family
*Holiday romance
*Steamy
*HEA
*Next-door neighbors
*Friends to lovers
*Secret feelings
*He fell first
*Found family
*Holiday romance
*Steamy
*HEA
When I knocked on Adrienne’s door, I was greeted with a smile and the most delicious smell I’d encountered in I don’t know how long. “I hope you like cookies,” she said. “I know you aren’t asking for anything to work on my toilet, but I couldn’t not give you something for my appreciation—so, I baked.”
I swallowed hard. “Um, I don’t eat cookies.”
“What? Everyone eats cookies.” She looked at me like I’d sprouted a second head.
“Maybe one. After I fix the toilet.”
I didn’t want to be rude. Plus, she seemed like a normal, nice girl, but we’d just met. No way to know yet if she was the type to take rejection poorly.
I carried my supplies into the bathroom and swung the door out of the way.
“So, why don’t you eat cookies?” she asked from the other side.
Seriously? “I’m not really a sweets guy,” I lied.
“Then you’re in luck—I made chocolate chip with a brown butter dough and dark chips.”
As if she wasn’t tempting enough, the woman loved to bake?
If she made the hallway smell amazing often, I might have to move.
“Hey, can I see what you’re doing?”
I sighed, the old mechanism kit in my hands. “You want to learn?”
“Yes, please.”
I opened the door. “You can open the new kit.”
She examined the plastic package. “Hold on, I have industrial-strength scissors.”
I’d let her try before ripping into it, though these kind of packages were often beyond the strength of women’s hands since they were a pain in the ass for grown men, too.
But, her scissors did enough.
Then I talked through the installation, her black silky hair brushing my arm as she leaned in to see in tight quarters. “Pretty much the easiest plumbing issue you’ll face as a resident.”
“Thanks. I’d never had a reason to know about the inside of a toilet before now.”
I washed my hands and gathered the trash.
“How did you learn to be handy? Seems to be a dying art these days.”
“I was raised right.”
“Well, I’m grateful. Now for your reward!” She skipped out.
I was willing to take one cookie home, but she insisted on me trying a bite now. How could I resist those eyes? A nibble, and the flavors burst on my tongue.
I swallowed a moan.
“Not bad.”
She laughed. “I guess you really aren’t a sweets man. Thanks again, Kelly. I won’t monopolize your day.” Then moved out of the kitchen. “You work tonight, right?”
I paused on my way to the door. “Yeah. At six.” The bar was open six-to-two. It was admirable how much unpacking she’d gotten done. “You know, this place looks astonishingly good for you just moving in.”
Adrienne revealed a brilliant smile. “Thank you! Efficiency is a thing with me. I labeled my boxes with specifics so there would be no ‘where the hell did I put that?’ moment before my new job Monday.” She sat on the sofa that included two throw pillows. “I haven’t finished in the bedroom, yet, or gone grocery shopping, but there’s one more day.”
“Do you need help getting to know the neighborhood?”
“Actually, that’d be great. I’d otherwise be on Google.”
We sat down with her laptop and an internet map so I could enlighten her.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
How Kelly and Adrienne meet in The Best Friend's Christmas Confession!
The meet-cute...
Adrienne's POV:
I checked on the sofa an hour later (still there), then grabbed more boxes from my trunk. Being short, I couldn’t see well over the stack and tripped getting into the elevator.
The top box fell.
“Careful!” A man’s voice.
He’d caught the box.
I looked up and he was tall.
At-least-a-foot-taller-than-me tall.
“You okay, ma’am? Which floor?”
“Two. Yeah. Thanks.” I turned to face the door as he pressed the button. “I can take my box back.”
“It’s my floor, too. I think I’ll hold onto it and save you from the face-plant risk.”
“Hey—”
“Kelly Parrish.” He held up one large hand. “I’d offer a handshake, but…” The elevator stopped and the doors opened. “Ladies first.”
“Put the box back on top.”
He chuckled. “As you wish.”
I marched to my unit with as much dignity as I could muster in front of this stranger. Until I realized I’d have to put the stack down to open my door.
