Kristen Ashley Popular Books
Kristen Ashley Biography & Facts
Kristen Ashley (born Kristen A L Moutaw; April 8, 1968) is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than 75 books in 14 languages, with over three million copies sold. Two of her novels have been adapted into film. Career Ashley has always enjoyed books. At age 12, she began surreptitiously borrowing her mother's Harlequin Presents romance novels and fell in love with the genre. As an adult, Ashley began writing books in the evenings, after she finished a long day of working in the medical field - first at the Rocky Mountain MS Center, then the Colorado Neurological Institute, and then, after a move to Bristol, England, at The Pituitary Foundation. Over 15 years, Ashley wrote almost 25 romance novels. She attempted to find an agent or a publisher for her works but was consistently rejected. Ashley finally decided to publish her work independently on Kindle. She released three or four of her previously written titles each month and found an audience relatively quickly. Her readership expanded after a major blogger reviewed one of her novels, Sweet Dreams. Between her day job and her writing and publishing efforts, Ashley worked, on average, 14–16 hours a day, seven days a week, for years. Once her writing career reached a certain threshold, Ashley hired help; she now has an assistant and works with graphic designers, proofreaders, and copyeditors. In 2013, Ashley signed her first traditional publishing contract, with Grand Central Publishing's Forever line. As of 2019, she had released three series' worth of books through traditional publishing. Ashley chose to foray into traditional publishing for two primary reasons. First, she wanted to improve her craft by working with an experienced editor. Second, she wanted to make her books more accessible. With traditional publishing, her novels would be available in print as well as ebooks, which would expand her audience to people without ereaders and those who liked to browse bookstores and libraries. Ashley insisted that her publisher keep ebook prices low, at $3.99, to ensure that readers weren't priced out. In an interview in 2019, she noted that her "print sales are abysmal"; most of her income comes from ebook sales and merchandise that she creates based on her books. Passionflix purchased the film rights to several of Ashley's novels. The Will, based on Ashley's novel of the same name, was released on February 14, 2020. It was directed by Louise Alston and starred Megan Dodds, Chris McKenna, Martin Dingle-Wall and Patrick Byas. In 2020, Passionflix will be filming an adaption of Ashleys' "Three Wishes". As of 2019, Ashley had published more than 60 novels, which have been translated into 14 languages and sold a combined three million copies. Reception Her novel Raid was on the USA Today bestseller list. Own the Wind placed on the New York Times bestseller list. She won the Romantic Times Book Reviews Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Romantic Suspense for Law Man, and the Romance Reviews Reader's Choice Award for Ride Steady. She was nominated for Romantic Times awards for Best Independent Contemporary Romance (Hold On) and Best Contemporary Romance (Breathe). Four of her novels (Motorcycle Man, The Will, 'Ride Steady, and The Hookup) have been finalists for Goodreads Choice Awards in the Romance category. Writing As influences, Ashley cites Janet Evanovich, Judith McNaught, J. K. Rowling, Carl Hiaasen. In interviews, Ashley states that she struggled with sleep due to an active mind, which she turned to creating stories that she continued developing over time. Her heroes are often Alpha males with the heroine bringing a strong character to match them. Her heroines run the gamut from independent women who run their own businesses to more traditional women whose utmost goal is to become a mother. Family, friends and music are recurring thematic elements. She claims that she does not tone down or restrict her characters into the typical hero and heroines found in romance novels, this being part of the reason for rejections by traditional publishers. She notes that "I celebrate imperfections. ...None of my characters are perfect. They don’t say the right thing. They get exhausted and they pick at each other and they bicker." She has written racially diverse characters, as well as LGBTQ characters. Though mainly in the romance genre, she covers other sub-genres in her work, including; fantasy, erotica and paranormal. Bibliography References External links Official Website: KristenAshley.net Kristen Ashley at IMDb Kristen Ashley on FictionDB.com. Discover the Kristen Ashley popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Kristen Ashley books.
Best Seller Kristen Ashley Books of 2024
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Too Good to Be True
Kristen AshleyHeiress Daphne Ryan is uncertain about spending a week at the sprawling country estate of the family of her sister’s boyfriend. For starters, she doesn’t get along with her sister....
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Rock Chick Revenge
Kristen AshleyAva Barlow hates men. She has reason and she’s vowed not only never to get involved with another man again, but also to exact vengeance on her best friend’s lying, cheating, ratbas...
