Kennedy Ryan

An instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller, featured on The Today Show and CBS Mornings. From the bestselling author of Before I Let Go, an empowering and sizzling novel about two single parents navigating the balance between sacrifice and their own happiness—perfect for readers of Tia...

“Real, raw, magnificent—Before I Let Go is the beautiful angst I love to read.” —Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author A scorching emotional second chance romance from a New York Times bestselling author. A Good Morning America Book Buzz Pick! Their love was supposed to...

An unapologetically ambitious businesswoman finally finding a soft place to land with a soulmate who wants nothing more than to make all her dreams come true, from the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Let Go. "Kennedy Ryan is my go-to for deep emotional, and sensual storytelling."...

Set in the dynamic worlds of professional basketball and entertainment, two of Kennedy Ryan's most critically-acclaimed series—Hollywood Renaissance and HOOPs—collide in this tale of forbidden romance. I met Nazareth Armstrong when I was eighteen years old. From the beginning, my brother...

A scorching second-chance romance between a talented screenwriter and a phenomenal musician from the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Let Go. "A triumph of art and emotion." —Talia Hibbert, New York Times bestselling author You never forget your first love. Isn't that what they...

A Broadway actress has a chance at stardom when cast by a major Hollywood director, but the role of her dreams may cost her the love of a lifetime in this epic novel from "one of the finest romance writers of our age." (Entertainment Weekly) For months I stood in the wings, an understudy waiting...

Raised to resist. Bred to fight. Survival is in my blood and surrender is never an option. Though surrender is what Maxim Cade demanded of my body and heart, I had other plans....

Resisting an irresistible force wears you down and turns you out. I know - I've been doing it for years. I may not have a musical gift of my own, but I've got a nose for talent and an eye for the extraordinary. And Marlon James - Grip to his fans - is nothing short of extraordinary. Years ago...

A forbidden love story set in the explosive world of the NBA . . . Think you know what it's like being a baller's girl? You don't. My fairy tale is upside down. A happily never after. I kissed the prince and he turned into a fraud. I was a fool, and his love—fool's gold. Now there's a new...

They got everything they wanted...but never had each other....

My path takes me far from home and paints me as the black sheep. At odds with my father, I'm determined to build my own empire. I have rules, but Lennix Hunter is the exception to every one of them....

In this scorching romance from the bestselling author of Before I Let Go, one man must earn the trust of a woman with diamond-hard defenses in order to win her heart. Mean girl. Goddess. Bitch. Supermodel Sofie Baston has earned those labels . . . yet they don't scratch the surface of who she...

JARED If I had a dollar for every time Banner Morales made my heart skip a beat... The heart everyone assumes is frozen over. Her anger is...arousing. Every glare from those fire-spitting eyes, every time she grits her teeth, gets me...well, you know. If I had a dollar for every...

I'll be there. Through thick and thin. Ride or die. You can count on me. The promises people make. The vows we take. Assumptions of the heart. Emotion tells us how we feel, but life...life has a way of plunging us in boiling water, burning away our illusions, testing our faith, trying our...

From Wall Street Journal, USA Today best-selling, and RITA Award-winning author Kennedy Ryan comes a captivating second chance romance like only she can deliver.... The boy who always felt like mine is now the man I can’t have.... Dig a little and you’ll find photos of me in the bathtub...

Kennedy Ryan presents book three in the Hoops series. A deeply emotional, standalone romance set in the worlds of professional basketball and high fashion. Divorced. Single dad. Traded to a losing squad. Cheated on, betrayed, exposed. My perfect life blew up in my face, and I'm still picking...

Letters from your favorite leading men, addressed to your deepest fantasies. This audio-only anthology features love letters from some of your favorite book boyfriends, speaking directly to you - performed by voices you already love....

In eight years Marlon James will be one of the brightest rising stars in the music industry. Bristol Gray will be his tough, no-nonsense manager. But when they first meet, she's a college student finding her way in the world, and he's an artist determined to make his way in it. From completely...

Kennedy Ryan sits down with Audible Editor Margaret to discuss audio-first stories, what she loves about HBCUs, and why she prefers writing love stories about characters who reunite after years spent discovering themselves....

From the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Let Go, a mysterious artist's dark past could cost him everything in this “achingly beautiful” second-chance romance. (A.L. Jackson) Jo Walsh has loved Cameron Mitchell for as long as she can remember. Whether front and center in her...