Esplanade

A summer Christmas novella! I'm all set to keep my tattoo studio open during the holidays to avoid Christmas and my birthday, but then Daniel kidnaps me.Or forces me unwillingly to go on holiday with his family.Which would be fine, except his family thinks we've been dating for six months.Somehow, he convinces me to go along with it.To fake date him.I get a holiday, and he doesn't have to own up to his family that he lied.But it's hard not to blur lines when you're already in love with him and now have permission to touch.How will I survive the holiday? Whimsical Ink is a short and steamy, low-angst, fake dating novella set during a summer Christmas.Each book is completely standalone, but occasionally characters from the rest of the series pop in to visit! Ava lives in New Zealand with her two dogs and drinks copious amounts of tea to get her through the day.

The Esplanade: The Complete Series contains five sweet and spicy novellas.Follow the women who own businesses on The Esplanade as they fall in love! Starlight SalonNursing my plumber back to health was not on my to-do list this week. Velvet VarnishBeing friend-zoned by the sexy bar owner hurts. But at least I still have our book club. Deja BrewSomeone's stalking me. And I kind of like it. Chic SteelI can't stop thinking about the CEO that I pierced…down there. Whimsical InkAll I want is to avoid the holidays. But my brother's best friend won't let me. Ava writes sweet and spicy contemporary romances. She loves to write about friends to lovers, forced proximity, and workplace romance. Gentle/sweet heroes are her fav with competent heroines stumbling into love, and pining is a MUST.She lives in New Zealand and loves autumn, knitting, brownies covered in ice cream, and her two dogs.