
International bestselling swoony, shameless love stories.
DIRTY DELTA BOOK TWO
for pleasure or worse
on sale april 1st.
On the surface, Mateo Duran and Natalia Russo are the perfect All-American pair. He’s a handsome business owning Army veteran from the Bronx. She’s a quirky bank teller at their local branch in Pompano Beach. They own a modest home, pay their taxes, wave at their neighbors, and the happiest day of their lives was their engagement last Christmas.
But after normal business hours, fans and paying subscribers log on to watch them as a prolific, top earning, sex-cam couple climbing the ladder of the adult film industry with every frisky fulfilled request.
Living their double life has always been manageable—until now.
When Mateo’s parents surprise them with an extended visit to aide in the wedding planning just as their risque secret career is hitting a peak, the airtight foundation and smooth sailing business model takes a massive, unplanned hit. Their usual nights of content filming are replaced with failed attempts at family bonding, mediating a rag tag wedding party of scorned siblings, and sneaking in an overdue romp between loads of laundry. They quickly realize the perfect bubble their relationship was built inside might not survive the merging of two meddling families.
Falling in love was the easy part of their story, choosing each other when the going gets tough is going to be much, much harder.
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Dirty Delta 2
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Meet Karissa
Karissa Kinword is a bestselling author of adult contemporary and sci-fi-fantasy romance. She accredits her inspiration to an early love for literature, fanatically obsessive personality, and innate fascination with the human condition. She has a bachelor's degree in communication and journalism from the University at Albany and lives in the Hudson Valley of New York with her IRL book husband and three rowdy kids.
I have three kids :)
FUN FACTS
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I was a bartender all through college
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I've competed in a spoken word poetry competition
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My favorite meal is chicken fajitas
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April 4th, 2025
for pleasure or worse book launch
@ PAGE AND PETALS WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY
October 2-5th, 2025
BOOK HARVEST
@ CHICAGO, IL
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"This book felt like my best friend wrote it and gave it to me. It’s clear Karissa Kinword has a way with words, and I’m so down to see where this series goes."
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"Fated mates and organized crime in space? Sweet and spicy contemporary rom-com? Get you an author that can do both. (It's Karissa; Karissa Kinword is the author.)"
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"Karissa has a way with words that just makes it feel like you're cuddling up on the couch with a warm blanket and hot cocoa with a side of male/partner that is completely and utterly devoted to you."

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