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Inez Kelley is an American New York Times bestselling author of contemporary romance novels.

Born and raised in the West Virginia mountains, Inez has loved reading and writing from the time she was young.

Much of that had to do with the fact that she first wore glasses at the age of three, which limited her ability to participate in sports and other outdoor activities.

She read everything while growing up, from Sci-fi, mystery, police drama, and romance, and wrote with a pencil and paper. That feels like ages ago, given the nature of the current computerized era.

Inez has never looked back ever since she started writing in elementary school.

She prefers writing romance because it is the theme that glued together everything that she read.

She currently lives in her hometown with her lumberjack husband and their children.

More about Inez Kelley

Genres: Contemporary , Fiction, Romance

United States

Non Series

  • Jinxed (2009)
  • Lipstick on His Collar (2010)
  • Sweet as Sin (2011)
  • Beauty and the Badge (2014)

Baddest Boys in History Series

  1. The Bastard (2014)

Country Roads Series

  1. Take Me Home (2013)
  2. The Place I Belong (2014)
  3. Should've Been Home Yesterday (2014)

Dirty Laundry Series

  1. Talk Dirty to Me (2010)
  2. Coming Clean (2010)

Eldwyn Chronicles Series

  1. Myla by Moonlight (2009)
  2. Salome at Sunrise (2010)
  3. Time Dancer (2013)

Turn It Up Series

  1. Turn It Up (2011)
  2. Wishing for Grace (2011)
Baddest Boys in History Series

Detailed book overview

Non Series

Jinxed

When opposites attract, they are screwed three ways from Sunday.

Frannie learned the hard way that a McHottie doesn’t always equal marriage material. She’s happy with her vanilla life. She has friends, a career and a double-D-powered vibrator. Then Fate shoves her, literally, into Prince Charming’s lap. His declaration of love at first sight is cute—and spikes her bullcrap meter into the red zone.

She’s more than willing to give in with her body. But she’s barricaded her heart behind castle walls—and permanently welded the gates shut.

Tragedy taught Jinx that time is too precious to waste, so when a series of uncanny coincidences thrusts Frannie into his life, he holds on tight. He knows she thinks he’s several fries short of a Happy Meal, but he’s determined to breach the fortress around her heart and give her a Happily Ever After.

Even if he has to carry her fanny-first into his kingdom.

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2009
ISBN: 978-1605046037
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Lipstick on His Collar

This sultry promise sparks a scorching, unforgettable one-night stand. The next morning Bram Winters awakes with a hickey and a head full of wicked memories—alone. His nameless goddess is gone without a trace, along with his shirt. And his heart.

Five months later, he stumbles across his mystery lady in a Laundromat, but she still won’t give up her name. Worse, she begs him to leave, no questions asked. Once he catches the spark of terror in her eyes, though, his firefighter training takes over—and he digs in for the duration.

Lady never wanted Bram to see her life’s ugly underside, but it’s too late—his socks are already in the washer. He was supposed to be her declaration of independence from her unstable ex, a bittersweet memory to carry into her new life.

Except the ex continues to stalks her. And Bram’s reappearance sends her emotions and desires tumbling over the edge. As the minutes wear on, sexual tension rises faster than the steam from a hot water wash.

And Lady’s ex watches from the shadows, growing more furious by the minute…

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2010
Ebook: B0046A9REU
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Sweet as Sin

John Murphy is tormented by nightmares. A bestselling young-adult author, he writes the ultimate fantasy: stories where good always triumphs. He knows better. His past has shown him the worst in people—and in himself. When he moves next door to the sexy, vibrant Livvy—a woman completely unlike his usual one-night stands—he's driven to explore every curve of her delicious body.

Pastry chef Livvy knows that giving in to the temptation that is John Murphy won't lead to anything permanent, but she deserves a passionate summer fling. John discovers she's as sweet as the confections she bakes while Livvy slowly unravels his secrets. But what will happen when she uncovers them all?

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2011
Ebook: B004GB1T68
Publisher: Carina Press
Beauty and the Badge

Dayna Thompson is a schoolteacher with a slightly dysfunctional family and a heart full of wishes. Jace Rafferty is a police officer who wants the all-American dream. Duty brings them together one New Year’s Eve and the story that unfolds is full of laughter, tears and romance.

Take a glimpse into the pivotal moments of their lives through a series of vignettes of one very ordinary couple’s romance from the first meeting to the HEA.