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Rock Chick Reborn
Kristen AshleyAs a Rock Chick, Shirleen Jackson lived through all the kidnappings and explosions. Along the way, she also watched the dramatic love stories that came with those rides unfold.But ...
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Games of the Heart
Kristen AshleyFrom the balcony of his house, Mike Haines can see the quiet, commonplace beauty of the Holliday farm. But what he remembers is Dusty, the little sister of his high school girlfrie...
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The Golden Dynasty
Kristen AshleyCirce Quinn, the office manager of a moving company, goes to sleep at home and wakes up in a corral filled with women wearing sacrificial virgin attireand she’s one of them.She fig...
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Deacon
Kristen AshleyDeacon has an ugly history, a history that broke him, leaving him a ghost of a man. Out of necessity, he left the normal world to descend into the criminal world and found he fit. ...
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Christmas at the Palace
Jeevani CharikaA sparkling, festive read full of love, joy and a little Christmas magic. Snuggle up with the perfect Christmas romance that readers have fallen in love with this year, as one...
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Dirty Ride
Chantal FernandoFrom USA TODAY bestselling author Chantal Fernando comes a brand new Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club enovella, full of sexy badboy bikers, strong heroines, and steamy romance!Even by ...
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Rock Chick Rescue
Kristen AshleyJet McAlister has a secret. Eddie Chavez has the hots for Jet (not to mention Eddie’s just plain hot). Jet’s got too many problems to cotton on that Eddie’s interested. Eddie’s try...
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Ghosts and Reincarnation Complete Series
Kristen AshleyThe Ghosts and Reincarnation Series is the complete collection of five books where you’ll find a good deal of mystery, romance, humor, magic, love and hauntings.They include:Sommer...
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Avenging Angel
Kristen AshleyRachel Armstrong has a burning need to right the world’s wrongs. Thus, she becomes the Avenging Angel.And maybe she’s a bit too cocky about it.While riding a hunch about the identi...
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Taking a Chance on Love
Erin Green'Full of humour, poignancy and ultimately uplifting this is an absolutely gorgeous read. We loved it! Highly recommended!' Hot Brands Cool PlacesA heartwarming, feelgood novel from...
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At Peace
Kristen AshleyViolet Winters once had it all but lost it when her husband was murdered by a criminal madman. During a cold winter night Violet has to leave her warm bed to tell her neighbor to t...
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Rock Chick Revolution
Kristen AshleyAlly Nightingale has secrets. Secrets she doesn’t even share with the Rock Chicks. But two men know what she’s up to. One has her back. The other has her heart, but he doesn’t know...
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Heaven and Hell
Kristen AshleyAfter making a bad decision when she was very young, Kia Clementine finds herself in hell.Then, suddenly, within the time it takes for a shotgun to blast, her hell changes.Out of t...
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Rock Chick Reckoning
Kristen AshleyStella Gunn is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Blue Moon Gypsies and Stella used to be Mace’s girl. But Kai “Mace” Mason ended things and the loss of him rocked her world...
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Rock Chick Regret
Kristen AshleySadie Townsend is known by all as The Ice Princess, and she’s worked hard to earn her reputation. Her father, a nowincarcerated Drug Lord, has kept her under his thumb her whole li...
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Peril
Kat Martin, Alexandra Ivy & Rebecca ZanettiFrom romantic thriller powerhouses Kat Martin, Alexandra Ivy and Rebecca Zanetti, the trio behind the instant USA Today bestseller PIVOT, three new in...
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The Woman by the Lake
Kristen AshleyNadia Williams needs somewhere peaceful to sort through her grief after her mother is brutally murdered. She finds a cozy cabin at the side of a tranquil lake in the quaint town of...
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A Life with Ghosts
Steve GonsalvesNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe debut book from paranormal investigator and Ghost Hunters TV star Steve Gonsalves! Steve Gonsalvesalready considered to be one of the top paranormal investi...
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Play It Safe
Kristen AshleyNo connections. Play it safe. These were the rules Ivey lived her life by.Until she hit Mustang, Colorado, a perfectly imperfect town where the citizens were welcoming and one of t...
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Fast Lane
Kristen Ashley“Once he met her, it was and always would be Lyla.”They were the gentlemen bad boys of rock. Forming in a garage in a small town in Indiana. Taking their licks on the road. Going b...
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Rock Chick Renegade
Kristen AshleyJuliet Lawler has a score to settle against the drug dealers of Denver. Vance Crowe has made it his mission that Jules won’t get dead while dishing out vigilante justice. Jules doe...
