Susan Jean Ricci
Susan Jean Ricci is a USA Today, Multi-Award-Winning Author, and is best known for her Cindy's Crusades Series, starring the hilarious duo Cindy and Jay DeMatteo. These characters were first introduced in the multi-award-winning novel Dinosaurs and Cherry Stems and return to entertain you in its sequel, The Sugar Ticket. The third story Don't Bruise the Bananas was released in 2021, and Ms. Ricci is currently composing more sagas for the Cindy’s Crusades series, Kissing Off the Maelstrom and It’s a Matter of Attitude, releasing in 2026.
Cindy and Jay's mischief-making continues in these shorts: A Sweet Snafu, Christmas with Niagara, His Sacred Vow, Passion's Secret Ingredient, and Turning up the Heat.
The Love's Salvation series includes contemporary stand-alone works of fiction and short stories. Two new series, Wicked Moments (2024) and Single or Mingle (2025), have been added to her collections.
Ms. Ricci’s only nonfiction title, Running On All Fours, was a Best-Selling RONE Finalist 2022, and was penned with true love.
Celebrate Christmas all year long with the Love for the Holidays Series – the latest release, November 2024.
A member of the RWA, Chill Out Books, The Authors Billboard, the Independent Authors' Network, and AllAuthor, Ms. Ricci creates Women’s Fiction, Humor, Romance, and Romantic Suspense. Many of her titles earned prestigious awards and have been recognized as Novella and Holiday Novellas in the IAN 2024 and 2022, Semi-Finalist in the Kindle Book Review Awards 2022, Novella Finalist with the IAN 2021, Outstanding Novella Award Winner with the IAN 2020, Gold Medal Award Winner in the Reader’s Favorite Awards 2020, and Finalist in the Outstanding Novellas Categories 2019,2018, 2017, the Women's Outstanding Fiction Winner in the IAN 2016, Bronze Award Winner for Humor in the Reader’s Favorite
Cindy and Jay's mischief-making continues in these shorts: A Sweet Snafu, Christmas with Niagara, His Sacred Vow, Passion's Secret Ingredient, and Turning up the Heat.
The Love's Salvation series includes contemporary stand-alone works of fiction and short stories. Two new series, Wicked Moments (2024) and Single or Mingle (2025), have been added to her collections.
Ms. Ricci’s only nonfiction title, Running On All Fours, was a Best-Selling RONE Finalist 2022, and was penned with true love.
Celebrate Christmas all year long with the Love for the Holidays Series – the latest release, November 2024.
A member of the RWA, Chill Out Books, The Authors Billboard, the Independent Authors' Network, and AllAuthor, Ms. Ricci creates Women’s Fiction, Humor, Romance, and Romantic Suspense. Many of her titles earned prestigious awards and have been recognized as Novella and Holiday Novellas in the IAN 2024 and 2022, Semi-Finalist in the Kindle Book Review Awards 2022, Novella Finalist with the IAN 2021, Outstanding Novella Award Winner with the IAN 2020, Gold Medal Award Winner in the Reader’s Favorite Awards 2020, and Finalist in the Outstanding Novellas Categories 2019,2018, 2017, the Women's Outstanding Fiction Winner in the IAN 2016, Bronze Award Winner for Humor in the Reader’s Favorite
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Dinosaurs & Cherry Stems, Cindy's Crusades - Book One
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Romantic Humor
Dinosaurs & Cherry Stems was a semi-finalist in The Kindle Book Reviews 2013, Best Indie Book Awards. Twice divorced, cynical Cindy Layton feels like a relic with prehistoric baggage, and doubts she can muster the courage to establish a new relationship, even if it's on her own terms. Her journey out of the Stone Age hits freaky, hilarious turbulence when she joins an Internet dating service. The scammers and weirdoes she meets in cyberspace make Cindy want to crawl back into her cave, until she receives an accidental email from Jay DeMatteo. Jay has the dating blues, too, but after meeting Cindy, reconsiders his options. Now it's up to him to convince her it's never too late to pursue a meaningful relationship, even when a couple is struggling with midlife adolescence. 
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The Sugar Ticket, Cindy's Crusades - Book Two
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Cindy Layton and Jay DeMatteo are back again! The Sugar Ticket chronicles their marital journey as the two twice-divorced adults learn to embrace the sweetness of their present. When the inevitable complications arise, will the DeMatteo's gently overcome their obstacles by alleviating the sour taste of the past through the light-hearted humor you enjoyed in Dinosaurs and Cherry Stems, or will they sweep their issues under the proverbial taboo-topic carpet?
Find out how these two mid-life adolescents meet their daily tribulations head on, as they conquer their fears, secrets revealed, and the most fundamental challenge of all - remaining in love forever.
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Braving the Wild Elements
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Steamy Romance
People do crazy things under weird circumstances. Imagine a major hurricane threatening the shore during the July Fourth holiday – will those without souls betray their friends? Or will the tenderhearted prevail during Mother Nature’s wrath? Two softhearted sisters throw caution to the wind and rescue a stranded hitchhiker during a mandatory evacuation. Add a homeless veterinarian for good measure and learn the secret of how all four weather the elements during an unexpected hurricane – especially behind closed doors when they face the passionate storms brewing in their hearts.
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Meet Me at Lanikai Beach
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Women's Fiction
A Hawaiian Miracle in Progress: During a flight to Honolulu, a widow meets a handsome bachelor, but they part as friends because the male-female chemistry is just not there. Are both clinging to a past that no longer exists? Maybe he’s not as self-sabotaging as she thought, and perhaps she’s more ready to move on than he imagined. Because when the spark of yearning allows them to embrace the desire for positivity, will they shed their past & surrender to each other and the magic of Lanikai Beach? 
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