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2014
Ebook: B00LIS625K
Publisher: Inez Kelley

Baddest Boys in History Series

The Bastard

Vike died in blood, in battle, in betrayal. His ruthlessness was second only to his brutality. Now one woman makes his blood sing and he’ll stop at nothing to save her. He only has to face half of Hell to do it.

Lacy is unknowingly descended from an ancient Holy line. Someone is slowly destroying her life and wants her dead. A fierce Viking comes to her rescue, and in his arms, she finds more than safety.

If Vike can’t protect Lacy, he’ll have to kill her. And for a bastard, what’s one woman worth when the entire world is in jeopardy?

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2014
ISBN: 978-1497465985
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Country Roads Series

Take Me Home

Logging manager Matt Shaw is wary when Kayla Edwards, the owner of Mountain Specialty Spices, hires his firm to harvest timber on her Appalachian property. It's a place he knows better than the back of his calloused hand—it's his family's old homestead, lost years ago in a painful foreclosure. He's hauled himself up from dirt-floor poor since then, and resolves to stay professional…but Kayla's vivacious beauty makes it hard to focus on his job.

Home. That's how army-brat-turned-foodie Kayla feels about her new mountain hideaway. What's more, the hottest lumberjack ever to swing an axe has agreed to manage her timber crop and get the old maple syrup operations back on tap. Matt's ruggedly sexy ways and passion for the land have her falling hard.

The heat between them grows wild…until Kayla discovers that Matt hasn't been up front with her. She feels devastated and, worst of all, used. How can Matt prove it's her he wants and not her land?

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2013
Ebook: B00EFPO4H6
Publisher: Carina Press
The Place I Belong

Zury Castellano escaped a dreary city life and will do anything to protect her chosen home’s scenic vista. Black Cherry Falls is more than her job, it’s her passion. The State may have sold her beloved mountaintops to a lumber company, but they’re in for a surprise if they think she will just sit by and watch them destroy it. That cocky PR guy will never know what hit him.

Jonah Alcott walked away from his rigid religious family and found his place as Public Relations Director for Hawkins Hardwood. He plays as hard as he works, but the Black Cherry Falls project stretches him to his limit. A beautiful but tenacious resort manager calls in a radical environmental group, and Jonah steps out of his office to show her personally who the real bad guys are. However, only Jonah can decide where his true loyalties lie, with his job or his heart.

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2014
Ebook: B00GKBIS66
Publisher: Carina Press
Should've Been Home Yesterday

Thirteen years ago, Webb Hawkins and Clay McCreedy were best friends, more like brothers than business partners. Determined to push Hawkins Hardwood into the future, their lives were intertwined on every level. Until Webb came home and realized little Molly McCreedy had grown up.

Stay away from my baby sister. It was the one thing Clay had asked of Webb, but it was a promise Webb couldn't keep, and his actions did more than ruin their friendship—it changed everything. Now Clay is dead, Molly is pregnant after a night of memories and alcohol, and a guilt-ridden Webb needs to put things right.

As what begins as a marriage in name only slowly grows to include the love Webb and Molly have always kept carefully buried, a series of fires erupts across Black Cherry Canyon. And an infamous eco-terrorist sets his sights on Molly—the ultimate pawn in his vendetta against Hawkins Hardwood. To save one, Webb may have to let the other go…

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2014
Ebook: B00K4M3I3K
Publisher: Carina Press

Dirty Laundry Series

Talk Dirty to Me

Biologist Nora MacGregor is frantic when she loses her dissertation notes on female sexuality—and some very personal fantasies. Then a sinful stranger calls with a wicked proposition: if she talks dirty to him, he’ll return her notes, page by page. "James" allows Nora to explore her deepest desires and challenges her clinical ideas about sex. But James can’t give her the loving touches she finds in her budding relationship with Dr. Jarod Reed.

Jarod seized an opportune moment to fulfill his desire for Nora by becoming the mysterious James. While the anonymous, erotic phone sessions are unforgettable, Jarod longs to tell Nora he wants more than just talk. But how can he confess his deception without it costing him the chance to make their fantasies a reality?

NB: Co-authored with Ginny Glass.

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2010
Ebook: B00DJLQAKQ
Publisher: Carina Press
Coming Clean

“Coming clean never felt so good...”

