Books by Darie McCoy
For Real
Romantic Suspense
Driscoll Kelly and McKenna Frost are traveling to the Golden State for very different reasons. Fate intervenes and brings them together. The bank auditor and secret service agent might be an unlikely pair, but sparks fly between them. The relationship which starts on their vacation, blossoms and when they return home to Logan City reality is awaits. What happens when the two are faced with obstacles from the past?
Sano’s Queen
Sports Romance
When professional basketball player, Kari Frost’s, career and Olympic hopes are threatened by injury, Dr. J. Daisuke Sano is there the wrap her in his strong arms. At the top of his field in Sports Medicine, he’s ready to help her in every way. Will he be the person who has to tell her that her career is over? If so, he runs the risk of never being more than a concerned pseudo friend watching her from the periphery of her life. Is that a chance he’s willing to take?
Chosen
Paranormal/Shifter Romance
Central Valley Pack Alpha, Rahm Monteparse, didn’t want nor need a mate. Fate has other plans in the form of curvy carpenter Carleeta Taiwo. Their pull toward one another is undeniable and their mating exposes a secret Carleeta’s family has hidden from her. Can Rahm find his path to being the mate Carleeta needs? When their future is placed in jeopardy by the threat to Carleeta, how will they make it through?
Involuntary
Romantic Suspense/ Medical Romance
Stephanie Barker is a successful business woman, devoted to the niece she adopted. Traumatic circumstances bring Dr. Jian Anderson into her orbit. Jian Anderson has a thriving career as the top Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Talbot Memorial Hospital. A horrific event brings Stephanie into his hospital requiring his skills to help someone she loves. Terrible conditions bring them together, but the fire that ignites between them is undeniable. When the danger threatens their cocoon of happiness, can they navigate it? Can they trust in what they’ve built together or will tragedy tear them apart?
Christmas Candy
Holiday Romance
Candace ‘Candy’ Hampton is tired of being the butt of family jokes, so she signs up for a cooking class at the local culinary academy. She doesn’t expect the Secret Service agent who’s infiltrated her family to be there—as the instructor. Kenneth Holmes’ training as a chef is known only among those closest to him. Once the two are thrown together on his turf, Kenneth taps into parts of Candy she didn’t know existed—and she can’t seem to resist him. Sparks fly, but Candy is determined to achieve her goal. Kenneth is determined to win her heart. The heat between them rivals a boiler, but is it enough? Is there more cooking in the kitchen than savory meals?
Just Kiss Me: Cupid’s Kiss Anthology
Contemporary Romance
**Anthology contains six standalone stories**
Ensley Warren hasn’t been very lucky in love. It seems like she dated a variation of the same guy over and over. When she walked through the doors of Anton’s High Roller Casino everything changed. Ryker Stephens was simply playing blackjack at Anton’s, when he laid eyes on a beauty who immediately captured his attention. From the moment she walked into his arms, literally, his new mission became providing whatever she needed—and he didn’t even know her name yet. Ensley and Ryker’s attraction is undeniable. Can Ensley trust in what she feels for Ryker, or will she allow societal norms to get in the way? Will Ryker win in his quest to provide Ensley with not only protection, but the desires of her heart?
Draft Pick Season I: Carver
Sports Romance
IRAE Best Vella 2023
It’s Lit Literary Award Finalist for Best IR Romance
Alyssa Ripley and Carver Jamieson met in college through her best friend, who just happened to be Carver’s girlfriend. When he was drafted into the NFL, they left one another’s orbit. Years have passed and circumstances have changed since they last saw one another. He’s no longer dating her best friend nor is he a starting quarterback in the NFL. And… They’re both very much single. When Carver lands a coaching job in the city Alyssa calls home, can he also land a place in her heart? If he can, will their relationship survive his very public lifestyle?
Draft Pick Season II: Andrei
Sports Romance
Andrei Antonov’s years as a defenseman on the ice taught him many things and afforded him many more. Now, he’s putting those lessons to work as the owner of one of Las Vegas’ most exclusive casinos. Zaria Coleman has her life worked out exactly as she wants it. She’s the managing partner of her own successful law firm and aims to live each day to the fullest. When they meet through mutual friends, sparks fly between them, but can Andrei convince Zaria they can have more than a passing fling?
Healed
Paranormal/Shifter Romance
A traumatic event drove Brody Parata to retreat into his bear form for a decade. Portia Applewhite, a curvy little veterinarian, comes into his life and turns it on end. Life as they both know it changes when Portia combines her knowledge with her friend’s gift to free Brody his internal exile. A spark, neither can deny, consumes them and they discover their destiny as mates. Accepting their fate is the easy part. Brody’s past haunts them. Will Portia and Brody solve the mystery surrounding the mission that scarred him? Can learning the truth allow him to truly break free of his chains and finally be healed?
Toad: Sin City MC Oakland Chapter
MC Romance
It’s the age-old tale of the Princess and the Frog. If the princess was a Forensic Odontologist and the frog was the Sergeant at Arms of a badass motorcycle club. Esmeralda Upton enjoys her life. The only thing on her agenda is preparing for the upcoming Comic Con—not verbally sparring with a sexy biker. Xavier ‘Toad’ Carmichael loves two things, his MC and his Harley. As Sergeant at Arms, he keeps order and protects his brothers. He never dreamed a woman with ample curves and an even bigger brain would enter his life and challenge him to spread his protective arms wider.
The members of Sin City MC never leave before all the cards are played.
Controlled Desire: Fall of Desire Series
Erotic Romance
In a world dominated by power and control, Maria Elena Stokes, a widowed CEO of a banking conglomerate, has always held the reins tightly. But when she crosses paths with Ji-Yeong Kang, a charismatic business mogul and Pleasure Dom, everything changes.
Drawn to the exclusive realm of a Club Desire, Maria finds herself confronted with a proposition that challenges her every instinct. Ji-Yeong yearns to take care of her needs, to guide her in embracing her desires, and to teach her the liberating art of submission.
Can Maria relinquish control and allow Ji-Yeong to lead her to newfound freedom? Will they unlock the secrets of their desires and build an unbreakable bond beyond the walls of Club Desire?
Draft Pick Season III: Denzel
Sports Romance
Denzel Reyes went from breaking records in the NFL to breaking barriers in boardrooms and on camera as a sports analyst. What he can’t afford to break is the heart of the woman who stole his…Dominique Truman.
Dominique is accustomed to breaking barriers. A super star on the rise, she’s kicking down doors previously closed to actresses who look like her. Plus-sized. Dark skinned. With natural hair. She has no plans to become one of Denzel’s many conquests, but Mr. Reyes has other plans.
The Glassmaker’s Helper
Fantasy Romance
The Getaway Chronicles
Boozy Book Tour Indie Author Literature Nominee for Best IR Paranormal/Romance 2023
In a world of the blessed the unblessed, the Glassmaker proclaims the gifts of those in the realm with their reading of the sparks. They are the only ones with the ability to work the glass and declare the goddess’s blessing.
Generations before Ophelia was born, her birth was prophesied. The Enchantress proclaimed that a blessed girl child would restore honor to the Leander line. However, when she was presented to the Glassmaker to learn of her blessing, she was turned away. Many Winters passed and Ophelia remained unblessed. Until she and her brothers journeyed to Thistledown.
Rylan, the Glassmaker of Thistledown is able to do what none other before him had achieved. He read Ophelia’s blessing in the sparks. The gift from the goddess so rare, Rylan fears for her safety. Knowing the potential danger, he agrees to travel with Ophelia and her brothers on a quest to help her learn to use her blessing to its fullest potential.
The two are drawn together by an inexplicable bond that neither can ignore. As they trek across the realm from his home to hers, they are unable to deny their attraction. While danger lurks, they must reach the Keeper of the Blessings before it’s too late.
Can Ophelia navigate her new blessing and help restore her family’s honor? Can the bond between her and Rylan survive the obstacles before them? Together, can they bring about a change to the realm which hasn’t been seen in centuries?
Tangled Reverence
Contemporary Romance
The Preacher’s Kid Series
Pastor Atarah Cox and President of the Church Board, Cyrus Lauder, are like oil and vinegar. Mixing them together could be great, but it will take a great deal of work. They each have their own ideas about how things should function at Harmony Haven. Of course, they both think their own way is the right way.
For the past two years, they’d managed to maintain a professional distance, despite the heat simmering between them. That is until said heat boils over. The two find themselves in a compromising situation, which forces them to join together to maintain their reputations.