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Three Wishes
Kristen AshleyWhen Lily Jacobs was born, she inherited Fazire – a genie. Her family had three wishes and they’d only ever used one so Fazire was stuck in the human world. This worked since he’d ...
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Perfect Together
Kristen AshleyWyn and Remy Gastineau were perfect together…Until, without warning, Remy walks out on their life, their love and their marriage.Wyn is blindsided and heartbroken. It takes her yea...
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Mathilda, SuperWitch
Kristen AshleyOn Hallowe’en night, Mathilda Honeycutt finds out she’s a SuperWitch. Not the modern, hippiekind…the real, wandwielding, pixiedust kind. After a life devoted to retail and coffee d...
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Rock Chick Redemption
Kristen AshleyRoxie Logan is on the run from a bad boyfriend who just will not catch a hint that it is over. She’s not in the mood for love at first sight.Unfortunately, her eyes fall on Hank Ni...
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Wildest Dreams
Kristen AshleySeoafin Wilde was taught by her parents that every breath was a treasure and to seek every adventure she could find. She learns this lesson the hard way after they perish in a plan...
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Creed
Kristen AshleyWay too young, eleven year old Tucker Creed and his six year old neighbor, Sylvie Bissenette, find they have something awful in common. Creed then decides he’s going to do everythi...
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Knight
Kristen AshleyAnya Gage has learned that to get anything good in life, you have to work for it. She has no expectations, no dreams.Then she finds herself at a party where she doesn’t want to be ...
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Hold On
Kristen AshleySince she was young, Cher Rivers knew she was not the kind of girl who got what she wanted. A girl who could hope. A girl who could dream. She knew a happily ever after just wasn't...
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Last Ride
Chantal FernandoThe Wind Dragons MC couple who started it all is back! We met the stars of Chantal Fernando’s bestselling series in Dragon’s Lair, and now Sin and Faye are ready for moreand with t...
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The Hookup
Kristen AshleyWhen the new girl in town, Eliza “Izzy” Forrester decides to hit the local drinking hole, she’s not ready to meet the town’s good, solid guy. She’s definitely not prepared to engag...
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Sebring
Kristen AshleyNick Sebring has issues. Born feeling like an outsider in his own family, growing up under the shadow of a brother who could do anything, Nick isn’t that great of a guy. But when t...
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The Girl in the Woods
Kristen Ashley"Ashley masterfully delivers part procedural, part whodunit, part romance in this dark, engrossing thriller…THE GIRL IN THE WOODS continues to prove why Kristen Ashley is a master ...
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Raid
Kristen AshleyHanna Boudreaux has lived in the small town of Willow all her life. She’s sweet, cute and quiet.Hanna has a moment of epiphany when she realizes her crush for forever, Raiden Ulyss...
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Complicated
Kristen AshleyWhen small town Nebraska sheriff Hixon Drake meets Greta Dare, the connection couldn’t be stronger, but the timing couldn’t be worse.Dealing with the fallout of a divorce he never ...
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For You
Kristen AshleyLieutenant Alexander Colton and February Owens were high school sweethearts. Everyone in their small town knew from the moment they met they were meant for each other. But somethin...
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Furious Rush
S. C. StephensFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Thoughtless series comes a swoonworthy, enemiestolovers romance set in the world of motocross. Mackenzie Cox has a lot to prove...
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The Will
Kristen AshleyEarly in her life, Josephine Malone learned the hard way that there was only one person she could love and trust: her grandmother, Lydia Malone. Out of necessity, unconsciously and...
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The Girl in the Mist
Kristen AshleyRenowned author Delphine Larue needs a haven. A crazed fan has gone over the deep end, and she’s not safe. Her security team has suggested a house by a lake. Secluded. Private. Far...
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Rock Chick
Kristen AshleyIndy Savage is a former wild child (okay, maybe notsoformer) and current used bookstore owner. Lee Nightingale is a former bad boy (also maybe notsoformer) and now runs a private i...
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Once in a Lifetime
Jill ShalvisAfter a wrenching loss, Ben McDaniel tried to escape his grief by working in dangerous, wartorn places like Africa and the Middle East. Now he's back in his hometown and facetoface...
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Wild Ride
Chantal FernandoInternationally bestselling author Chantal Fernando brings fans another sexy motorcycle novella in the Wind Dragons MC series, as rival club president Talon has to decide what's mo...