Colleen writes Real, Relatable Romance with just the right mix of heat, humor, and heart—because love should feel real, messy, and absolutely worth it.
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They spent years loving each other from a distance. Now, there’s nowhere left to hide.
Olive and Hawthorn were never just friends. For years, they existed in the space between longing and restraint, stealing glances and swallowing words they weren’t allowed to say. Until two perfect months changed everything—then ripped them apart just as fast.
Hawthorn made a choice. A mistake wrapped in duty. A marriage that was never meant to last. And Olive? She walked away, believing time and distance would make her forget him.
Now, they’re back in the one place that made it impossible to resist each other—a sun-soaked beach, surrounded by the entire Strong family, who seem hell-bent on throwing them together at every turn. The sparks are still there. The timing is finally right. But one thing stands in their way: Willow’s wedding.
Willow has one rule—none of her friends have permission to date her brother. And if there’s one thing worse than falling for Hawthorn Strong in secret, it’s doing it in plain sight, under the watchful eyes of his meddling family and an NFL-sized spotlight.
They’ve spent years avoiding each other. Now, all they have to do is survive one more week without giving in.
But love like this doesn’t play by the rules. And neither do they.
It’s been six long years since I shattered his heart with a few careless words.
But his last parting shot still lingers like a haunting refrain: “You’ll search the world,” he said, voice thick with hurt, “and one day you’ll realize you made the biggest mistake of your life.”
Now I’m standing in front of him again. Ben Murphy—once the quiet boy with a heart of gold—is now a rugged, brooding man who could grace the cover of a romance novel. He looks at me with guarded skepticism, and I feel every ounce of the regret I’ve been carrying.
The spark between us? Still there. Still electric. I want him. Badly. But wanting him and winning him back are two very different things. I broke him once, and those wounds might never heal.
Come along for the ride as Willow Strong returns to her roots and discovers that the road to true love isn’t always straight. Sometimes, it takes a few wrong turns, a whole lot of healing, some sexy forbidden kisses, and the help of the entire Strong family to find your way home.
Maybe, just maybe, Ben Murphy was the mistake she was always meant to make... twice.
Olive has never known what it’s like to feel safe. She’s spent her life navigating a home that doesn’t love her back, doing whatever it takes to survive. But she’s smart. She has a plan. And as long as she keeps moving forward, she won’t end up like her mother.
Then she meets Hawthorn Strong. And his sister, Willow. And the entire Strong family—people who don’t just offer her a place to exist but a place to belong. For the first time, she’s not just surviving. She’s living.
Hawthorn is steady, patient, and impossible to ignore. And Olive? She’s a mess of contradictions—guarded but desperate to be seen, terrified but longing to be loved. The more time she spends with him, the more she wants to believe she could have this. Him. Them. A future.
But love has never come without conditions in Olive’s world. And when the past she’s been running from threatens to pull her back under, she has to decide if she’s willing to fight for the life—and the love—she never thought she deserved.
Perfect, To Me is an emotional story about breaking free, finding home in the people who choose you, and learning that real love doesn’t make you earn it—it makes you believe you’re worthy of it.
Olive has never known what it’s like to feel safe. She’s spent her life navigating a home that doesn’t love her back, doing whatever it takes to survive. But she’s smart. She has a plan. And as long as she keeps moving forward, she won’t end up like her mother.
Then she meets Hawthorn Strong. And his sister, Willow. And the entire Strong family—people who don’t just offer her a place to exist but a place to belong. For the first time, she’s not just surviving. She’s living.
Hawthorn is steady, patient, and impossible to ignore. And Olive? She’s a mess of contradictions—guarded but desperate to be seen, terrified but longing to be loved. The more time she spends with him, the more she wants to believe she could have this. Him. Them. A future.
But love has never come without conditions in Olive’s world. And when the past she’s been running from threatens to pull her back under, she has to decide if she’s willing to fight for the life—and the love—she never thought she deserved.
Perfect, To Me is an emotional story about breaking free, finding home in the people who choose you, and learning that real love doesn’t make you earn it—it makes you believe you’re worthy of it.
Teresa Wright is nursing a broken heart after her husband of two decades passed away. She’s spent the last few years mourning him, but now, she’s prepared to live her life again. Teresa is ready for adventure, starting with leaving the only town she’s ever known and moving to the Pacific Northwest to be closer to her daughter. And maybe, just maybe, she’ll reach out to that one guy from her past that she never fell out of love with.
