Meet the Author: Kennedy Blake

Big hearts, sharp banter, and curvy heroines who own every room they walk into. Meet the author who makes hockey romance an absolute joy.

There’s a particular kind of romance that leaves you grinning — the kind with crackling banter, a heroine you’d want as your best friend, a swoon-worthy athlete who’s completely gone for her, and a warmth that wraps around you like a favorite sweater. That’s Kennedy Blake. She writes hockey romance that’s fun, flirty, and full of heart, starring curvy heroines who are confident, clever, and absolutely the main event. If you want your romance to make you feel good, you’ve come to the right author.

Hockey romance that’s warm, funny, and full of heart

Kennedy Blake writes curvy hockey romance with a big, joyful, romcom-forward spirit. Her books are the ones you reach for when you want to laugh, swoon, and feel wonderful — banter-rich, high on chemistry, and brimming with warmth. Her heroines are curvy and utterly magnetic: smart, funny, comfortable in their own skin, and the kind of women who light up a page. And her heroes fall for them completely, in that best-of-all-romance way where a confident, capable woman is adored exactly as she is.

What sets Kennedy’s world apart is its sheer good-heartedness. There’s tension and heat and plenty of swoon, but it sits on a foundation of fun. Her characters spark off each other with quick, delicious banter. Her communities are welcoming. Her stories feel like being let in on the best kind of good time. You close a Kennedy Blake book lighter than you started it — which is a gift, and exactly the point.

The Charleston Reign series

Kennedy Blake’s flagship is the Charleston Reign series — curvy hockey romance that shows off everything she does best. Confident, lovable heroines, charming athletes, sparkling banter, and a whole team’s worth of characters to fall for. It’s the ideal introduction to her writing: warm, witty, steamy in the best way, and impossible to read without smiling.

Built around a hockey team, it comes with all the found-family goodness readers adore — a crew of teammates, friends, and recurring faces whose own stories you’ll be itching to read. Each book delivers a complete, satisfying romance while the wider world grows warmer and more familiar. Fall for one couple, and you’ll immediately want the next teammate’s turn.

A Kennedy Blake romance is banter, chemistry, and a curvy heroine who knows her worth — the recipe for a book you finish grinning.

What makes her books special

Kennedy Blake readers keep coming back for a very specific and very delightful cocktail.

• Banter that sparkles. Her dialogue crackles. The push-and-pull between her leads is quick, funny, and irresistibly charged.
• Curvy heroines who shine. Her heroines are confident, capable, and adored exactly as they are — a joy to root for and easy to see yourself in.
• Warmth and fun. Even at their steamiest, her books feel good-hearted and joyful, the kind of read that leaves you happier than you started.
• Swoony, respectful heroes. Her athletes are charming and completely smitten, the kind of love interests who make readers sigh.

A little about the author

Kennedy Blake is a firm believer that romance should be fun — that a love story can be swoony and steamy and still leave you laughing out loud. She adores a heroine who owns the room, a hero who’s a goner for her, and the kind of banter that makes a reader kick her feet. She writes the books she’d want to read on a cozy afternoon: warm, witty, and full of heart, with curvy leads who never have to change a thing about themselves to get the happily ever after they deserve.

Her stories are a celebration — of confidence, of chemistry, of joy. They’re made for readers who want to close a book feeling good about love, about themselves, and about the world. It’s a generous, sunny approach to romance, and it’s exactly why her readers adore her.

Where to start

New to Kennedy Blake? Start with the Charleston Reign series — the purest hit of her warm, funny, curvy hockey romance. Meet a heroine you’ll love, a hero who loves her right back, and a team you’ll want to keep reading about. And as her stories reach readers in more languages, that joy keeps spreading with every new edition.

Come for the banter, stay for the swoon, and leave with a smile. That’s the Kennedy Blake promise — and she keeps it every single time.

Ready for banter, swoon, and a heroine who owns it? Explore Kennedy Blake’s Charleston Reign series in the Ninth Floor Press catalogue and settle in for a good time.

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