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Astanna (a merging of the names of the goddesses Astarte and Inanna) offers books that are all about love and / or lust. Check out our selection below or head to the rec room and find your next heartwarming romance or steamy erotica (or something in between). You can also search for specific tropes, authors, or niches using the search box below!

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The Christmas Proof

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The Christmas Proof by Tenesha L. Curtis (Astanna)

Spicy | Small Town | Soul Mates | Secret Identity | Bookish Couple

A Hallmark-esque You’ve Got Mail meets a modern adaptation of Mackenzie’s Mountain in North Georgia with a spoonful of spice.

♥ Secret Identity

♥ Celebrity Crush

♥ Soul Mates

After her mother’s cancer goes into remission, Kasa is finally ready to move away from her parents and meet up with her best friend in Atlanta so they can chase their childhood dreams together.

But when the celebrity author who she’s been in love with since she was a teenager (and whose fan club she’s been the president of for just as long) waltzes into the grocery store where she works, her life takes a turn that knocks her off course in all the best ways.

The Christmas Proof is a slow-paced, low-stakes romantic novella with a spicy center.


In Helping Hands

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Audiobook cover for 'In Helping Hands' by Tenesha L. Curtis and read by Jordan Pierce showing a dark-skinned, muscular man's bare body from mouth to adomen.
Erotica | Short | MM | Interracial | Friends-To-Lovers | Romance
While struggling through a furlough at work (and losing utilities week after week), Avery finally breaks down and accepts financial assistance from his best friend, Tonie. But the cost of that help is higher, and more pleasurable, than he could have guessed!

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  • If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia

    Keywords: divorced, next door neighbor, 1990s, autumn, fall, baker, small town, single parent, opposites attract, friends-to-lovers, slow burn, cozy

    A love letter to both the autumn months and the late ‘90s. Grab a cozy blanket, light your favorite fall candle, and revisit the autumn of 1997 where there are small town harvest festivals, crunchy leaves, Halloween celebrations, and Thanksgiving pies!

    My new next-door neighbor seems to have everything figured out. Small town golden boy? Check. Single dad extraordinaire? Check. Hot baker forearms? I didn’t notice them, I swear.

    I, on the other hand, don’t–at all–have anything figured out.

    Trust me, I didn’t think taking over my mom’s dream bed and breakfast in Copper Run Vermont was going to be easy. It should be a good place to heal after my divorce. But apparently my scones belong in the garbage with my small talk skills. As pointed out by none other than Cliff.

    Cliff is inescapable. He knows exactly what people need–always. His charm, the way he wears flannel, and even his pastries, make not wanting to be friends with Cliff and his daughters pretty hard.

    Friends? I can make friends. That’s safe.

    Except I’m leaving in three months to pass the inn off to my little sister and get the promotion in Seattle I’ve been working towards.

    So ask me why I’m thinking about kissing my hot neighbor.

    IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY is a single dad, friends to lovers, small town romance set in autumn 1997. This is a complete stand-alone romance with a happily ever after.

    TROPES

    • Slow Burn
    • Single Dad Baker
    • Friends to Lovers
    • Opposites Attract
    • Divorcées finding love again
    • Autumn 1997
    • Cozy Small Town