Over two decades ago, Christopher Smith watched the woman of his dreams marry someone else, and he’s spent every day since regretting that decision. Trapped in a loveless marriage, Christoper poured himself into his work and became one of the most prominent neurosurgeons in the country. Each day was just like the one before until the woman of his dreams, the woman he let marry another man, came back into his life unexpectedly. Will Christopher finally be able to turn his life around and get the girl of his dreams?
For fans of All’s Wright in Love & Lies and A Broken Kind of Love, it is time for the epic conclusion to Teresa and Christopher's love story.
This book can be read as a standalone.
One secret can destroy two relationships.
Teresa loves her life, her husband, and her children. But in the back of her mind, she always wonders what if. One night of passion with her first love decades ago changed her life forever. She never imagines the choice she made all those years ago could affect her daughter’s happily ever after now.
Allison’s life is on track. She has an amazing boyfriend and is finally about to achieve everything she’s always dreamed of. Everything is perfect, until her mother’s behavior has her questioning everything she ever believed about her parents’ relationship. What is her mother hiding and why?
Will one lie destroy them both?
𝘈 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦.
After Delia’s parents abandoned her and her sister at a young age, she spent her childhood dreaming of a better future. As an adult, Delia finally has everything she’s ever dreamed of—a husband, three great kids, surrounded by the love and stability that she craved as a child.
Mitch has retired from the army and is nursing mental and physical battle wounds from his time spent overseas. In his second career as an EMT, he takes solace in saving lives and running from the regrets in his past.
One fateful night Mitch and Delia’s paths cross, changing the course of their lives forever.
Will these two be able to find their way to 𝘈 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦?
Three years after her divorce, Erin Johnson has changed. She no longer beats herself up over every little decision or agonizes over what others think of her. For the first time in her life, she’s living for herself, feeling comfortable in her own skin, and done seeking the approval of others.
Erin realizes she’s finally ready to start dating when her flirty friend Leo asks her out. Leo and Erin’s chemistry is easy and fun, which is exactly what she is looking for. Until her ex-husband, Kyle, starts to take notice and begins making plans of his own to win her back, exposing the fact that she might not be as over him as she once thought...
Check out this novella giving readers of The Life We Share the epic conclusion to Erin’s love story.
A story about how things unsaid can test even our strongest relationships….
From the outside, Erin Johnson appears to have it all—she’s got the fancy house, a charming husband, and two kids that light up in front of the camera. But Erin has a secret; she’s miserable and uninspired, she feels alienated from her family, and she doesn’t have anyone to talk to about it. That is, until she meets Jo Owens.
Jo is enigmatic, full of life, a single mom with a full plate and a broken heart she’s trying to heal. She’s also got two potential suitors who want to help her do just that: Robert and Dustin, both men she works with and both men she’s actively trying to avoid getting entangled with. Jo’s dating misadventures entertain Erin and take her mind off of her problems, and the two become fast, if unlikely, friends.
When Erin’s husband officially announces he wants a separation, Erin’s entire world is upended and she doesn’t know what to do to get back on track. Will Jo be able to steer her in the right direction, or will her budding romances come in between the two friends?
Full of red-hot chemistry and people just trying to do their best, The Life We Share explores how we both tell and hide the truth to ourselves and others—and what that can cost us in the end.
The trouble with growing up is that you have to figure out who you want to be…
As if moving out of her parents' house and away from her hometown wasn’t scary enough, Cory Sorrano finds herself at Southern Gulf University not knowing a soul on campus. She is chasing her childhood dreams of becoming a female pilot in the male-dominated aviation industry and already feeling the pressure to succeed.
On the first day of class, Cory quite literally bumps into Samson Wallis, a fellow Aviation major who is easy on the eyes but has an equally gorgeous girlfriend back home in Virginia. As the two help each other navigate through the ups and downs of their freshman year in college, people around them can’t help but notice their unmistakable chemistry.
As Cory struggles to understand her magnetic friendship with Samson, she also needs to make sense of her complicated relationship with her dark and mysterious flight instructor, Cole Turner. Will she ever be able to make it as a female pilot with all of these handsome distractions surrounding her?
