Bio
Lily Baines is a mother, wife, and author, and the order to this changes depending on the day. For 20 years she has worked in Human Resources, mostly in the high-tech industry, but kept writing to maintain her sanity and flow of creative juices. One of her stories won a short story competition and got her a book deal. In the past year, Lily is dedicating her time to her 3 children, husband, family dog, bottomless laundry basket, full kitchen sink, and her writing.Lily published her first book, A Case Of Longing, a romantic suspense novel was published in March 2020. Her "Of All Hearts", heartfelt romance novels about finding love in an unexpected place with the unlikeliest of people, was published on Amazon later that year.
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Lily Baines writes and engaging story about a new love interest in a tropical location. It's not easy for the lead character, an introverted librarian, to find and meet men. This time she has a chance at love. An endearing story.
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Of All People
Can mending a derelict hotel help mend two lonely hearts?
Romeo Dante Lorenzo, with cobalt blue eyes and a chiseled jawline, is one of New York's most eligible bachelors. Too bad he’s not looking for love.
Used to a different type of women—beautiful and vain—Romeo doesn’t think much of Siena Borrelli upon first meeting her while attending to family business in Italy.
After divorcing her cheating husband, Siena started a new life in Rimini, Italy, caring for an elderly woman who owns the old hotel she now calls home.
When the woman’s great-nephew, Romeo, visits to sell the place, Siena won't let it go without a fight. His physique can be distracting, but she's determined to not let it deceive her.
Can they both look beyond the surface?
Of All Places
She’s an introverted, self-conscious librarian, he’s an out-of-her-league sexy man. Can love be found in an unexpected place, time, and partner?
At almost forty-years-old, Melanie Allen needs a change.
The introverted librarian’s life has passed her by in a series of not-so-great events. She takes a week-long trip to Montenegro in the hopes of getting over a rough year. With little confidence in herself, meeting a handsome local seems unrealistic.
Having him like her for who she is, is even harder to believe.
Theo Martinovic is gorgeous, charismatic, and a town local. Everything Melanie is not.
But with a turbulent past, he’s not perfect either.
Can they find love together, or will she go back home with a broken heart?
A heartfelt story that will pull you into every romantic moment.
A Case Of Longing
The one person she wants is off-limits to her...
Chicago detective Rose Harper prides herself on her professionalism—despite secretly being in love with her partner, Eithan Reed. Although they’ve worked together for a decade, Rose has managed to hide her feelings, terrified that Eithan doesn’t return them. After all, he’s been married, and she’s married to her job. And even if they weren’t—cops don’t date their partners.
But her desire won’t go away, and now Eithan is single.
To further test her resolve, they’ve landed their biggest case yet, and the addition of a beautiful FBI agent into the mix only makes things worse. Rose must navigate the complications of the case and her romantic competition, and hope her heart survives the hardest trial of all.
Covet
Ivy Walsh and Aiden Griffin were not supposed to break the rules of their partnership and friendship. But after five years of bottled emotions and craving for what they shouldn't have, they finally erupted. Ivy is not even sure why. Now they have to deal with the aftermath.
Just Mine
From the moment he reappeared, everything else faded.
Jasmine is trying to move on after Ryan, her partner in the PD, has left. After all, he was just her partner and she has a new one. Besides, she has a good thing going with a nice man, and she couldn't have asked for something better.
Only it’s not working. Because when she faces the truth, when she allows herself to feel, she knows that it's not enough, that nothing will ever be enough. These are not the blue eyes that she used to bring her own eyes to, this is not the smell that's embedded in her memory and every pore, this is not the face and body she spent years wrongfully thinking would always be there. This is not what she wants, needs, and longs for.
Ryan's reappearance reminds her that denial is useless.
