{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/found-family/","locale":"en","type":"trope","data":{"label":"Found Family","slug":"found-family","pitch":"Romance with Found Family: Claim Me by Anna Zaires, Devil's Lair by Anna Zaires, Forever Mine by Anna Zaires.","works":[{"title":"Claim Me","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/claim-me/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2016,"seriesTitle":"Capture Me","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"captivity","label":"Captivity"},{"slug":"criminal-underworld","label":"criminal-underworld"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"dark-captor-captive-romance","label":"dark-captor-captive-romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"morally-gray-antihero","label":"morally-gray-antihero"},{"slug":"obsessive-possessive-hero","label":"obsessive-possessive-hero"},{"slug":"protector-romance","label":"protector-romance"},{"slug":"revenge-and-retribution","label":"revenge-and-retribution"},{"slug":"sibling-rescue-and-reconciliation","label":"sibling-rescue-and-reconciliation"},{"slug":"spies","label":"Spies"},{"slug":"spy-romance","label":"spy-romance"}],"summary":"She’s on the run.\n\nYulia Tzakova’s freedom comes at a heavy price. Her former captor dominates her dreams, and survival consumes her waking moments. She may have escaped, but she’s far from safe.\n\nIn the shadowy world of spies and betrayal, nothing is what it seems.\n\nHe’s obsessed with getting her back.\n\nLucas Kent’s rage knows no bounds. The danger of his job occupies his days, but hunting down Yulia is what he lives for. When he finds her, she’ll never escape again.\n\nHe’ll do whatever it takes to keep her.","pitch":"Claim Me by Anna Zaires is a 2016 romance. Tropes: Captivity, criminal-underworld, Dark Romance, dark-captor-captive-romance, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, hurt-comfort, morally-gray-antihero, obsessive-possessive-hero, protector-romance, revenge-and-retribution, sibling-rescue-and-reconciliation, Spies, spy-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 3 of Capture Me.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Devil's Lair","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/devils-lair/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2021,"seriesTitle":"Molotov Obsession","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"age-gap-romance","label":"age-gap-romance"},{"slug":"boss-employee-romance","label":"boss-employee-romance"},{"slug":"captivity","label":"Captivity"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"dark-mafia-romance","label":"dark-mafia-romance"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"instant-attraction","label":"instant-attraction"},{"slug":"live-in-tutor","label":"live-in-tutor"},{"slug":"mafia","label":"Mafia"},{"slug":"political-conspiracy","label":"political-conspiracy"},{"slug":"possessive-protector-hero","label":"possessive-protector-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-suspense","label":"romantic-suspense"},{"slug":"secret-child","label":"secret-child"},{"slug":"single-father","label":"single-father"},{"slug":"unsolved-murder-mystery","label":"unsolved-murder-mystery"},{"slug":"woman-on-the-run","label":"woman-on-the-run"}],"summary":"Live-in tutor wanted for four-year-old. Must be willing to relocate to a remote mountain estate. $3K/week cash.\n\nOn the run from ruthless killers, I’m down to ten bucks in my wallet and a half-tank of gas in my ancient car when I spot the ad. The job sounds like the answer to my prayers, but there’s a catch.\n\nThe child’s father is the most beautiful, most dangerous man I’ve ever met.\n\nDarkly seductive and filthy rich, Nikolai Molotov is a tantalizing mystery, a lethally alluring contradiction. Bruised knuckles and tailored suits, tender endearments and dirty promises—my new employer draws me in like a magnet, even as my instincts scream for me to run.\n\nI should’ve heeded them… because I’m not the only one with secrets.\n\nMy safe haven just might be the devil’s lair, and once he’s claimed me, it will be too late to run.","pitch":"Devil's Lair by Anna Zaires is a 2021 romance. Tropes: age-gap-romance, boss-employee-romance, Captivity, Dark Romance, dark-mafia-romance, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Grumpy Sunshine, instant-attraction, live-in-tutor, Mafia, political-conspiracy, possessive-protector-hero, romantic-suspense, secret-child, single-father, unsolved-murder-mystery, woman-on-the-run. Heat 5/5. Book 1 of Molotov Obsession.