u/QuinnLoveborneAuthor

First of all, thank you for creating this space.

Black romance ...absolutely deserves more corners of Reddit, so I love seeing this subreddit come together.

Second of all I'm Quinn Loveborne, an indie romance author, and I'd love to share my book After August here. I looked over the rules of the sub and could see author promo was welcome. It's an interracial contemporary billionaire romance with a biracial Black heroine, a cold grumpy MMC, fake marriage, enemies to lovers, secret identity, surprise pregnancy, boardroom drama, grief, scandal and way too much "I hate you, now kiss me" energy.

"I married my enemy to save my billion dollar company… and fell for the man who wasn't trying to catfishing me."

I started writing initially for my adopted sister (we're all adopted) who is a black lady and she has found lots of black authors now ...but initially when Mom took her to the waterstones (a book store in the UK) lo and behold there wasn't anything close to black or interracial romances in the 90s, that moment always stuck with me.

Anyways I didn't want to stomp in here throwing links around like a menace, so I wanted to ask first what kind of author posts you'd prefer. A blurb post? A trope list? A release post? So I'm leaving you with this TikTok video that annoyed my husband.

Either way, I'm excited this subreddit exists, and I'd love to be part of it.. Much love from one romance gremlin to another.

👉🏻 https://a.co/d/062zoWYM

After August
My father left me a company, a funeral full of vultures, and the one man I should never have trusted.

Vergil Ashurst is my brother's best friend, my family's enemy, and the cold billionaire everyone thinks can save me. He is a troublemaker and the fire of my loins.

The deal is supposed to be simple.
A fake engagement.
A public show of unity.
No feelings. No history, well not one I want sharing, no way! No letting him close enough to ruin me for a second time.

Except he owns my home.
He knows my secrets.
And he has no idea the baby is his.

For readers who like enemies to lovers, fake engagement, forced proximity, brother's best friend, secret pregnancy, an interracial contemporary billionaire romance, jealous possessive man, messy family empires, and no cheating with a HEA.

I married my enemy to save my billion dollar company… and fell for the man who wasn't trying to catfishing me.

I’m not supposed to want Vergil Ashurst.

He was not supposed to take my that night, not like that.

Everyone told me I should have moved on and I did...

He’s my brother’s best friend, my best friend’s older brother, my new husband, and the coldest man I’ve ever met.

I hate the control, the way he handles everything, including me, grumpy and always one step from setting my panties on fire.

I hate that my body forgets that every time he touches me.

Then my father dies, and his will traps me in a fake marriage or I lose everything.

So now I live with him, sleep beside him, and pretend this is real.

Meanwhile, I’m falling for someone else.

A man online. Griffin.

He sees me. Wants me. Doesn’t try to control me. Doesn't care I'm a billionaire.

And Vergil… he starts showing up.

He shields me from a board ready to destroy me.

He looks at me like I matter.

Somewhere between his gorgeous eyes, I fall and my panties get in a twist.

That’s when it all shatters.

Because Griffin is Vergil the billionaire grump.

Now I don’t know what’s real.

And I might be carrying his child.

After August is a standalone steamy contemporary romance with a fake marriage, a grumpy billionaire, his best friend’s little sister turned wife, second chance romance, forced proximity, a secret online romance that becomes a catfishing twist, and a surprise pregnancy. No cheating, no cliffhanger. Just tension, heat, and falling for the man she was never supposed to want.

Triggers: None

Exact date of publication: 28th June 2026

The date you plan to send your ARCs to your team: 7th June 2026

The date you expect your ARC team to finish the reading and submit their reviews by: 21st June 2026

https://booksprout.co/reviewer/review-copy/view/291336/after-august

Available in all countries.

Enjoy.

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I agree to a fake engagement with Roman Voss, my brother’s best friend. He left me once, but now he owns my heart, my home, and my secret baby too.

👉🏻 https://a.co/d/0gMVRhv8