About Riley Dean

Some people fall in love with characters. I fell in love with the moment right before. The almost. The not yet. The look across a room that says everything two people aren't ready to say out loud.

That's what got me. And honestly, it's never let me go.

I've been a reader my whole life. Romance found me early and never really left. There's something about a love story told well that nothing else can touch. The tension that builds so slowly you feel it in your chest. The moment two people stop fighting what they feel and finally just give in. The kind of intimacy that's both raw and real. I've always believed those stories deserve to be told without apology, with full heat and full heart. Writing them myself has been a dream I carried for a long time, and now, finally, it's happening.

My first book, Faking It With The Captain, has just been released, and I am still pinching myself. This is the beginning. I have nearly twenty stories outlined and ready to come to life, and I am just getting started.

My books live in contemporary romance. You'll find athletes, billionaires, and men who serve their country. Second chances between people who probably shouldn't try again but can't help themselves. Enemies who can't stand each other until they absolutely can't stay away. Friends who cross a line they were both pretending wasn't there. The world changes from book to book, but the feeling stays the same. Intense. Real. And always worth it.

I write explicit romance. I want to be upfront about that. The heat in my books is intentional; it belongs there, and I don't dial it back. But it always sits alongside emotion and story. A steamy scene that doesn't mean anything isn't interesting to me. I want you to feel the chemistry before they ever touch, and I want you to feel every moment after.

Every single book I write ends with a happily ever after. That's not a spoiler, that's a promise. Life is complicated enough. When you pick up a Riley Dean book, you will always get the ending you're rooting for.

Faking It With The Captain is free, it's steamy, and it will tell you everything you need to know about whether we're a good fit.

I think we are.

With love,

Riley