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Forever Mine","author":"Anna Zaires","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/anna-zaires/forever-mine/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2019,"seriesTitle":"Tormentor Mine","seriesOrder":4,"worldName":"Zaires Dark Contemporary","tropes":[{"slug":"antihero","label":"Antihero"},{"slug":"assassin","label":"Assassin"},{"slug":"captor-to-lover","label":"captor-to-lover"},{"slug":"conspiracy-and-false-accusation","label":"conspiracy-and-false-accusation"},{"slug":"dark-romance","label":"Dark Romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort","label":"hurt-comfort"},{"slug":"marriage-and-newlywed-romance","label":"marriage-and-newlywed-romance"},{"slug":"morally-gray-criminal-hero","label":"morally-gray-criminal-hero"},{"slug":"possessive-protector-hero","label":"possessive-protector-hero"},{"slug":"pregnancy-and-protective-parenthood","label":"pregnancy-and-protective-parenthood"},{"slug":"revenge","label":"Revenge"}],"summary":"I fought against fate, and I won. I made a deal with the devil to keep her.\n\nIt was supposed to be over. We were meant to be happy.\n\nToo bad my enemies had other plans.\n\nNote: This is the conclusion of Peter & Sara’s story. It is strongly recommended that you read the Twist Me and Capture Me trilogies before embarking on this book, as there will be major spoilers for those series.","pitch":"Forever Mine by Anna Zaires is a 2019 romance. Tropes: Antihero, Assassin, captor-to-lover, conspiracy-and-false-accusation, Dark Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, hurt-comfort, marriage-and-newlywed-romance, morally-gray-criminal-hero, possessive-protector-hero, pregnancy-and-protective-parenthood, Revenge. Heat 5/5. Book 4 of Tormentor Mine.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Haven","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/haven/","isbn":null,"heat":4,"year":2016,"seriesTitle":"The Last Humans","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"The Last Humans","tropes":[{"slug":"ai-human-romance","label":"ai-human-romance"},{"slug":"body-sharing-and-shapeshifting","label":"body-sharing-and-shapeshifting"},{"slug":"cosmic-first-contact","label":"cosmic-first-contact"},{"slug":"dystopian","label":"Dystopian"},{"slug":"enemies-to-reluctant-allies","label":"enemies-to-reluctant-allies"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"political-conspiracy","label":"political-conspiracy"},{"slug":"post-apocalyptic-survival","label":"post-apocalyptic-survival"},{"slug":"resurrection-and-second-chances","label":"resurrection-and-second-chances"},{"slug":"sci-fi","label":"Science fiction"},{"slug":"simulation-within-a-simulation","label":"simulation-within-a-simulation"},{"slug":"survival","label":"Survival"},{"slug":"time-dilation","label":"time-dilation"},{"slug":"uploaded-consciousness","label":"uploaded-consciousness"},{"slug":"virtual-afterlife","label":"virtual-afterlife"}],"summary":"The Last Humans by Dima Zales: Book 3\n From a New York Times bestselling author comes the mind-blowing conclusion of The Last Humans trilogy\n\nWhat does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be real?\n\nI thought we were out of danger. I thought we’d outwitted our enemies.\n\nI was wrong.\n\nAs my world is torn apart, survival may not be what I expected.","pitch":"Haven by Dima Zales is a 2016 romance. Tropes: ai-human-romance, body-sharing-and-shapeshifting, cosmic-first-contact, Dystopian, enemies-to-reluctant-allies, Found Family, political-conspiracy, post-apocalyptic-survival, resurrection-and-second-chances, Science fiction, simulation-within-a-simulation, Survival, time-dilation, uploaded-consciousness, virtual-afterlife. Heat 4/5. Book 3 of The Last Humans.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Mind Machines","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/mind-machines/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2017,"seriesTitle":"Human++","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"The Mind Dimensions","tropes":[{"slug":"cousin-protector","label":"cousin-protector"},{"slug":"criminal-conspiracy","label":"criminal-conspiracy"},{"slug":"cyberpunk","label":"Cyberpunk"},{"slug":"experimental-neural-enhancement","label":"experimental-neural-enhancement"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hurt-comfort-romance","label":"hurt-comfort-romance"},{"slug":"kidnapped-loved-one","label":"kidnapped-loved-one"},{"slug":"reluctant-hero","label":"reluctant-hero"},{"slug":"sci-fi","label":"Science fiction"},{"slug":"tech-thriller","label":"Tech Thriller"},{"slug":"tech-enabled-rescue-mission","label":"tech-enabled-rescue-mission"},{"slug":"transhumanist-coming-of-age","label":"transhumanist-coming-of-age"},{"slug":"unlikely-allies","label":"unlikely-allies"}],"summary":"From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Dima Zales, an intense new techno-thriller that pushes the limits of what it means to be human.\n\nWith billions in the bank and my own venture capital firm, I’m living the American dream. My only problem? A car accident that leaves my mother with memory problems.\n\nBrainocytes, a new technology that can transform our brains, could be the answer to all of my problems—but I’m not the only one who sees its potential.\n\nPlunged into a criminal underworld darker than anything I could’ve imagined, my life-saving technology might be the death of me.