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Carrie Lomax, aka Joline Pearce (she/her)
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Killian is tasked with guarding the princess until her wedding to the prince.

She doesn't want royalty.
She wants him.

Read in Kindle Unlimited.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0D13MMZK9
Quote from the book Sweet Briar by Joline Pearce: "Listen to me, princess. As long as I'm alive, not one monster, whether human or beast, will so much as displace a single hair on your head. Understand?" "Does that include your beastly friend?" Image is black and red with a cover of a book showing a red rose. Character art depicting a blond woman in a blue dress and a dark-haired man in all black standing close together in a library. His hand is on her waist and she's looking him in the eye with a playful smile. Text says "she's marrying his best friend. Doesn't want the prince. Wants the knight instead." For the male character, the text says, "Won't betray his best friend. Even if the prince is a jerk. Loyal to a fault. He's tasked with guarding the princess until the wedding."
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Out today! Read this #newrelease in #kindleunlimited
❄️The Snow Queen Retelling 
👑 Prince x Maid
🖤 Friends to lovers but make it dark
🌶️ - yes
📖 The Snow Queen by Joline Pearce
#romantasy #fantasyromance #friendstolovers
A kiss of winter blue cover with snowflakes and gold accents. Tropes include dark fantasy, fairytale retelling, animal guides, morally gray MMC, bully romance (kinda), childhood friends to lovers, a scarred heroine, and a HEA. No human can stand against The Snow Queen, but I will follow her to the ends of the earth to bring Kai back. Even if it costs me my own life.
October 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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He's mad I made him scoot over a few inches.
A black and white dog with a red collar laying on wrinkled beige bedspread.
October 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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When the bad guy isn't dead yet in your WIP and your editor is over it. 🤣
A word document comment that says *barf* and nothing else.
October 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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I'm so bad at keeping secrets. 😛 Forget waiting to reveal it, look at this beautiful cover by Book Boudoir Designs! I can't sit on this beauty anymore.

Virtue & Vice 6: Rose is available for preorder on all retailers. This spicy Victorian romance hits your e-reader in January 2026.
A stunning pink ebook cover depicting a blond woman reclining on a fainting couch, wearing a patterned rose print dress, with the title Rose: A Scandalous Victorian Romance by Carrie Lomax. Blurb for the book: nothing's most notorious duke has only one weakness. The cortisone he cannot resist. Rose Leland the most coveted corazon in London, is playing a dangerous game by blackmailing some of society's most powerful men - and one one wrong move could cost her everything. Her plans are interrupted the night. She is attacked and Lysander the brooding Duke of Gryphon, whisks her away to the safety of his estate. There he discovers that the woman he rescued is no helpless damsel, but a fiery temptress on a mission of revenge.
September 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Kickstarter now live! Back this campaign and get foiled special editions of three spicy fairytales - ends 9/25.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hat...
Three foiled special edition hardcovers with Kickstarter and Back this project button in green. A tiny white gloved hand points at the green button in a shameless attempt at subliminal messaging.
September 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Out now! Isabelle: A Victorian Marriage of Convenience Romance is available on all platforms. Quote from the book Isabelle: A Victorian Marriage of Convenience Romance: "every second of every hour of every single day was torment without you." She lifted one brow. There was a haughtiness, a confidence about her tonight that called to him. "You lie well," she chuckled bleakly. "It's not a lie, Isabelle. I think about you all the time. You have become quite a distraction."
September 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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When he says he'd "rather marry a bog witch."
...and now he's got a mess to clean up.

Isabelle: A Victorian Marriage of Convenience Romance - out 9/2/25
Preorder on all platforms: books2read.com/virtue-and-v...
2 days left to preorder Isabelle: Virtue & Vice 5. He calls her "little bog witch." (Affectionate.) (Mostly.) Preorder reminder for Isabelle: Virtue and Vice 5, available on all platforms. Newsletter PSA: If you sign up for my newsletter, you will receive a free series starter and get all the latest book news from Carrie Lomax!
September 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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When he says he'd "rather marry a bog witch."
...and now he's got a mess to clean up.

Isabelle: A Victorian Marriage of Convenience Romance - out 9/2/25
Preorder on all platforms: books2read.com/virtue-and-v...
An illustration of a historical couple sitting in front of a fireplace, with conversation bubbles that show him saying "I'd rather marry a bog witch." She responds, "Bye." He then says, "Wait, you can't leave me!" To which she responds, "I just did!" The tropes age gap, marriage in trouble, and "teach me" appear in the upper left corner. The publication date of 9/2/25 appears in the upper right. The book's title, Isabelle: A Victorian Marriage of Convenience Romance, appears at the bottom.
August 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is:
Picture of the band Sleigh Belles performing on stage at the 9:30 club in DC. The lighting is bright purple with white stage lights.
August 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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My husband bought me this delightfully cursed Jane Austen finger puppet today.
Image of a finger puppet on a white woman's hand. The puppet is wearing a turquoise dress, a white lace collar, and a white lace cap. Her eyes are lopsided and she looks like she's had a few too many drinks. A purple tag clearly identifies the puppet as Jane Austen.
August 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Cicada shells. My favorite bugs.
A pair of cicada shells on a tree trunk with leaves in the background.
July 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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I have a new book out! Midnight Deception: A Dark Fantasy Cinderella Retelling with an obsessive prince and the woman he'll burn the world down for.