They strike a bargain to save their positions within the church. But will it be enough? Will their heat blaze until it erupts into a full-fledged fire? If not, their reverence could remain forever tangled.
Reclaimed
Paranormal/Shifter Romance
Central Valley Pack Series
Rosco Greywolf had resigned himself to his new life without his mate. As Central Valley Pack’s beta, he had his hands full with his duties. Having lost the shifter he believed to be his only chance at a finding a life-mate, he grouched his way through each day trying to hold together the pieces of his shattered existence. Until…
Deanna ‘DK’ Madkins was starting over. She’d done the mating thing. It failed when she was unable to give her mate the prize he coveted—progeny. After setting him aside, she left the pack of her birth. Her life would be away from shifters and she was fine with that. When she moved to a small town just beyond the borders of the Central Valley Pack’s lands, she thought she’d found the place for her solitary happily ever after. Until…
Circumstances bring the two together, and the sparks which ensue may be more than either is willing or able to handle. Can they find what they didn’t think they would ever have again? What happens when a gruff widowered shifter and a formerly mated she wolf crash into each other? Can they find themselves together? Can love be reclaimed?
Construction Book Boyfriend
The Book Boyfriend Series
Jerricka Bishop is fine with the fictional men in books she reads, but her best friends think she should venture out into the real world. To help, they introduce her to the Book Boyfriend Dating Agency. There, she finds more than the fantasy she signed up for.
Thiago Dominguez is satisfied with doing whatever is necessary to be successful and make his parents proud—except find a nice girl and settle down. However, the option is taken out of his hands.
When the two meet, their chemistry is undeniable. They are swept up in a passionate whirlwind. Once he’s had Jerricka in his arms, Thiago isn’t willing to turn back. So, he happily accepts the gift of being Jerricka’s real life Book Boyfriend, along with all the rights his new title entails.
The Book Boyfriend Series
They say Book Boyfriends are our consolation for men in real life. What if we told that meeting your fantasy hunk is just a click away?… Tag Along for a series of sweet & spicy encounters between empowered women and the BBFs who fall for them!
The Rancher’s Home
Silver Creek Ranch Series
When home is more than a place
Former Army Ranger Rothschild ‘Roth’ Stephens has found comforting peace in the vast, tranquil expanse of his Texas ranch. Scarred both physically and emotionally from his time in the service, Roth prefers his own quiet company, filling his days with the grueling, rhythmic chores of ranch life.
Autumn Daley, a successful corporate attorney, has spent years burying herself in work to escape the haunting memories of her past. However, her work life has become untenable. Circumstances bring her home where she faces old memories, along with the man who witnessed the most horrible day of her life. Roth Stephens. Her brother’s best friend.
When they meet again, they both attempt to ignore their draw to one another. However, Autumn is forced to seek Roth’s help. The sparks they’d tried to deny existed, ignite. What starts as a simple favor soon evolves into a deeper connection as they confront their pasts and navigate the complexities of their emotions.
Roth finds a different kind of peace with Autumn. But, can he hold on to it? What will it take for them to realize the home they seek is with each other?
Ever
The Protector Series
You can’t run from true love
Detective Asher Peterson has a problem. Nichelle Reed. She’s running from him, and he wants it to stop. From the moment he sees her, he knows they’re right for each other, but she keeps him at arm’s length. Convincing her to give their relationship a real chance is his toughest assignment yet. But Asher is prepared to do anything to make Nichelle a permanent part of his life.
Personal security specialist Nichelle ‘Nikki’ Reed doesn’t have problems. She is the problem. Living her life freely and on her own terms, she isn’t in the market for a relationship, no matter how much she wanted to climb the mountain of a man better known as Asher Peterson. Pseudo-friends with benefits she could handle. An exclusive relationship with a man, who turned her insides to mush with a single touch, isn’t part of the plan.
As they navigate their changing dynamic, personal and professional issues arise. Nikki’s past, from her time as a Marine, returns to haunt her, posing a potential threat. A secret is uncovered, which throws Ash’s relationship with his family into chaos. Together, Ash and Nikki face their personal demons while performing their professional duties.
Can their arrangement turned relationship survive the obstacles they encounter? Is their foundation strong enough? Or will genuine love remain the mountain too high to climb?
Author Darie McCoy 