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Declan Rayne

Love hard. Fall harder. Come for the slow burn, stay for the sizzling chemistry, and make them earn the happily ever after. 🖤🔥

Contemporary RomanceDark RomanceParanormal RomanceRomantic SuspenseSports RomanceNew Adult Romance

Behind the byline

About the author

Love is my favorite plot twist. 🖤

I’m a romance author, boy mom, and professional wrangler of furry sidekicks. I write spicy slow burns ranging from sweet and steamy to dark and delicious, with plenty of tension, chemistry, and hard-earned happily ever afters.

From the girl next door falling for the man she swore she’d never want to the wild beast lurking in the woods, I’ve got you.

Love hard. Fall harder. And make them earn the happily ever after. 🔥

⌖ The middle of nowhere

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Author marginalia

The fun stuff.

The little things readers always want to know after the last page.

Forever shelf

Favorite books

Lights Out
Code of Silence
Insatiable
Den of Vipers

In the headphones

Writing soundtrack

Usually? Chaos. 😂 My writing soundtrack is less carefully curated playlist and more cats meowing, dogs barking, my husband banging around in the kitchen, and my son apparently doi
Somehow, in the middle of all that, fictional people are falling madly in love, making terrible decisions, and getting very spicy. 🖤🔥

Tiny author lore

Things to know

📚 Will absolutely choose reading over being social.
☕ Coffee is less of a beverage and more of a writing requirement.
🔥 Believes sexual tension should be allowed to simmer until readers are ready to scream.
🐈 Writing sessions may be supervised—and interrupted—by cats.
💻 Has approximately 47 story ideas fighting for attention at any given moment.
😂 My characters routinely ignore the plot and create their own problems.

On Lantern

Stories by Declan Rayne

Contemporary Romance

Wild Temptation

Spring Break. Tijuana. One week that was never supposed to matter… and a man she never forgot. Kane and Allyra crashed into each other in a blur of heat, wild temptation, and promises made in the dark. They swear they’ll meet again next Spring Break. Then life hits and Tijuana doesn't stay in Tijuana. Now, years later, fate has brought them back together again, and Kane isn’t the kind of man who lets unfinished business stay unfinished. But second chances come with consequences and this time, walking away might cost them everything. Will they reclaim what they lost… or let true happiness slip away once more?