\n\nMy name is Mike Cohen, and this is how I became more than human.","pitch":"Mind Machines by Dima Zales is a 2017 romance. Tropes: cousin-protector, criminal-conspiracy, Cyberpunk, experimental-neural-enhancement, Found Family, hurt-comfort-romance, kidnapped-loved-one, reluctant-hero, Science fiction, Tech Thriller, tech-enabled-rescue-mission, transhumanist-coming-of-age, unlikely-allies. Heat 5/5. Book 1 of Human++.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Neural Web","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/neural-web/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2018,"seriesTitle":"Human++","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"The Mind Dimensions","tropes":[{"slug":"ai-guardian-and-therapist","label":"ai-guardian-and-therapist"},{"slug":"corporate-conspiracy","label":"corporate-conspiracy"},{"slug":"cyberpunk","label":"Cyberpunk"},{"slug":"digital-consciousness-and-resurrection","label":"digital-consciousness-and-resurrection"},{"slug":"enhanced-child-prodigy","label":"enhanced-child-prodigy"},{"slug":"family-in-peril","label":"family-in-peril"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"remote-mind-control","label":"remote-mind-control"},{"slug":"sci-fi","label":"Science fiction"},{"slug":"tech-thriller","label":"Tech Thriller"},{"slug":"techno-optimism-versus-dystopia","label":"techno-optimism-versus-dystopia"},{"slug":"technological-singularity","label":"technological-singularity"},{"slug":"trusted-ally-turned-puppet","label":"trusted-ally-turned-puppet"},{"slug":"virtual-reality-and-telepresence","label":"virtual-reality-and-telepresence"}],"summary":"From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Dima Zales comes the highly anticipated conclusion to the Human++ trilogy\n\nIt’s been four and a half years since my friends and I revolutionized the world with our Brainocyte technology. I have a beautiful wife, a genius son, and more money than I know what to do with. My current problem? Not everyone appreciates the brave new world we’ve built.\n\nWith enemies where I can least expect them, our life-saving technology could turn out to be the end of everything… even humanity itself.","pitch":"Neural Web by Dima Zales is a 2018 romance. Tropes: ai-guardian-and-therapist, corporate-conspiracy, Cyberpunk, digital-consciousness-and-resurrection, enhanced-child-prodigy, family-in-peril, Found Family, remote-mind-control, Science fiction, Tech Thriller, techno-optimism-versus-dystopia, technological-singularity, trusted-ally-turned-puppet, virtual-reality-and-telepresence. Heat 5/5. Book 3 of Human++.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"The Thought Pushers","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/the-thought-pushers/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2014,"seriesTitle":"Mind Dimensions","seriesOrder":2,"worldName":"The Mind Dimensions","tropes":[{"slug":"assassination-conspiracy","label":"assassination-conspiracy"},{"slug":"blood-purist-faction","label":"blood-purist-faction"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forbidden-hybrid-heritage","label":"forbidden-hybrid-heritage"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hidden-psychic-society","label":"hidden-psychic-society"},{"slug":"on-the-run-fugitives","label":"on-the-run-fugitives"},{"slug":"power-loss","label":"power-loss"},{"slug":"psychic","label":"Psychic"},{"slug":"reluctant-allies","label":"reluctant-allies"},{"slug":"revenge-quest","label":"revenge-quest"},{"slug":"sci-fi","label":"Science fiction"},{"slug":"urban-fantasy","label":"Urban Fantasy"}],"summary":"Mind Dimensions: Book 2\n From a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author comes the highly anticipated sequel to The Thought Readers\n\nWhat am I?\n\nWho killed my family?\n\nWhy?\n\nI need to get some answers before the Russian mob succeeds in killing me.\n\nThat is, if my own friends don’t kill me first.","pitch":"The Thought Pushers by Dima Zales is a 2014 romance. Tropes: assassination-conspiracy, blood-purist-faction, Enemies to Lovers, forbidden-hybrid-heritage, Found Family, hidden-psychic-society, on-the-run-fugitives, power-loss, Psychic, reluctant-allies, revenge-quest, Science fiction, Urban Fantasy. Heat 5/5. Book 2 of Mind Dimensions.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Dream Walker","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/dream-walker/","isbn":"9781631425530","heat":4,"year":2021,"seriesTitle":"Bailey Spade","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"Zales Urban Fantasy & Magic","tropes":[{"slug":"addiction-and-recovery","label":"addiction-and-recovery"},{"slug":"dreams","label":"Dreams"},{"slug":"dreamwalker-detective","label":"dreamwalker-detective"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hidden-supernatural-society","label":"hidden-supernatural-society"},{"slug":"paranormal-murder-mystery","label":"paranormal-murder-mystery"},{"slug":"political-conspiracy","label":"political-conspiracy"},{"slug":"reluctant-allies","label":"reluctant-allies"},{"slug":"sick-parent-motivation","label":"sick-parent-motivation"},{"slug":"slow-burn-attraction","label":"slow-burn-attraction"},{"slug":"symbiotic-companion-bond","label":"symbiotic-companion-bond"},{"slug":"urban-fantasy","label":"Urban Fantasy"},{"slug":"wrongfully-accused-heroine","label":"wrongfully-accused-heroine"}],"summary":"Think your dreams are private? Think again.\nAs a dreamwalker, I can ease your nightmares, inspire creation, or steal memories, all for the small price of a buttload of cash. I need the money to save my mom’s life, and the clock is ticking.\nThen a gorgeous illusionist comes into the picture—though those mouthwatering looks may just be his powers in action. He sends me on a job with a major paycheck, but the pucking vampires show up and ruin everything.\nAs usual, they suck.\nNow I’m knee-deep in a murder case where the victims and the perps could all kill me with a snap of their fingers. Throw in a creepy castle, a stinky moat, and a legendary monster, and we’ve got ourselves a party. Especially when the bodies begin to pile up.\nMy name is Bailey Spade, and if I don’t solve this case, I’m dead.","pitch":"Dream Walker by Dima Zales is a 2021 romance. Tropes: addiction-and-recovery, Dreams, dreamwalker-detective, Forced Proximity, Found Family, hidden-supernatural-society, paranormal-murder-mystery, political-conspiracy, reluctant-allies, sick-parent-motivation, slow-burn-attraction, symbiotic-companion-bond, Urban Fantasy, wrongfully-accused-heroine. Heat 4/5. Book 1 of Bailey Spade.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Dream Hunter","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/dream-hunter/","isbn":null,"heat":4,"year":2021,"seriesTitle":"Bailey Spade","seriesOrder":2,"worldName":"Zales Urban Fantasy & Magic","tropes":[{"slug":"dreams","label":"Dreams"},{"slug":"dreamwalker-heroine","label":"dreamwalker-heroine"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"hidden-family-history","label":"hidden-family-history"},{"slug":"magical-virtual-reality","label":"magical-virtual-reality"},{"slug":"patient-protective-love-interest","label":"patient-protective-love-interest"},{"slug":"race-against-time","label":"race-against-time"},{"slug":"repressed-childhood-trauma","label":"repressed-childhood-trauma"},{"slug":"secret-cult-conspiracy","label":"secret-cult-conspiracy"},{"slug":"sick-parent-rescue-mission","label":"sick-parent-rescue-mission"},{"slug":"slow-burn-romance","label":"slow-burn-romance"},{"slug":"team-versus-supernatural-threat","label":"team-versus-supernatural-threat"},{"slug":"urban-fantasy","label":"Urban Fantasy"}],"summary":"What was missing from my life? A crazy cult that worships the ancient god of nightmares, that’s what.\n\nWhen I break my most sacred vow and invade my mom’s dreams, things get complicated, fast. With Valerian’s help, I’m on a quest to boost my powers and learn to forgive myself—all while saving my home world from complete annihilation at the hands of deranged cultists.\n\nIn other words, a regular Wednesday.","pitch":"Dream Hunter by Dima Zales is a 2021 romance. Tropes: Dreams, dreamwalker-heroine, Found Family, hidden-family-history, magical-virtual-reality, patient-protective-love-interest, race-against-time, repressed-childhood-trauma, secret-cult-conspiracy, sick-parent-rescue-mission, slow-burn-romance, team-versus-supernatural-threat, Urban Fantasy. Heat 4/5. Book 2 of Bailey Spade.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Dream Chaser","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/dream-chaser/","isbn":null,"heat":4,"year":2021,"seriesTitle":"Bailey Spade","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"Zales Urban Fantasy & Magic","tropes":[{"slug":"childhood-friends-to-lovers","label":"childhood-friends-to-lovers"},{"slug":"dreams","label":"Dreams"},{"slug":"dreamwalking-psychic-heroine","label":"dreamwalking-psychic-heroine"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"portal-hopping-science-fantasy","label":"portal-hopping-science-fantasy"},{"slug":"urban-fantasy","label":"Urban Fantasy"}],"summary":"The god of nightmares is real? How fun.\n\nA mystery dreamwalker is trying to turn me homicidally insane? Business as usual.\n\nBut when a legendary seer gets involved, we end up on a world populated by necromancers. Oops. I’ll have to put on my big dreamwalker panties and learn to forgive Valerian’s betrayal before we’re all killed by Icelus… or zombies… or a deadly virus.","pitch":"Dream Chaser by Dima Zales is a 2021 romance. Tropes: childhood-friends-to-lovers, Dreams, dreamwalking-psychic-heroine, Found Family, portal-hopping-science-fantasy, Urban Fantasy. Heat 4/5. Book 3 of Bailey Spade.