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Lucia Franco

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Born

South Florida, The United States

Website

http://authorluciafranco.com/

Genre

Contemporary, Romance, Fiction

Influences

J.R. Ward, Christy Reece, Toni Blake, Lisa Kleypas, Nicholas Sparks

Member Since

December 2013

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Lucia Franco has written over a dozen romance novels. Her emotional stories often include an age gap and forbidden love.

Her novel Hush Hush was a finalist in the RWA 2019 Stiletto Contest. Her novels have been translated into several languages.

Lucia resides in South Florida with her husband, two boys, and five pets. She was a competitive athlete for over ten years – a gymnast and cheerleader – which heavily inspired the Off Balance series. When she isn’t writing, you can find her at the beach getting slammed by waves or wandering through her butterfly garden.

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Average rating: 4.15 · 86,807 ratings · 10,412 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Balance (Off Balance Series, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 17,749 ratings — published 2016 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hush Hush (Hush Hush Duet, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,852 ratings — published 2019 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Execution (Off Balance Series, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 11,671 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Release (Off Balance Series, #3) 4.34 avg rating — 10,788 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twist (Off Balance Series, #4) 4.45 avg rating — 9,906 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dismount (Discreet Off Balance Series) 4.43 avg rating — 9,687 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Say Yes (Hush Hush Duet, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 4,739 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of Bounds (Off Balance Series, #6) 4.06 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me What You Want 3.59 avg rating — 1,402 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You'll Think of Me 3.69 avg rating — 902 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Proposition (Hush Hush #3)

Release Date: May 28

The Proposition is a brand new novella featuring James and Aubrey exclusive to the Say Yes paperback. The novella can only be found in the back of the paperback.

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“I wanted to be the one who eased the pain for him, to give him what he wanted. The sad reality of the story was I would never be that girl. And he would never be that man.”
― Lucia Franco, Balance

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“He was sin, a man wild with lust, and I loved that I was the reason for it.”
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“I was sixteen.
He was thirty-two.
There were many laws we would break if we took another step.”
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“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco

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“Think God’s got bigger concerns in his house than me droppin’ the f-bomb, sweetcheeks.”
― Kristen Ashley, Golden Trail

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“I consider my work optimistic in that the people, during the period I’m writing about them, are experiencing intense emotion. It is my belief that this is all there is to it.”
― Don Carpenter

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“The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.”
― Neil LaBute, Reasons to Be Pretty

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“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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