I kicked it. “Jenna! Kiki!”
Jenna opened the door. “What—Oh.” Her eyes shifted past my right. “Hello there.”
I shoved the boxes into her arms and turned around.
Kelly Parrish had followed me. He pointed at the door next to us. “Mine.”
I took in his worn jeans, dusty t-shirt, and heavy five-o’clock-shadow at two in the afternoon. “You’re my neighbor?”
“The building isn’t much, but it’s safe. You would be…?” He offered the handshake I couldn’t accept before.
I clasped his hand firmly like my grandfather taught me. “Adrienne.”
“Good to meet you, Adrienne.” He shook professionally, then tucked his hands into his pockets. “Move-in day, huh?”
“Yeah…” I shoved wisps of hair off my forehead. “It’s already been an adventure.”
His eyes lit up with knowledge. “That’s your sofa out front.”
I nodded. “Asshole mover.”
He checked his watch, then said, “I can help you get it up here.”
“I—”
“Give me a few minutes and then we’ll take care of it.” He unlocked his door and went inside his unit.
“Dree,” Kiki called.
“What?” I turned to my living room.
“You couldn’t introduce us to your new hot neighbor?”
I shut the door. “Hot? He smells like sawdust.”
Jenna rolled her eyes. “There’s more to men than suits and ties.”
“I like what I like. Ask him out if scruffy works for you.”
She turned to Kiki. “She didn’t see it.”
“Nope.”
“See what?” My gaze ping-ponged between the two.
“That dude looked at you like you look at Triple Fudge Brownie ice cream,” Kiki said.
“Pfft. He didn’t flirt once. Guys that want me aren’t shy about it. Now get back to work.”
“So bossy. Where’s our pizza, slave driver?”
“I promised dinner and it sure ain’t dinnertime now.”
The knock on my door made me jump.
It was Kelly Parrish, this time in clean clothes. “I didn’t want to get dust on your upholstery. Come on.”
My brows rose. “Excuse me?”
“You want your sofa, right?”
“You and I can’t carry that thing.”
He gazed at me with infinite patience, a look I saw in my grandmother many times. “Of course not. That’s why I called a friend.”
Two men, one me. “Jenna!” The buddy system was a safe system.
The Best Friend's Christmas Confession
My store | Ream Stories | Apple | Barnes and Noble | Eden Books | Google Play | Kobo | Amazon | Everand | Smashwords |
Two lonely friends. One holiday movie. A little whiskey and wine.
It’s the recipe for truths and revelations that will change our lives forever.
Christmas is my favorite holiday and I love hosting my friends. This holiday is building to be as fun as always—until the last bit of family I have makes it clear I’m not wanted in the most callous way possible.
My first thought is to seek comfort from my next-door neighbor and best friend Kell, but I never expect to end the night in his bed with secret feelings laid bare. This could be an epic mistake, or the start of something amazing with a man I trust more than anyone else.
Have I unwrapped the best Christmas present a woman could ask for?
This story is intended for readers 18 and over due to adult language, sexual content, and adult situations.
The Best Friend's Christmas Confession:
*Next-door neighbors
*Friends to lovers
*Secret feelings
*He fell first
*Found family
*Holiday romance
*Steamy
*HEA
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
May 13th is anniversary day!
It's Jacob and Beth's origin day!
Beth and Jacob were born on May 13th, 2007, the day I wrote the first scene ever.
In the years since, I have celebrated this with special perks and releases.
First, you can now apply for an ARC of The Best Friend's Christmas Confession at StoryOrigin or Bookfunnel.
This book releases June 25th, so be prepared to post your review at as many sites as you can on that date!
Second, TBFCC can be purchased RIGHT NOW in my store.
Third, in case you missed the birth of a new series:
This book releases June 25th, so be prepared to post your review at as many sites as you can on that date!
Second, TBFCC can be purchased RIGHT NOW in my store.
Third, in case you missed the birth of a new series:
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Free Rockstar Romances today ONLY!
The Rockstar Romance Blitz is back!
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