Mara J. Ova - Romance

Adrenaline, desire, and daring hearts

Romance that refuses to play it safe.

Meet

Mara J. ova

safe and sensible

I’ve been spinning stories in my head since I was a kid. Back then, they were innocent little adventures. Then puberty hit, and suddenly there were men in them. And heat.

But instead of chasing that, I did the “sensible” thing. Got myself a PhD in history. Safe, serious, respectable. Except life had other plans. I got my happily every after with my sexy skier.

My happily ever after… though let’s be honest, in real life it sometimes looked more like that song from Tangled: Is this happily ever after after all…

born to write

because with my fairy-tale, kids came. they inspired me, and drained me at the same time. I realized, that I owed them and inspiration and i owed myself the life of my dreams.

It took a few detours and a lot of healing before I came back to writing. And when I did, I realized something shocking: people don’t just want romance stories, they crave them.

one day out on a run, i heard a song and the idea broke out. It was the song Show Yourself from Frozen 2. Like elsa, i knew that i finally found out what I was born to do.

why i write romance

Because yes, I’ve always loved romance novels. What else is life really about? Career highs are nice, but without love, without a relationship that works — and yes, without good sex — happiness doesn’t last. That’s why even psychiatrists always ask about your sex life first.

So yes, I believe in the healing power of spicy romance. It lets women take back our sexuality, own our desires, and stop apologizing for wanting more. And if my stories make you squeeze your thighs together while they do it? Even better.

Carve My Heart

The carved hearts series, #1

He carves lines on ice. She carves stories from fire. Neither expected to carve into each other.

Thomas Kern is Austria’s golden boy — the downhill superstar who flies down mountains at 140 kilometers an hour and still has the charm to melt cameras afterward. Winning is his ritual. Keeping things light is his rule. Love? Too messy, too distracting.

Katharina Berger once dreamed of being on the slopes herself. Instead, she found her gift behind the scenes: shaping athletes into legends. Now she’s the new PR voice of the Austrian ski team — smart, sharp, untouchable. And the last thing she plans is falling for the man the whole country already claims.

But when late nights in ski rooms turn into stolen glances, when banter slides into heat, when the world’s fastest man finally slows down long enough to see her — the line between work and desire blurs fast.

In a sport where the clock never lies and every risk can end in a crash, Thomas and Katharina will have to decide: is love worth stepping out of bounds?

Carve My Heart is Book One of The Carved Heart Series, where gladiators wear skis instead of armor, passion is as dangerous as speed, and love is always on the line.

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