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Dream Ender","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/dream-ender/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2021,"seriesTitle":"Bailey Spade","seriesOrder":4,"worldName":"Zales Urban Fantasy & Magic","tropes":[{"slug":"apocalyptic-supernatural-threat","label":"apocalyptic-supernatural-threat"},{"slug":"dangerous-dreamwalking","label":"dangerous-dreamwalking"},{"slug":"dreams","label":"Dreams"},{"slug":"estranged-family-reconciliation","label":"estranged-family-reconciliation"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"friends-to-lovers-romance","label":"friends-to-lovers-romance"},{"slug":"memory-loss-and-recovery","label":"memory-loss-and-recovery"},{"slug":"portal-hopping-multiverse","label":"portal-hopping-multiverse"},{"slug":"prophetic-chosen-ones","label":"prophetic-chosen-ones"},{"slug":"resurrection-with-a-price","label":"resurrection-with-a-price"},{"slug":"siege-and-last-stand","label":"siege-and-last-stand"},{"slug":"symbiotic-companion","label":"symbiotic-companion"},{"slug":"twin-bond-and-reunion","label":"twin-bond-and-reunion"},{"slug":"urban-fantasy","label":"Urban Fantasy"}],"summary":"Not only is Phobetor real, he’s about to destroy life on every world with sentient beings. You could say he’s becoming a bit of a problem.\n\nUnless I’m somehow the hero of an ancient prophecy—and let’s face it, I’m not—everyone I care about is in major trouble.\n\nMy name is Bailey Spade, and this is how my story ends.","pitch":"Dream Ender by Dima Zales is a 2021 romance. Tropes: apocalyptic-supernatural-threat, dangerous-dreamwalking, Dreams, estranged-family-reconciliation, Found Family, friends-to-lovers-romance, memory-loss-and-recovery, portal-hopping-multiverse, prophetic-chosen-ones, resurrection-with-a-price, siege-and-last-stand, symbiotic-companion, twin-bond-and-reunion, Urban Fantasy. Heat 5/5. Book 4 of Bailey Spade.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Reluctant Psychic","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/reluctant-psychic/","isbn":null,"heat":4,"year":2018,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"Zales Urban Fantasy & Magic","tropes":[{"slug":"ancient-witch-antagonist","label":"ancient-witch-antagonist"},{"slug":"forbidden-mentor-mentee-romance","label":"forbidden-mentor-mentee-romance"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"morally-gray-vampire-boss","label":"morally-gray-vampire-boss"},{"slug":"multiverse-and-portal-travel","label":"multiverse-and-portal-travel"},{"slug":"mystery","label":"Mystery"},{"slug":"prophecy-and-fate-subversion","label":"prophecy-and-fate-subversion"},{"slug":"psychic","label":"Psychic"},{"slug":"reluctant-seer","label":"reluctant-seer"},{"slug":"secret-magical-lineage","label":"secret-magical-lineage"},{"slug":"supernatural-rescue-mission","label":"supernatural-rescue-mission"},{"slug":"urban-fantasy","label":"Urban Fantasy"}],"summary":"Life as a seer is not all it’s cracked up to be. Especially when you’re unemployed, and your former boss blacklists you  everywhere.\n\nOr when a legendary Russian witch calls in a favor owed, demanding the unthinkable.\n\nWhen danger threatens everyone around me, there’s only one man I can turn to—and he may not be what he seems.","pitch":"Reluctant Psychic by Dima Zales is a 2018 romance. Tropes: ancient-witch-antagonist, forbidden-mentor-mentee-romance, Found Family, morally-gray-vampire-boss, multiverse-and-portal-travel, Mystery, prophecy-and-fate-subversion, Psychic, reluctant-seer, secret-magical-lineage, supernatural-rescue-mission, Urban Fantasy. Heat 4/5. Book 3 of Sasha Urban.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Smoke, Vampires, and Mirrors","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/smoke-vampires-and-mirrors/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2020,"seriesTitle":"Sasha Urban","seriesOrder":7,"worldName":"Zales Urban Fantasy & Magic","tropes":[{"slug":"apocalyptic-prophecy","label":"apocalyptic-prophecy"},{"slug":"chosen-one","label":"chosen-one"},{"slug":"council-politics","label":"council-politics"},{"slug":"dragon-shifter-romance","label":"dragon-shifter-romance"},{"slug":"evil-mother-antagonist","label":"evil-mother-antagonist"},{"slug":"fated-mates","label":"Fated Mates"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"portal-hopping-multiverse","label":"portal-hopping-multiverse"},{"slug":"power-awakening","label":"power-awakening"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"psychic","label":"Psychic"},{"slug":"secret-supernatural-society","label":"secret-supernatural-society"},{"slug":"sire-bond-coercion","label":"sire-bond-coercion"},{"slug":"superhero-team-up","label":"superhero-team-up"},{"slug":"urban-fantasy","label":"Urban Fantasy"},{"slug":"vampire-heroine","label":"vampire-heroine"},{"slug":"vampires","label":"Vampires"}],"summary":"The epic conclusion of Sasha Urban’s story!\n\nI found my family, I found my heart, I found myself.\n\nBut it’s not over.\n\nNo matter how many allies I have, there’s no escaping destiny.\n\nThe end of the world is coming, and I’m the only one who can stop it.","pitch":"Smoke, Vampires, and Mirrors by Dima Zales is a 2020 romance. Tropes: apocalyptic-prophecy, chosen-one, council-politics, dragon-shifter-romance, evil-mother-antagonist, Fated Mates, Found Family, portal-hopping-multiverse, power-awakening, protective-hero, Psychic, secret-supernatural-society, sire-bond-coercion, superhero-team-up, Urban Fantasy, vampire-heroine, Vampires. Heat 5/5. Book 7 of Sasha Urban.