Available to read in Kindle Unlimited.

#obsessedbookboyfriend #romantasy #fantasyromance #possessivebookboyfriends #booktok
Tropes card for a book called Midnight Deception. Arrows point to: Villain prince, soft & strong heroine, evil step family, unhinged fairy godmother, dragons, obsessive, possessive MMC. There is an extra period in the title which the author just noticed. Oops.
July 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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How am I supposed to type like this...
A picture of a dog buried beneath a blue floral IKEA duvet. A Mac laptop lists to the right. The dog's nose is barely visible beneath the sheet. A red arrow and the word "dog" are above his snout.
July 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Happy 4th of July! Let's remember what we're fighting for, fellow Americans.
July 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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I love it so much I bought a special edition. I don't even collect special editions!
June 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Calling romantasy book lovers!
Get an early review copy of Midnight Deception, a spicy dark fantasy Cinderella story, coming July 2025.
signup link: linktr.ee/jolinepearce
#​arcreader #​romantasy
Image of a dark blue and violet book cover with a shimmering pale blue shoe and gold letters saying Midnight Deception by Joline Pearce. Tropes: Morally Gray MMC, soft but strong FMC, dark fantasy romance, fairytale retelling, unhinged fairy godmother. ARC signups are open via the link in my bio.
June 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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I have a book out today!

A wary spinster meets a Duke in disguise...One by one, she'll uncover his secrets. But his deepest secret of all will change her entire world...

Get Secrets of a Duke's Heart on all platforms:
books2read.com/u/3yxkRV

#historicalromance
The cover of Secrets of a Duke's Heart against a green background with pink and purple flowers and the words "Out Now." The cover of Secrets of a Duke's Heart against a green background with pink and purple flowers and tropes listed with arrows pointing to the book: grumpy/sunshine, Regency romance, Spinster X Duke, etc. A 5-star review for Secrets of a Duke's Heart that says "A delightful novella...I loved the feisty Clarissa and the charming Jude, the chemistry between them sizzled."
May 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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I had such a great time today at the Gaithersburg Book Festival with Maryland Romance Writers! Then my husband and I went out for dinner to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary, which is technically not possible as I am still 25, yet somehow true.

Anyway. It was a lovely day.
The author standing behind a rack of books for sale, looking happy and pleased. She is wearing a black T-shirt and sunglasses on her head to pin her hair back. The author seated beneath a yellow umbrella outdoors with city buildings behind her. She is again wearing black, this time a dress, and a gold necklace. The sunglasses are still on her head. She is beginning to think she should mix up her style elements a bit.
May 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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A wary spinster meets a Duke in disguise...One by one, she'll uncover his secrets. But his deepest secret of all will change her entire world...

Preorder Secrets of a Duke's Heart on all platforms:
books2read.com/u/3yxkRV

Out May 20th!
Image of the cover of Secrets of a Duke's Heart with arrows pointing to the following tropes: Secret Identity, Spinster x Duke, Grumpy/Sunshine, Spicy!, Kidnapping, Regency Romance, Smuggling.
May 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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ARC applications now open for Secrets of a Duke's Heart, a steamy Regency romance novella! Sign up here: forms.gle/ZVQuFp21TzTH...

When a wary spinster meets a duke in disguise, their battle of wits turns into a war of hearts. Out May 20th, 2025.
Image of the cover of Secrets of a Duke's Heart against a green background with pink and purple flowers and the words "ARC signups open." Trope card showing the cover of Secrets of a Duke's Heart with tropes including: Secret Identity, Spinster x Duke, Kidnapping, Smuggling, Grumpy/Sunshine, and Regency Romance.
May 5, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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So much efficiency... 🙄

www.npr.org/2025/05/03/n...
In filling jobs that are open due to voluntary resignations, the government will effectively be on the hook for two salary-and-benefit packages through the end of September - one for the person newly moving into the job, and one for the person who was paid to leave that job.
May 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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April 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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This is Jett, taking my spot.
A black and white dog sleeping on a bed with a blue blanket. He looks very content!
April 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Pretty sky this morning. Can't get a shot of the pink without trees in the way, but the colors are so vivid!
A cluster of trees in the foreground of a pink and blue sky.
April 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM