simone sumner
Writing under her pen name, Simone is a passionate storyteller who finds solace in words and the worlds they create. Living with multiple autoimmune diseases and carrying traumas of her own, she understands the power of escaping into a good book and the healing that can come from feeling seen in a story. She believes that fiction can be a safe space for those who have been hurt, offering both comfort and catharsis. When she’s not writing, she’s reading—always chasing that feeling of stepping into another reality, even if just for a little while. Simone Sumner writes dark, emotionally gripping romances that explore trauma, recovery, and the blurred lines between love and obsession. With a passion for crafting flawed characters and raw, intense relationships, she delivers stories that linger in the minds of readers long after the final page.
trust fall:
Aviana has never belonged to anyone. Passed from one foster home to another, she’s learned that love is temporary, trust is dangerous, and survival means keeping her heart locked away. Abuse and neglect have left her with scars—some that fade, and some that never will.
Now, at a secluded trauma retreat, she’s supposed to be healing, learning how to exist without fear. But someone is watching her.
He moves in the shadows. A presence she can’t see but can feel. He calls himself Nightshade. A protector. A guardian. Maybe even something darker.
As old wounds resurface and buried memories claw their way to the light, Aviana is forced to confront a terrifying truth—her past is not finished with her. And neither is he.
But the real danger isn’t the man in the shadows. It’s what she feels when she’s with him.
Obsession. Safety. Longing.
Love twisted with something she can’t name.
If she lets him in, will he be her salvation? Or the kind of monster she’s been running from her entire life?
saint and the sinner:
She follows the rules. He was born to break them.
Finley Hart has spent her whole life trying to disappear politely—good grades, good manners, good girl. Even now, she blends into office life like wallpaper: quiet, reliable, unremarkable. Until he shows up.
Hawkins Cross was her high school tormentor—the smirking boy who knew exactly how to unravel her with a single word. Now he's her new colleague, all grown up and even more infuriating in a tailored suit and knowing grin.
He calls her Saint. Sends her teasing late-night emails. Knows how to twist her buttons like no one else. And worst of all?
He’s not playing fair anymore.
He wants her to crack.
And Finley? She’s starting to wonder what would happen if she let him.
caged by him:
He stole her away. She let him.
Noelle Blackwood has spent years trapped in a marriage built on fear. Every escape attempt ends the same—broken, bruised, and reminded that she belongs to a man who will never let her go. No one has ever helped her. No one has ever tried.
Until him.
Adrian Wolfe isn’t a hero. He doesn’t save people. But the moment he sees Noelle—too quiet, too fragile, covered in fading bruises—he knows one thing: she’s his now. And he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.
Even if it means stealing her away.
Even if it means making sure her husband never comes looking.
Noelle should be afraid of Adrian. He’s possessive, obsessive, willing to cross any line for her. But when she’s with him, she feels something she hasn’t in years—safe. He never raises his voice. Never forces her. Never lets the darkness inside him touch her.
Except now, there’s no escape. Not from the past. Not from Adrian.
And maybe—just maybe—not from the part of her that wants to be caged by him.
falling over you:
Birdie inherits her aunt’s charming but chaotic farm in Coyote Creek, she expects dusty fields and awkward town gossip—not pumpkin disasters, hay bale catastrophes, or a certain annoyingly handsome handyman with a penchant for sarcasm.Noah Sutton knows the farm inside and out, and he’s determined to make sure Birdie survives her first small-town Halloween…even if it means rescuing her from collapsing scarecrows, haunted hayrides, and her own clumsy hands. Between pumpkin carving fails, flour explosions, and festival chaos, sparks start to fly—though Birdie insists she’s just “clumsy,” and Noah insists he’s just trying to help.
As the pumpkin patch, the festival, and the town itself come alive, Birdie must decide: will she sell the farm and retreat to city life, or embrace the messy, magical community—and maybe the man—who could make her heart feel at home for the first time?
Full of fall charm, swoony banter, and laugh-out-loud disasters, this small-town rom-com proves that sometimes, love is the sweetest harvest of all.