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"The Sorcery Code","author":"Dima Zales","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/dima-zales/the-sorcery-code/","isbn":null,"heat":4,"year":2013,"seriesTitle":"The Sorcery Code","seriesOrder":1,"worldName":"Zales Urban Fantasy & Magic","tropes":[{"slug":"adventure","label":"Adventure"},{"slug":"artificial-being-awakening","label":"artificial-being-awakening"},{"slug":"class-rebellion","label":"class-rebellion"},{"slug":"creator-and-creation-romance","label":"creator-and-creation-romance"},{"slug":"fantasy","label":"Fantasy"},{"slug":"forbidden-magic-and-knowledge","label":"forbidden-magic-and-knowledge"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"magic","label":"Magic"},{"slug":"reluctant-battlefield-sorceress","label":"reluctant-battlefield-sorceress"}],"summary":"The Sorcery Code: Book 1\n From the New York Times bestselling authors who brought you the Krinar Chronicles comes a captivating tale of intrigue, love, and danger in a world where sorcery is entwined with science…\n\nOnce a respected member of the Sorcerer Council and now an outcast, Blaise has spent the last year of his life working on a special magical object. The goal is to allow anyone to do magic, not just the sorcerer elite. The outcome of his quest is unlike anything he could’ve ever imagined – because, instead of an object, he creates Her.\n\nShe is Gala, and she is anything but inanimate. Born in the Spell Realm, she is beautiful and highly intelligent – and nobody knows what she’s capable of. She will do anything to experience the world… even leave the man she is beginning to fall for.\n\nAugusta, a powerful sorceress and Blaise’s former fiancée, sees Blaise’s deed as the ultimate hubris and Gala as an abomination that must be destroyed. In her quest to save the human race, Augusta will forge new alliances, becoming tangled in a web of intrigue that stretches further than any of them suspect. She may even have to turn to her new lover Barson, a ruthless warrior who might have an agenda of his own…","pitch":"The Sorcery Code by Dima Zales is a 2013 romance. Tropes: Adventure, artificial-being-awakening, class-rebellion, creator-and-creation-romance, Fantasy, forbidden-magic-and-knowledge, Found Family, Magic, reluctant-battlefield-sorceress. Heat 4/5. Book 1 of The Sorcery Code.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Of Octopuses and Men","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/of-octopuses-and-men/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2022,"seriesTitle":null,"seriesOrder":null,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"abusive-ex-returns","label":"abusive-ex-returns"},{"slug":"boss-employee-forbidden-romance","label":"boss-employee-forbidden-romance"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"happily-ever-after-wedding","label":"happily-ever-after-wedding"},{"slug":"marine-biologist-heroine","label":"marine-biologist-heroine"},{"slug":"mermaid-fantasy","label":"mermaid-fantasy"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"secret-identity-reveal","label":"secret-identity-reveal"},{"slug":"small-town","label":"Small Town"}],"summary":"My grandparents’ grumpy neighbor is as hot as the lethal Florida sun. And like the sun, he’s bad for me. My taste in men is the worst—just ask my ex and his restraining order.\n\nWhat am I doing in Florida with my grandparents, you wonder? Well, my best friend is an octopus, and he needs a bigger tank, so I took a job at an aquarium in the Sunshine State.\n\nI didn’t expect that sexy, long-haired grump to try to buy my octopus for some nefarious purpose. Nor did I expect to make out with him during a late-night swim at the beach.\n\nAnd the last thing I expected was to run into him on my first day at my new job… where he’s my boss.\n\nNOTE: This is a standalone, raunchy, slow-burn romantic comedy featuring a sun-phobic marine biologist, her scorching hot grump of a boss, and an octopus who likes to go on walks in his mobile tank. If any of the above is not your cup of tea, run far, far away. Otherwise, buckle in for a laugh-out-loud, feel-good ride.","pitch":"Of Octopuses and Men by Misha Bell is a 2022 romance. Tropes: abusive-ex-returns, boss-employee-forbidden-romance, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Grumpy Sunshine, happily-ever-after-wedding, marine-biologist-heroine, mermaid-fantasy, protective-hero, Romantic Comedy, secret-identity-reveal, Small Town. Heat 5/5.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Pretend I Do","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/pretend-i-do/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2025,"seriesTitle":null,"seriesOrder":null,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"age-gap-romance","label":"age-gap-romance"},{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"corporate-espionage","label":"corporate-espionage"},{"slug":"fake-relationship","label":"Fake Relationship"},{"slug":"fake-marriage-turns-real","label":"fake-marriage-turns-real"},{"slug":"forbidden-workplace-romance","label":"forbidden-workplace-romance"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-and-sunshine","label":"grumpy-and-sunshine"},{"slug":"marriage-of-convenience","label":"Marriage of Convenience"},{"slug":"only-one-bed","label":"only-one-bed"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"shared-name-romance","label":"shared-name-romance"},{"slug":"workplace-romance","label":"workplace-romance"}],"summary":"What if the person destined to complete you… has the same name as you?