Grant and Vivi Michaelson share everything in their marriage: love, commitment—and their wildest sexual desires. But their relationship is tested when Vivi admits she wants a threesome with Grant's old friend Cade, proposing their annual trip to the lake as the perfect opportunity to fulfill her fantasy.

All three of them are aroused by the idea. Vivi and Cade have long felt a smoldering attraction to each other...and Grant and Cade have hidden an illicit desire for decades. Going through with the ménage will test their boundaries, reveal old secrets...and maybe tear them apart. After all, there might be room for Cade in bed, but is there room for a third in their marriage?

NB: This book is the third installment of the Dirty Laundry Series. The first two book in the series are authored by Ginny Glass.

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2010
ISBN: B003U89S8O
Publisher: Carina Press

Eldwyn Chronicles Series

Myla by Moonlight

Created at Prince Taric’s birth, Myla is a spell, an enchantment designed to appear and protect him when he needs it most. She has always been content to do her duty…until one night of forbidden passion leaves her longing to experience life—and love—as a mortal woman. Yet the risk is too great. Even if her blood runs as red as his, she can never give him the one thing he needs: a child.

Taric’s blessing—and his curse—is knowing the kingdom’s future depends on his producing an heir to continue the bloodline. His bond with Myla has always been that of protector and protected. When it suddenly becomes something much more, he unwittingly sentences his people to certain death.

An old enemy is plotting to destroy all he holds dear: his lands, his people, his father, and his lover. And this time, even if they fight tooth and blade, their shared magic may not be enough to save them…

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2009
ISBN: 978-1605047744
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Salome at Sunrise

Bryton Haruk sets out on a suicide mission to stop the bloodthirsty Skullmen from terrorizing the war-weary Land of Eldwyn. Consumed by guilt over the death of his wife, Bryton seeks revenge and reunion in the afterlife with his lost love. His purpose is determined, his bravery unmatched, until the queen casts a spell to save Bryton from himself.

Salome is that spell. A bird-shifter, she can harness the earth’s breeze and take the form of a beautiful, innocent woman. Her challenge is to harness Bryton’s pain and guide him to peace. She entrances and irritates him, tempting Bryton from his mission. Even as he gives in to the passion between them, Bryton insists on mounting a solo attack on the brigands’ compound, and Salome fears her love won’t be enough to save him.

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2010
Ebook: B003NX7C2K
Publisher: Carina Press
Time Dancer

Everyone has a duty in the royal castle—everyone except Jana Haruk. Despite her promising magical bloodline, her gift is weak. As a Reminiscent Seer, she knows only what happened in the past, not what will happen in the future. When the crown prince's life is threatened, Jana vows to do everything she can to help him—including asking the queen, a powerful sorceress, to lend her some magic.

The queen summons Darach, a spell in human form. The arrogant and mysterious man soon discovers there's more to Jana than meets the eye: she's a time dancer, someone with the ability to move backward through time in her dreams. With Darach as her anchor, Jana can explore the past and try to figure out who is behind the attacks on the prince.

Despite her attraction to him, Jana knows little about the handsome warrior. The past is tying them closer to each other with every trip, but Darach is bound to return to his homeland when his mission is complete…and their time together is running out.

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2013
Ebook: B00A9V2X7S
Publisher: Carina Press

Turn It Up Series

Turn It Up

Dr. Bastian Talbot and self-proclaimed sex goddess Charlie Pierce heat up the air waves with their flirty banter as radio hosts Dr. Hot and the Honeypot. Off the air, they're best friends…but Bastian wants to be so much more. He wants Charlie—in bed, and forever.

Problem is, Charlie doesn't do commitment. Sure, she's had X-rated fantasies of Bastian, but he was always just a friend—until he impulsively proposes and unleashes the lust they've been denying for years. Charlie's willing to explore where their wild chemistry leads, but she won't marry him. And he won't have sex with her until she accepts his proposal, despite her seductive schemes.

What are Dr. Hot and the Honeypot to do? Ask their listeners for advice on how to tame a sex kitten and turn a perfect gentleman into a shameless lover. The Race to Wed or Bed is on…who will turn up on top?

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2011
ISBN: B005CRQ5AK
Publisher: Carina Press
Wishing for Grace

Caz Talbot fought the good fight and won over his addictions but the price was high. He lost the love of his life and their daughter. But he's never stopped loving them, never stopped wishing for a second chance.

Sometimes, wishes do come true.

Author: Inez Kelley
First Release: 2011