Deer Springs is a small-town hot mess.

This quirky small-town romance series is set deep in the Ozark Mountains in a tiny town where the modern characters live messy lives.

It features a group of friends in their thirties as they navigate life and love, stumble along the way, and help each other stand back up again.

These full-length, open-door romantic comedies feature a generous dash of angst and steam, but the love story comes first.

And of course, they always end with a happily ever after.

• Quirky, character-driven romances.

• Modern, flawed characters with lots of angst and love.

• Full-length romance novels between 90,000-110,000 words average.

• An irreverent, sassy attitude with adult language, bad decision making, and open door sex scenes.

• Open door scenes.

• Adult language.

The Ozarks are an untamed land.

The forests are deep, the deer are everywhere, and the bluffs look like the type of nature scenery you see in movies.

It’s a beautiful place with forests, mountains, valleys, waterfalls, caves, lakes, streams and rivers.

The wilder areas also have their share of elk, coyotes, bobcats, brown bears and mountain lions. There’s nothing like the sound of a coyote pack singing after dark fall.

Nature holds a strong grip on the Ozarks.

When I first contemplated starting the Deer Springs romance series, I knew I wanted to place it deep in the Ozark Mountains, because it’s a place in our country that really exists that not everyone gets a chance to experience.

I’m writing the Deer Springs series for any of you yearning for a simple world where it’s okay that people still don’t lock their doors at night. One with less power lines and more stars in the night sky.

Of course! In fact, they make cameos in all of the books in the Deer Springs series.

They may be secretly deciding on their wedding date as we speak! I have a feeling their wedding may even be the location of a scene in a future Deer Springs book.

I use the romance.io rating system to help you decide which Deer Springs books are right for you.

The Luxury of Being Honest:

• 🔥🔥🔥🔥out of 5

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• 🌶️: Outdoor sex.

• 🌶️: Sex while MMC is drunk and FMC is not.

Wild Nature:

• 🔥🔥🔥🔥out of 5

Neighbors We Hate To Love:

• 🔥🔥🔥🔥out of 5

Roommates For Now:

• 🔥🔥🔥🔥out of 5

• 🩶Morally grey MMC does it out of love: light stalking/tracking/snooping.

• 🩶 Love triangle: Morally grey FMC meets her married ex but doesn't kiss him back (or tell MMC).

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STEAM SCALE:

🔥: No Sex. Glimpses and kisses, meaningful glances and perhaps a kiss, but no sex on and off page.

🔥🔥: Fade to Black/Off Page/Behind Closed Doors. At least one intimate scene occurs, but without the reader present.

🔥🔥🔥: Open Door. At least one intimate scene with the reader present, euphemistic language for act and body parts.

🔥🔥🔥🔥:Explicit open door. At least two intimate scenes, explicit language with a variety of sexual acts.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥: Explicit and plentiful. Several explicit scenes, a variety of adventurous acts, dotted throughout the book.

That system is good, but can leave a lot of questions, so I additionally use these designations for my books:

🌶️= Each pepper is 1 sex scene (half scenes rounded up)

😏= Includes a kink, lightly explored

🥵= Includes a kink, heavily explored

🩶= Morally Grey FMC/MMC

💔= Angst (heavy emotions, longing, trauma, heartbreak, or tragedy)

🖤= Darker themes explored

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STEAM SCALE:

🔥: Closed Door/Fade To Black (No on page sex)

🔥🔥: Open Door (1 scene)

🔥🔥🔥: Open Door (2-4 scenes)

🔥🔥🔥🔥: Open Door (3-5 scenes)

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥: Open Door (6 + scenes)