\n\nMIT graduate Sawyer Baker has built walls around her heart as complex as her code. When a mistaken kiss with her brilliant, misanthropic colleague Sawyer Worthington threatens their positions at Octothorpe, they engineer the perfect solution: a marriage on paper only.\n\nTheir arrangement is calculated, logical, and absolutely temporary—until proximity reveals what algorithms can’t predict: undeniable chemistry.\n\nAs corporate sabotage threatens their company and a bullet meant for her changes everything, Sawyer must decide if protecting her career is worth sacrificing the love she never saw coming… with the man who shares more than just her name.","pitch":"Pretend I Do by Misha Bell is a 2025 romance. Tropes: age-gap-romance, Billionaire, corporate-espionage, Fake Relationship, fake-marriage-turns-real, forbidden-workplace-romance, Forced Proximity, Found Family, grumpy-and-sunshine, Marriage of Convenience, only-one-bed, protective-hero, Romantic Comedy, shared-name-romance, workplace-romance. Heat 5/5.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Billionaire Rake","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/billionaire-rake/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2023,"seriesTitle":"Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones","seriesOrder":2,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"billionaire-romance","label":"billionaire-romance"},{"slug":"class-divide","label":"class-divide"},{"slug":"fake-relationship","label":"Fake Relationship"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"marriage-of-convenience","label":"Marriage of Convenience"},{"slug":"reformed-rake-hero","label":"reformed-rake-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"shapeshifter-romance","label":"shapeshifter-romance"}],"summary":"He’s a billionaire… and a rake.\n\nYes, I know it’s not the 1800s. I’m just a bit obsessed with historical romance, that’s all. And books in general, which is why I’m on my way to interview for my dream job at the library when Adrian Westfield’s sheep-like hound knocks me over and into the mud. So I’m late, dirty, and completely flub my interview—only to get the offer of my life.\n\nTo win custody of his baby daughter, Adrian Westfield wants to make me his fake wife.","pitch":"Billionaire Rake by Misha Bell is a 2023 romance. Tropes: Billionaire, billionaire-romance, class-divide, Fake Relationship, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Grumpy Sunshine, Marriage of Convenience, reformed-rake-hero, Romantic Comedy, shapeshifter-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 2 of Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Billionaire Surfer","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/billionaire-surfer/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2024,"seriesTitle":"Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones","seriesOrder":4,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"billionaire-hero","label":"billionaire-hero"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"landlord-and-tenant","label":"landlord-and-tenant"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"secret-child","label":"secret-child"},{"slug":"secret-wealth","label":"secret-wealth"},{"slug":"single-mother","label":"single-mother"},{"slug":"tourist-and-local","label":"tourist-and-local"},{"slug":"treasure-hunt-romance","label":"treasure-hunt-romance"},{"slug":"vacation-romance","label":"vacation-romance"}],"summary":"An overworked single mom from New York City. A billionaire surfer from Florida. Can the turn of the tide bring these two together?\n\nBrooklyn\n\nAh, finally a vacation. My son is at summer camp. My worries are back in the city. Now I just get to sit back, relax, and… get into a heated argument with my Airbnb host? Speaking of heat, is the Florida sun getting to my head, or is it the drop-dead gorgeous man in front me?\n\nMy friends did say I need some Vitamin D …\n\nBut my life is complicated, and no amount of adventure-filled treasure hunting, steamy make-out sessions, or ocean-deep conversations can convince me that our beach affair could last. Especially once Evan learns my secret.\n\nEvan\n\nI’m rich on paper, but I don’t live my life like a typical billionaire. Nor do I date tourists. Especially ones who mistake me for a plumber and eat my breakfast before I have a chance to quell my hanger.\n\nBrooklyn is argumentative, rude, stubborn, beautiful, smart, fun… Okay, let’s say I kind of like her. That doesn’t change the fact that she’s only here for a week—or that I haven’t told her an important fact about myself.\n\nBut if surfing has taught me anything, it’s that you have to seize the moment before it’s gone. And what if I don’t want to let her go?","pitch":"Billionaire Surfer by Misha Bell is a 2024 romance. Tropes: Billionaire, billionaire-hero, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Grumpy Sunshine, landlord-and-tenant, Romantic Comedy, secret-child, secret-wealth, single-mother, tourist-and-local, treasure-hunt-romance, vacation-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 4 of Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Grumpy Puck","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/grumpy-puck/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2024,"seriesTitle":"Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones","seriesOrder":6,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"fake-dating","label":"Fake Dating"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"mascot-and-athlete","label":"mascot-and-athlete"},{"slug":"only-one-bed","label":"only-one-bed"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"second-chance-romance","label":"second-chance-romance"},{"slug":"sports","label":"Sports"},{"slug":"sports-romance","label":"sports-romance"},{"slug":"stalker-suspense","label":"stalker-suspense"},{"slug":"workplace-romance","label":"workplace-romance"}],"summary":"Calliope\n\nThanks to my needy pet rat, I’m banned from working at all Florida theme parks. So what’s a person to do? Get a job as a mascot for a local hockey team, of course.\n\nI didn’t expect to get pushed into a pool on my first day by the grouchiest, hottest player on the team. Nor could I have imagined that we’d get locked into an evacuated building together and share an angry kiss that would get caught on video. Or that said video would go viral, sending ticket sales for our games through the roof.\n\nNow Michael Medvedev and I have to fake date for the sake of the team.\n\nToo bad he hates the whole world, me included.\n\nMichael\n\nThe one time I decide to indulge my idiotic teammates and pull a prank on our mascot, I end up pissing off a brand-new employee on her first day—and with my luck, she turns out to be the quirkiest, sexiest woman I’ve ever met.\n\nI hate so much about Florida—the humidity, the sunshine, the grass, the ocean—so it comes as a shock when I find something in this awful state that I do not hate, and her name is Calliope.\n\nPretending to date her is going to drive me insane, and that’s before we’re forced to share a hotel room… with just one bed.","pitch":"Grumpy Puck by Misha Bell is a 2024 romance. Tropes: Billionaire, Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Grumpy Sunshine, mascot-and-athlete, only-one-bed, protective-hero, Romantic Comedy, second-chance-romance, Sports, sports-romance, stalker-suspense, workplace-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 6 of Billionaire Rom-Com Standalones.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Hard Byte","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/hard-byte/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2021,"seriesTitle":"Hard Code","seriesOrder":3,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"fake-dating","label":"Fake Dating"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-sunshine","label":"Grumpy Sunshine"},{"slug":"matchmaking-family","label":"matchmaking-family"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"slow-burn-romance","label":"slow-burn-romance"},{"slug":"tech-entrepreneur-hero","label":"tech-entrepreneur-hero"},{"slug":"virtual-reality-romance","label":"virtual-reality-romance"},{"slug":"workplace","label":"Workplace"},{"slug":"workplace-boss-employee-romance","label":"workplace-boss-employee-romance"}],"summary":"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of facial hair must be in want of a shave. And tidying. And a fake date.\n\nMy name is Holly Hyman. I love order and prime numbers—and I’m in trouble. The company I work for is pivoting, and not in a way I like. Our new management? Alex Chortsky, a gorgeous, scruffy Russian devil. Our new direction? VR entertainment of the spicy kind.\n\nMaybe I wouldn’t mind it so much if my life’s work wasn’t meant for children. Or if I hadn’t accidentally hooked up with a VR version of my wickedly handsome boss.\n\nThe only way to save my dream project is to make a Faustian bargain. For one night, I pretend to be Alex Chortsky’s girlfriend.\n\nWhat could possibly go wrong?\n\nNOTE: This is a standalone, raunchy, slow-burn romantic comedy featuring a quirky, nerdy Anglophile heroine, a scorching hot Russian hero, and an unruly, oversized puppy. If any of the above is not your cup of tea, run away now. Otherwise, buckle in for a laugh-out-loud, feel-good ride.","pitch":"Hard Byte by Misha Bell is a 2021 romance. Tropes: Billionaire, Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Grumpy Sunshine, matchmaking-family, protective-hero, Romantic Comedy, slow-burn-romance, tech-entrepreneur-hero, virtual-reality-romance, Workplace, workplace-boss-employee-romance. Heat 5/5. Book 3 of Hard Code.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"}]}}